Reason vs MPC

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I've released 6 eps + remixes and I have an audio background from Columbia... just to clear it up

I think that if you are a good producer, you can make a dope track using any arrangement whether it be computer, hardware, or a blend of both. I've concluded (this is very general) that computers give you that clean crisp sound, but with gear, it is easier to get a dirty, thick sound and make cool buildups. Many of you already said that though.

I use a MPC2000, Mackie console, Virus Indigo 2 (as my synth and an effects processor), Filter Factory, Mo FX, Warp Factory, sp808 (for more effects), Jomox x base-9. We pretty much make our **** like a live pa, 2 dudes turning knobs and moving faders. Then we edit it down into a full track. Most people think this is bizarre, and it limits you to making the track and not being able to mix it again, but if you do it right the first time there shouldn't be a problem.
 
DA NOC

apparently you didnt read what i had typed, and im not trying to come of as an *******. i said that the mpc was an elegantly designed piece of gear. but i dont feel it is necesary to have one to make good beats. neither is reason, floops, an SP, an asr or any one piece of gear. the mpc was my first love as far as music production, i was so happy to move up to it from the sp and the asr. everyone is looking for that X factor to success, when it comes to gear, they figure, so and so uses this so i have to use this, then i ll be successful too. i dont think this is the case. i think we may be on the same page with alot of our ideas, i aint mad at cha, its all good

ps-when u get recycle, you ll be in heaven, especially if you re a chop oriented producer
 
This discussion has officially turned gay.

Too many net emotions over equipment.

Yeah with all the b!tching and crying over gear I'm sure we're not too far off with the machines finally taking over....blue pill or red pil?
 
Reasonably Reason

Hey, why are you talking to managers instead of concentrating on being yourself musically speaking :- )
I use reason on an Apple laptop, you wouldn't believe the ass kicking rhythms that can be made on this tool man! from hard techno to completely jazz acoustic feels, you could swear is a drummer playing! - I am a drummer myself so I can speak - be yourself dude, let your inner isnpiration rule, as someone already said it here, it's not about how you do it.
 
Man, can't believe this thread is still going...

I haven't been to FP.com in a minute, but I dropped back in recently and saw that this was still getting replies so I thought I'd post my progress since I originally posted.

I am still using Reason...now Rewired through Cubase SX on a PC running WinXP. The results I have been able to get so far have been very good, in my opinion.

Also, relating more to the original topic, I recently purchased an MPD16 midi/usb controller so that I could "play" or "tap out" my beats and it has no doubt made a difference...not only in the "feel" of the beats...but just of the types of combos I have come up with between kick and snare/clap.

Anyway, I guess my point is that after neing in this environment for a while now, I am comfortable with what I am able to produce and haven't really given much more thought to the whole Reason/MPC debate.

When it's all said and done, I may or may not end up with an MPC, but for now, I am doin my thing with what I got.


PS: Check the Hip Hop Track Reviews section for some recent ****...
 
the MPC is without a doubt a great tool, but i don't know if i'd put it as "the best" sequencer out there. undoubtedly it's the preferred piece of equipment for producers that make hip-hop (although the neptunes use just an ASR-10, i believe). not just conventional hip-hop either -- Prefuse 73 does some of the most unbelievable **** with an MPC these days...

it all boils down to what you can do with what you have. NOC sounds like he's got skills with the MPC, but I bet there's somebody out there that can go toe-to-toe with, say, a Battery + Logic combo for a beat-intensive, sample-based track.
 
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