MPC Renaissance Discontinued!

Check it out - every UK retailer has the MPC Ren listed as Discontinued or it's not listed anymore! This change has just happened in the last two days. Is the MPC Ren 2 imminent?

http://www.djtechdirect.com/akai-mpc-re ... GwodPj0N3A

It's been mainly discontinued since November 2015

adfunk wrote:Check it out - every UK retailer has the MPC Ren listed as Discontinued or it's not listed anymore! This change has just happened in the last two days. Is the MPC Ren 2 imminent?

http://www.djtechdirect.com/akai-mpc-re ... GwodPj0N3A

I hope to **** that those clowns design a modern looking MPC, drop that wack-ass name Renaissance, and most importantly change the design aesthetic. No one wants to see any more MPC 60 colored controllers. A piss poor decision from the start.

Fess wrote:

adfunk wrote:Check it out - every UK retailer has the MPC Ren listed as Discontinued or it's not listed anymore! This change has just happened in the last two days. Is the MPC Ren 2 imminent?

http://www.djtechdirect.com/akai-mpc-re ... GwodPj0N3A

I hope to **** that those clowns design a modern looking MPC, drop that wack-ass name Renaissance, and most importantly change the design aesthetic. No one wants to see any more MPC 60 colored controllers. A piss poor decision from the start.

What you're describing sounds to me like the MPC Touch. Personally I like the whole "throwback" aesthetic - different strokes for different folks.

UPDATE: I just spoke with someone over at djkit.com - he said the Renaissance is officially now discontinued and there's no news from Akai on a replacement.

IMO, the MPC Touch is effectively the Ren replacement. No doubt another so-called flagship will arrive eventually, but I'm not convinced that's going to happen anytime soon. I assume they'll want to flog the Touch to death first rather than fragment sales by introducing yet another controller. Too many options = bad news IMO.

MPC-Tutor wrote:IMO, the MPC Touch is effectively the Ren replacement. No doubt another so-called flagship will arrive eventually, but I'm not convinced that's going to happen anytime soon. I assume they'll want to flog the Touch to death first rather than fragment sales by introducing yet another controller. Too many options = bad news IMO.

Yes mate that's pretty much what the guy at djkit.com said.

Just gonna have to wait June 23 for NAMM for official story and future of the line. Dan will talk, OS 2.0 is not even out yet, it's a shame Akai cuts off the Ren before it was released, I guess they want you to buy controllers every 4 years.

MPC-Tutor wrote:IMO, the MPC Touch is effectively the Ren replacement. (NOPE!)[/b] No doubt another so-called flagship will arrive eventually, but I'm not convinced that's going to happen anytime soon.

Something's coming...

adfunk wrote:

MPC-Tutor wrote:IMO, the MPC Touch is effectively the Ren replacement. No doubt another so-called flagship will arrive eventually, but I'm not convinced that's going to happen anytime soon. I assume they'll want to flog the Touch to death first rather than fragment sales by introducing yet another controller. Too many options = bad news IMO.

Yes mate that's pretty much what the guy at djkit.com said.

Fortunately, the guy at djkit.com has no idea what he's talking about. I told you guys a while ago the Touch was not the flagship, and it isn't. It was never supposed to be anything than a touch-screen entry-level MPC controller. Glad I didn't waste my money

I'll sell you my like new condition, lightly used Ren, still has plastic on the screen, original box, cds, manuals, cables and araab muzik expanion pack for $750 plus shipping

@Fess-

Do you really know something about a new flagship, or are you just an optimistic person?

funkycoldmedina wrote:@Fess-

Do you really know something about a new flagship, or are you just an optimistic person?

You should hold your breadth, it should be out soon. Its def worth saving a few hundreds bucks for two years.

Theres a thread on gearslutz where somebody saw the prototype last year. He just talked about it.

Ohhhh im gonna wait and see whats comming in replacement of the Ren. I hope soon they make announcements