

It’s not the all-time classic hardware that may record, upload and reproduce sounds, the central and great difference is THE SOFTWARE into the unit. I think MPC One (and series) is the greatest ting into sampler’s world. The CV track allows control voltages to be sent to external modular synthesizers. control change values (96 virtual and assignable knobs can be automated in this way) as well as note sequences and other commands which can pilot external modules, or even your DAW, via midi. Another MIDI track type is available for programming ‘pure’ midi, i.e. They can be looped and synchronized to the tempo via the time-stretching function. Clip tracks allow samples to be assigned to pads and triggered in this way. Instrument tracks can play back samples melodically and have a multi-sample function.

Plug-in tracks can be used to load one of the three internal instruments. Drum tracks allow different samples to be triggered via the pads. There are six different types of MIDI tracks.

Each sequence consists of a collection of different tracks (and therefore different instruments) such as synthesizers, drum kits, bass and vocals. A project consists of several sequences, here called scenes. I guess my question is for the new mpc heads - has this purchase been worth for you? And most importantly is it fun to make music this way? I'm a hobbyist not a professional musician by any means, so your opinion is super important.The MPC One has 64 stereo voices. I think limiting myself will help to stay more in the flow of music rather then tinkering with settings of plug-ins and stuff. Also I found myself lost in settings of ableton way to often thinking that new vst or effect will be the thing that will make my sound better. I always had fun with machine but it bothered me that I had to be attached to the computer in order to make music. I am an ableton user and in the past I used machine mk2. My question is more towards people who didn't come from a long lineage of using mpcs and rather are new to the work flow and the whole mpc line. Hey guys, non mpc user here, I've been watching mpc one for a while now and am almost there to pull the trigger but am still hesitating to put 600 eur towards getting myself this new toy.
