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

starmanwarz wrote:

Fanu wrote:why is it always shops and not Akai releasing these videos…some monetary reasons?
Shops paying Akai for a video to get preorders?

Yeah, probably.

Look at how Ableton and NI are promoting their hardware. Look at how professional and inspiring their videos are. Both their tutorials and artist videos. Now compare that to Akai's videos. Cheap, boring, lifeless.

I think Akai's marketing has always left a lot to be desired. I don't get why they don't reach out to people who can make some heat. Some of the recent standalone challenge videos were embarrassing.
Their videos pale in comparison to those of Ableton.
A bit of an inside fact, but if you have a really good idea for a Push 2 video, you can let the company know and they may come over and film it.
E.g., the Abayomi and Decap vids were dope. Heard they took quite a few takes, ha…but I can imagine.

Considering how many people still use MPCs, it's funny how few good videos we've seen of them.

starmanwarz wrote:New MPC Live vid up, 21 min long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l19a7WJi8oM

This is the video they uploaded a month ago and quickly got pulled from Youtube. I guess they've received green light from akai to release it..

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Icepulse wrote:Because MPC is the daddy of em all.

I know, I know. You forever squeezin' off to that MV8800.

Well Musikmesse 2017 is next month on the 5th to the 8th of April. Hopefully on the otherside of the pond, the developers themselves will reveal 2.0, among other things.

There's no way l would pay that much for the Toraiz.

Ill-Green wrote:And yes Coz, I will be using these standalone all day Been a while since we all been on an MPC

It's been a while since we've made a forum mixtape. We should do our own standalone challenge and show Akai how it's done.

Coz wrote:

Ill-Green wrote:And yes Coz, I will be using these standalone all day Been a while since we all been on an MPC

It's been a while since we've made a forum mixtape. We should do our own standalone challenge and show Akai how it's done.

Count me in.

Coz wrote:
It's been a while since we've made a forum mixtape. We should do our own standalone challenge and show Akai how it's done.

Hey, not bad idea!! We should make a audio/visual mixtape, just compilations of different artists up for the standalone challenge, one track after the other. Maybe Star One can put it all together, she a beast with making music vids.

Icepulse wrote:
I know, I know. You forever squeezin' off to that MV8800.

Ill-Green wrote:Well Musikmesse 2017 is next month on the 5th to the 8th of April. Hopefully on the otherside of the pond, the developers themselves will reveal 2.0, among other things.

The same exact thing was said last year... time freaking flies.

A strange bearded man today said to me: 'These are not the MPC's you're looking for'...

LOL THIS is getting crazier by the moment lol

pspsounds wrote:The Akai website says Q1 Springtime. Meaning it's late March at the earliest. Maybe the websites should start posting that date.

I can't find that Q1 / springtime on the Akai website. Would you please link to it?

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It's been a while since we've made a forum mixtape. We should do our own standalone challenge and show Akai how it's done. [/quote]

That is one the best ideas I've heard in a while!!