name West Coast producers equipment

[Bch]

takes to long to create a track on a computer, you can fly on an mpc
not only that, but i much rather bang out my beats then sit at home at my computer and click a mouse, especially if you work in front of a computer 9-5 the last thing u wanna come home to look at is another computer.
in my opinion you just dont feel like a true musician in that sense.

now you hook up some keyboardss to the mpc, a turntable and your pretty much set

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[freewayricky]

hey u guys can say what u want but the MPC is essential if u want to make it doin beats... u cant get a better drum sound off of the mpc.  so thats why most computer geeks dont blow up with these programs... u have to have that bottom, those drums...

how do virtually unknow niggas give advise like u dont need an mpc and the havent sold a track on a major scale...

every big producer uses the mpc... Dre, Scott Storch, Just Blaze, Kanye West, Timbaland, all of them so if u want to get your beats up the MPC should be the first peice of equipment u buy....

afer that, a keyboard like a Motif or fantom and then some sound modules... 

thats if you serious about being a producer, if u just doin beats for local cats with no intention of blowin up stick to the computer beats then...

[makaveli11]

^^^I like to make beats for fun. Right now my career is heading to be an engineer-not a producer, but I still going to buy a mpc. Based on what I been reading I would choose a mpc over a software sampler anyday(not to start an analog vs. digital war). Plus I want to be more hands on; I don't feel like a musician sitting in front of a computer(which I do enough anyway) and if it turns out I am really good and blow up to become a serious producer, all the better.

[Juronimo]

Yamaha Motif ES 6 man! I'll promote this anyday cause that's what I started off with. More memory on cpu setup's are not a big deal for someone like me. Doing more with less is the way to go, especially as a beginner.
DJ Quik is famous for bashing digital recording equipment and computer based productions (Pro Tools, Logic, etc.) Something about his ears rejects the sound of digital and that's common for the older music generation. Some of them integrate analog and digital; some of them go all the way digital, but overall they can all agree on that analog sound that is missed when going digital.

Actually DJ Quik did convert to Pro Tools. He mentioned it in a recent interview. I know what you're talking about though, from the Visualism DVD.

[Mr. O]

Real G'z use MPC's

Real talents use anything.

[R-Tistic]

hey u guys can say what u want but the MPC is essential if u want to make it doin beats... u cant get a better drum sound off of the mpc.  so thats why most computer geeks dont blow up with these programs... u have to have that bottom, those drums...

how do virtually unknow niggas give advise like u dont need an mpc and the havent sold a track on a major scale...

every big producer uses the mpc... Dre, Scott Storch, Just Blaze, Kanye West, Timbaland, all of them so if u want to get your beats up the MPC should be the first peice of equipment u buy....

afer that, a keyboard like a Motif or fantom and then some sound modules... 

thats if you serious about being a producer, if u just doin beats for local cats with no intention of blowin up stick to the computer beats then...

I don't know if that was a shot at me, but for one, it all depends on the producer and how they use what they got, not just the equipment itself. Like I said, I have heard that the MPC does give a sharper drum sound, but most people who hear my shit think I use a MPC just because I know how to make the drums sound sharp using my synths and computer programs. The only track I've done that's on a major scale is Therapy Sessions, but I have other tracks that have caught major head's attention, and that was without the MPC. Thing is, 8-10 years ago, most producers were usin MPC, whether it was large or small scale, but even some of the newer producers who are still at a major scale may not use the MPC as much as you'd think. 9th Wonder uses Fruity Loops for some of his beats.  I don't think people realize that the MPC is basically a computer, so how can you knock "computer beats" when the MPC is basically a computer itself? If you are thinkin of regular ass computer programs with cheesy sounds and real thin weak drums, then that's probably why you'd assume that they suck. But when you use programs like Cubase, Pro Tools, and some of the others at the top of the line, they definitely give similar results to MPC, and you can mix it to where it still has that full drum sound. And I think there are things you can do on the comp. that you might not be able to do on the MPC as well.

[Mr. O]

hey u guys can say what u want but the MPC is essential if u want to make it doin beats... u cant get a better drum sound off of the mpc.  so thats why most computer geeks dont blow up with these programs... u have to have that bottom, those drums...

how do virtually unknow niggas give advise like u dont need an mpc and the havent sold a track on a major scale...

every big producer uses the mpc... Dre, Scott Storch, Just Blaze, Kanye West, Timbaland, all of them so if u want to get your beats up the MPC should be the first peice of equipment u buy....

afer that, a keyboard like a Motif or fantom and then some sound modules... 

thats if you serious about being a producer, if u just doin beats for local cats with no intention of blowin up stick to the computer beats then...

I don't know if that was a shot at me, but for one, it all depends on the producer and how they use what they got, not just the equipment itself. Like I said, I have heard that the MPC does give a sharper drum sound, but most people who hear my shit think I use a MPC just because I know how to make the drums sound sharp using my synths and computer programs. The only track I've done that's on a major scale is Therapy Sessions, but I have other tracks that have caught major head's attention, and that was without the MPC. Thing is, 8-10 years ago, most producers were usin MPC, whether it was large or small scale, but even some of the newer producers who are still at a major scale may not use the MPC as much as you'd think. 9th Wonder uses Fruity Loops for some of his beats.  I don't think people realize that the MPC is basically a computer, so how can you knock "computer beats" when the MPC is basically a computer itself? If you are thinkin of regular ass computer programs with cheesy sounds and real thin weak drums, then that's probably why you'd assume that they suck. But when you use programs like Cubase, Pro Tools, and some of the others at the top of the line, they definitely give similar results to MPC, and you can mix it to where it still has that full drum sound. And I think there are things you can do on the comp. that you might not be able to do on the MPC as well.

I hear you.  It doesn't matter what people.  Like I said earlier...it's up to individual and yeah..comps can make mpc quality.  It really doesn't make any difference what people use as long as it's music. 

[freewayricky]

naw R-Tistic i wasnt aiming at you it was for the entire board...  the main thing that I see with the big producers such as Scott Storch or Dre or Quik is the use the computer program to sequence their tracks once the get it down meaning the load all the sounds into the computer once the have the track complete and then do mutes, change-ups and what not.  Im not knockin no one but there is a formula for the music industry and for what is the norm to keep up with whats being produced today and beleive it or not but frequency's play a big part.  The frequency of the drums are key... I'd say run wit the computer if need be but do your drums on the mpc cuz they wont be chunky enuff to match with todays competition.

Also R-Tistic thsi is Breezy i holla'd at you awhile back when i was runnin Ball'R Records.  Holla at me I got Young hootie from Compton right now!

[Diabolical]

The only thing an mpc has over cubase or pro tools or reason is that its done by the hands and it still has a human feel to it, if you know what i mean. By just copy & pasting the same loop isnt going to get all the quirks that only a human can make ie its more spontaneous. But who care you can change loops easily by altering the quantize settings and shit. also mpc pads are more responsive than most keyboards, its the same kinda thing when you play a real drum kit after drumming with your fingers on a worktop, you get than natural "bounce back".

Computers are the way forward though, and they cost a lot less to get a virtual studio in protools than one with boards samplers and full size keys. Not to mention the buiding you would need to keep all that shit in compared to carrying around a laptop and a few discs.