By Sir Snaxalot
Wed Nov 02, 2022 3:43 pm
Hello all, longtime lurker. Was recently in the market to purchase another MPC Live II and noticed that there's a massive sale going on across retailers right now ($200 off).
So this got the ol' neurons buzzing a bit as to why a sale this massive across the MPC line up (X seems to be not included) would be taking place. Was thinking that perhaps with the global economy as it is right now and more future hurt looming, that they are maybe looking to capitalize on beating the Black Friday/holiday spending spree with folks having fewer dollars to spare this go round. Then I thought about how massive sales across an entire lineup like this are usually to clear inventory for new replacement products.
So I got to googlin' and found a vid from a gent that was posted 5 days ago on YouTube.
He mentions that a new MPC will be dropping in about two months, which coincidently is when the MPC sales end (Nov 1 - Dec 31).
So potentially new MPCs in Jan?
If so what specs and changes are we looking at here? Tbh I'm thinking it'll be something like an "MPC Live Plus" where it might have improved physical button layout for improved workflow and a much needed increase in RAM, since they seem to be going heavy with the paid instrument and effects front.
Gonna need to be able to run all of that stuff smoothly, and current hardware likely holds some of the software potential back. This would free up ample headroom for devs to write more complex software for them to happily sell to us. I'm a bit hesitant on the CPU front, as we just got he MPC keys which features the same chipset at the current lineup with just an additional 2GB of RAM.
Sorry for the essay, I took some pre-workout for fun. Anyhow exciting times are upon us.
Thoughts?
So this got the ol' neurons buzzing a bit as to why a sale this massive across the MPC line up (X seems to be not included) would be taking place. Was thinking that perhaps with the global economy as it is right now and more future hurt looming, that they are maybe looking to capitalize on beating the Black Friday/holiday spending spree with folks having fewer dollars to spare this go round. Then I thought about how massive sales across an entire lineup like this are usually to clear inventory for new replacement products.
So I got to googlin' and found a vid from a gent that was posted 5 days ago on YouTube.
He mentions that a new MPC will be dropping in about two months, which coincidently is when the MPC sales end (Nov 1 - Dec 31).
So potentially new MPCs in Jan?
If so what specs and changes are we looking at here? Tbh I'm thinking it'll be something like an "MPC Live Plus" where it might have improved physical button layout for improved workflow and a much needed increase in RAM, since they seem to be going heavy with the paid instrument and effects front.
Gonna need to be able to run all of that stuff smoothly, and current hardware likely holds some of the software potential back. This would free up ample headroom for devs to write more complex software for them to happily sell to us. I'm a bit hesitant on the CPU front, as we just got he MPC keys which features the same chipset at the current lineup with just an additional 2GB of RAM.
Sorry for the essay, I took some pre-workout for fun. Anyhow exciting times are upon us.
Thoughts?