Maschine, Push & MPC
Figuring out a name for this post was harder than writing it because I couldn't think of a general category to place all three. Groove boxes? Sure, but they do much more than that. Midi controllers? Yes but that still doesn't nail it. DAW controllers? Yes but the MPC live and X can operate solo. So what the hell are they? Maschine, Push and MPC. They're pretty, they're stylish, they make you feel like you're actually doing something not just looking at your monitor as you drag the mouse around. They give you a hands-on feel during production. But the most important question still remains this, will they improve your sound? Let's find out! What do they do? In a nutshell, these controllers have embedded in them - literally all the important functions needed in music production and these functions can be accessed using the pads, buttons, knobs and encoders found on the machines. That means you can comfortably make a beat from s...