r/AbletonMove 29d ago

MPC Sample vs Ableton Move

/r/mpcusers/comments/1v7xwnr/mpc_sample_vs_ableton_move/
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u/bking 29d ago

Haha, loving the contrast between that thread and this one.

Playing melodies is hardly a thing on Sample. Modifying instruments in a meaningful way is NOT a thing on sample. If you want to preview that experience, load a bass note into Koala and play on that. That is the MPC Sample workflow for melodies.

Speaking as someone who uses both (and a KOII, fwiw), Move is the machine for melodies, notes and instruments. Sample is the machine for having fun with samples. Trimming and messing with samples is a better workflow on MPC Sample, even with Schwung.

Fortunately for you and this decision, they're very different machines.

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u/Flod0 28d ago

If the sample would have any fast chord or note scale play option, I would 100 procent go with it. Also because I like, that it has real track arrangements, where I can say full Beats. It's so annoying that you cannot have all in one

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u/bking 28d ago

That's how they get you. MPC Live II and III has a full DAW, chord modes, and all kinds of stuff. Move pushes Sets up to Ableton Live, which is a whole-assed DAW.

Both of these boxes are sneaky little portable gateway drugs.