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- dorf0
what would be a starter pack to making beats?
- abletonautoflavour
- logicfadein11
- how much money have you got to spend? a great start would be an iPad with choice apps. Next up would be buying Ableton or Bitwig....microkorg
- Then if you have more money, Ableton & Push2 or NI Maschine. If you already have a computer.microkorg
- Hardware route can be expensive but you could buy some retro groovebox.
It all depends on budget.microkorg - suppose I had $1000.dorf
- got a computer or ipad?microkorg
- yes, ipad is old though.dorf
- maschineimbecile
- computer + ableton. I don't even use Ableton. But, if I was starting today, I wouldn't even think twice.section_014
- Electron Octatrackspunji
- iPad + Korg Gadget ...best bang for the buck. Easiest to get rolling. Don't buy a retro grooveboox. Gadget is a modern day version of that + much more.sublocked
- microkorg0
For DORF ...
Great iPad apps for beatmaking .....
Samplr - even older ipads should support this.
Korg Gadget - basically a DAW in iPad with lots of in app purchases of new instruments etc. This would be a great introduction into music making.
If you want to chop up beats Hip Hop style then get the AKAI iMPC app.
Modstep is pretty cool
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/…There's loads and loads of brilliant music makign apps out there that'll only cost a few pounds but will do what thousands of pounds worth of gear can do.
Perhaps even worth investing in a new iPad rather than hardware or software?
I don't mind making beats on iPad when on holiday or just chilling but only feel like im jamming.
For more serious music making i'd much rather be in front of laptop/monitor with Ableton Live.
- prophetone1
- love it.. but i just wish they would make these things a usable size.. the boutique stuff is just too tinky and smallautoflavour
- This'll really piss off Behringer who were doing the Moog clone.microkorg
- autoflavour0
- Looks very 'army surplus'microkorg
- it's beautiful, looks like a control panel in a fighter jetprophetone
- ITS BEAUTIFUL. Right after I ordered a Digitakt too :psublocked
- autoflavour0
Octatrack MKII is an eight track performance sampler and sequencer, designed for both live performers and studio producers. Thanks to its clever combination of internal tracks, MIDI tracks and in- and outputs, it is perfect as the centre piece in any rig. The sample engine, which features time-stretch and pitch-shift in real time, is capable of radically transforming and reshaping samples in an instant.
The new high quality back-lit buttons, paired with the hi-res encoders and the professional contactless crossfader, ensure operational reliability in the most demanding environments. The ultra crisp OLED screen and an increased count of dedicated buttons, each with a distinct purpose, contribute to the improved MKII user experience.
Octatrack MKII specifications
8 stereo audio tracks
8 dedicated MIDI tracks
Instant stereo sampling
Real time sample time-stretch & pitch-shift
2 × insert FX per audio track
3 × LFO per track
Live friendly Elektron sequencer
Contactless performance crossfader
1 × ¼” headphones output
2 × ¼” impedance balanced main output
2 × ¼” impedance balanced cue output
4 × ¼” balanced external input
1 × USB 2.0 High Speed port
MIDI IN/OUT/THRU ports
Ultra crisp 128 × 64 OLED screen
Precise hi-res encoders
Durable back-lit buttons rated for 50 million presses
W340 × D185 × H63 mm (8.5 × 7.2 × 2.5″) including knobs and rubber feet
Weight approx. 2.3 kg (5 lbs)
Fully compatible with Octatrack MKI projects/data
- autoflavour0
Sounds pretty much the same .. new display, instant sampling..
Still.. sex
- No Overbridge.microkorg
- If they've softened the feel of it...
Aren't they kind of OCD when it comes to their product? (In the most wonderful way)keewee - it would have to have overbridge..
you would thinkautoflavour - not a big fan of overbridge tbh, the usb audio sounds shit + don't see how it would fit with a sampler instrument, i imagine they'll have some sort of editor...kingsteven
- OB gives you instant access to loads of parameters that you can tweak that you'd maybe not have tried tweaking from having to menu dive on OT.microkorg
- When I had my A4 I used to find OB most useful for sound creation much moreso than just the A4.microkorg
- autoflavour0
Does look at home on empire strikes back era AT-AT
- imbecile0
- Or just read this .... http://freshonthenet…microkorg
- i found it funny as it is an ad playing on youubeimbecile
- The guys knows his stuff and reveals a lot of the way he works on his pay-to-view channel....microkorg
- ... but not sure how good a "teacher" he would be in a series like this.microkorg
- fadein110
Still sounds as fresh as it did back then. A masterpiece of the genre.
Larry Heard Talks Us Through the Making of "Can You Feel It"
- microkorg0
Talk me IN or OUT of buying an MPC1000!
I've got the chance of getting a really clean Black Mk2 (better pads) that's been well taken care of with no mods done apart from JJOS2XL installed and 128mb RAM upgrade.
For £400 it's a pretty decent deal for a clean machine with the full JJOS. There's some shitheaps of mis-treated 1000's going for like 350 on ebay with no upgrades.Why SHOULD I get one?
Well, I've lusted over the 1000's (and the 2500 and older machines) for years now and just really want one. I'd like to pimp it a little as these machines look the SEX with a little pimping.
I want to use it for fingerdrumming and sampling loops and playing along with my Numark PT-01 Scratch turntable whilst scratching.
And it'd be nice to jam away from a computer too.Why SHOULDN'T I get one?
The wife will go ape.
I already have Maschine and Push AND the iMPC Pro App - maybe I could just get an Element or MPD218 for portable pads?Any of you guys got one?
Are they a pain in the ass to program etc?In a real tiswas here /
- solution: "what's that?... the what? no no, I've had it for ages..."prophetone
- regarding the gear you'll already have, you'll be disappointed. Don't buy, except if you have too much money.ApeRobot
- I've actually owned two of these via great local deals, in both cases just messed around with em, wound up selling them to buy rack gearprophetone
- Grab a cheap little Yamaha SU10 or Roland MS-1, I have both of them, limited but super fun for loopsprophetone
- I used to have a Yamaha SU200 back in the day when they were released. Decided to buy the MPC. If i dont gel with it then i can sell it for more easily.microkorg
- ... and ive lusted over one for years :Pmicrokorg
- give it a shot, they are cool, built like a tank and unlike machine/push doesn't need no stinkin laptop (produce beats in starbucks)prophetone
- go for it! these are so cheap now.
i buy and pimp these out, then sell them.
i kept one for myself which i use on the regular, very fun.futurefood - had a 2000XL for a bunch of years.. in the end was just so tedious to always load stuff up i sold it..autoflavour
- Picking it up monday. Whoop!microkorg
- The 2000XL look nice though. I was watching a fuct one on eBay. Went for £90. Nearly grabbed it for a nice shelf decoration. Nicer than a fuckin' vase ;)microkorg
- Shouldn't get one: Akai makes garbage products. Akai of the 80's & 90's isn't Akai of today.section_014
- Save your money, add $2-300 more and buy the MPC Live. Even with JJOS you'll find it lacking. Had one for years, sold it. Ableton is light years better.sublocked
- yassssss!!! a MPC live for $6-700??? tell me where!futurefood
- autoflavour6
friend permanent loaned me a Machine drum, so i did a bit of rearranging in the studio so they can all play nice together..
- you ever record or master onto tape?inteliboy
- Auto's toys!microkorg
- Here's hoping the Machinedrum get's a 2.0 like the rest of the lineup. I totally missed out when those were going for cheap.section_014
- way back in the day i used to record everything onto DATs as takes, but that was only because it was before DAW were affordable..autoflavour
- Machinedrum already has a MKII ..autoflavour
- am lusting hard over a RYTM tho.. if only for symmetry ..autoflavour
- A lot of RYTMs popping up on eBay ATM... does that mean a 2.0 is imminent?...keewee
- keewee ... already happened.microkorg
- You have more toys than I do.sublocked
- late to the game...keewee
- autoflavour0
Tracker in a box with a synth attached..
not sure how i feel about this..
- big-papes1
Just released a new project today. I made all the beats with one of my other label mates. It's rap.
- microkorg0
Beatmaker 3 Released
Looks like they've made Beatmaker into a more powerful beat making machine for the iPad.
- futurefood0
older article, still interesting tho
- prophetone0
Nice little spaced out jammie.
- ApeRobot0
Ace
- autoflavour0
not new new news.. but seemingly unmentioned here
- not entire sure how that first picture was still in my copy cache.. it was from yesterdayautoflavour
