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

Never heard anything on the 60 OR 60II.
Roger Linn was on those. The 2000 screen was messed up and at that time we had to use a 3.5 floppy to load up the software that was wack. I paid Armen $250 bucks to fix that screen. When the 2000XL came out it was more compact , it had time stretch, and loaded on its own. The new SCSI was faster and had a tilt screen and no vents. That didn't have any problems. It was rock solid. Akai mess around l might get me a dope used one in mint condition.

Wormhelmet wrote:Throughout the entire Akai product line history, have they ever actually completed a product with all bugs fixed, or is it consistent fix bugs until they get bored of supporting customers and move on to the next unfinished machine to make money from?

So far, I've read about the 500, 1000, 2500, 4000, 5000, Ren, Studio, Touch all buggy and unfinished to varying degrees per model. jjos does not count for Akai product completion on the 1000, and 2500. That was just a bit of good fortune for owners of those that the coder kept working on it after Akai dropped it.

How about the earlier models - 60, 3000, 2000, 2000xl?

Just out of curiosity I emailed my sales rep at Sweetwater to check for any news on release dates for the X and Live. He said "Akai moved it to an ETA of mid May,I hope these things come in sooner. Sorry about that man." When I preordered he said mid April.I preordered the MPC X January 9th. Nothing I can do about it but continue to make music with my MPC Renaissance that I've had since 2012 and wait. PEACE....

Danoc wrote:Lets say Akai comes out saying they dropped the ball but is asking another company to join them in getting the machines out who would you like Akai to join forces with?

I personally would like them to join with Roland. Reason why is Roland has the MV8800 which was before its time. Take some of its features and add to the X not to the Live because its to small.
Give the X a CD drive and mastering in red book. Give a HDMI port instead of a VGA port. And add some of the other goodies.
Roland has experience in a standalone where other companies don't.

but roland has been making mostly hyped up bullshit for years, also what benefit would akai get from roland as unless roland own they own factory they still have to go the same suppliers for manufacturing that akai is using, so teaming with them wont speed up shit.

Those guys at Akai are not even capable of doing the most simple things. Q1 will be over in 3 days, shouldn't someone step forward and say "Hey, Q1 is a no go due to this and that, we are aiming for a XX/XX/XX release. Sorry for the inconvenience, here's another awful demo presented by a clueless product specialist of ours".

starmanwarz wrote:Those guys at Akai are not even capable of doing the most simple things. Q1 will be over in 3 days, shouldn't someone step forward and say "Hey, Q1 is a no go due to this and that, we are aiming for a XX/XX/XX release. Sorry for the inconvenience, here's another awful demo presented by a clueless product specialist of ours".

To be fair they do have until the end of April. But we all know nothing will happen except showing another house/electro demo.

If Roland would make a multitrack 16 channel SP16 with a simple window for viewing and editing samples with maybe even 4 or 6 seperate outs for processing audio it could be a hit. 4 line inputs, with maybe a few new effects thrown in.

I've got no alliance to the MPC legacy, the name brand isn't a fashion statement for my purposes, I'm just looking for a hardware multitracking sampler that I can trigger my recorded loops from for performance based studio work. The minute something new hits before these MPC's are released, I'll be looking into them.

Years back I had their DPS24 stand alone recorder, 24 tracks with moving faders, 12 inputs, aux sends, inserts, effects, totally professional feeling, operating, and sounding machine. .. and to this day I feel it was the best piece of gear created in its playing field. Even though Akai is essentially a different company now, I hope they look back a start creating quality products the company used to make years ago.

kaydigi wrote:

starmanwarz wrote:Those guys at Akai are not even capable of doing the most simple things. Q1 will be over in 3 days, shouldn't someone step forward and say "Hey, Q1 is a no go due to this and that, we are aiming for a XX/XX/XX release. Sorry for the inconvenience, here's another awful demo presented by a clueless product specialist of ours".

To be fair they do have until the end of April. But we all know nothing will happen except showing another house/electro demo.

Q stands for quarter and each year has 4, therefore the 1st quarter ends in the last day of March.

starmanwarz wrote:here's another awful demo presented by a clueless product specialist of ours".

Gnome Tone wrote:If Roland would make a multitrack 16 channel SP16 with a simple window for viewing and editing samples with maybe even 4 or 6 seperate outs for processing audio it could be a hit. 4 line inputs, with maybe a few new effects thrown in.

I've got no alliance to the MPC legacy, the name brand isn't a fashion statement for my purposes, I'm just looking for a hardware multitracking sampler that I can trigger my recorded loops from for performance based studio work. The minute something new hits before these MPC's are released, I'll be looking into them.

Years back I had their DPS24 stand alone recorder, 24 tracks with moving faders, 12 inputs, aux sends, inserts, effects, totally professional feeling, operating, and sounding machine. .. and to this day I feel it was the best piece of gear created in its playing field. Even though Akai is essentially a different company now, I hope they look back a start creating quality products the company used to make years ago.

