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"From a MPC Veteran" submitted May 17, 2013

By Alfred Taylor in Roosevelt, NY
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Musical Background: Hip Hop producer, Emcee, DJ. Been doing it for over 30 years..
Music Style: Hip Hop, R-n-B, mainly
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Overall: I have owned every machine from the original Roland 808 to the Maschine. I recieved the Ren yesterday from zzounds (very quick delivery). I have been on it for about 12 hours straight (Took off of work today) and I must say that I am in love all over again. The Maschine made me smile but the work flow made me feel like I was just using a computer. The Sequencer and pads were missing that little spice that creates the difference between a good cook and a master chef. The Ren has rekindled my love for beat making as the Serato did my love for DJing. Even though the maschine is a great thing, I still felt the need to keep my mpc 2000xl because the work flow just made producing fun. It forced you to be creative. The Ren takes computer beat making and traditional outerboard production and fuses it together. The sequencer is dead on. I have an i7 with 8 gigs of ram and its seemless. The key pads feel like the MPC as you would expect but you can naturally change velocity and such. The thing that I love and hate about the Ren is that I have the M-Audio fast track 8 interface which is damn good, but the ASIO driver in the Ren is actually more plush believe it or not. I have everything running through the Ren as my fast track sits there fearful of collecting dust. To the MPC lovers out there that are wondering if this product is worth the money - Take it from someone who is a straight studio rat on the hip hop / R-n-B tip, this is the new flavor. Others will come out and have things this doesn't but just like back in the days, there were machines before the MPC - there were machines after it. Some had less options and were cheaper, some had more and were more expensive. It was something about the MPC that caught your eye and heart similar to that young lady that you loved but let get away. Something made you keep the MPC close. This is a great moment in time for me because me and my MPC when our separate ways but now she is back in town, she lost some weight, she learned how to do some new things and she still loves me. So now... We play... **Warning... If you are a computer producer who never learned how to make beats the pure way we did once upon a time, you may be overwhelmed by this product. Creativity is earned... not learned***
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"MPC Renaissance " submitted April 7, 2013

By Donald w
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Musical Background: home studio engineering and producing 15 yrs
Music Style: Hip hop rap rnb dirty south
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Overall: Love the mpc Renaissance for the price it should come with more but it is very good equipment
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Overall: Love the mpc Renaissance for the price it should come with more but it is very good equipment
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"Solid midi /audio controller" submitted November 19, 2012

By T M in Danville, KY
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Musical Background: Over 20 years experience in music production. Keyboardist, guitarist Controllerism and dj
Music Style: Variety of styles including hip hop, funk, r&b, smooth jazz, dub step
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Overall: This mpc hybrid is a quality built controller, great bounce to pads they feel better then any other pad controller on the market. The lights on the pads are a bonus and they have excellent response.
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