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I had the opposite experience! I had a 3000, sold it for Maschine and MPK49, then just could not stand the Maschine's inability to perform live without a comput
by lostgame 6y ago
I had the opposite experience! I had a 3000, sold it for Maschine and MPK49, then just could not stand the Maschine's inability to perform live without a computer.
Despite my MacBook's great specs, I would literally experience software issues involving a crash during a performance 1/5 times to the point where my bandmates said they'd help me buy the 3000 back. Based on what I've heard from other touring electronic bands, there's a lot of the same. Which makes all the sense in the world, as we're literally talking about a dedicated piece of hardware with integrated firmware, vs. a VST, in a DAW, on an Operating System. That's three levels of abstraction.
- albertkawmi 6y agoWe went through the laptop pain as well. In our case an MPC 1000 was sufficient for us for playing back samples and keeping hardware synths in sync.
- tomphoolery 6y agoAgreed. I'm in a touring electronic band and I don't use my Maschine live. I find it absolutely essential for certain in-studio things, like tapping out drum beats or doing interesting sample splitting. But I'd rather use my DJ controller (Xone K2) or an Ableton Push live, as it's deeply integrated into the DAW that you're using. There's just nothing better.