Do you plan on purchasing one of the new Akai MPC models?

No !

I have an MPC1000 and a 'Maschine'. Thye are brilliant at what they both do. Knowing Nukai's silly and rather greedy approach to pricing, I would not be inclined to buy any of their new units.

The 1K is still a very good midi controller in it's own right if you know how to use it ... Then the Maschine in the mix with my Cubase, and these will knock the chips out of any of these new mashines Nukai are about to release ... Just not needed !!

If I felt the price it too high, I just wouldn't buy it and move on.

I think Pro Tools Native is way overpriced IMO. If the price was more reasonable, I would buy it. But you will never see my in a Pro Tools forum calling Avid greedy and wasting my valuable time writhing threads about it. That time could be better spent talking about my favorite product(s)....like Akai MPCs.

As far as Maschine, I own it. I bought it to give it a try and didn't like it so I sold it. Only to buy it again once NI added plugin support. From the start, I never cared for Maschine's controller, it's sequencer, and its sampling capabilities. The MPC Ren appears to address these complaints.

Since Namm is here and we have seen the demo's....has anyone changed their opinions? Feel free to vote or change your vote....

No, no chnage. I am still dissapointed with the prices being banded about

However, i will watch the units over the next year and half, like I said, and if they prove to be better than what I currently use, then I may aquire one of them.

yes, now im buying all three.

Does iZotope time stretching and pitchshifting make this product more attractive? What about VST implementation....automap up to 96 VST parameters all displayed in the software GUI?

id def buy the ren.
i dont need it and cant afford it.
but i do like the processing power and capabilities. but i really cant believe anything could take the place of my 2kxl.
plus the emulation buttons are kind of suspect to me...but at this point i suppose there isnt much digital cant do that analog can

JAH wrote:Does iZotope time stretching and pitchshifting make this product more attractive? What about VST implementation....automap up to 96 VST parameters all displayed in the software GUI?

yeah ive been waiting for them to up the mpc chop and time stretching game

masada2502 wrote:

JAH wrote:Does iZotope time stretching and pitchshifting make this product more attractive? What about VST implementation....automap up to 96 VST parameters all displayed in the software GUI?

yeah ive been waiting for them to up the mpc chop and time stretching game

Not that I would use it....have real time processing would really be enjoyed by forum members. Many (if not most) DAWs are incorporating real time timestretching.

first of all.. im not suprised that an akai spy would overlook a bunch of great ideas when a decent thread idea can turn to utter nonsense forum talk about jah and akai dissing etc.. everytime lol

plz make a new thread for that shit instead of having 4 pages with about 1 page informative comments.. also im a bit dyslexic so half the comments some ppl do write up in one big unbroken paragraph are difficult for me too read.

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after seeing the new naam videos, im all over the ren and my gear lust has gone up a few notches.

im loving how the chopping works with the rotary pots, that looks extremely fast to work with.

the 16 pots is a big attraction for me, as i love creating synth patches, not that im big on vsts, but i use logic and some synths every now n then.

although the downside for me is hooking up my controller with logic and mpc and getting it running smoothly, when i only use it so often so i just tend not to.
having 16 pots to map to a synth or to control common parameters inside the mpc environment is a godsend for me... ive been looking into one of those box's with 20+ knobs on it just for this thing.

improved time stretching has been overlooked for sometime with current mpcs, if im stretching a long sample i will mostly always export to my mac and import back in to mp to chop.. **** with my workflow in the process.

one thing i will have trouble with is the colored pads, as i am a bit color blind, but i never needed or wanted backlit pads so this is a very minor issue for me..

the price of 1299, is a little steep but i think if akai make good on their promises with soft-updates its ok. as they stated v.1 of the software should have all basic functionality and future updates should provide with more complex things.

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i gaining faith back into akai, i think they have realised how shit they have been and are trying to step back up to the top of the throne again.. its not that hard, they have all the tools available and seeds planted, they just need to listen and apply!


i think it's time for an 'official feature request list for the ren/studio' thread

padlock wrote:i think it's time for an 'official feature request list for the ren/studio' thread

ok i just checked and there is already one.. im a new post page refresher guy..

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=150858

feature suggestions for ren^

fly for me. I'm all about the iOS right now.

padlock wrote:ok i just checked and there is already one..

Heads were falling over themselves to start threads as soon as these models were announced. I suspect the 'Ren/Studio Bug Thread' will be a good one to start!