The DPS24 was a serious piece of gear. It was considered the most analog sounding AIO DAW at the time. While each of the major players had its pros (AW4416 - Mixing and Routing/VS2480 - Plugins and Connectivity to a monitor), the DPS was the most rounded out the crew. I wish those made a comeback. Until then, I'll use my Paris/Reaper combo.

jahsoul wrote:

Gnome Tone wrote:If Roland would make a multitrack 16 channel SP16 with a simple window for viewing and editing samples with maybe even 4 or 6 seperate outs for processing audio it could be a hit. 4 line inputs, with maybe a few new effects thrown in.

I've got no alliance to the MPC legacy, the name brand isn't a fashion statement for my purposes, I'm just looking for a hardware multitracking sampler that I can trigger my recorded loops from for performance based studio work. The minute something new hits before these MPC's are released, I'll be looking into them.

Years back I had their DPS24 stand alone recorder, 24 tracks with moving faders, 12 inputs, aux sends, inserts, effects, totally professional feeling, operating, and sounding machine. .. and to this day I feel it was the best piece of gear created in its playing field. Even though Akai is essentially a different company now, I hope they look back a start creating quality products the company used to make years ago.

The DPS24 was a serious piece of gear. It was considered the most analog sounding AIO DAW at the time. While each of the major players had its pros (AW4416 - Mixing and Routing/VS2480 - Plugins and Connectivity to a monitor), the DPS was the most rounded out the crew. I wish those made a comeback. Until then, I'll use my Paris/Reaper combo.

Bro you still have a Ensoniq Paris system?

It wood be nice if it could drop in April or May. Those store are trying to keep the pre-orders. If Akai didn't say it its nor really offical.

BornElevation wrote:Just out of curiosity I emailed my sales rep at Sweetwater to check for any news on release dates for the X and Live. He said "Akai moved it to an ETA of mid May,I hope these things come in sooner. Sorry about that man." When I preordered he said mid April.I preordered the MPC X January 9th. Nothing I can do about it but continue to make music with my MPC Renaissance that I've had since 2012 and wait. PEACE....

It was hypothetical jpeg.

If it were to happen it wouldn't be about time it wood be about the ultimate machine. Roland could offer a lot dude.

From me studying the MV8800 its a kick ass machine, it was before its time.

jpeg wrote:

Danoc wrote:Lets say Akai comes out saying they dropped the ball but is asking another company to join them in getting the machines out who would you like Akai to join forces with?

I personally would like them to join with Roland. Reason why is Roland has the MV8800 which was before its time. Take some of its features and add to the X not to the Live because its to small.
Give the X a CD drive and mastering in red book. Give a HDMI port instead of a VGA port. And add some of the other goodies.
Roland has experience in a standalone where other companies don't.

but roland has been making mostly hyped up **** for years, also what benefit would akai get from roland as unless roland own they own factory they still have to go the same suppliers for manufacturing that akai is using, so teaming with them wont speed up ****.

I remember having the Roland VS 880 it was 8 tracks and the effects were pretty decent, I wasn't mad at them at all when they made that. I had it for a short while and then I got the Yamaha O1v, then graduated to the Yam O2R 24 tracks digital board, and I fell in love with that, even till this day. Two pieces that come to the back of my mind and good memories, is the Yam O2R and the MPC2000xl. Those were good times.

Gnome Tone wrote:If Roland would make a multitrack 16 channel SP16 with a simple window for viewing and editing samples with maybe even 4 or 6 seperate outs for processing audio it could be a hit. 4 line inputs, with maybe a few new effects thrown in.

I've got no alliance to the MPC legacy, the name brand isn't a fashion statement for my purposes, I'm just looking for a hardware multitracking sampler that I can trigger my recorded loops from for performance based studio work. The minute something new hits before these MPC's are released, I'll be looking into them.

Years back I had their DPS24 stand alone recorder, 24 tracks with moving faders, 12 inputs, aux sends, inserts, effects, totally professional feeling, operating, and sounding machine. .. and to this day I feel it was the best piece of gear created in its playing field. Even though Akai is essentially a different company now, I hope they look back a start creating quality products the company used to make years ago.

Bain wrote:Bro you still have a Ensoniq Paris system?

Still have it? I just bought it...
2x EDS-1000
MEC with 8 port input card (and looking for ADAT)
Interface 2
2x C16

I've always heard of the Paris being a hidden gem. After listening to a few different mixes and realizing the hardware it was running and the fact that there is someone in the community that created ASIO drivers for it for newer Windows, I had to get a system. They also ported some of the effects from the DP4 to the system.

Danoc wrote:Being you opened the door and said Eyalc is wrong and demand is not the issue
then here's the million dollar question.

If demand isn't the issue then What's the hold up and what's preventing the new machines from being released? Q1 is gone!
Thanks

AkaiProAU wrote:[

"Demand" isn't preventing the units from being released.

Great question DaNoc.

And maybe I'm wrong, but still stand by my opinion.