MPC Production Question

[Season]

What's up people? I've had my MPC 2000XL for almost a year now....I've gotten the hang of using it and feel pretty comfortable with it for what I use it for.....I'm not in it for the money...just like to do it for a hobby....but I do feel I'm pretty good at it. Anyway, I was just wondering if you guys have found that you use the same type of volume/velocity for each one of your sounds...Example....do you use the same attack volume for your snairs, kicks, hats etc. every time......what do you guys go for as far as all of that....when you add your bass samples or what ever do you try to keep the same volume with that as well....I just don't want to get into a "comfortable habit" simply because it has worked for me on someof my other beats.....get back at me and let me know what variations you like to keep between your drum sounds/bass/samples etc...........

One,

Season

 

[Equality 7-2521]

i LISTEN to my beats and if it sounds good then it means its good. i fuck with the volumes untill it sounds good...simple as that

when i want to make drums sound real i vary the volume of all the hits (kicks, snairs, hats etc)

 

[Guevara]

i never understood why "hobbyist" buy all this expensive equipment, do u just have money to spend???

 

[Season]

It's pretty simple really....I'm a teacher/coach....I have my summers off....I love hiphop and one day I started researching equiptment because I wanted to get into making beats. Sure, I'd love to get into the "game" and have my stuff used....but mainly it's for my own personal interest....I had the money to spend so I bought the MPC...I suppose I could have gotten something cheaper, but I wanted to make sure I got the best unit for the best price and I ended up getting it from someone who was letting his collect dust...I use it all the time and I"m glad I got it. I know some people have it and are trying to put food on the table with it....and that is great...but I have a job...I have the money and I wanted it. Plain and simple.

Season

 

[Deez]

Hey Season, how much recording time do you have on your MPC???
I know it comes with 32Mb of HD..... can record a musican in stereo for more then five minutes????
Cheers,
Dz