well i kind of tried this.Unless i am mistaken i couldnt find any softrware that did the autonote repeat trick the mpc can do and i also have found cubase sx really dodgy for sequencing midi this maybe me , i have a midex though but still somehow i never felt cubase sx was good on the timing (anyone else find this ) .From my own experience i found trying to take this appraoch of replacing 1 piece of hardware with software and an interface rarely worked , ive tried with softsynths and the real ones and couldnt get the same results or feel and immediacy and i did try working mpc' like' in cubase witha controller but somehow the fact you have no screen and nothing but those rubber pads makes for a unique sequencing experience in some ways.If you set the mpc to groove a little whatever you seem to do comes out sounding cool , its timing is a joy and i am finding software midi sequencing really depressing these days .You could geta similiar effect with mpc like controller
and software though and working with pads itself will yield different results than keys - dont ask me why it would be any different but i found it is and gives different results , pads are Way better , especially those soft rubber ones .. . .

regimental1200 < regimental1200@... > wrote: Do you think a MIDI controller with MPC-like pads connected to a
sequencer like Cubase or Ableton would be able to achieve the results
of a full fledged MPC or is the internal sequencer really too unique

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , Florian Anwander
<Florian.Anwander@...> wrote:

>
> Hi regimental1200
>
> > Yeah, I used to own an Xbase09 too. Seemed to have more groove. The
> > problem with MPCs and software sequencers like Logic / Cubase is that
> > they're not 16 step sequencers. You gotta tap the beat in or click
> > every beat.
> I don't know the MPC (though I' think, it might be interesting), but

for

> logic it is not true. Get to "Event edit", select the step rate at the
> lowest left corner, activate the MIDI IN button, and play. More details
> (entering pause, or legato) can be found in the manual of Logic ;-).
>
> It is quite similar to the handling of the SH-101 or JX3P Sequencer.
>
> Florian
>

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