Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
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By Danoc Thu Feb 23, 2017 3:05 pm
Man my hand is iiiiittttttccccchhhhhhiiinnnn lol for the MPC.. The pads look good on these machinces too. Kinda thick. Funny thing is my LPD8 pads are nice l was shocked. I don't mind bangin on those when doing drums.
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By Wormhelmet Thu Feb 23, 2017 3:37 pm
Danoc wrote:@lll-Green hay bro if it was me and the MV8800 was working l wouldn't buy neigher machine. Thats me though. I dont know that machine and how you're working it .

For example if l right now had the 2000XL l wouldn't get either machine. But if my 2000XL broke down l wouldn't invest in buying a new used one l would get a X or Live. Hence, l love the fact that the legacy MPCs still can replace parts thats kinda dope. But for me at this state and time ti go new would be good for me.

That's all bro.
From what l hear the MV is a dope


My MV8800 was working fine and I still bought another machine. A N.O.S. MV8800

:smoker:

Thats why I'll wait to see what actually is going to work without issues on the X before I buy one. Looks promising though. I can always make room for another dope machine.
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By Danoc Thu Feb 23, 2017 4:22 pm
You know when I had the 2000xl I didn't even think about getting another machine? I was so far into that and learned it in and out that I just stopped thinking about other machines and just kept rockin. For me I just need one. I lost track of any and all machines. But I feel you on what you did, you gotta do what you gotta do to insure your studio work flow. But from what I hear the MV is a great machine.
If it breaks down do they still support parts for it with the ease? I know the MPC models does and that's a good thing, and that's why I love stand alone hardware. For Akai most part they have all those parts and can be repaired. So that's why I am going a new.
Akai better come with it, or there will be a lot of angry people!!! :smoker:
Wormhelmet wrote:
My MV8800 was working fine and I still bought another machine. A N.O.S. MV8800 :smoker:

Thats why I'll wait to see what actually is going to work without issues on the X before I buy one. Looks promising though. I can always make room for another dope machine.
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By Ill-Green Thu Feb 23, 2017 4:56 pm
Wormhelmet wrote:
Danoc wrote:@lll-Green hay bro if it was me and the MV8800 was working l wouldn't buy neigher machine. Thats me though. I dont know that machine and how you're working it .

For example if l right now had the 2000XL l wouldn't get either machine. But if my 2000XL broke down l wouldn't invest in buying a new used one l would get a X or Live. Hence, l love the fact that the legacy MPCs still can replace parts thats kinda dope. But for me at this state and time ti go new would be good for me.

That's all bro.
From what l hear the MV is a dope


My MV8800 was working fine and I still bought another machine. A N.O.S. MV8800

:smoker:

Thats why I'll wait to see what actually is going to work without issues on the X before I buy one. Looks promising though. I can always make room for another dope machine.

Oh I'm keeping the MV, I just need a portable sampler just as strong as the MV. The ones I have do the job, until a certain extent, then I yearn and wish for MV features in a compact box. The MPC500 was almost there but its full of clunky work-arounds to avoid bugs and crashes.
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By Danoc Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:20 pm
Dope! Live, here's your answer coming with blue tooth and wifi capabilities. Some of you are going to love that.

Now people asked about having VSTs inside the X or Live, hummmm I think Akai will come with that next. Neko had it, it was a big huge keyboard with VST capability. It fell through because it really cost to much. But it was a good idea. I think Akai is going to build/building an MPC with VSTs! That would be smart on their part. I am only speculating, but if I was Akai I would be in the lab making it right now!

Time stretch in this baby is ridiculous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IhSmq4WDMU
By dorsey Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:19 pm
Danoc wrote:Dope! Live, here's your answer coming with blue tooth and wifi capabilities. Some of you are going to love that.

Now people asked about having VSTs inside the X or Live, hummmm I think Akai will come with that next. Neko had it, it was a big huge keyboard with VST capability. It fell through because it really cost to much. But it was a good idea. I think Akai is going to build/building an MPC with VSTs! That would be smart on their part. I am only speculating, but if I was Akai I would be in the lab making it right now!

