Yo, yall know I’m a huge fan of Maschine…but you also know I’ve recently become a huge fan of BPM as well.
I love them both for different reasons.
The hands on workflow of Maschine is un-matched.
And I love how it handles sampling, editing samples, chopping, etc.
But I also love the BPM sound engine, fx, and expandability with Motu/UVI sounds.
Luckily there are ways to use the best of both in a quick and efficient workflow.
I will be using Maschine for what it does best, namely sampling, sample editing, and holding the hundreds of kits I already made in it!
And I will continue to use BPM as a workstation with the various expansions and instruments available from UVI and Motu.
These two products don’t have to be against each other, and in fact, they work very well together.
I have the Maschine controller mapped to BPM so it can be more hands on (though still not as fluid as Maschine with it’s own controller)
In this video I had started a drumloop in Maschine, but couldn’t find the sound I wanted to lay over it, this prompted me to explore dragging audio into BPM, since I knew the sound I wanted was available in one of it’s many expansions.
While so many people are trying to figure out which one is better, I’m busy figuring out how to use them together!
Let me know what you think
Nice one joe!
@orenthal davis, always appreciate the response fam!
man, I’m usually wit ya, but that seemed like a lot of work..lmbo..so you dragged the sample and then replayed it??? It looked like that but idk…would it be quicker to just use bpm as a vst and hit your studio one up? Just asking, or better yet, seeking your wisdom gear guru 🙂
@rick, I coulod have just drew the note in lol, I’m hands on. I don’t produce in Studio One, I don’t like it, I prefer the workflow of something like Maschine or BPM. I had started the beat in Maschine, but couldn’t find any instruments to use in it’s library, so it was quicker to just drag the wave loop out and put it in BPM where I knew there would be instruments I like 🙂 This is especially useful for chopping samples and such, which I like better in Maschine. There are also different types of kits in Maschine like acoustic and such, that aren’t in BPM. It’s really quick, only those that have both will truly understand it tho lol.
@saintjoe,
Don’t LIKE STUDIO ONE!!!! BLASPHEMY!!!! hahaha, im kiddin’, I think Studio One is sooooooooo workflow friendly. Thanks for the Video, good idea using both….PEACE!!!!
@Kruz, I don’t like it for production lol, I don’t really like the linear thing, not specific to S1.
It is my go to for recording though lol, with some updates could ne for production too!
That’s exactly how my workflow is with Maschine to BPM. I always liked the drag & drop feature into Racks & Banks in BPM. Makes things easier when looking for other instruments that you can’t find on Maschine especially since NI doesn’t provide the same sound expandability that BPM has (I hope that’s one area NI will focus on in the future…it would be the sh** if NI would let Maschine incorporate Kore 2 sounds within it and use those like the instruments that ships with Maschine). I want ahead and brought UVI Sounds Analog Anthology…downloading it now. Looking forward to exploring those phat leads.
Anyway appreciate the video bro.
@Madbull1971, I knew you’d feel me man lol, some folks aren’t seeing the purpose, but you must have both to understand. Once you start expanding BPM with motu and uvi sounds…it’s pretty much a wrap. So yeah lol, I use Maschine as my sample/beat machine, BPM is the workstation…the sounds in Maschine can’t touch the sounds in the various uvi/motu libraries.
NI integration with Kore/Kontakt would change the game lol…period.
I also find the fx more useful in BPM, they are more bread and butter and not so much tweak and perform type instruments in my opinion. Good for sculpting the track and not just performing with it.
yeh joe that was hot do what work for you man i like to know what other soft ware work with machine if come up with any thing please let us know
@tony, no doubt fam, thanks for checkin.
The comparison between Maschine v. BPM with that drum sound took me by surprise. I mean I’ve read/heard talk about how “fat/thick” BPM can sound this however gives a interactive listen of sorts. The work flow may seem lengthy but like learning any new language it just takes practice and consistency I guess.
I see that you used the audio drag & drop from Maschine into BPM. I’m curious does it work the same for Midi as well? I see you point between the fx sections of each whereas one is more performance oriented the other more inclined for studio use.
Thanks for the post, it definitely puts some thoughts to ease. If I come across a good deal on BPM I’ll surely snatch it up, but until then I’m putting some scraps aside for that Komplete 7 upgrade.
@jamari, yeah, I just made it a bit longer for the video, actually I just drag it and draw the note in lol, since my chops/loops already made in Maschine. I haven’t tried it with midi, I’ll have to see, it may work for that as well. I had a slight eq on the rack part already which made it sound a little fatter. I got BPM for a good deal from a fellow Maschine user 🙂
Yeah, That was nice. Maschine is dope. After I cop Komplete 7 I might grab it but I love my MPK61 with BPM. I still want it though.LOL.
@BDrake, I bet its dope with that mpk yo. You have any expansions for bpm?
@BDrake, I just wanted to spread word, granted it may be old news to some being I haven’t been online as much lately for other reasons, but have you noticed that SamAsh, GC & others have Komplete 7 upgrade prior to the scheduled Sept. release for $199.
@jamari, good info fam, thanks for sharin!
Thank you Sir. Again, you are showing us the light.
Been a machine user for about3 month and now waiting on my BPM 1.5 to show up at my door step. Don’t know if you had chance to read my fan letter, but can you also cover using maschine controler to control different plug in’s such as BPm?
@GunH, thanks for the response fam, you’ll enjoy it. I may do a video on mapping but it’s pretty dependent on the software you’re mapping to, NI controller editor makes it very easy.
MPC 399 or BPM or Maschine which do you refer
@mehdo, thats a MPC 2000 XL for that price
@mehdo, I wouldn’t buy an older mpc at this point, I’d need one that can hook up easily via usb for quick sound transfers from my pc
@mehdo, either maschine or bpm
thank you guys greatly
@dledge, no problem
your site had led me to awesome samples.now iam considering buying NI MASCHINE…but am not convince yet
@dledge, cool, thanks for the feedback
Brilliant! I will be buying both, keep up the good work!
@JMAC, glad to help fam, thanks for the reply!