Article: Will the iPad ever replace the MPC?

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I think MPC's will continue to be used by some Hip Hop enthusiasts but it seems to me that MIDI controllers have already replaced them on a utilitarian level.
 
I've been using my mpc for over fifteen years! I've still got some old analog gear like an ensoniq eps, korg, and Roland workstations, but the mpc changed the whole vibe of my music once I learned how to groove with it! It's something about that machine, the pads, the groove, the zone I can get into with it that no other piece can give me that makes it stand apart. I have the impc app for my ipad and I get down on that, but its just something about my original mpc 2000 that takes me what're i wanna go regardless of the genre of music I'm doing. Mpc fo life!
 
Akai already has ipad and ipod mcp apps. Its like emulating a game boy on your phone. Defiantly possible, but you will most likely lack features.
 
the true test is the SENSITIVITY and ACCURACY!!!!! of the PADS themselves. it has to act like a real drum responds to different levels of intensity. and something tells me the ipad "pads" dont do that. but i havent tried them yet, and in the future. it def will come. hopefully. i think...

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lets leave all nostalgia out of the convo too. one is digital...and the mpc is basically analog and digiital righjt?

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I heard they can project the keyboard anywhere now? so why cant they do that with pads? the real test is how precise the computer can read the diff velocity levels.
 
There is something about hardware and the feel of it. So I think not. But I could be wrong. Look at plug ins. 15 years ago older engineers laughed at cats that were switching to in the box and now those old heads sold their hardware for a plug in bundle.:berzerk:
 
i don't think so, but if one person prefers one or the other hey..
 
The iPad's great but will never replace it as it has too many features, for it to replace the MPC it would have to be specifically made for Producers, the iPad is basically a "jack of all trades" as it doesn't concentrate on one thing
 
i don't think the ipad will take over mpc pads. not for a while anyways. besides, pretty much nothing beats the feel of the physical pads as opposed to smashing your fingers on some glass screen.
 
I think they will be replaced by something like the ROLI Seaboard or Haken Continuum. A completely flat surface made out of elastic material that is velocity sensitive with pitch bend at your fingertips. Some sort led light projection underneath will show colored blocks where each note or scale is and it will be programable to change the placement of notes and scales.
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Ipads nah. Daws on the other hand have already taken over the game a long time ago.
 
No way! Producers will always love the feel of the analog pads
 
All about the MPC swing and overall feel, sound and workflow that an MPC allows..Machine and other controllers are shit hot but still not the same
 
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