[OFFICIAL] - MPC X & MPC Live Photos, Specs & Pricing

Icepulse wrote:

Fanu wrote:As Pete said, many stores seem to have made up dates.
This is probably to get preorders: make it look like it'll be out soon, and people will eagerly place preorders.

Well, the software lead for MPC says that the Live is on boats, and headed to STORES.

That's good enough for me. i predict Early / Mid March, US-wide, for the Live.

Danoc wrote:I love Akai's work, but other companies have messed up also, Avid, Ableton, Cubase and the list goes on.

dorsey wrote:Where did you see this?
I guess they can make the store hold the units until the software is done.
Or release them and add controller mode later....

Fanu wrote:

Danoc wrote:I love Akai's work, but other companies have messed up also, Avid, Ableton, Cubase and the list goes on.

What messing up do you see in Ableton history?
This is not a rhetorical question.

Danoc wrote:There are complaints in Ableton's products, you can go to Gearsluts and see that. Everything is not perfect, not with any company.

Fanu wrote:

Danoc wrote:There are complaints in Ableton's products, you can go to Gearsluts and see that. Everything is not perfect, not with any company.

I asked, what faults do YOU see in the products? As you mentioned it here.

Fanu wrote:My point is that people will *always* complain.
The fact that they do shouldn't necessarily justify you saying they have messed up.
If messing up was based on people complaining, everything would be messed up all the time.

Danoc wrote:

Danoc wrote:Funny thing is, I wish Akai would of kept the Live and X as stand alone and optional software this way they could of put those products out without worrying about the 2.0. Updates for the Ren, and Studio with 2.0 that would of been cool. I just really wish the X was just stand alone. That would of been dope.

Danoc wrote:If you think Ableton is perfect then you have to deal with that. No product is 100% perfect. You just not long ago called me a rumor starter, I showed through Pete I'm not. Then you and MPCTutor were quiet! At this point you shouldn't even be saying nothing to me.

Danoc wrote:So you doing music for 25 years mean nothing to me.

Ill-Green wrote:

Danoc wrote:Funny thing is, I wish Akai would of kept the Live and X as stand alone and optional software this way they could of put those products out without worrying about the 2.0. Updates for the Ren, and Studio with 2.0 that would of been cool. I just really wish the X was just stand alone. That would of been dope.

From what I understand, the 2.0 in standalone is a different OS than the 2.0 software. They might be identical but when you use both over time you'll begin to see.

I don't what Akai is up to, but its normal for products to drop a couple months after NAMM announcements. Sometimes I don't get what I want until June. 2.0 however, could've been released already to Ren, Studio and Touch customers. But I guess they are fueling up a big launch release promotion if they want both out at the same time.