is this capable of sampling your own sounds? what does it do other than a midi controller like the akai mpd 32?
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This does not have a built in audo interface within the hardware like the MPC Renaissance, so you will be unable to hook up a record player for example into the MPC Studio and sample directly from it. You can however sample through the MPC software and use the MPC Studio as a controller to chop and manipulate the samples as you please, however. Personally, i use a program called "Soundflower" which allows you to sample audio coming directly into you computer (from sources like youtube, your own music library, etc.), and then I manipulate the sample using the MPC Software and the MPC Studio in conjunction with each other.
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This unit by itself doesn't make any sounds. It is known as a "Controller" so you need to plug it into either a keyboard or a computer that has MIDI or other sounds built into a program (such as Garage Band) and you can generate sounds that way. If you are not familiar with how a keyboard is used as a controller, I would avoid this unit. If you can plug it into a keyboard or computer program, it is very easy to use. However it is a very complex unit, capable of a lot ... once you get over the first hurdle of connecting it to an existing sound creations source for it to control.
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I don't know, bro. I only use this MIDI Interface with my laptop and keyboard. I had never tried any other device.
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Hi William. You use it to make music and control Ableton. You can use the pads to trigger samples, affect volume, change effects, pan, etc. The included software (when purchased new) gives you access to tons of sounds, samples, and music creation tools. It's a powerful little instrument.
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There are still a few hardware samplers out there. They would be the most similar to what you're asking about. Here are a few to compare: http://www.samash.com/akai-mpc-studio-music-production-controller-ampcstudi http://www.samash.com/electribe-s-sampler--keltribes-p http://www.samash.com/roland-sp-404sx-portable-sampler-rsp404sxx http://www.samash.com/korg-kp3-effects-sampler-kkp3plusx Please let us know if you have any questions, or if there is anything we can do to help.
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It's not a synthesizer it's a midi controller which means that it actually sends midi signals to your DAW. In other words it doesn't make sound on its own, only with a computer.
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not at all man. i bought it and i returned it because i didn't like it. it was too slow to start even a basic software like winamp. so i think you may need to reconsider buying it if u wanna use it for djing
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Just to be clear, this is a midi controller, meaning there are no stored sounds inside the unit. There are no speakers on the unit either. It just controls your software. You plug this into a computer loaded with a software that has all of your sounds. You can transpose on the keyboard or in the software. As far as an external speaker you can run out of the computer audio Jack into an amplifier or mixer
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it's a hardware sampler, meaning it doesn't use midi to control any sounds, it has it's own sounds. you could record into reason (or any DAW, I use Fl) using an interface.
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You need a MIDI compatible sound program - like Logic, GarageBand, or the like to provide a 'voice' for the unit. It's just a controller, not an instrument in it's own right.
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This a Midi controller. This is designed specifically for computer use and will only work when connected to a DAW. I currently use FL Studio with it right now. It is great but my only problem is when I plug it in and activate it with my DAW the pads are not correspondent with the pad on the computer. I have to resync it everytime I open up the plugin. Other than that particular problem the AKAI MPD18 is fine. You have to record the sounds live by using the recorder while the metronome is playing usually, unless you're just that good that you can consistently crank out the exact same bpm every time
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It's a midi controller, so you use it to control sounds you have downloaded on your computer through a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) like FL Studio, Ableton, Cubase. Depending on what you have, you can play any sound with it, but the keyboard itself doesn't have any data for instruments on it. I recommend researching VSTs for different instruments you would like to play. Enjoy! :)
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No. This is just a controller. You must have a slave sounds module or a computer with some sort of keyboard software. I just us mine as a controller using midi cables to interface with other keyboards with sounds modules like Roland VR09 or Korg Triton. I also use mine to recorded midi parts into a software sequencer. My sequencer digital recording software is Cakewalk Sonar X2. So my answer is no.
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Yes - absolutely. I'm recording all my midi parts in Logic using this - tracks like a dream. It just shows up as a midi device like any other and you can enable and play. Alternatively, load their triple play controller as a vst / au / whatever and get your fine-tuned setup loaded in your DAW, then call up your soft synths via that in Ableton.
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If you are using the drum samples that come included on the USB drive that ships with the unit, the answer is NO. Those are static drum samples at certain bpm time signatures that can only be imported. If however you are using the onboard drum machine on the unit, the answer is YES. It behaves very similar to a standalone drum machine like the alesis sr16, in that you can control the time signature and bpm for each drum track you create. Keep in mind that the drum sounds are "just ok", mothing really spectacularly professional sounding. But they sound alright when you process with onboard eq, compression and effects and if nothing else its great for scratch padding and laying down ideas. Hope that helps
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First you will need a MIDI cable to connect this to your PC/sampler. Then you will need to configure this as a MIDI device on said device. This very much depends on which DAW/sampler you are using to trigger the samples. There is likely several steps, all of which would be different for any other DAW/sampler, to setup your MIDI devices and then additional steps to add samples and assign them to the trigger pads. This is not the place to get support for an individualized setup. Support forums and/or user manuals for your DAW/sampler will give you a lot more information.
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What DAW or dj software does he use? That midi controller is pretty much overall. It really depends the use.