New Akai synth station

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Re: New Akai synth station

By inflict3 Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:02 am
its plastic. wonder how many pad banks it has. i would bet 2. the keys are shit. akai/numark could have done a better job on this but again they fail. :lol:
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Re: New Akai synth station

By konc3pt Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:05 am
This will look cool in many starting out bedroombeats productions :mrgreen: :D
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Re: New Akai synth station

By GRMM D Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:37 am
Was geeked until I found the screen was an ipad, but it seems like something that's perfect for the ipad. If u have a set up u wouldnt need a sequencer right? Midi it to the mpc but can u put a soundcard in the ipad? does it have a stereo out? I really don't kno anything about the ipad.
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Re: New Akai synth station

By inflict3 Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:56 am
Explicit- wrote:
Esquilo wrote:no sequencer = no thanks


Exactly how I feel.
Plus with those idiots behind the OS this shit is going no where.

^^^^ end of story...dude just summed it up real fast 8)
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Re: New Akai synth station

By Explicit- Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:20 am
I mean just compare what JJ has done with the 1000 and 2500 to what Akai has done with their OS's.

JJ has continuelly progressed a machine from 2004 till 2011 and has improved it dramatically. Its amazing what the man has done.
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Re: New Akai synth station

By inflict3 Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:49 am
i am loving my jjos on my custom 1000.. jjos is the shit!
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Re: New Akai synth station

By mp3 Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:16 pm
GRMM D wrote:Midi it to the mpc


Bingo, and use it as a sound module. Or MIDI it to your sound module and use it as the sequencer.

GRMM D wrote:but can u put a soundcard in the ipad? does it have a stereo out?


It looks like the synthstation 49 (and Alesis Studiodock) actually provides audio and MIDI I/O to the iPad. But you could also just get the iPad Camera Connection Kit. Certain USB interfaces are known to work.

http://iosmidi.com/devices/
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Re: New Akai synth station

By psr Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:40 pm
It's dope if you want to use the many many iphone / ipad music synth apps in a real recording or live situation. i gives the ipad some pretty good usability for musicians. maybe not everyone's cup of tea... considering the arena (mpc-forums) but i can see it being useful. I'll bet The Gorillaz think so. :D
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