Akai is back at NAMM this year

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Re: Akai is back at NAMM this year

By HUBA Sun Jan 19, 2025 2:41 pm
EnochLight wrote:Ya'll need to temper your expectations. :nod: NAMM will be 100% software related. Probably mostly MPC 3 stuff, and the aforementioned things that have been floating around in social media screen grabs. Bet any one of ya'all any amount of money, right now. :lol:


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Re: Akai is back at NAMM this year

By ontherun Sun Jan 19, 2025 3:54 pm
EnochLight wrote:
MPC-Tutor wrote:No inMusic FCC submissions since the Key 37, so whatever they are developing it isn't at a stage where they are ready to gain FCC approval. The key37 was released 3 months after FCC submission BTW.


^^ THIS RIGHT HERE ^^

Ya'll need to temper your expectations. :nod: NAMM will be 100% software related. Probably mostly MPC 3 stuff, and the aforementioned things that have been floating around in social media screen grabs. Bet any one of ya'all any amount of money, right now. :lol:


maybe after the last leaks they got some kind of closed doors submission with the FCC?

Re: Akai is back at NAMM this year

By Straker Sun Jan 19, 2025 4:12 pm
You are all freaking out guys.
Akai will just show their new MPC3, spraying insecticides to temporary crush the bugs during Namm.
Linn will bless the new MPCs, then everyone will go for a beer at the Bar, talking about how MPC is back on track after many years of updating after updating.
I am not sure who will clean the crushed bugs from Akai tables, though.

Re: Akai is back at NAMM this year

By Straker Sun Jan 19, 2025 4:50 pm
Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:
Straker wrote:Linn will bless the new MPCs

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Exactly.
He is the Patriarch of Mpc.
Akai needs his blessing.
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Re: Akai is back at NAMM this year

By Neurone Sun Jan 19, 2025 5:23 pm
tbh I don't give a shit what they do at NAMM.
Midi note off bug has pretty much killed them dead for me.
Probably get rid of the One & the X soon, thus ending a personal history going back to 1985.

Re: Akai is back at NAMM this year

By jpeg Sun Jan 19, 2025 7:46 pm
Certified Beatz wrote:I wouldn't be surprised NI allows the MPC to have direct connection with Kontakt like you can with there NI kontrol keyboards


dunno if this qualifies cos not familar with current NI plugins


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Re: Akai is back at NAMM this year

By jpeg Sun Jan 19, 2025 8:33 pm
EnochLight wrote:
^^ THIS RIGHT HERE ^^

Ya'll need to temper your expectations. :nod: NAMM will be 100% software related. Probably mostly MPC 3 stuff, and the aforementioned things that have been floating around in social media screen grabs. Bet any one of ya'all any amount of money, right now. :lol:


Hate to be the bearer of bad news; but that blasted MPC Live mini rumour is resurfacing again, this time from a dude posting on the Elektron forums who goes by the name of monsterism; this is what he says:

Product specialist Andy Mac’s opening for Akai at NAMM definitely means a new product announcement. My bet is a smaller, more intuitive version of the MPC and basically a direct competition with the Move. It will likely beat the Move in sampling capabilities and offer more channels but it won’t be as intuitive (because let’s face it, you can’t beat the Move on this aspect) and offer less memory. The latter remark comes from an audio engineer who got to play a bit with the new machine.

Time will tell; dont shoot the messanger; pure speculation that I like to entertain, as I did with the MPC 3.0, which was eventually proven true.
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