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youngjboy
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There's so much ignorance and myths when it comes to music production, it's not even funny. For the last time, there is no unique "MPC swing". There's nothing special about it. Swing is just percentages. You can achieve the same swing/groove easily in any of the tools mentioned here. None of these tools will make your beat "stiff" more than the other, unless the sequencer in question is very limited (software sequencers generally have a much higher resolution than MPCs).
First off, Spark has not even been released yet. How do you know whether it is "completely integrated just as much as Maschine"? If you look at videos of Spark in use, there seems to be a ton of mouse-ing to get to the various sections in Spark ... going to effects, step sequencer, picking drum kits, all seem to require taking your hands off the controller ...etc. What's the point of a dedicated controller if you can't do almost everything with it???
The other thing that seems off about Spark is the main screen seems to be a mirror view of the controller. What's the point of that? And then to get to one of the secondary screens ... guess what ... you need to use the mouse ... Nothing like that on Maschine unless YOU WANT to use the mouse -- everything is doable from the controller.
We can agree to disagree. If you can't tell the difference than so be it. You keep saying that "you can achieve the same swing." That is exactly what i have been saying is that stock with no adjustments, the MPC feels a little looser than software. I never said that Maschine or Cubase could not achieve the same feel, it just takes more adjustments. There are endless videos and tutorials on how to set up your swing percentages to achieve a MPC like feel yet you claim that there is no difference.
Have you ever really did an A/B comparison or are you just playing devil's advocate. I like my MPC because it is rock solid on sequencing and controls hardware very good. When i used Cubase to control my hardware, it did not do as good, but it has its own benefits also such as ease of editing. I will put it like this, when i used Cubase to control hardware it was definitely stiffer.
Lastly, your comment about a higher resolution almost agrees with mine. If you quantize to a higher resolution the notes are tighter, so then is the MPC looser....