MOTU BPM - Anybody actually buy it?

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:05 pm

All the talk, anyone bite?

Just curious.

mholloway · Post by **mholloway** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:10 pm

yeah I'm curious to hear about this as well. I've got Battery3......but my drum addiction reigns....what I *don't* have is a spare 15 GIGs for another library....

kb420 · Post by **kb420** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:14 pm

I don't think it's actually available until the 9th (Monday). The only person who I know that has bought it is a guy over at Future Producers dot com. He said he ordered it directly from Motu. He's had it for two weeks.

His screen name is infamous twitch. Here is a link to the forum thread:

http://www.futureproducers.com/forums/s ... 390&page=2

Here is a link to a video he made on you tube of him using it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_5z_8Ql9ys

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:19 pm

Yes, it's out, and yes, people already have it and are using it. I'm wondering if anybody here is using it, out of curiosity.

tw1nstates · Post by **tw1nstates** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:23 pm

Nah but I am jonesing for their Volta plug!!

I check the nets every day, sometimes several times

kb420 · Post by **kb420** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:27 pm

sparklepuff wrote:Yes, it's out, and yes, people already have it and are using it. I'm wondering if anybody here is using it, out of curiosity.

My bad. You're right. It's available.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BPM/

Machinesworking · Post by **Machinesworking** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:15 am

The GUI is really cool on this, but isn't it exactly the same thing as GURU with a larger library? Plus it's a dongle plug in, like all of MOTUs stuff.

kb420 · Post by **kb420** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:44 am

Machinesworking wrote:The GUI is really cool on this, but isn't it exactly the same thing as GURU with a larger library? Plus it's a dongle plug in, like all of MOTUs stuff.

It's very similar to Guru, but it can do things that Gure can't.

I really like what I have seen so far from BPM, but I just don't see a need for it. I can do everything that BPM does in Live with Drum Racks. I would like the 15 gig library, but that's really it.

I just can't justify buying it to myself.

ajstrax · Post by **ajstrax** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:39 am

I have it. It's not that great at all. It CANNOT slice audio files. It only allows you to play pre-sliced (e.g., rex, apple loops) files, that's it. It's crazy that in 09 a product comes out claiming to be a sampling drum machine and it cannot slice a sample! I'm sticking with my MV8800 and Live 7. I'm done with products like this. Guru is better IMO.

kb420 · Post by **kb420** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:02 am

ajstrax wrote:I have it. It's not that great at all. It CANNOT slice audio files. It only allows you to play pre-sliced (e.g., rex, apple loops) files, that's it. It's crazy that in 09 a product comes out claiming to be a sampling drum machine and it cannot slice a sample! I'm sticking with my MV8800 and Live 7. I'm done with products like this. Guru is better IMO.

I, personally, would like to thank you for your brutal honesty about this product.

You said you think Guru is better. Which one do you think has the better library?

You may be right. Guru has definitely been around longer, so that makes it the more mature product. The truth is, I hate Guru's GUI. I think it's the ugliest thing I have ever seen, and I just can't get passed it. It has some great features, but if I had to look at it at all while making beats, I would lose any kind of inspiration or workflow I had.

Just my $.02.

LoopStationZebra · Post by **LoopStationZebra** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:04 am

FAIL

The guy should have used the new Obama foul language audio clips for this demo.

ajstrax · Post by **ajstrax** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:22 am

Kb4 - of the two, BPM has the better library, but neither have anything on Battery and NI. That's why the Maschine might be a good product. The Guru library is average at best, although Goldbaby makes some decent kits for it. Either way, for me it's a workflow thing. I have much more fun making music on my MV and Live. I've tried to go full software before, but I keep going back to the hardware samplers. I'm waiting for Linn Drum II, I'd done with BPM and Guru type software. Others may like them though, so whatever works. Later.

kb420 · Post by **kb420** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:28 am

ajstrax wrote:Kb4 - of the two, BPM has the better library, but neither have anything on Battery and NI. That's why the Maschine might be a good product. The Guru library is average at best, although Goldbaby makes some decent kits for it. Either way, for me it's a workflow thing. I have much more fun making music on my MV and Live. I've tried to go full software before, but I keep going back to the hardware samplers. I'm waiting for Linn Drum II, I'd done with BPM and Guru type software. Others may like them though, so whatever works. Later.

Ok. I understand where you are coming from.

elevation1972 · Post by **elevation1972** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:01 am

Just got BPM a couple of days ago thourgh sweetwater. I'm feelin' it so far, pretty fast & intuitive. Drag & Drop rex files, .wav etc. make things quick. Sound quality is very good, Mappings are good also . Got work with Live know, should be real nice with Live 8. Back to the lab to keep testing...

Machinesworking · Post by **Machinesworking** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:18 am

kb420 wrote: The truth is, I hate Guru's GUI. I think it's the ugliest thing I have ever seen, and I just can't get passed it. It has some great features, but if I had to look at it at all while making beats, I would lose any kind of inspiration or workflow I had.

You know if they made it slightly more 2D it would look just like Live? I Like GURU OK, but lately improvements in Live have made Battery and Live a better choice for me. I echo the Battery library thing, much better sounding collection.

MOTU BPM - Anybody actually buy it?

MOTU BPM - Anybody actually buy it?

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