Bug reports & end-user support for Akai's MPC Software 'controllers' including the new MPC Studio 2, the MPC Touch, MPC Renaissance & original MPC Studio and MPC StudioB lack.
By dorsey Tue Sep 04, 2012 2:36 pm
So I called to check the status of my order and They say now no more will ship until THE 19TH OF OCTOBER!!!

This is BS!!

I wonder if this is the truth?

I wonder if AKAI just shipped a few they had to make ppl think they are available and will be before the Maschine mkii?
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By IMAKEMADBEATS Tue Sep 04, 2012 2:47 pm
The day someone announced theirs was shipping, I wondered this same thing. I gave them the benefit of the doubt. Summer ends in 17 days, and retailers' shipping dates are so all over the place.
We'll see.
By master-ceo Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:37 pm
kaydigi wrote:Oprah could have gotten more $$$$$ if that's the case.



Indeed. He/She :mrgreen: should of held on a little longer but it's hard to turn down a local cash money sale.

I agree with ya'll. Numark just put a few out there.
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By RunningOnE Tue Sep 04, 2012 6:06 pm
So who has actually received one?Getting it this week with tracking? I bet there's some "producers" that will pay well over face to show off to their friends or to get as a gift.
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By gertie Tue Sep 04, 2012 6:09 pm
its so clear as day that these few Ren units were shipped as a result of NIs announcement :nod:

what a farce
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By JAH Tue Sep 04, 2012 6:25 pm
gertie wrote:its so clear as day that these few Ren units were shipped as a result of NIs announcement :nod:

what a farce

And.....NI copied more MPC features to add to OS 1.8 and releasing it during the same period Akai was projected to release the Ren..not to mention lowering the prices of their current stock.

Its only right, Akai chin checks NI by releasing a few units...just to let them know Akai has the sampling drum machine sequencer workstation market locked down.

Besides....it allows me to actually discuss OS 1.0 without getting my threads locked.

Sorry Gertie....the product is coming out whether you like it or not. :nod: :lol:
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By gertie Tue Sep 04, 2012 6:28 pm
dude, i dont mind the product coming out
to be honest i hope its a success....however based on numarks track record i aint so sure...but only time will tell

just seems not so very professional this whole Ren business to date....not organized, not coherent and so on
of course i am only commenting on what i see from the interweb, not from behind the scenes

to be honest numark is playing catch up...they have nothing locked down....i mean 32 bit really has NI shitting their pants :hmmm:

ps its only right akai release a few units cos of NI???
lol...yeah really shows they dont care bout the kids who are all excited thinking its actually been released.....
after all Dan 'I promise the mpc5k will get an os update' was in here again saying the REn is now released...giving the impression that is was out...more lies and deceit...lol
By Elohimfetus Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:43 pm
dorsey wrote:... no more will ship until THE 19TH OF OCTOBER!!!

I wonder if AKAI just shipped a few they had to make ppl think they are available and will be before the Maschine mkii?


Hmmm, This would be rather unfortunate and not a characteristic that we would like to see from Akai.

It makes me wonder what is so wrong with the 1st batch that the second batch is so far behind...

We at least need the stores to get a demo version...Perhaps this is only for GC and not some of the online stores? Did anyone confirm that?

gertie wrote:to be honest numark is playing catch up...they have nothing locked down....i mean 32 bit really has NI **** their pants :hmmm:


32 bit vs 64 bit is not going to mean much right now. In a real production situation, I doubt there is anything that Maschine can do that will exhibit better performance over the REN, that is directly related to REN being 32 bit. I'm not talking about stress testing and running 100 VSTs at the same time.

I made that mistake in the past...looking at the old school Akai MPCs (4000, 3000, 2000XL) and seeing stats that were not the latest and greatest, and choosing other products over the MPC because of that. Like the 16 bit - 44 sample rate stat. I was new to the game and did not know much about the realities of music production. The truth of the matter was that I should have purchased an MPC (4000, 3000, 2000XL) FIRST! before any other dumb a-- product I purchased, and I should have never sold the one I finally got.

Yes I intentionally excluded the newer MPCs, I think their feature limitations are based around marketing strategies and not delivering the best product for the price. This should not continue now that the software component adds the ability to update the OS across the board. We will see what Akai does!
By master-ceo Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:29 pm
I'm ready to buy one, but I didnt want to be a first adopter any way. I'll wait till next year when my favorite online store Amazon has a full stock.
For now I'll be happy with the Manual, v-mode sound samples and videos from reputable forum members. I feel like a **** broken record about the damn manual. :evil:
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By tapedeck Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:34 pm
Elohimfetus wrote:I made that mistake in the past...looking at the old school Akai MPCs (4000, 3000, 2000XL) and seeing stats that were not the latest and greatest, and choosing other products over the MPC because of that. Like the 16 bit - 44 sample rate stat. I was new to the game and did not know much about the realities of music production. The truth of the matter was that I should have purchased an MPC (4000, 3000, 2000XL) FIRST! before any other dumb a-- product I purchased, and I should have never sold the one I finally got.

this is real wisdom right here.
when i hear someone say 'but the specs of a computer are far superior to those of a legacy mpc - that thing is basically a calculator' - i know they have no idea what they're talking about.
there is far more to product design than specs, feature chasing, and hype. there is a reason an sp1200 still commands as much as a brand new flagship mpc.
having said that i hope they juice up the sampler to totally unreasonable specs :mrgreen:
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By Lampdog Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:40 pm
tapedeck wrote:having said that i hope they juice up the sampler to totally unreasonable specs :mrgreen:


I wasn't expecting to read this after your whole post.

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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By m:t:c Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:00 pm
JAH wrote:the sampling drum machine sequencer workstation market


the what?! :lol:
By dorsey Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:46 pm
Well 64 bit is very much needed for logic. Big sessions need to run in 64 bit or you run out of ram very quickly. And running the Ren under the 32bit bridge causes crashes and also, put the ram limitation back on the ren as a plug in....