MPC Live 3 being listed for sell!

EnochLight wrote:Errr… I do. And I’d wager a metric shit ton of users do as well. I literally only own a turntable to sample from - not to sit around and listen to albums. I’m too on-the-go for that sort of inconvenience.

lol, you might be one of the last of a dying breed. 99% of people I know have at least some kind of basic what you could call "listening setup" with something something sitting between the MPC and the turntable.

B-Wise wrote:I only used a DJ mixer for the audio grounding. Been switched to turntable amp which then goes to my sampler. Unless you're DJing or scratchin' no mixer is needed.

Yeah, I should’ve been clearer — by “mixer” I meant anything sitting between the turntable and the MPC. I’ve seen people run little standalone preamps into a desktop mixer or rack unit, don't think I've seen anyone plugging it directly

B-Wise wrote:I only used a DJ mixer for the audio grounding. Been switched to turntable amp which then goes to my sampler.

My turntable has a ground that I attach directly to my Live II. No mixer needed.

B-Wise wrote:Unless you're DJing or scratchin' no mixer is needed.

Exactly.

dustyslices wrote:lol, you might be one of the last of a dying breed. 99% of people I know have at least some kind of basic what you could call "listening setup" with something something sitting between the MPC and the turntable.

I dunno man - at least in the US, as recent as 2023, streaming music accounted for 84% of U.S. music industry revenue. I realize vinyl has a hipster resurgence in popularity, but it’s just too inconvenient for true music consumption. Numbers don’t lie.

EnochLight wrote:Numbers don’t lie.

But they can be manipulated

Indeed. And I’d surmise that Akai is smart enough to do their own market research to determine if modern MPC’s still need phono inputs. I can assure you - if the bean counters saw that they could save money by cutting the hardware since users don’t use it or want it, they absolutely would.

This looks more AI than the actual AI images people were posting lol

Miklo wrote:This looks more AI than the actual AI images people were posting lol

That's the new norm.

Don't know if this is real, but here's the link:

https://musicredone.com/products/akai-m ... ion-center

It looks 50% Real lol. Could be!

8GB of RAM!
That would be epic! Stems should work Beautifully if this is real

That looks insanely crammed. Called the touch strip. And hey, clip launching is back.
Great to see physical buttons for the locate again.

8 gb ram is all I needed to finally start making banging beats

lol! Thats the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen. I hate this new AI world

Can already hear Andy Mac's voice "This is the brand new MPC Live III..."