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#181941 - 09/30/05 07:17 AM
Re: Korg or Roland?
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The MPC is a sampler, but it's going to give you WAY more options for sampling as compared to the Korg. With the MPC you can construct kits as well, and load in tons of samples and trigger them all with pads. There's a lot to the MPC. They are essential in HipHop production as a "hardware" unit. You can go software if you choose, but if you want the portable set up you'll need an MPC. There's also the new MPC-1000. Cheaper version of the big dog.
E-Mu actually had a BEAST for HipHop, that could be controlled via the pads or an external midi keyboard. I can't remember the model number though. There were severl models in the line. They all had the same design but differnt colors, and each one was geared for something different. I'll try and find that model number.
Squeak
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#181942 - 09/30/05 07:19 AM
Re: Korg or Roland?
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From what I have gathered, people who do hip-hop love the MC 2000 (or newer models by Akai) because it enables them to sample bits of music and assign each sample to a different pad. Then, tapping on the pads, they say they can come out with interesting results. This could be done with a Roland Fantom X as well, but they say that the Akai has a different groove, which is impossible to emulate with other samplers.
[This message has been edited by Dreamer (edited 09-30-2005).]
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#181943 - 09/30/05 07:28 AM
Re: Korg or Roland?
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Originally posted by squeak_D:
E-Mu actually had a BEAST for HipHop, that could be controlled via the pads or an external midi keyboard. I can't remember the model number though. There were severl models in the line. They all had the same design but differnt colors, and each one was geared for something different. I'll try and find that model number.
Squeak Squeak, I think it was the SP-12: it was famous for the grittiness of the sound, due to the 12 bit resolution of the sampler; too bad that EMU never expanded the RAM memory, making it less practical for today's music productions.
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#181945 - 09/30/05 08:02 AM
Re: Korg or Roland?
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No it wasn't the SP-12. I think the Model was called the E-Mu MP-7. It was an awsome model! Plus it didn't just have touch sensitive trigger pads, but the pads also had "aftertouch". I think their was also a ribbon controller. It was a great unit.
The MPC's are very popular for HipHop artists. Yeah some can say they're not musicians, but I have to disagree. Sure there are those who just take pre-recorded loops an samples, chop them up, mix them around and call it their own. However, there are a lot of good HipHop artists who are musicians. They create and write their own loops on a synth, and then transfer those loops to an MPC because the MPC is beast of a sampler and will allow them to do way more than their internal samplers on their keyboards.
Squeak
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#181949 - 10/02/05 04:39 PM
Re: Korg or Roland?
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Not bad. It appears this was done on a Korg PA1X. Personally That's the only arranger ( that I) would consider the best to use for HipHop. The sound engine is Triton based (way more suited for the style than Yamaha or Roland arrangers). Did he import his loop into the sampler of the PA1X (does it have this feature?) I remember on my old Yamaha EX-7 I could record my own drum loop under the pattern sequencer, I could then enter the sampling mode and (sample internally), by bringing that loop into the sampler and then slicing and editing the hell out of it Squeak [This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 10-02-2005).]
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