I'm debating on getting an SP-404 ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmwm2kvPVDQ[/url]) or a new ride cymbal for jazz. I would probably use the sampler more for playing along with loops and just messing around with it in general, but it would also be nice to have a jazz ride which would better suit my playing nowadays. Any thoughts?

get the MPD24

im thinking of getting a sampler as well, might go with a trigger finger or some other MIDI pad though

[QUOTE=pixiesfanyo;17219432]get the MPD24[/QUOTE]

Does it do basically the same thing? I haven't really shopped around and looked at other things but I need something that can run without a computer.

Yeah I'm seriously looking into a trigger finger as well.

I don't play live though so it will be superfluous.
But it will make me feel like I'm properly equipped

trigger finger sux

whatchu mean

[QUOTE=SgtPrimus;17219440]Does it do basically the same thing? I haven't really shopped around and looked at other things but I need something that can run without a computer.[/QUOTE]

the mpd needs a computer but it does basically the same thing. its also only 200 bucks instead of a couple of grand.

SP 404 is like $350

i'm talking about the other Akai ****.

Ah right.

[QUOTE=Jaundice;17219476]whatchu mean[/QUOTE]

the studio i work at has one but it sux

thats crazy
what sucks about it?

awful velocity sensitivty on the pads themselves

[QUOTE=pixiesfanyo;17219522]the mpd needs a computer but it does basically the same thing. its also only 200 bucks instead of a couple of grand.[/QUOTE]

def will be buying this when i get a job. my non-furniture/ house oriented list is:

- mpd
- turntable
- vinyl collection
- mbox
- ps3

what are you getting the mbox for?

recording... i play sax, guitar, bass, etc

so you just need a direct input to your computer or what?

yeah

i like the M-Audio stuff for audio interfaces. you should try this if you don't feel like spending as much

http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/MAudio-MobilePre-USB-Portable-Audio-Interface?sku=701368

nice, thanks. i haven't looked into this stuff for a few years... i just remembered that an mbox was kinda what i wanted.

also, i saw my baby's boy parts today... it's a boy.

Congrats, man!

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i have a saffire LE audio interface is really useful with all its inputs and routing capabilities for a cheaper interface, and i have a trigger finger, but i use the keys its pretty much gracy too me which i use long as the latency is considered when im putting the music in

eventualy tho im lookg for something like a lemur for a midi pad/daw midi control, or like aaron got a novation x station, the xy pad functionality will be cool for some of the complicated etherealish synths

also i want a kp3, for its portability, though the effects could be more customizable of course i see for the variety theres some tradeoff but i suppose i really need to just get a handle on one for a while, i have a minikp, the synth sounds are cool remind me of the brainfeeder crew but i bet the koascillator is the real tool and the kp3 has them both integrated and more, though there could be better equipt out there

that akai mpc midi thing is sort of cool, i wonder if it emulated the natural mpc jitter programmed into the hardware based ones.

i have a computer

[QUOTE=(*The Noonward Race*);17221376]
that akai mpc midi thing is sort of cool, i wonder if it emulated the natural mpc jitter programmed into the hardware based ones.[/QUOTE]

its all flylo used when i saw him live besides his laptop.

i remember he used to use the trigger finger...
i have one because of that

he was using ableton right?

i tried that out for a bit and it really gave me a sort of flylo edge with the warp markers and quantization and easyish sidechaining

i'm pretty sure. it was like a 5000+ venue so i couldn't see his laptop just the mpd24 he was ****ing around with.

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