monsoonmoon22 wrote:I'm interested to see how this works with 3rd party plugins.. I wonder if the plugin GUI will be visible on the touch screen??
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that they would willingly cause backlash like they're getting. Not sure I would wait long on that next announcement. LOLAkai product manager Dan Gill wrote:Look at how everybody’s working these days. You watch Iron Man, and you see Tony Stark swiping things in the air! This is the way our collective consciousness wants to work. It just made sense.
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pspsounds wrote:More info. http://blog.zzounds.com/2015/10/07/inte ... mpc-touch/
Fanu wrote:pspsounds wrote:More info. http://blog.zzounds.com/2015/10/07/inte ... mpc-touch/
Pete: This release will be called version 1.9 because of this entirely new way of interacting with the MPC. There’s a whole load of major features added that the Touch UI uses — but that existing customers [running MPC Renaissance or MPC Studio] can use too: independent track lengths, individual insert bypass, massively improved master mixer section, pad color control, continuous loop sample addition — a whole load of stuff.
Every time a standalone thing is mentioned, I can't help thinking of one thing:
If they did it, I suppose a lot of users would want it to run today's plugins; I could imagine the complaints if it only used Akai's own proprietary plug-ins / no 3rd party stuff...after all, it's 2015.
But if you create a device that's independent of your computer AND which uses modern 3rd party plug-ins...that technology would be old in a few years (CPU-wise etc) as you couldn't update its CPU etc yet all the plugins get more demanding etc. So in a way I understand why they don't want to create a standalone anymore.
So even thinking of creating a standalone device catering to most ppl's needs must be a challenge; by making it dependent of your computer makes sure it doesn't get old _that_ fast.
Fanu wrote:Every time a standalone thing is mentioned, I can't help thinking of one thing:
If they did it, I suppose a lot of users would want it to run today's plugins; I could imagine the complaints if it only used Akai's own proprietary plug-ins / no 3rd party stuff...after all, it's 2015.
Fanu wrote:even thinking of creating a standalone device catering to most ppl's needs must be a challenge
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switch18 wrote:I've purchased all their "dongles" ...Ren, MPCStudio, etc and even the iMPC & they're great for a little while, but over time having the Macbook/iPad handcuff sucks. The product does look nice though. I've gone back to my MPC4K & MPC3K and am having a lot more fun. Like some of the others have said, we are not the target audience!
distortedtekno wrote:switch18 wrote:I've purchased all their "dongles" ...Ren, MPCStudio, etc and even the iMPC & they're great for a little while, but over time having the Macbook/iPad handcuff sucks. The product does look nice though. I've gone back to my MPC4K & MPC3K and am having a lot more fun. Like some of the others have said, we are not the target audience!
Yeah that's all they are... Controllers with dongles in them. As long as that's the current format, it's no game changer to me, as they want everyone to believe. One of the major reasons many of us own MPCs is to not have to rely on a computer. Akai really forgot all about that. Most of their market since the '90s and still a huge percentage to this day still don't want to deal with a computer at all. Then they also forget that a good percentage of people wanting to buy any of the current models also may need to upgrade their computers. That's another $1000 at the least for a decent PC and even more for a Mac user to lay out. In the end, you'll spend $2000-$3000 at the very least. I'd be happier spending $2000 or more on a standalone flagship MPC than I would on a computer and a controller. I got enough computers lying around as it is.
