Dan Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 MPC X: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MPCX MPC Live: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MPCLive Be interesting to see Native Instruments response... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 interesting - neither of those links seem to go anywhere on the Sweetwater site, but I'm sure they did when you posted them... Wonder if they jumped the gun, going pre-NAMM perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshPete Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:tItd844Oty0J:www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MPCX http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ue1DAZ5LXUYJ:www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MPCLive cached pages from google! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 A premature NAMMulation methinks. Although these have been doing the rounds for a few months now as general speculation and leaked photos. Akai have at least announced a big announcement at NAMM, so remember to prepare your surprised faces 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Can they host 3rd party plugins, I wonder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Jesus dogfisting Christmas, though - THREE FUCKING GRAND MSRP??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutis Mayfield Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Can they host 3rd party plugins, I wonder?It seems they can't. http://cdm.link/2017/01/akais-standalone-mpcs-just-leaked-and-they-could-replace-your-laptop/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Does any company drop the ball as often as Akai has done in recent times?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Nukai you mean Pete! Just another InMusic blunder, Akai died years ago IMO. They're making sure that this solution will definitely cost more, be less flexible and sounds worse than my current (and probably future) laptop + Maschine setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 It's now OFFICIAL http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/namm-2017-akai-pros-new-mpc-x-and-mpc-live-take-pad-based-production-back-to-its-standalone-roots-646708 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 They're saying £1500 and £700 respectively over here, which isn't quite as bad as I feared. Well, the £700 one if it's really all you need. No news as yet in wether these new stand alone devices will allow you the same quick access to PornHub as computer based production. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswift Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 No news as yet in wether these new stand alone devices will allow you the same quick access to PornHub as computer based production.Thats something you definitely dont get with the Sp 404 and a faulty Mini Disc recorder as your set up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I'll take the 404 and MD over Nukai any and every day of the week, gents. Which is a bit sad to say considering how right Akai got things with my once beloved 2000XL. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I assume you've found the 404's secret porn accessing sub-menu that Dan's laughably missed? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Of course (the fool!) it's all about the sub-sub-menus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswift Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I assume you've found the 404's secret porn accessing sub-menu that Dan's laughably missed?Is this what happens when you press the 'knob bypass filter' switch thats underneath the base of the sampler ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexinoodle Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Prices are a bit high on these all things considered, Roland could release a sampler at a much lower price, Novation could Pro the circuit at a much lower price, these seem to be a big gamble for Akai, they existed on the whole BS of 'Tightness' and they are not going to have that with these designs, bit of luck we should get a flood of 1000s and 2000s on Ebay though hahaha 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 It's not what you press as much as it is how you press it, Dan Flexi - that's what worries me. "I don't need an MPC" might need to be a mantra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenshun Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I love my Mpc 1000. Even tho i had to change out the pads and all the tactile switches this little beast is awesome. Akai really fell off tho . Alot of there new products are all flashy and colorful with bright lights and stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I dug the 1000 - especially with the JJ OS - but after being used to the 2000XL it seemed like the pads were tiny for my yeti hands: I kept pressing the F keys when I was pad drumming (which was kind of ill when it cycled through drum banks, but still not what I was wanting to do). I don't think I gave the 1000 a fair chance, to be honest. If I got another MPC it'd probably be a 1000... but I don't need one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I had a 1000 briefly and it was good for what it was, but it did definitely mark the beginning of the down turn for Akai - massively downgraded pads, tact switches and OS at launch. In true InMusic style, both the pads and OS were fixed after a few years and a third party making a fix for a problem that should've never been there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenshun Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I dug the 1000 - especially with the JJ OS - but after being used to the 2000XL it seemed like the pads were tiny for my yeti hands: I kept pressing the F keys when I was pad drumming (which was kind of ill when it cycled through drum banks, but still not what I was wanting to do). I don't think I gave the 1000 a fair chance, to be honest. If I got another MPC it'd probably be a 1000... but I don't need one.Yeah the 1000 pads are a bit small if your used to playing on the 2000 or 2000xl. I guess i got used to it because that was my first ever real piece of hardware.From stepping up from sampling loops with a gemini 12 second sampler and layering it up in a 4 track tascam!Man those were the days! Just sequencing everything in realtime! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Ha! My first sampler was an Akai s20 - I thought it was going to work like an MPC (I was pretty clueless) but it obviously didn't and I got about as far as sampling and looping drums before I sold it and started saving for an MPC. When we were making stuff on a Portastudio we only had a drum machine, bass guitar, shit keyboard, echo chamber and turntables. We made the strangest shit using headphones for mics. A sampler would have been ill, but we bought all our equipment from the second hand electronics shop down the street so if they didn't have it, we didn't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Matt - that JJ OS totally blew my mind on the 1000. It turned it into a 2500, pretty much - grid edit and all of that good shit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswift Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 @ TenshunThere's a Tascam 424 Mk 3-4 track tape deck sat in my kitchen right now !..£70 from Cash Converters last Wednesday morning..there's not a scratch on it and it works like a charm so whoever owned it previously took seriously good care of it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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