Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000

By illiac Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:35 am
slow news day?

-illiac
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By Groove66 Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:18 am
Who cares?

Akai products are going to get worse. With Numark toying around with cheaper parts, the mpcs future looks pretty shady IMO.
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By Blue Haze Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:58 pm
No longer made in Japan so go figure.
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By Jacpot Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:11 pm
Groove66 wrote:Who cares?

Akai products are going to get worse. With Numark toying around with cheaper parts, the mpcs future looks pretty shady IMO.


Numarks been making cheap products ever since they hit the scene. NUMARK SUCKS!
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By alpha80 Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:23 pm
Blue Haze wrote:No longer made in Japan so go figure.
D@mn, that means the quality will be sh!t. :(

Is all Numark's/subsidiaries' products made in China now, right ?? ???
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By alpha80 Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:07 pm
soulsyn wrote:will it happen? :?: :(


BTW, I think dropping a 5000, without first dropping another, final O.S. for the 4000, or a 4000XL, is disrespectful, and would potentially hurt Akai Professional's legacy even more. :(
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By DSTRUCT Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:00 pm
theres another MPC dropping real soon. Not sure if they will showcase it at NAMM but they could.
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By Kalei Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:20 pm
alpha80 wrote:
soulsyn wrote:will it happen? :?: :(


BTW, I think dropping a 5000, without first dropping another, final O.S. for the 4000, or a 4000XL, is disrespectful, and would potentially hurt Akai Professional's legacy even more. :(


It hasnt stopped them in the past. And Im not talking about the 4000.
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By rookie Wed Jul 05, 2006 3:13 pm
maybe akai needs tp expand there products, they have a big enough library to build a synth,the rack mount sampler dayz is over,how many more mpc's can you remake? if it were up to me I would just keep upgrading the 4000 at least to 3.0 before making another maching whose heart and soul is to sample and sequence.if they would add some of the feature's we requested I won't need a 5k.
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By nik Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:28 pm
alpha80 wrote:
Blue Haze wrote:No longer made in Japan so go figure.
D@mn, that means the quality will be sh!t. :(

Is all Numark's/subsidiaries' products made in China now, right ?? ???


Dunno about you guys, but the back of my 4000 says MADE IN CHINA. I don't take it as indicitive of bad quality these days, most every manufactured item is made there these days, ESPECIALLY electronics.

The paint on the backplate of my 4000 is crap though, I can scratch it with my fingernail! Same for the purple screenprint on the top.

RE: MPC 5000 or whatever - I can't see Akai making another machine to top the 4000 for years, if ever. NuAkai seem to have gone back to the older sample engine (44.1 at 16 bit), there is no indication they would suddenly pull 192k 24bit out of fresh air - that would take a heck of a lot of R+D IMHO. I fully agree they should work a bit more on the 4000 OS.