would i be able to do the same things in an mpc that i would do in reason? i mostly chop samples up so would it be any different from usin recycle?
the majority of what i do is sample drums, chop samples and filter basslines and once in a while ill add something to enhance the sampleIf all you're doing is chopping samples in Reason, yes, you can do everything you're doing in Reason with an MPC and some. But remember that Reason has a bunch of addition sounds that the MPC doesn't have (if you were planning on just completely converting to an MPC you'd be loosing out on those sounds); but that's where the integrating comes in. As far as if it would be any different than using Recycle, yes and no. You still have to chop your samples (manually with the MPC; don't know if you're doing it manually with Recycle or using the Sensitivity function to do it automatically), but with the MPC its all in one, no opening Recycle, chopping, opening Reason, importing, going back to Recycle to readjust chops, etc.
so what would be better for me for what i do?
I have the same setup you have but I have seen videos and stuff where people have used reason as a sound module with the mpc, check this out hes uses reason as a sound module with the mpc then midi's out the keyboard through the mpc i think if he doesnt do it that way Im sure he just connected via midi to his laptop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIMCpvAwbdA&feature=channel_page
thanks for the advice, i think im stickin with reason and recycle for now