jpeg wrote: what sense did it make for Akai to only have 4/4 time signatures in 3.0 but 2.0 had the option to for multiple time signatures?
the logic behind them making that choice is what is troubling;
3.0 should have all the features of 2.0 plus more; it should not be the case that the older OS has more flexibilbity and customisation options then the so called latest and greatest.
In some areas it seems like Akai are regressing/dumbing down instead of moving forward.
Maybe because they used most of the Force OS which lacks those features, but for MP3 the lost features seems only temporary. Now they're working on some, like time-sigs at the same time they're upgrading the Force with MPC features that's in private beta currently.
Will Akai finally give the Force more time-sigs & the MPC the clip-matrix to complete the merger so both & all future models can run 1 OS? Hopefully they make it so the MPC could use the APC64 to make up for its lack of buttons/pads or even use the Force that would be insane but both would need the same OS for it to be fluid & flexible.
It makes more business sense to use customers as beta testers (instead of how they did it back in the day via making a new model & hope we like it), which is how they seem to handling the next gen & why I look at MPC3 on this 8 year old gen as them knowing it was gonna be a shit show at first, but you'll still have 2.0 to keep you going. Hopefully they will offer a legacy mode or find a way to used the old program system.
