Official: MPC X 'Special Edition' Now Released

I personally didn't like the original X Live mk2 and One colors and bought a One Retro. Love the look of this. Can't justify buying it, but absolutely love the look.

MPC-Tutor wrote:Andertons selling in the UK, £2050 (£550 more than the non-SE model):

https://www.andertons.co.uk/brands/akai ... ion-centre

£550 more for an extra 2GB of RAM? I guess it must be expensive, because RAM that small is pretty rare and hard to find any more

Are there any new features besides 2GB more RAM...?

BeatWilson wrote: Looks nice though! ..

If by 'nice' you mean 'has the same colour scheme as a shitty Pentium Compaq PC from about 1998' then yes.

New version for the MPC. 2.11.9

Christov wrote:I personally didn't like the original X Live mk2 and One colors and bought a One Retro. Love the look of this. Can't justify buying it, but absolutely love the look.

have to agree the special edition X does look way better then the og X; could be nostalgia, but never like the shiny plastic next to the volume meters.

I have never owned an X but I would consider this after the mpc 3.0 comes out; also I wanna see what else Akai has up they sleeve regarding the mpc One mk2

BeatWilson wrote:I wonder if there just gonna let this one ride it out or bring out an XL in the near future. The fact that Akai drops to many "Editions" makes me not want to buy this one. I dig it, but also no ethernet is just wild. If it had an ethernet and hdmi-out then I would consider it but since I've had a X for 4 years and havent run out of ram and also dont use plug-ins really, not sure this is for me. Looks nice though! I like they have added what looks like better support on the backside of the screen. They still had to add that kickstand though...

this is the mpc xl according the Bolo

So the screen isn’t bigger

Looks like it does have all the sounds even all the Akai expansions?

I hope lots of people buy this to support future updates to my live or a new live/one.

I’m in the market for a upgraded mpc since I don’t see them upgrading the force but this just isn’t it.

I want hdmi out and mouse support.

To me....This is a Quick Fix for promising a New XL version prematurely. Now they have time to Revamp/Test the New XL.

A Bigger SD Card(probably a 64GB Card) in the Main Circuit Board, Retro Skin, along with all the New Plug-Ins installed is a Good Selling Point for the "Special Edition".

That'll Keep us happy for another 6 months

64hz wrote:I’m in the market for a upgraded mpc since I don’t see them upgrading the force but this just isn’t it.

I want hdmi out and mouse support.

I think they'll upgrade the Force, but I also know this isn't the new XL, so I would wait till Akai drops a real update for the X not just this "limited edition".

You cannot upgrade the Force without having all the pads and buttons. If you remove any of the buttons and pads, it gets clunky and loses its force. The thing that sucks about the MPC is not being able to directly copy, delete, edit, etc things directly and immediately with physical buttons. And having to manage the track/program structure manually. I can't see any MPC as an upgrade.

40Beatz wrote:To me....This is a Quick Fix for promising a New XL version prematurely. Now they have time to Revamp/Test the New XL.

A Bigger SD Card(probably a 64GB Card) in the Main Circuit Board, Retro Skin, along with all the New Plug-Ins installed is a Good Selling Point for the "Special Edition".

That'll Keep us happy for another 6 months

there is no other MPC XL this is as good as it gets

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

It looks cool, but the prices are cosmic. It should cost 1500 max, after all, it is a tablet with buttons, why this price

Here some Jamiroquai is throwing sentiments:

loopop:

Guys, forget about a separate 'XL', this is XL, they just changed the name. The hacked firmware will almost certainly show this is the ACV5S that was previously given the name 'MPC-XL' in the code.

jpeg wrote:

40Beatz wrote:To me....This is a Quick Fix for promising a New XL version prematurely. Now they have time to Revamp/Test the New XL.

A Bigger SD Card(probably a 64GB Card) in the Main Circuit Board, Retro Skin, along with all the New Plug-Ins installed is a Good Selling Point for the "Special Edition".

That'll Keep us happy for another 6 months

there is no other MPC XL this is as good as it gets

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

Yes, and maybe we don't need a better one. I should try to suppress my GAS und focus more on the equipment I have.
To be honest I'm not limited by my boxes and plugins but by my available time.