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I bought a One a few weeks ago. It's now the centrepiece of my setup. You can connect a MIDI-interface via USB and have all your MIDI I/O needs covered.

panpanna 6y ago
Could you tell us how you use it? Some folks I know can't shut up praising this kit (and the Ableton Push) but no one has managed to explain why.
- arrakeen 6y ago
  after the very long honeymoon period of desktop digital audio workstations, people are realizing that standalone machines with domain specific physical input interfaces aren't such a bad thing. take the power of a desktop DAW and marry it with the exploratory, jamming capabilities of a synth with lots of knobs and you'll have your answer as to why people are getting excited over these setups. when creativity strikes, i want to just be able turn on my device, hit record and get going. i can't tell you how many times my jam sessions have gotten derailed before they even started because of having to fiddle around on the computer to get it ready to record
- omnibrain 6y ago
  I'm still a beginner. And not a producer but a tinkerer and jammer... It provides MIDI Clock and Start/Stop to my connected hardware if I want to use the included sequencers of those. I also use to sequence mono and poly synths including patch selection via MIDI program change, so I can load the corresponding sounds for my Sequences. Sequences I either program directly on the MPC or record what I play on a MIDI Keyboard connected to the MPC. Misplayed notes I can correct in the grid view on the display. For the drums I either program drums on the MPC (via included sample kits or samplekits I compilated myself from other sources, or I just start the sequencer of connected drum machines. Recording is either via Cubase on the PC or via a Zoom recorder I connected right to my mixer.

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I bought a One a few weeks ago. It's now the centrepiece of my setup. You can connect a MIDI-interface via USB and have all your MIDI I/O needs covered.

by omnibrain 6y ago

panpanna 6y ago
Could you tell us how you use it? Some folks I know can't shut up praising this kit (and the Ableton Push) but no one has managed to explain why.
- arrakeen 6y ago
  after the very long honeymoon period of desktop digital audio workstations, people are realizing that standalone machines with domain specific physical input interfaces aren't such a bad thing. take the power of a desktop DAW and marry it with the exploratory, jamming capabilities of a synth with lots of knobs and you'll have your answer as to why people are getting excited over these setups. when creativity strikes, i want to just be able turn on my device, hit record and get going. i can't tell you how many times my jam sessions have gotten derailed before they even started because of having to fiddle around on the computer to get it ready to record
- omnibrain 6y ago
  I'm still a beginner. And not a producer but a tinkerer and jammer... It provides MIDI Clock and Start/Stop to my connected hardware if I want to use the included sequencers of those. I also use to sequence mono and poly synths including patch selection via MIDI program change, so I can load the corresponding sounds for my Sequences. Sequences I either program directly on the MPC or record what I play on a MIDI Keyboard connected to the MPC. Misplayed notes I can correct in the grid view on the display. For the drums I either program drums on the MPC (via included sample kits or samplekits I compilated myself from other sources, or I just start the sequencer of connected drum machines. Recording is either via Cubase on the PC or via a Zoom recorder I connected right to my mixer.