the MPC2000xl is a drumcomputer with a basic akai sampler in it...nice
sequencer tho...but much more expensive than the RM1x, and more aimed at
rythms than at whole sequences/songs....2 midi-outs, so that's good..
Olaf
----- Original Message -----
From: samuel C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: Recomendations?
> 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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