samil's Electronic DJ Setup

Moving from the Roland SP-606, the MPC One has become the brain in my studio. I prefer having all the dedicated buttons as opposed to the Live II but I do wish I had at least another stereo I/O, but I can make it work. I think I'll eventually move up to the X for more control (16 Q links) and more I/O's. Love the MPC workflow. Don't need battery as this unit would only leave my studio for a live setup (which I would want to plug in anyway). Time stretching could be improved on, I can work around that by doing that in my mixer before sampling into it but it would be nice to have a proper time stretcher without getting digital artifacts when stretching more than 10-20 bpm's. That said, I don't really have gripes, this is a definite upgrade from my previous stand alone sampler.

UPDATE: Time stretching has vastly improved with their new update.

Love this sampler, some limitations (sub-par time stretching, limited chopping capabilities), but overall packs in a lot of features other SP's lack. simple sequencer, only 4-tracks but I've always made it work. resampling is super easy. chain 2 effects together. This was one of the first (if not the first) true hybrid standalone. It could also be used as a controller with USB cable. The 404 series gets all the shine but the 606 is a very capable machine.

This was my first real sampler, I still use it to this day though not for sampling anymore, just for running sounds through and getting that nice warm tube saturation. Geared more towards dance music production.

Does everything I need and more. It's my main gear for live sets, now days I use it more in the studio to sample into my MPC. I have my record player connected it as well. I've made beats on this years ago just for fun, It's intuitive and fun to play with.

Works well with just about anything really. Plug&play, used it on Logic Pro X and even to control samples and sounds on my Electribe ESX-1 through the MPC One.