Elektron SPS 1 Machinedrum or KORG Electribe MX2 ?

mo's taverne · Post by **mo's taverne** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:56 am

sorgenkind wrote:i am starting to consider to sell my mpc 1000 and buy a machinedrum.
First time I tried a machinedrum I was pretty disappointed by the appartent lack of energy and punch of the kick but since with UW you can import your stuff.. I could tweak my drums live way more with the MD than with the mpc I think.

I'm thinking about same since the Machinedrum offers me way more possibilities in sounddesign and interaction with the parameters. though i will miss the pads and the sometimes very useful "no computer involved" approach.

sorgenkind · Post by **sorgenkind** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:32 am

what settles me quite off the mpc is that you can't change sequence after you record something new.
Let's say you have loaded 2 sequences, you record something in the first and you'll never be able again to toggle to the next one if you don't stop. this is a live workflow killer.
Plus if you have the two sequences loaded but you would like to create a new one, you can't, you have to stop the mpc and manually go to the next empty sequence.
I will miss pads too, but I considering and mpd to bang beats on the MD.

zirk · Post by **zirk** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:15 pm

532nm wrote:if there was any doubt in regards to the power of the MDUW, behold...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtxX0VEpMSI
the korg cant even come close

awesome

Leon Neon · Post by **Leon Neon** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:07 pm

People keep mentioning weak kicks w/regards to the MD. I don't get it. If you have synthesis+ASDR+Eq+distortion+bit rate reduction or whatever else you want, how can the kicks be so weak? It sounds like a personal problem to me. I never had weak kick drums on my MD.