Time stretch in this baby is ridiculous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IhSmq4WDMU


It would be nice to run vsts but I don't think it will ever work unless it's proprietary.
The open labs stuff was more powerful than the live-x. There isn't enough ram to run sample based plugs.
I don't think it will ever happen.
By jpeg Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:56 pm
dorsey wrote:
Danoc wrote:Dope! Live, here's your answer coming with blue tooth and wifi capabilities. Some of you are going to love that.

Now people asked about having VSTs inside the X or Live, hummmm I think Akai will come with that next. Neko had it, it was a big huge keyboard with VST capability. It fell through because it really cost to much. But it was a good idea. I think Akai is going to build/building an MPC with VSTs! That would be smart on their part. I am only speculating, but if I was Akai I would be in the lab making it right now!

Time stretch in this baby is ridiculous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IhSmq4WDMU


It would be nice to run vsts but I don't think it will ever work unless it's proprietary.
The open labs stuff was more powerful than the live-x. There isn't enough ram to run sample based plugs.
I don't think it will ever happen.


there are some smaller romplers that would be plausible to run; hopefully some sort of emulation of windows wil be possible; that would allow vst's in standalone, some sort of windows vst wrapper emulation that allows plugins to be used without any re-coding of thevst software
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By Icepulse Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:14 pm
Kinda dumb to lowball the hardware, considering how damn cheap RAM is. Look. If places can knock $600 off an X, to secure your business, you know the units are considerably cheaper than that for the reseller. So why not pack em up w/8gb of RAM?
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By starmanwarz Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:37 pm
This silence from AKAI after NAMM is really weird.. I would expect them to keep releasing new videos, giving interviews, releasing info and promoting the new units and 2.0 on a daily basis in multiple fronts and yet nothing is happening.
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By Danoc Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:43 pm
About the pricing.
Akai sells it to the store and the store hikes it up to a reasonable price. So thats why they give coupons and knock off prices. Thats what l been looking at. I learned that in business school.
Icepulse wrote:Kinda dumb to lowball the hardware, considering how damn cheap RAM is. Look. If places can knock $600 off an X, to secure your business, you know the units are considerably cheaper than that for the reseller. So why not pack em up w/8gb of RAM?
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By Icepulse Thu Feb 23, 2017 10:41 pm
Yeah. What I'm saying is that if the street price is $2200, and stores are going as low as 1699, it means their OH&P per unit is pretty high, because they can
Still sell it for $500 less than the street price, and still turn a profit.
By dorsey Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:12 am
Icepulse wrote:Yeah. What I'm saying is that if the street price is $2200, and stores are going as low as 1699, it means their OH&P per unit is pretty high, because they can
Still sell it for $500 less than the street price, and still turn a profit.


Who's going to 1699.00? I want that deal!
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By Danoc Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:44 am
Thats why l said they would make a new X with vsts. It will be more powerful. And then it could be done. That is not impossible.

dorsey wrote:

Danoc wrote:Dope! Live, here's your answer coming with blue tooth and wifi capabilities. Some of you are going to love that.

Now people asked about having VSTs inside the X or Live, hummmm I think Akai will come with that next. Neko had it, it was a big huge keyboard with VST capability. It fell through because it really cost to much. But it was a good idea. I think Akai is going to build/building an MPC with VSTs! That would be smart on their part. I am only speculating, but if I was Akai I would be in the lab making it right now!

Time stretch in this baby is ridiculous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IhSmq4WDMU


It would be nice to run vsts but I don't think it will ever work unless it's proprietary.
The open labs stuff was more powerful than the live-x. There isn't enough ram to run sample based plugs.
I don't think it will ever happen.
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By Danoc Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:46 am
True facts!
Icepulse wrote:Yeah. What I'm saying is that if the street price is $2200, and stores are going as low as 1699, it means their OH&P per unit is pretty high, because they can
Still sell it for $500 less than the street price, and still turn a profit.
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By Ill-Green Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:50 am
If these machine can run VSTs, you'll be paying a premium price of 3 or 4 thousand dollars.

Yeah, Open Labs had one but have you forgot the prices they were going for and the reason why they went out of business because nobody was spending that kinda money except for hardcore gearheads and geeks?

The MPCs are good enough at what they do, you need vsts? Controller mode. Or stick with the Ren or Studio.

I do would like to know what internal effects these machines have, anything like the Roland SPs and I'm good.