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Another great feature of the MPC1000 is being able to record on the fly and overdub your own sounds,just set up the bars and voilá you are also looping with it! (you could trigger this features with a midi foot controller but i havent tried it). what i like is that is as compact as a laptop and kinderleicht to use.Its very robust and has a great feel.What i dislike about it is saving the projects,i think this guys were on dope when they designed this feature! the manual is terrible but the akai forums are great.I also dont like having to load the project before a gig but there is a function called autoload for lazy bastards like me which does it for you when you turn it on.All in all is a great baby to use live or produce with and you might find it on ebay like a did for a reasonable price.i sold my Boss drum machine and i dont miss it because is free to download as well! check out here all the vintage beat boxes you can dowload for free http://www.akaipro.com/arc_kotw.html Luis --- mark sottilaro <marksottilaro@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I've not tried the MPC1000, but I've heard of it's > greatness. I actually really like the much cheaper > Korg ESX-1, even though it has no "pads" to speak of > like the MPC1000. For that I can easily use my MIDI > keyboard. > > I should look into getting some samples for it > though. > Linn drum sounds... mmmmm. I'm hoping to > eventually > get it so that there's not a single traditional drum > sound on it and use the copious E-MU library for > those > sounds. > > Mark > > --- "L. Angulo" <labalou2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > No doubt computers are more flexible,but have u > > tried > > the mpc1000?i love the feel of its pads, it syncs > > great to the EDP,and usb transfer is wonderful,you > > can > > also go to their web and download all the classic > > drum > > machine sounds like the linn drum,Acetone and all > > the > > vintage obscure beat boxes!i just wish they would > > have > > given it more memory...but i have to get a > dedicated > > midi foot controller for it to mess with the > > different > > midi functions it offers,track mute,next sequence, > > etc.song mode can be very useful but i dont like > to > > be > > following a machine,so track muting and next > > sequence > > seem to be more intuitive live. > > I am curious how bands like Rush,Bowie etc. are > > working nowdays, Peter Gabriel has a buch of > laptops > > on stage and he certainly does it very clever! > > Luis > > > > > > > > > > --- mark sottilaro <marksottilaro@sbcglobal.net> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > I've been using drum machines for years, and for > > the > > > last 12 or so I've synced audio loopers (Lexicon > > > JamMan and Electrix Repeater) to them. It's > always > > > worked great (and still does) but I think I use > my > > > drum machines in a somewhat non traditional way. > > > I > > > use either a Korg Electribe ESX-1 or E-MU XL-7 > to > > > put > > > together dense loops and then kind of randomly > > > mute/unmute tracks while in song mode. The lack > > of > > > traditional song structure is great for the way > I > > > like > > > to improvise. > > > > > > Well, this weekend I decided to put together > > > something > > > with a more "pop" structure and I found the song > > > modes > > > on both the above drum machines to be SO awkward > > > compared to a DAW like Digital Performer or > Logic, > > I > > > ended up with nothing. > > > > > > So, am I just spoiled by modern computer > > > sequencing... > > > or am I approaching the drum machine song > > > construction > > > in the wrong way? My idea is to avoid having to > > > bring > > > a laptop to gigs, but if it's going to be so > much > > > easier I'll do it. I can get around pretty > > quickly > > > in > > > Digital Performer 4... then I started to think > > "well > > > if I'm bringing a laptop for sequencing, why not > > use > > > it as a sound source as well?" The ESX-1 is a > > > sampler > > > and the XL-7 is a ROMpler so it's not like I'd > > have > > > issues with a laptop not being able to have fast > > > enough processors. > > > > > > So, if there's a song construction tip that you > > can > > > think of, I'd love to hear it. If you've found > a > > > better tool that lets one work more intuitively, > > > (the > > > Electribe has a way better interface than the > E-MU > > > IMO) I'd like to hear that as well. If song > > > construction in modern drum-machines is just a > big > > > pain compared to software, than I guess I'll > > abandon > > > my little cute boxes for my current project. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > www.luis-angulo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail