A closer look to the “new” MPC series shows a very flexible audio and fx routing, which we know as standard from digital mixers.

It’s a MIDI/Music Production Center, not only a drum machine or a groove box. Nowadays there is very effective support for creating and editing samples, kits, an many parameters including midi events on the fly, even controlling gear over CV. And here we are with MPC One, Live, and X.Īs I see it, the MPC stays strong at sampling, re-sampling, beeing the center of an OTB setup with many external devices. MPC made a trip to be a controller interface for a more sophisticated software, but many have not been happy with the idea, and asked years to get a stand alone MPC again. With the Q-Links we can control and record most internal and external devices.

Started as a stand alone sampling workstation with a decent MIDI sequencer to control internal and external events, before personal computers were ready for this or affordable.

Machine took advantage of the entire NI universe, including Komplete, and a specialized hardware controller. Ableton was controlled by mouse, keyboard, and IIRC Akai lauch pads. It’s also about what a particular user is up to or from what background he/she comes from …Īt its beginning it was the idea of a software supported by a tactile controller and mimicking some MPC workflow, but adding its own new ideas as well.