Buying a new MPC

Really depends on your workflow & your Pockets. Like buying a Vehicle. A Suburban will get you to Point B just like a Compact Chevy Spark!

If ya Pockets Thin....MPC ONE
If ya Pockets Ok......MPC LIVE 2 (And you're an On The Go Producer)
If ya Pockets Deep...MPC X (You're in a Studio Environment)

Me....I grabbed Both X/LIVE 2. (Options...)

I bought the X used, but in like new condition, for 1800.

The Q links, Larger Screen, and Tilt screen are all must haves for me after coming from an MPC 2500. I can't not have the tilt screen. just doesnt make sense to me to have my neck crooked like that. I guess you could use a a stand but, but its still not ideal because the tilt screen goes to like 80 degrees tilt, you can't use an 80 degree stand, it would be leaning against a wall at that point

The X "feels" different. I have the Force the live and the X. Whenever I comeback to the X after a hiatus it just feels like "ahh" I'm home.

Lampdog wrote:Think about the machine that does what you need, then go 1 higher, get that. Why, because as you produce you will grow.

This.

And I would NOT cut the Live off the list (original or MK2).

go down the list of what you need or want from the MPC.

Do you need the I/O and CV of the MPC X? If not, buying it is more flex than need.
Do you like the size of the pads of the X though? Look for a second hand MPC Live.
If you like the pad size and want CV, but don't need the extensive I/O, get the Live 2.

Do you really just want a controller? Then get the One.

Saying "I don't need the speaker or battery" is NOT a good enough reason to jump up to the MPC X, the price difference even on sale/mark-down is still EXTREMELY substantial - you can buy Omnisphere and STILL have enough money left over to buy Keyscape, AND still have money left over to take your significant other on a date.
- Unreall

Unreallystic wrote: AND still have money left over to take your significant other on a date.

Maybe even more than one

It's on you if you can take both out at the same time then

If you're asking about it, you don't need it. So keep using what you have.

https://www.akaipro.com/supreme%20editi ... 2supremexu

The link is now dead, but the URL remains.

We know they have a Q1 release coming, so this must be it.

A 404 means that there is no page there. I suppose there may have been something there at one point, but a 404 message indicates that the web server found literally nothing... you can type in all kinds of stuff and do this..

https://www.akaipro.com/supreme%20edition%20mpc%20w/7%22%20touch%20display-Destro%20One

You're not a product either... but it returns a 404

Here's a google cached file... closest thing I could find... and looks like nothing to see here (in mine... D might know something else)

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5Qums0I80V4J:https://www.akaipro.com/akai-professional-reigns-supreme-with-new-mpc-x-the-ultimate-standalone-beat-production-experience/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari

Edit: I'm holding out for the hello kitty MPC X anyways...

NearTao wrote:Here's a google cached file... closest thing I could find... and looks like nothing to see here (in mine... D might know something else)

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5Qums0I80V4J:https://www.akaipro.com/akai-professional-reigns-supreme-with-new-mpc-x-the-ultimate-standalone-beat-production-experience/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari

Edit: I'm holding out for the hello kitty MPC X anyways...

Date is from 2017..

Noticed that myself... don’t see anything fancy about the page itself... but might not be what Destro was referencing *shrug*