Because once somebody is able to make a hit record with a SOFTWARE, you might be deceived to use a SOFTWARE and another makes a hit record with the HARDWARE, you will be considering switching between the 2. If you think that it is the kind of gear you use, you might not be able to make a hit record. Some producers even uses outdated equipments which are not even manufactured anymore, you can't find their equipments anywhere to buy and you can't say that your new purchased HARDWARE or SOFTWARE is better than theirs. So in the end, pick the gear you can afford and you are COMFORTABLE using, because really, none is really better than the other. Even Just Blaze has used Logic to make several beats for Jay-Z. Guru who prouduced and Engineers for Jay-Z also uses Logic. Kanye West uses Logic which is a Software together with the MPC and he's making hit records. Some Super Producers won't use any Software program because they are not COMFORTABLE sitting infront of the computer with the mouse and the keyboard. Understand these equipments well because they are all some COMPLEX ****. A lotta those same Super Producers out there uses Fruity Loops too, you might not know that. Just because a lotta Super Producer uses the MPC doesn't make it any better than Fruity Loops.
If you are talking in terms of the FEATURES they have, then, one might be better. For Effects, they can sound different based on their features, how you use them and the way you use them. Everybody has their preference and what they can afford, the kinda or type of gear they like to use but you can't make the conclusion that one is better. It is always the knowledge and know how which makes the difference not the type of gear you use. And it all boils down to the Engineer using the effects or equipments. The Software effects work so well, you might think they were Hardware effects.
Now if you compare the Hardware effects to the Software effects, they both get the job than but since most of the Software effects are simulation or virtual versions of the Hardware effects, most engineers will tell you the Hardwares are better and I can agree in a sense but with the kinda work the Softwares effects are doing today, you might be wrong. What makes the sound good is the mixing and Mastering, the effects and Processors used to bring the sound out. The reverse can also be true so in the end, neither equipment has the ultimate sound or sound better than the other. 9th Wonder uses Fruity Loops and his beats sounds better than another Producer with the MPC. It all depends on how you mix the entire beat together to bring out your final compisition. Somebody can use a Software program and make a beat better than another person who used the Hardware and vice versa. That is, how the sample sounds depends on how you mix your record or the beat. You see the differences when you add effects to the Software or Hardware to modify the sample or tweak it. If you take the same sample and put it into both Fruity Loops and the MPC without adding any effects or tempering with the sample anyway, they will sound the same when both are turned up the same volumes. It's only recently that some Hardware and Software developers are trying to add new features to their products to make them better than their competitors which is the reason why every year, there's a new version with new features, forcing you to go and get it. Honestly, if you analyse it, neither is really better than the other. Both Hardware and Software programs will do the same work. It's my best shot to break-in with a hit.Īight let us clear this puff in the air. After 5 years, I midaswell stay on this path. For now, I'm continuing to master FL and make myself more versatile with all types of tricks. I've never used an MPC, but would definately like to cop one someday to expand my skills with hardware. I think all units have a place and certain people who should go a certain way depending on their needs.
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Plus people get caught up in media, like ads for example, and people like Pete Rock reppin the MPC. FL has the tools, but most people are ignorant to their proper use, which leads to skepticism.That's natural. But that's not to say that in FL you cant just insert the "Blood Overdrive" onto its FX channel, and get the same result. If the MPC has built-in preamps for anything you load, that's just one less step you'd have to do yes.
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If you load the same snare, for example, into FL and the MPC, you'll still have to mess wit the volume of the snare, EQ, FX, and what not, to make it crack right in your mix.