Jon Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 The Maschine still looks like a much better option in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 This looks cool but seems like exteme overkill. It looks more expensive than the most expensive current MPC, making it - what - 3 times the cost of a Maschine? but then you have the "advantage" of making it sound like older MPCs. Hmmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkF-evh5msA The Maschine still looks like a much better option in my opinion. why do you say that jon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkF-evh5msA The Maschine still looks like a much better option in my opinion. why do you say that jon? Maschine's DAW interface is just a lot nicer imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 i have a feeling this can do an awful lot more tho. just look at the connections on the back, compared to maschine's 1 usb i dont kno why i hate on maschine so much, probly cos it gets bummed. i just prefer mpcs to everything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike-L Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 so close yet so far. It has the same drawback as the maschine i.e. you have to use it with a computer at all times. rather than adding stuff to an MPD to be more like a maschine, they should have tried to make the MPC more like the maschine - but without taking away from it i.e. A stand alone MPC that can be hooked up in realtime for easy tracking out and extra fx processing - How hard would that be? It still looks interesting though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 About damn time they did some updates. Looks very sick but I still see lacking my biggest complaint--no phrase looper (pedal operated preferably) and no non-stop workflow (like Ableton). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 It's the best looking MPC they've made in some time though... although I think the MPC brand is now so diluted that it's hard to know what to expect from these new announcements. Fingers crossed the reason they've let Maschine run rampant for almost three years is because they were working on this until it was perfect (although Akai don't really do perfect, but they do what they do do well well - that's a real sentence btw not a typo) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax On Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Looks very interesting - any idea on price? I'm guessing 1 Large at least... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 NI will put the squeeze on with audio interface bundles with Maschine for sure, whatever price Akai come up with. They want them dead, and at the moment they're on their knees. Akai will know this, but I doubt it'll make them think too differently about their pricing strategy which I bet will be something like the slimline MPC Studio will be priced slightly more than the full version of Maschine plus small audio interface (whether the MPC Studio has built in interface or not), so about £650, and the Renaissance will be priced to skim, at something like £1200 whilst letting retailers drop to a grand with rebate or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax On Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Eurgh too much for me tehn. I might have a dabble at a shop or bpm later in the year or whatevs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solemn Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 "iconic mpc sound" of course... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Who are they aiming at with this do you suppose Chris? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I think the same market as NI: MPC users - potential or existing - who are allured by all the stuff computer based production makes possible. It's going to be an interesting fight, this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax On Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Chris - can you get me one of these? I'll give it a totally tits review xox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I'll give it a go home slice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax On Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 BRO If it happens I'll let you film me fucking up blind dogs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Funksmith Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 BRO If it happens I'll let you film me fucking up blind dogs! sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 BRO If it happens I'll let you film me fucking up blind dogs! sweet this has already happened once and was one of the funniest moments of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x2k Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 First impression is the hardward looks good and the software looks ok, however going by Akai's operating system for the MPC2500 I think akai probably aren't the best software developers where as that's what the NI guys do best. I think Maschine will continue to grow and evolve alot more than this and I'm guessing NI are still way ahead of the game (can't this MPC one load vsts?). I think it'll probably do well and be a good bit of kit (once the bugs are somewhat ironed out) but somehow I suspect Akai won't keep up with NI when it comes to the software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spores Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 If this has that analog grit to it like the older MPC's I'd use it over the Mashine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 From Future Music's Twitter: Just got prices for the new Akai MPCs: Renaissance £729, Studio £399, and (iPad-based) Fly £159. Bargain MPCs, or expensive controllers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 That is pretty crazy, blows my estimates out of the water. If they come through with the software, Renaissance will be a no brainer for people with MPCs who wanted to change to Maschine but were worried about workflow issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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