The Goldilocks MPC
I’ve got to say, if you’re looking to get into MPCs or computerless music production, the MPC Sample is super cool. But for about the same price right now, especially with the G2 MPCs coming out, you can actually get the original MPC Live.
I just got one in the mail.
It has a little soft-touch grossness to it, but nothing that affects playability. Add a hard drive off Amazon for under $60, and--for about $350, yer off to the races.
There’s something a little clunky about the MPC Key 37. I love creating on it, and I think it’s a great studio tool. But play out live, having the MPC Live MK1 with the battery is a huge deal. The six outputs are a huge deal. And it is 100% Goldilocks zone.
It feels super tight. It sounds great. It just has a great feel about it.
I had an MPC Live II, and I never used the speaker that much. It was also a little goofy feeling to me, but the balance of this original Live is great. It fits in cases I already own, and I can imagine using it live just sitting on top of my little Anvil road case/briefcase thing I got a long time ago.
So look, this is just an advocation post, I think.
I don’t know how you get into full real music production any cheaper without a computer.
And as a guy who’s been away musically from his computer for a few months, I cannot reccomen it enough. Maybe not for everybody. But for me, that’s the way to do it.
And I sure do see a lot of people complaining about the computer all the time.