Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
By robleighton22 Sat Aug 01, 2026 4:42 pm
Looks like another analog legacy rompler set are being teased

Listen to AIRMusicTech - Vintage CS - Blade titles by AkaiPro on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/MeuaEkksokYzXD0A85

Listen to AIRMusicTech - Vintage Matrix - Glimmering by AkaiPro on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/8gMGxYNcKKhjFOsW2D

Listen to AIRMusicTech - Vintage Andromeda - Poly Arp and Pads by AkaiPro on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/evwKvjexUtrgHWfCFx
By Certified Beatz Sun Aug 02, 2026 8:43 pm
dustyslices wrote:I was all jizzed up about andromeda plugin over a year ago until realised it will be a rompler (don't blame them) besides... Brad beat them to it, cut their heads and p**ed into their necks lolol


Rompler or not and Andromeda sound dam good if its like the ones released im doen to buy plus imagine seeing that gui screen on your live 3 and XL in blue looks good
By dustyslices Mon Aug 03, 2026 8:58 am
JethroJethro wrote:Well that’s certainly a reaction

well.. "excited" is an understatement and since one leads to another :lol: :lol: :lol:
anyway, I might talk s**t but most likely will get it as well :lol: rompler or not it will definitely better than isla fx onboard :nod:
By B-Wise Wed Aug 05, 2026 9:02 pm
jaymack wrote:of course they are sample based. i'm good now,

Just like the batch from vol.1. Being samples isn't even the worst, it's that any of what made these synth unique is gone & all use samples run the Fabric engine & limited to its filters.

These plugs are just overpriced Fabric presets. With the sound engine improvement you wouldn't be sampling these sounds & running into the Drum/Keygroup tracks.
By robleighton22 Wed Aug 05, 2026 10:46 pm
And they raised the prices slightly amd EVERY preset has the oscillators gain set too high, making many of the patches hot (see Bo Beats video). Why on earth do Akai go out of there way to ridicule customers with these rip off products? Clearly no time was spent making these into something.

I love the MPC platform but really think their pricing model is off the charts bad. For full price you could buy an analog synth, for the sale price you could be signing upto Roland cloud (which is also easy to hate on) and get solid emulations.

If they at least emulated the filters, this would have made more sense.
By Certified Beatz Thu Aug 06, 2026 12:01 am
Not sounding like a salesman but they are worth your paying $35.66 per plugins with 10% off and alot of presets Andromeda and Matrix is dope plus you can dail each preset to your own sound.. if they released heavy cpu synth gen 1 mpc wouldn't be able to load more than 2 plugins.. working a beat now on my X they load pretty fast and im not sure you guys want but akai is delivering.. and when they do deliver are you gonna pay $149 for it... because that what in going to guess the next one will cost thats not part of the vintage series..