TT_Lab wrote:Straker wrote:I think it's the right direction.
Browser needs improvements.
The touch screen needs to be used in its potential.
If they also fix current bugs, it is exactly what MPC needs now, to be polished and well organized.
We already had new stuff like FX and Synths with last updates, what do we want more? Now MpC is full of features, better to polish, organize, clean.
And I personally don't care about disk streaming.
Next step for me would be the arranger, just that.
^^^Exactly^^^
I think disk streaming and arranger are features they will be implementing, just my opinion, in a 3.0 version of the firmware. I believe this machines are quite capable as they are right now. Can they be better? of course. But I would take this over almost any other standalone maschine out there. See what I did there?
Akai is going in the right direction, and for now, we are not taking the plunge of updating to a major version.
If people don't like MPC maybe they can look to get a OP1 Field, and see what they can do with it.
Yeah, I have MpC since 4 years and I must say we had plenty of updates that added plenty of very good FX and Synths to the point that I really have all I need to make 10 records from now to 2030.
Adding and adding means more to manage and more complex coding.
So it's time to clean and polish and organize, that's my opinion.
Once all is working right and well organized, Mpc can be considered a top class standalone device, reliable, fast, great sounding. Both for studio and for Live.
And at the moment, after 4 years, I never had the necessity to have disk streaming, I never go more then 30/40% on cpu and I can load all my samples without any issue.
So the only thing I miss is the Arranger which can be cool to organize projects.
But even if it never comes, I am perfectly fine.
So for me this update is the right direction.