Expanding the MPC with the Vestax Pad One (w/ vid)

Check out this video of Connor Daltron extending his MPC 4000 with the Vestax Pad One

http://vimeo.com/28279668

Pretty cool

Yeah it's a cool demo for Midi purposes... however in the video he's not even putting all 16 pads on the MPC4000 to use.

really dont see the point of this...unless your mpc pads r busted

No better than the Korg PadKontrol which has been out since...2006



http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul06/a ... ontrol.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Q-W9WJboM

Direct access to more than one bank of pads is useful in some situations, particularly live performances and sample heavy productions.

@clint246clint yeah I see your point for live purposes. The Pad-One/Vestax probably will go over better with DJing equipment or keyboard sampler.

I always thought it would be cool to have a grid of 8 x 8 pads (64 pads instead of 16) I thought having a mega mpc with like.. 8 q-link faders and 8 knobs.. I dont know.. I just think it would be cool to see a product where "compact" and "portable" wasn't a priority. Make that shit a square meter ffs.

mr_debauch wrote:I always thought it would be cool to have a grid of 8 x 8 pads (64 pads instead of 16) I thought having a mega mpc with like.. 8 q-link faders and 8 knobs.. I dont know.. I just think it would be cool to see a product where "compact" and "portable" wasn't a priority. Make that **** a square meter ffs.

Not a square metre but...




And it's made by Akai (Numark) so why not?

clint246clint wrote:

mr_debauch wrote:I always thought it would be cool to have a grid of 8 x 8 pads (64 pads instead of 16) I thought having a mega mpc with like.. 8 q-link faders and 8 knobs.. I dont know.. I just think it would be cool to see a product where "compact" and "portable" wasn't a priority. Make that **** a square meter ffs.

Not a square metre but...




And it's made by Akai (Numark) so why not?

ah come on.. that one was close but not quite what I meant.. I was thinking more... proper pads (but done right like on the mpc's with proper sensitivity) and what have you... like.. things are getting smaller and smaller, gear is always getting more cramped in... etc. it's about time we got a behemoth of a machine, dont you agree? haha...

mr_debauch wrote:

clint246clint wrote:

mr_debauch wrote:I always thought it would be cool to have a grid of 8 x 8 pads (64 pads instead of 16) I thought having a mega mpc with like.. 8 q-link faders and 8 knobs.. I dont know.. I just think it would be cool to see a product where "compact" and "portable" wasn't a priority. Make that **** a square meter ffs.

Not a square metre but...




And it's made by Akai (Numark) so why not?

ah come on.. that one was close but not quite what I meant.. I was thinking more... proper pads (but done right like on the mpc's with proper sensitivity) and what have you... like.. things are getting smaller and smaller, gear is always getting more cramped in... etc. it's about time we got a behemoth of a machine, dont you agree? haha...

That would be crazy. But imagine the table you'd need.

Maybe companies will start developing velocity sensitive controllers like the APC, Launchpad and Monomes, and you'll get your 64 grid.

Metatron72 wrote:

mr_debauch wrote:

clint246clint wrote:
Not a square metre but...




And it's made by Akai (Numark) so why not?

ah come on.. that one was close but not quite what I meant.. I was thinking more... proper pads (but done right like on the mpc's with proper sensitivity) and what have you... like.. things are getting smaller and smaller, gear is always getting more cramped in... etc. it's about time we got a behemoth of a machine, dont you agree? haha...

That would be crazy. But imagine the table you'd need.

Maybe companies will start developing velocity sensitive controllers like the APC, Launchpad and Monomes, and you'll get your 64 grid.

man I just think it would be great to see companies developping gear where size aint the issue. if the shit takes two coffee tables joined together to fit it... so be it... I aint got a problem needing all 3 seats of the couch to utilize the whole machine

Debauch your post made me think of this picture,

^^^^^ He must be an octopus

mr_debauch wrote:ah come on.. that one was close but not quite what I meant..

Sounds like a custom project to me, but it is possible I suppose.

What could be easier for a tech head than a oversized midi controller with 64 Akai pads, knobs and sliders?

Get your wallet out, cop a few MPD's and get cracking....

clint246clint wrote:

mr_debauch wrote:ah come on.. that one was close but not quite what I meant..

Sounds like a custom project to me, but it is possible I suppose.

What could be easier for a tech head than a oversized midi controller with 64 Akai pads, knobs and sliders?

Get your wallet out, cop a few MPD's and get cracking....

maybe some day I will haha... actually this reminds me of that guy who made the motu bpm controller.. that was pretty neat.