Twiiter @Akai Pro Reply Regarding MPC5000

that was probably the manufacturer's suggested retail price that nobody actually followed.

mr_debauch wrote:that was probably the manufacturer's suggested retail price that nobody actually followed.

Exactly! And that is what Akai thought it was worth. I would never pay that for a drumcomputer.

But he let's all get along and make love not war allright Fess? Need more cliches?

CoinOP! wrote:

mr_debauch wrote:that was probably the manufacturer's suggested retail price that nobody actually followed.

Exactly! And that is what Akai thought it was worth. I would never pay that for a drumcomputer.

But he let's all get along and make love not war allright Fess? Need more cliches?

yes, and here in montreal we have heavily inflated prices on music gear... compared to say the USA... and when the 5000 first became available or even advertised here in our music stores which was basically when it came out... it was selling for 2899.99. The MV-8800 when it came out at the two or three stores I saw it in.. went for 2799.99...

the 2500 when I first saw it was at 1999.99... and the 1000 i'm not sure, but when I did see it for the first time at a store it was 999.99, and the 500 was 599.99.

so my point is, even with our high montreal prices on gear when they first launch they are considerably lower then MSRP.

Last week, i decided to send a tweet to @Akai too:

"Hello, @akai_pro can we expect an MPC 5000 OS update in the near future? Would love to see that!"

Their answer was this:

"We are actively researching this now."

When i asked if they were actively researching, or developing it, they went MIA lol.

Dunno if its a fruitfull addition to the discussion, but let's keep our fingers crossed. I still feel this beast hasn't reached it's full potential yet.

Yeah, actively researching usually means "we're looking into it" The machine is 5 years old and near discontinuation, they should just open source it already.

An update:

Decided to post again on the Akai Pro Twitter page and these are the responses :-

gonche Andy
@Akai_Pro Any recognition on JJOS? Should I look at a 2500SE with JJOS or are there any updates in the future to the MPC5000?

@Akai_Pro
Akai Professional
@gonche We're aware of it, but we cannot offer any official support of that operating system. We'll keep you posted about 5k updates.

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@Akai_Pro Any recognition on JJOS? Should I look at a 2500SE with JJOS or are there any updates in the future to the MPC5000?
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@gonche We're aware of it, but we cannot offer any official support of that operating system. We'll keep you posted about 5k updates.
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gonche Andy
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@Akai_Pro If JJ was contracted to do an update for the mpc 5000 it would lead to a new wave of sales, look what its done for the mpc1000

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gonche Andy
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@Akai_Pro By the way thanks the honesty and replay. I respect you guys and your products, I want the MPC to stay number 1 and hardware only!
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@gonche We're happy to give you our honest feedback. Dont' think the JJ thing will happen, but we'll let our devs know your thoughts.
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gonche Andy
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@Akai_Pro Thanks its appreciated, can you put up for reviews or tutorials online showing of what the mpc 5000 can do/better compared to JJOS

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If anyone wants to add to the conversations, nows your time?

Any views?

gonche wrote:
gonche Andy
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@Akai_Pro By the way thanks the honesty and replay. I respect you guys and your products, I want the MPC to stay number 1 and hardware only!

Personally, I like MPCs being hardware only. But with that being said, I would like to specs to be updated significantly. The basics being a powerful CPU, huge amounts of sample RAM, OS stored in flash memory, and a large, fast hard drive. Think Korg Kronos inside an MPC...I would buy that.