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 Fri May 24, 2019 2:41 am
The point is not if its possible to make a straight up standalone, its will they do it and keep doing it.

Do you think there are more people with software than standalone machines from Akai?

Not MPC standalone/Controller, Digitakt etc.

Akai will not be in the playing field to put out multiple Standalones. Not tethered to a computer MPC. ines?

BeatWilson wrote:
Regarding the issue to them not implementing all the features in the machine without ties to a computer right off the get go. i think its possible...
By hansjbs Fri May 24, 2019 12:37 pm
@Danoc no i wouldn't buy it for that price. I don't but 90% of products on release i usually wait. Since i also use an ipad for muisc. I buy one once it can't really handle what i need to do. So I'm not one of those new toy buy buy buy guys.

@Charles if akai do the split between pro and consumer then yes I'm with you but it doesn't look like it. The word Pro has lost its value.
By 40Beatz Fri May 24, 2019 2:59 pm
Lampdog wrote:
40Beatz wrote:Lol...Then you get to sit back and watch us 99% Dig in, and complain about the Shortcomings in the New MPC XXXtreme :lol:

MAAAAAN I been doing that. Sometimes funny and entertaining.



Akai could Give us EVERYTHING we ask for in the Next Box, and We'll be like..."It Weighs Too Much"..."I Don't Like The Color".... :lol:
By CharlesRandolph Fri May 24, 2019 3:24 pm
40Beatz wrote:Akai could Give us EVERYTHING we ask for in the Next Box, and We'll be like..."It Weighs Too Much"..."I Don't Like The Color".... :lol:


Make it so the case, can change colors.
Include a 1 year gym membership with each purchase.
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By Danoc Fri May 24, 2019 3:55 pm
Ok, gotcha. I use to be one of those to buy buy buy, but that gear taste has been lost years ago. My love for being compact, and simple and getting what I need to be ITB is sweet for me, not having all the gear to make a record. I am loving it. Things I am interested in is software and sounds. I think being away from the 2000xl from 2012 to 2017 got me use to not having to need it. But I love my Live and will keep using it until it dies. I keep things very long in good condition.

hansjbs wrote:@Danoc no i wouldn't buy it for that price. I don't but 90% of products on release i usually wait. Since i also use an ipad for muisc. I buy one once it can't really handle what i need to do. So I'm not one of those new toy buy buy buy guys.
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By Danoc Fri May 24, 2019 4:02 pm
Akai could give use everything, and there will still be complaints of "Give us this and that". :Sigh: Some complain to past time and to be pest.
40Beatz wrote:Akai could Give us EVERYTHING we ask for in the Next Box, and We'll be like..."It Weighs Too Much"..."I Don't Like The Color".... :lol:
By 40Beatz Fri May 24, 2019 6:50 pm
The Live/X are Light years ahead of Previous Products. Standalone that is. Me Personally, I can provide a Work around for EVERY Shortcoming in this unit. It may require using Outboard Equipment(computer), Keyboards, Sound Modules, etc, but easily Doable in the X. Unfortunately some users may feel hard pressed because the Lack of Midi Capabilities doing performances with the Live
By CharlesRandolph Fri May 24, 2019 7:33 pm
40Beatz wrote:The Live/X are Light years ahead of Previous Products. Standalone that is. Me Personally, I can provide a Work around for EVERY Shortcoming in this unit. It may require using Outboard Equipment(computer), Keyboards, Sound Modules, etc, but easily Doable in the X. Unfortunately some users may feel hard pressed because the Lack of Midi Capabilities doing performances with the Live


Light years ahead? Please explain how it is.
By 40Beatz Fri May 24, 2019 8:20 pm
CharlesRandolph wrote:

Light years ahead? Please explain how it is.


Every MPC up until the 2000 needed a Boot Up Disk just to get going! People on here mad about 2GB of Ram not being enough...Try 32mb of RAM lol. Back Then you had to Buy Output Cards and Effect Cards, Now they Giving them away(and more) for FREE! I pulled out my XL the other day and almost went Blind tryin to focus in on the LCD screen. Now we got Tablets on board. And as far as support back then? :lol: :lol:

But in all honesty, Akai has been making strides with the previous models!
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By Danoc Fri May 24, 2019 8:34 pm
:lol: lol man that's why l left the 2000 for the 2000XL , l hated that boot up.

