Lampdog wrote:64 pads is for Force, not mpc, phucc all dat noise. 16 pads with quadrants just like Live, they wont break that precedent. When Force is updated you’ll get what you want, more Force.
What I do wonder is about One’s smaller pads, smaller quadrants is gonna be a struggle for people with large hands I’m guessing.
Force and Keys REALLY need an X tilt screen style, you wanna keep customers, then stop breaking their necks and backs. 
B-Wise wrote:Aren't the X & L1/L2 pads different sizes?
No, they are the exact same pads.
One and Key are the same smaller pads.
Those 64 pads is the shit, esp now with the clip-matrix & it can double as 4 octave piano or 64 faders when used as pad macros. It would also take away the need to have the 16 top buttons as the Force already can be used a 64 step-seq, They would probably have to add another 8 function buttons the Force has only 8. But if they wanna keep the 16 pads, at least make them bigger to better accommodate the 64 sections.
Now, if they're gonna make a new Force after this new X, then I don't care about how they do the pads, as someone they has MPCs & the Force, I ain't going back to 16 pads Pucc that noise!
Akai survived the chip shortage & still made/released new MPCs during a global pandemic, so I doubt they could release a new Force & now would be even better as more MPC user love the Force features even tho most don't even now it.
Good point about the the smaller pads on the ONE & how they're gonna put 64 sections on them. Good luck with that "Roland gear for men with little hands" shit with Akai users. They may make the MPC work with the APC's since WHY The PUCC NOT now that the gen1 MPCs got the Pro-Pack/Clip matrix - That gotta be part of the plan.
Oh yeah, the new Force & Keys better have a tilt screen!
