By Mohammed
Sat Jun 12, 2004 6:14 pm
Auch ive checked the mv8k at a friends house, and i got to tell, the MV is away ahead of the mpc4k concerning midi-implementation and the quality of the user interface.
Its got autochop so it cuts samples on db like recycle, and autoasigns the samples to the pads so you wont have to waste time going to pad assign. Editting velocity and note duration is way faster, and there is totaly no sign of any screenredraw problems or what so ever.
Also the audiotracks in the MV are so easy, you can just loop a certain track, and press mixdown,, an there it is,,, you have an audiotrack of a sample (without having to resample and stuff).
And the effects will blow you away, they sound great at least 2300 times better then the mpc, its got eq for each track (instead of having to use it in one of 4 effect sends).
The pads feel much more solid, and the midi implementation is more efficient.
It was a realy painfull experience for me to play around with the mv8000 and see that the mv already got audition from hd, no padstuttering, no slow screen redraw problems etc.
Bothom line is: Its possible to EQ, use good effects, and make a total mixdown of a song(compression finalising) and make it sound realy good without any other tools. The mpc4k cant do this, the fx implementation is way to poor, and its not possible to equalise different tracks or sounds without using the fxbusses. OS1.6 better be good if akai want to keep up with the competition
Its got autochop so it cuts samples on db like recycle, and autoasigns the samples to the pads so you wont have to waste time going to pad assign. Editting velocity and note duration is way faster, and there is totaly no sign of any screenredraw problems or what so ever.
Also the audiotracks in the MV are so easy, you can just loop a certain track, and press mixdown,, an there it is,,, you have an audiotrack of a sample (without having to resample and stuff).
And the effects will blow you away, they sound great at least 2300 times better then the mpc, its got eq for each track (instead of having to use it in one of 4 effect sends).
The pads feel much more solid, and the midi implementation is more efficient.
It was a realy painfull experience for me to play around with the mv8000 and see that the mv already got audition from hd, no padstuttering, no slow screen redraw problems etc.
Bothom line is: Its possible to EQ, use good effects, and make a total mixdown of a song(compression finalising) and make it sound realy good without any other tools. The mpc4k cant do this, the fx implementation is way to poor, and its not possible to equalise different tracks or sounds without using the fxbusses. OS1.6 better be good if akai want to keep up with the competition
Last edited by Mohammed on Sat Jun 12, 2004 11:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.
And affordable to! The price of one 4k. 
Hmm... 
I'll never trust one machine for all of my production,and recording needs. As far efx go I prefer to use Pro Tools for that. The MV looks good,but I trust Akai to much too switch. If Akai put as much into the machine as some of you guys expect then it would be out of the average consumers price range. People want the 4000 to be a save all,end all machine,but forget that it's your creativity that really makes your tracks hot. The MV may work best for the next man,but might slow the next guy down. The MV is no better machine than the 4000,or vise versa. Mohammed no disrespect,but it still seems to me as if you never grasped the basics of the 4000. Maybe the MV is best for you. It's easy to down a machine when you truly dont understand it. As fars as pad stuttering goes either your machine is trash,or you are doing something wrong.
