Free "Pro Pack" for Gen 1 MPC Users! - Petition

Digital Larry wrote:I got my MPC One used a little over a year ago and paid $99 for the pro pack and bought a few plugins as well. I think I have way enough sounds and effects to keep me going for awhile. Granted my use of the device is at a fairly basic level. It was at 3.5 when I bought it and 2 major upgrades since then (3.6 and 3.9) I actually consider pretty good support.

You are not lying its crazy how far the mpc line had come since 2017.. started out with basics no wifi or plugins.. to now pure daw workstation...

Certified Beatz wrote:

Digital Larry wrote:I got my MPC One used a little over a year ago and paid $99 for the pro pack and bought a few plugins as well. I think I have way enough sounds and effects to keep me going for awhile. Granted my use of the device is at a fairly basic level. It was at 3.5 when I bought it and 2 major upgrades since then (3.6 and 3.9) I actually consider pretty good support.

You are not lying its crazy how far the mpc line had come since 2017.. started out with basics no wifi or plugins.. to now pure daw workstation...

I think some people forget a niche this MPC world is. Akai isn't selling these things by the boat loads, so they gotta make money in other ways if we want them to keep supporting the platform for free . It's not a scam if some shit cost money & keep in mind, everything is optional.

B-Wise wrote:I think some people forget a niche this MPC world is. Akai isn't selling these things by the boat loads, so they gotta make money in other ways if we want them to keep supporting the platform for free . It's not a scam if some shit cost money & keep in mind, everything is optional.

Exactly its not a cell phone company where they sell millions per year in this market if they sell 5k mpcs a year i be surprised..

I got no gripe paying for good features. Atm the pro pack is 325 Australian. l only want the clip launcher, happy to pay for tha as a separate feature. Not sure what their business model is based on?

Certified Beatz wrote:

B-Wise wrote:I think some people forget a niche this MPC world is. Akai isn't selling these things by the boat loads, so they gotta make money in other ways if we want them to keep supporting the platform for free . It's not a scam if some shit cost money & keep in mind, everything is optional.

Exactly its not a cell phone company where they sell millions per year in this market if they sell 5k mpcs a year i be surprised..

but: inMusic has a big slice of the cake. they don´t even have to make profit with _all_ their brands, as long as they have their foot in many doors.
this makes nothing wrong you said, but is part of the truth.

[quote="wavemartian"l only want the clip launcher, happy to pay for tha as a separate feature. Not sure what their business model is based on?[/quote]
Probably like any other business: make a guess at what people will pay for a product, see what happens, and adjust as needed.

Dilla, investment bankers, and grocery store checkers all just push buttons on a machine for their job. Some get paid a lot more.