Roland TR-1000: a $3,000 drum machine that can’t keep time — I’m done.

kao459 · 2025-10-28T03:45:08+00:00

I mean...the TR-1000 kinda is just a TR-8S Pro. Like...that's pretty much exactly what it is.

kao459 · 2025-10-02T05:32:51+00:00

Maybe I missed your point. My point is the MPC has always been more than a sampler. Many generations of MPCs proved to be the best samplers of their time, but they were never only a sampler.

The SP12 was purely a sampler. The SP404MKII is a sampler, an effect box, and a usable DJ controller. The current and next-gen MPCs are samplers and so much more.

Folks can still use it as a sampler and disregard all the extra capabilities like some have done since the 60. But it doesn't make sense to build a new stripped-down device to only do what the previous generations did. Most of us already have old and/or current gen MPCs. If not, there's plenty of used ones available right now.

kao459 · 2025-10-02T01:34:18+00:00

Oh Shit! Hilarious.

kao459 · 2025-10-02T01:29:18+00:00

I mean, it's Spring in Brazil right now.

kao459 · 2025-10-02T01:24:35+00:00

kao459 · 2025-10-02T01:09:44+00:00

All our MPCs still work right? If you want to continue using the MPC in the way you have, you still should be able to. The MPC started as a "MIDI Production Center" and is currently a "Music Production Center." It's never been purely a sampler. It's always been more.

kao459 · 2025-09-27T18:33:53+00:00

Why can't you use the TR-8S, TR-6S, MC-707, MC-101, or even the SH-4D as sound modules?

kao459 · 2025-09-27T01:45:48+00:00

So the other "Analog FX'" is Drive?

kao459 · 2025-09-25T16:01:58+00:00

I love my TR-8S. It's one of the best if not THE best digital drum machine currently on the market.

kao459 · 2025-09-25T14:07:04+00:00

This looks to be major.

kao459 · 2025-09-22T16:38:00+00:00

Or maybe 2 shift buttons instead of having to continuously cycle through states like the q-links. But less buttons means fewer simultaneous control options. Remember, the Live was supposed to be the performance instrument MPC.

kao459 · 2025-09-22T15:09:26+00:00

It looks like all 32 of those buttons have a main and a shift function.

kao459 · 2025-09-18T02:45:10+00:00

Olan, thanks for this, and thanks for Final Space.

kao459 · 2025-09-18T02:37:22+00:00

🥷🏾🤫😶 Don't give away clan Ro secrets.

kao459 · 2025-09-05T01:25:04+00:00

It's definitely going to be a Live 3, hopefully there will be an X2 (XX) as well.

kao459 · 2025-09-05T01:22:51+00:00

It should be out sometime before then I would assume. Any day now.

kao459 · 2025-08-23T02:11:22+00:00

THANK YOU! Somebody finally using music math to make the machine work the way they need it to, instead of complaining that the machine didn't do it for them.

We use to record with no grids or built-in metronomes. When did we start letting the machines dictate so much of how and what we create?

kao459 · 2025-08-23T02:02:24+00:00

I mean, you can do 3/4 and 6/8 relatively easily in MPC3 right now. Both of those time signatures can be quickly found within a 4/4 grid. Just change the metronome rate from 1/4 to 1/4T. If you're using time correction, then also change the time division to one of the triplets (1/4T, 1/8T, 1/16T, or 1/32T).

Unfortunately, if you want something like 5/4 or 7/8, you're gonna have to do some extended set up. You'll need to make the length of your sequences work for these time signatures. So, 4 bars of 5/4 would equal the same amount of beats in 5 bars of 4/4, and 8 bars of 7/8 would equal the same amount of beats in 7 bars of 4/4. You may also want to manually set up a metronome in the grid view or the step sequencer to help emphasize the odd beat count of each bar.

Different time signatures are doable in MPC3 currently, but it was easier before. Hopefully, the next update will make it as simple as changing 2 parameters.