By mr_debauch
Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:19 am
Jae MacKay wrote: The 4k does not have a va synth. Is there another manufacturer that makes a "all in one" like the 5k ?
the VA synth? you bought the 5000 for the VA synth? Why didn't you just get the alesis micron if you are a fan of that synth instead of buying the 5000?
the 4000 is way older and more powerful than the 5000... it has more sample time, better build quality, samples at 24bit, can take USB sticks to load samples, better sequencer and none of the odd PPQN stuff that happens on the 5000... plus if you had the micron (which why get that synth unless you love it specifically) you can sequence it with the 4000 and that would be even better since it adds keys to the setup...
not trying to criticize you or anything but.... you did ask for suggestions and are shooting them down because of your misinformation about the products... you think you know the specs and capabilities of those machines when it appears you dont.
For example, when people suggest the 1000 or 2500, they are not referring to the version you may have read about in akai brochures or on that mpc comparison chart.... the specs have been greatly improved on those models with JJOS and is actually still being improved. This is not an OS made by akai, this is made by a third party who has taken user feedback for the past decade and incorporated it into the firmware.
Akai isn't really appreciated on this website... the employees of theirs dont come here because we are the most critical of their MPC line of products out of pretty much anyone.... when their marketing guys mentioned specs in NAMM videos that sounded odd to us... we are the ones that exposed it and didn't let it slide... we made sure everyone knew they were bullshitting (remember when they said they were working on an OS3 for the 5000, or how about when they said vintage mode on the ren was hardware based)
Even the biggest fanboy in existence left this site because his bullshit blind marketing was not condoned by this forum.
Now, back on topic.. you want an all in 1? or you want an mpc product? what exactly are the must have features you want all in one product?
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