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I’ve been eyeing the MPCs but feel like they have too much overlap with gear I already own (particularly an iPad w/ Beatmaker 3 & Koala).

SPvidz is mostly focusing on the Live II moving forward and Tefty&Meems get a ton of mileage out of the One. You’re trading raw power for workflow optimization, which is usually a solid trade IMO.įans of older MPCs seem to be slightly less enthusiastic but some are coming on board: Ricky Tinez made a rather-positive video about the Live II last week despite disliking the Live a few years back. They support Ableton Link, Splice, USB thumb drives, USB MIDI, USB audio interfaces, and internal harddrives so you’re REALLY getting into computer territory. This comes at a slight cost to immediacy since you now need to navigate through a touchscreen menu, and it changes some elements of the “classic” workflow, but they’re exceptionally powerful boxes.Įssentially, judging from everything I’ve seen on YouTube, I would say the current MPCs are for someone that wants most of the features of a midrange recording PC. The most recent firmware update even lets you plug an audio interface INTO the MPC to expand its in/out ports. They still work well as standalone instruments/grooveboxes, but you also get audio tracks, actual plug-ins instead of effects sends, decent audio editing, and more.

I’m not an MPC user so take this with a grain of salt, but the current batch of MPCs (One, Live II, X) seem to be built for full song production in a semi-traditional DAW environment.