What about Akai MPC2000xl???
is in any way similar to RMX???
apart from the price, what differences (mainly) those two units??
_saM_
Nigel Kersten wrote:
> to clarify, I don't mind using an external MIDI keyboard to write chords
> with, and I've never really gotten into auto-chords on any of my gear.
>
> It's just that for drum programming and for a lot of monophonic samples I'd
> rather be able to step sequence. That's what annoys me about the su700, you
> don't have a step sequencer display from what I can work out, you can only
> record in realtime.
>
> What's this new thing Yamaha are coming out with that is like an Rm1x/A3k
> put together? (more so than the su700 is)
>
> Is it very easy to import sequences into the RM1x from a computer?
>
> I've always thought it would be really cool to have a computer based app for
> a hw-seq that let you chop up midi files and drag them around to make a
> whole 'program' or whatever it calls it. Anything like this exist yet?
>
> nigel
>
> on 3/7/00 1:53 AM, Dustin Zahn at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Can't you add chords with a external midi keyboard though? Back in the day I
> > got a DJX and I used it to hook up to the RM1x midi for doing some strings
> > and such and it works well.
> > It's also another way to get another set of effects so you're not stuck with
> > one variation. But, the DJX isn't worth buying just for those few things.
> > Dustin Zahn
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Paul Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 6:31 AM
> > Subject: RE: Recomendations?
> >
> >
> >> I got myself a RM1X unit, just last weekend. It will thin out Controller
> > data
> >> for, a' la QY70, and is a lot cheaper than the QY700.
> >>
> >> The only downside is that it doesn't have auto-accompaniement. As there is
> > no
> >> way of entering chords in directly (eg. C7,Am7 etc.) So it is more suited
> > to
> >> techno/dance rather than melodic compositions.
> >>
> >> So far I'm very pleased with it
> >>
> >> Paul K
> >>
> >>
> >>> ===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] =====
> >>> hi there, I just added myself to this list, as I'm in the market for a
> >>> better hardware sequencer. I thought I'd offer up what I'm looking for,
> >>> what I'm thinking of getting, and then hopefully getting some feedback
> >>> from some of you...?
> >>>
> >>> the mainstay of my studio and live rig is my A3000 sampler. I've got 98Mb
> > of
> >>> ram, so I can usually load a whole set at once. other midi things get
> > used
> >>> live as well.
> >>>
> >>> I really want something that I can write sequences on directly, with a
> > step
> >>> sequencer as well as a real-time record function, but that I can also
> > import
> >>> sequences easily as midi files from a computer based system. I want to be
> >>> able to do more when I play live than ride sequences, I want to be able
> > to
> >>> change patterns, tempo, controllers, etc.
> >>>
> >>> I've already got a Yamaha QY-70, which is ok, but kind of limited... I
> > have
> >>> to thin out controller data heaps to get more than a couple of songs in
> >>> memory, and it's small. I was thinking about trading in the sampler for
> > an
> >>> SU-700, but there's no envelopes on an SU-700... ;-( So now I'm tossing
> > up
> >>> between an RM1x and a QY-700, and the RM1x seems cheaper and possibly
> >>> better. (i have thought about non-yamaha gear... ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Any suggestions?
> >>>
> >>> I'm willing to trade in the sampler if I can find a performance based
> > device
> >>> that is still a good sampler in it's own right... but there just doesn't
> >>> seem to be anything around, so I thought a sequencer would be better.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >
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