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Originally Posted by Berni
Damn now I really want one...MPD24 for sale, anyone?
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I had a MPD16 once upon a time... It was okay for the price, but without something like the software that comes with Maschine and all the drum kits, it was always more work to get it into a useful state than I wanted to mess with. The pads were okay but a little mushy for my taste.
Take your hand and lay it flat on a table -- now tap all your fingers in a fluttering motion, as if you were doing super-fast arp hits. That's how fast these pads will respond to your drum roll attempts
Plus velocity pick up is great and the knobs feel nicer to work with than my Novation Remote SL.
I saw a review on youtube where some guy prefered the Akai style where you can kind of hold a pad partially down and nudge it a little for the next note, and his complaint was only that the Maschine was going to change the playing style he was used to.... but most folks like it including me.
I'm mostly experimenting with it right now. You know all those drum loops you encounter, yet refuse to put them into your music because it feels too auto-pilot and karoke-like, robbing you of ownership of the track, even though they sound perfect? You won't need them with this... its very quick and intuitive to put together wicked good loops them bounce them down to a .wav file at whatever tempo, and what's better is they are yours - you played them yourself
A lot of stuff comes together for me with this that just isnt possible using a keyboard with weighted keys (or even one without).