Man when you're dealing 128 gb ram for years after the 2000XL nobody wanna see 2gb for ram lol l dealt with 32mb crap. Since we are light years how in the fugg we get stuck with 2gb ram mr Sherlock Holmes? :lol:

40Beatz wrote:Every MPC up until the 2000 needed a Boot Up Disk just to get going! People on here mad about 2GB of Ram not being enough...Try 32mb of RAM lol. Back Then you had to Buy Output Cards and Effect Cards, Now they Giving them away(and more) for FREE! I pulled out my XL the other day and almost went Blind tryin to focus in on the LCD screen. Now we got Tablets on board. And as far as support back then? :lol: :lol:

But in all honesty, Akai has been making strides with the previous models!
By CharlesRandolph Fri May 24, 2019 8:55 pm
40Beatz wrote:Every MPC up until the 2000 needed a Boot Up Disk just to get going! People on here mad about 2GB of Ram not being enough...Try 32mb of RAM lol. Back Then you had to Buy Output Cards and Effect Cards, Now they Giving them away(and more) for FREE! I pulled out my XL the other day and almost went Blind tryin to focus in on the LCD screen. Now we got Tablets on board. And as far as support back then? :lol: :lol:

But in all honesty, Akai has been making strides with the previous models!



MPC had 32mb of RAM in 1993 was GOD LIKE!! An Apple Powerbook 540 had like 36 MB max. :lol: Every MPC up to the MPC 2000 (Which was considered an entry level mpc.) had 8 outs. Also most people were using the MPC with rack mount samplers. s950 or S5000/S6000 which had 256 MB of RAM with a option to have 16 outs, digital outs and wordclock in 1989 or 1990. (I can't recall)

If they kept up the same standards, the MPC X should be an absolute beast.


Danoc wrote::lol: lol man that's why l left the 2000 for the 2000XL , l hated that boot up.

We use to save the OS to SCSI hard drive and let it auto load. :nod:
Bymember04959388 Fri May 24, 2019 9:08 pm
CharlesRandolph wrote:
40Beatz wrote:Every MPC up until the 2000 needed a Boot Up Disk just to get going! People on here mad about 2GB of Ram not being enough...Try 32mb of RAM lol. Back Then you had to Buy Output Cards and Effect Cards, Now they Giving them away(and more) for FREE! I pulled out my XL the other day and almost went Blind tryin to focus in on the LCD screen. Now we got Tablets on board. And as far as support back then? :lol: :lol:

But in all honesty, Akai has been making strides with the previous models!



MPC had 32mb of RAM in 1993 was GOD LIKE!! An Apple Powerbook 540 had like 36 MB max. :lol: Every MPC up to the MPC 2000 (Which was considered an entry level mpc.) had 8 outs. Also most people were using the MPC with rack mount samplers. s950 or S5000/S6000 which had 256 MB of RAM with a option to have 16 outs, digital outs and wordclock in 1989 or 1990. (I can't recall)

If they kept up the same standards, the MPC X should be an absolute beast.

The standard has changed, the world has changed.
The computer revolution changed everything.
2gb nowaday is not the standard, given that Mpc doesn't work with all 2gb but at half of that.
Even my 8gb macbook pro is a toy today.
So yes, Akai Mpc new generation doesn't even have the computing power of the Asus Zen I bought 4 years ago for 100 dollars and I am using now to write that text
By CharlesRandolph Fri May 24, 2019 9:24 pm
Frisbi wrote:
The standard has changed, the world has changed. The computer revolution changed everything.
2gb nowaday is not the standard, given that Mpc doesn't work with all 2gb but at half of that.
Even my 8gb macbook pro is a toy today.

So yes, Akai Mpc new generation doesn't even have the computing power of the Asus Zen I bought 4 years ago for 100 dollars and I am using now to write that text


I think you misread what wrote. I was talking about the high standards of MPC samplers in 1993.

Yes, the Asus Zen GPU has more RAM than the MPC X/LIVE. :lol: The Minimum System Requirements for most modern DAW's are 2GB for 32 bit OS and 4 GB for 64 bit OS. However, you'll be working at snails speeds. :lol:
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By Danoc Fri May 24, 2019 9:24 pm
Way to go telling me 1,000 years lata lol :lol:
CharlesRandolph wrote:
We use to save the OS to SCSI hard drive and let it auto load. :nod: