AKAI MPC RENAISSANCE AT $1,499 AVAILABLE SPRING 2012???

akai will only tell you the MSRP, not the price stores sell at... so shave a third off that price and you will be closer to the actual ballpark price.. if they do actually attempt to sell the product at that price.... it wont stay up there for long when units are not moving.

mr_debauch wrote:akai will only tell you the MSRP, not the price stores sell at... so shave a third off that price and you will be closer to the actual ballpark price.. if they do actually attempt to sell the product at that price.... it wont stay up there for long when units are not moving.

The price is gonna have to go waaayyy down if they want to convert some Maschine user's.

You know what? i'm good with my Maschine, my 5000, and my MV.

Mistamixx wrote:You know what? i'm good with my Maschine, my 5000, and my MV.

Damn son... you should be!!!

But fa'real tho that aint Akai's youtube. the vid is cheesy with the funny style color changes too. 01/19/12 we will know the deal fa'real.

psr wrote:

Mistamixx wrote:You know what? i'm good with my Maschine, my 5000, and my MV.

Damn son... you should be!!!

But fa'real tho that aint Akai's youtube. the vid is cheesy with the funny style color changes too. 01/19/12 we will know the deal fa'real.

lol.. I work different ways on different days lol.. I was thinking about selling the 5000 and purchasing the Ren but if the price is anywhere close to that, im gonna stick with what i have.

Mistamixx wrote:The price is gonna have to go waaayyy down if they want to convert some Maschine user's.

maschine users? hell, it's gonna need to go way down if you wanna sell it to anyone other than JAH

mr_debauch wrote:

Mistamixx wrote:The price is gonna have to go waaayyy down if they want to convert some Maschine user's.

maschine users? hell, it's gonna need to go way down if you wanna sell it to anyone other than JAH

LOL...smh..lol

It's part of my fiscal year budget. I keep 3 stacks for a new MPC. $1500 is a reasonable price. I'll have an extra $1500 for something else. Make it a $1K....I can get a Mac Pro too. Im old skool. I just feel that professional tools shouldn't be priced for all consumers to afford. But I understand its business and the economy is down.

JAH wrote: I just feel that professional tools shouldn't be priced for all consumers to afford. .

how does that affect you?

mr_debauch wrote:

JAH wrote: I just feel that professional tools shouldn't be priced for all consumers to afford. .

how does that affect you?

It doesn't. Just like some one saying that its too expensive and won't buy one. None of this effects me in any way. I'm just making a statement.

JAH wrote:

mr_debauch wrote:

JAH wrote: I just feel that professional tools shouldn't be priced for all consumers to afford. .

how does that affect you?

It doesn't. Just like some one saying that its too expensive and won't buy one. None of this effects me in any way. I'm just making a statement.

ahh I see.. so what's your point then? you say "professional" equipment shouldn't be priced so just anyone could afford it as if people should be excluded from being able to use the same gear as people who's profession is music (is yours?) .. what kind of complex is that?

JAH wrote: (...) Im old skool. I just feel that professional tools shouldn't be priced for all consumers to afford. (...)

Not really consequent.

"Im old skool. I just feel that professional tools shouldn't be priced for all consumers to afford"

Old skool = every company who didn't manage to survive the last 15 years, let alone the last 5...
Ridiculous thinking. Not based on economy (or even good business) - just down right elitism.
aka. everything 'old skool' hip-hop pretty much stood against.

Yes, old skool ways of pricing musical gear would have looked at 'professional' and 'consumer' applications, but these days I feel the boundaries between 'consumer' and 'pro' are too blurred for that kind of distinction.

Using price to position a product to 'professionals' is, IMO, asking for trouble, it won't wash these days.

I'll reserve opinion on the price until it's confirmed, and of course, once the actual spec of the machine and vMPC software is confirmed.