By dorsey
Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:05 pm
Akai, we all want the new MPC line to succeed. We obviously have found something about the mpc workflow that we love along the way.
But... YOU MUST SPEAK TO US IF TOU WANT THIS TO BE A SUCCESS FOR YOU!
Look at Native Instrumenst, I personally Do not like the Maschine, its ok but to many things left out that are needed for it to be close to an MPC.
BUT, NI as a company speak to the consumers constantly!!!
Always let them know the status of updates!
Don't just avoid comments when they are legit features that are not in the Ren yet, Address them and put ppl at ease knowing you will fix/add those features promply and keep up updated!!
Remember you are asking for 600 more Dollars than your competition.
You are competing for attention in music shops for ( young kids money ) who walk in and see the bright lights of the mkii and then see the MPC, That they 1. don't have any history with... 2. Don't know why its important...3. Don't know why they should spend the extra money when the other lights up more ..
lol but its true for the young kids, trust me, look at the fantom g vs the motif and m3, fantom g was way more expensive, online they could have read about all the bugs that crippled that machine, the xs sounds better to (most ppl), and was cheaper...
But they all bought the fantom G, why?? It looked cooler to them, looked like it could do anything.
You can even open your own dedicated site for these updates, but you must communicate!!!
But... YOU MUST SPEAK TO US IF TOU WANT THIS TO BE A SUCCESS FOR YOU!
Look at Native Instrumenst, I personally Do not like the Maschine, its ok but to many things left out that are needed for it to be close to an MPC.
BUT, NI as a company speak to the consumers constantly!!!
Always let them know the status of updates!
Don't just avoid comments when they are legit features that are not in the Ren yet, Address them and put ppl at ease knowing you will fix/add those features promply and keep up updated!!
Remember you are asking for 600 more Dollars than your competition.
You are competing for attention in music shops for ( young kids money ) who walk in and see the bright lights of the mkii and then see the MPC, That they 1. don't have any history with... 2. Don't know why its important...3. Don't know why they should spend the extra money when the other lights up more ..
lol but its true for the young kids, trust me, look at the fantom g vs the motif and m3, fantom g was way more expensive, online they could have read about all the bugs that crippled that machine, the xs sounds better to (most ppl), and was cheaper...
But they all bought the fantom G, why?? It looked cooler to them, looked like it could do anything.
You can even open your own dedicated site for these updates, but you must communicate!!!
Seriously, you can feel that people have a lot of respect for Dan because he did stick around, he did stand up for himself against some of the assholes, and he didn't tend to cherry pick which questions to answer. And that's what we need from Akai on a permanent basis.