Danoc wrote:Lets say Akai has one machine to make but have 1,000 people to take ideas from. Every last person has something totally different, what do you think Akai suppose to do?
No more saying well you want this and l what that and CharlesRandolph want this, lets see the thinkiing tanks be logical with common sense. WHAT WOULD YOU DO!
Its rhetorical question.
If I would be in Akai's development team today, I would probably take my lesson from this last generation of MPC's, and really think of the identity of this new machine, based on roughly the most requested features and really work with that (like the standalone feature that returned with these last machines). Do people want it to be more DAW like, or do people want to be more drummachine like? Do people want extensive sampling features, or are people more into synths nowadays when they work with the MP? A more focused, specialised machine.
But the board will then probably breath down my neck with concerns they won't sell enough units if it won't appeal to a broader audience. So at the end of the day I will probably break under the pressure and sell my soul to the devil and make the same mistake for the sake of company profits and sales targets that will be boosted with a huge promotion campaign. All the hot and upcoming producers on Youtube telling how hot it is and that this new machine will revolutionise the way they make music FOREVER!!! (that's is one Instagram story in Instagram time btw)
I probably hit rock bottom out of dirty guilt and the fact I betrayed my beliefs, start a drug and alcohol habit and will be fired just before the 'MPC Force Power Level Over 9000' will be released. And after a year of reading all the depressing complaints on this forum how Akai failed miserably again I will find my calling....I will write and develop my own OS for the MPC: KJOS. And my name will live forever as the Korean Jenius.....