By 64hz
Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:46 am
Monkey with a gun.
mike_mcroberts wrote:I was the product manager at Akai when this came out. In the US, Akai was distributed by International Music Company (which also owned Charvel and Jackson guitars). The president was Jerry Freed. It was Jerry's idea to add the flipup screen, which the home office in Japan agreed to. I was in Jerry's office one day, and he asked me what ADR15 stood for. I said that the ADR could stand for Akai Drum Recorder, but the number 15 had no relationship to it. Jerry said, "Let's brainstorm. What is this machine?" I said, "Well it's basically a MIDI production center, it's got a 60,000 note sequencer....". Jerry interrupted me and said, "How about MPC60?" And the name was born. The next prototype that arrived in late 1987 had the MPC60 name and the flip screen. The company gave me the ADR15. I used it heavily at home in my little studio for a few years, and then sold it to someone in LA. Later on I wished I hadn't sold it because it was definitely one of a kind. But I think it's great that 25 years later, the MPC name is still there.
vinyl_junkie_1620 wrote:Were you involved at all with their rack samplers?