Support and chat about Akai's range of MIDI controllers, including the MPD. MPK and LPD
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By Blue Haze Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:39 am
Got mine last friday using with Live is the shit. The continuous encorders are great and even feel better than qlink. As I understand each box comes with a manual so I spend my lunch breaks and commuting time read as its only 20 odd pages in English and the rest in other languages. Ableton Live setup page by midi cc was very easy for me. I going to work further with an electribe, Ultrabeat on Logic, and I may pick up Guru. I had to set up my pad sensitivity as it wasn`t the same thickness or touch as my 4k. It light and portable and I will make my own default presets. Love this thing I`m glad akai moved in this direction. :wink:

This guy isn`t me but his style gives the idea of a live setup for laptop djing.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElDggEdxSVA
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By TheFirstJimBo Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:59 am
GURU IS THE SH!T!

By mwalker Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:16 pm
Blue Haze wrote:Got mine last friday using with Live is the ****. The continuous encorders are great and even feel better than qlink. As I understand each box comes with a manual so I spend my lunch breaks and commuting time read as its only 20 odd pages in English and the rest in other languages. Ableton Live setup page by midi cc was very easy for me. I going to work further with an electribe, Ultrabeat on Logic, and I may pick up Guru. I had to set up my pad sensitivity as it wasn`t the same thickness or touch as my 4k. It light and portable and I will make my own default presets. Love this thing I`m glad akai moved in this direction. :wink:

This guy isn`t me but his style gives the idea of a live setup for laptop djing.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElDggEdxSVA


have you tried stylus rmx yet?
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By Blue Haze Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:08 am
No I haven`t. Why would I need it when I have Live?
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By EMFinite Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:10 am
TheFirstJimBo wrote:GURU IS THE SH!T!


you have guru??

it looks dope..
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By batteryboy Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:39 am
Blue Haze wrote:Got mine last friday using with Live is the ****. The continuous encorders are great and even feel better than qlink. As I understand each box comes with a manual so I spend my lunch breaks and commuting time read as its only 20 odd pages in English and the rest in other languages. Ableton Live setup page by midi cc was very easy for me. I going to work further with an electribe, Ultrabeat on Logic, and I may pick up Guru. I had to set up my pad sensitivity as it wasn`t the same thickness or touch as my 4k. It light and portable and I will make my own default presets. Love this thing I`m glad akai moved in this direction. :wink:

This guy isn`t me but his style gives the idea of a live setup for laptop djing.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElDggEdxSVA


joe i see your videos ur set up is good for your own use yet ur just using this to controll live beats..

i thought u gona make some beats with it.. well anyway what ever is your test.

nice vid thanks. 8)
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By batteryboy Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:39 am
EMFinite wrote:
TheFirstJimBo wrote:GURU IS THE SH!T!


you have guru??

it looks dope..


Guru is the shit

but BATTERY 3 is the KING... can't beat it! 8)

By mwalker Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:58 pm
Blue Haze wrote:No I haven`t. Why would I need it when I have Live?


you do dj?


i have seen a few dj using it during there set using live.

i have live and stylus rmx and use them together but i do not dj.

there are a few videos on the specstrasonic web site that are very interesting. i thought it was ideal for live and dj sets. i could be wrong because i am only right once in a blue moon according to you.
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By EMFinite Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:32 pm
batteryboy wrote:
EMFinite wrote:
TheFirstJimBo wrote:GURU IS THE SH!T!


you have guru??

it looks dope..


Guru is the ****

but BATTERY 3 is the KING... can't beat it! 8)


isnt guru an all around sampler/sequencer?

battery is just a drum sampler, no?

By mwalker Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:42 pm
EMFinite wrote:
batteryboy wrote:
EMFinite wrote:
TheFirstJimBo wrote:GURU IS THE SH!T!


you have guru??

it looks dope..


Guru is the ****

but BATTERY 3 is the KING... can't beat it! 8)


isnt guru an all around sampler/sequencer?

battery is just a drum sampler, no?


guru has a step sequencer just for guru and not external sound sources. battery is just a drum sampler.
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By Blue Haze Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:56 pm
mwalker wrote:
Blue Haze wrote:No I haven`t. Why would I need it when I have Live?


you do dj?


i have seen a few dj using it during there set using live.

i have live and stylus rmx and use them together but i do not dj.

there are a few videos on the specstrasonic web site that are very interesting. i thought it was ideal for live and dj sets. i could be wrong because i am only right once in a blue moon according to you.


http://files.spectrasonics.net/files/vi ... lus-rmx.rm

I seen the videos on Youtube with djs on Backlit Louge which is cool. But as I observed from the demo video of Stylus I can do all the same things on the same page in LIVE.

I would guess the only advantage of having both is the library that comes with stylus 7GB would be nice. But if I`m not mistaken I can buy the refill and use them in LIVe as is. I already use the Garageband Refills without using it as a plugin just use the directory all volume.

I`m not trying to get in a pissing match with you with the little snitch remark about being right or not. The thing is that I`m not into redundance or overgearing either.

Funny thing is I think Stylus was designed for Pro Tool system in mind as it didn`t have a loop plugin. But the guy is demoing on Logic which has its own loop brower which is just as good???????


:wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:

Anyway the MPD24 which is what the thread is about is cool wouldn`t you agree?
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By Blue Haze Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:59 pm
EMFinite wrote:
batteryboy wrote:
EMFinite wrote:
TheFirstJimBo wrote:GURU IS THE SH!T!


you have guru??

it looks dope..


Guru is the ****

but BATTERY 3 is the KING... can't beat it! 8)


isnt guru an all around sampler/sequencer?

battery is just a drum sampler, no?


Just download the demo it is free and work it out. Guru lets you do almost everything except record and save like the Live demo.

By mwalker Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:31 pm
Blue Haze wrote:
mwalker wrote:
Blue Haze wrote:No I haven`t. Why would I need it when I have Live?


you do dj?


i have seen a few dj using it during there set using live.

i have live and stylus rmx and use them together but i do not dj.

there are a few videos on the specstrasonic web site that are very interesting. i thought it was ideal for live and dj sets. i could be wrong because i am only right once in a blue moon according to you.


http://files.spectrasonics.net/files/vi ... lus-rmx.rm

I seen the videos on Youtube with djs on Backlit Louge which is cool. But as I observed from the demo video of Stylus I can do all the same things on the same page in LIVE.

I would guess the only advantage of having both is the library that comes with stylus 7GB would be nice. But if I`m not mistaken I can buy the refill and use them in LIVe as is. I already use the Garageband Refills without using it as a plugin just use the directory all volume.

I`m not trying to get in a pissing match with you with the little snitch remark about being right or not. The thing is that I`m not into redundance or overgearing either.

Funny thing is I think Stylus was designed for Pro Tool system in mind as it didn`t have a loop plugin. But the guy is demoing on Logic which has its own loop brower which is just as good???????


:wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:

Anyway the MPD24 which is what the thread is about is cool wouldn`t you agree?


it is not about a pissing match my friend, it is about educating myself and you have just taught me a different view of things/workflow. personally, i am glad i asked because i learnt something.

i like stylus rmx not for the loops but the sound library. there are a h*ll of allot of drums sounds you could tweak in there. i do not chop or anything but basically find a drum sound and tweak it(eq, compress, reverb, delay, etc) until it fit the song/mix. i use battery 3 and stylus rmx for drums/perc. battery is great when you want the drums to hit hard and stylus for a more suble hit (controlled).

yes, the mpd24 is great but there is one feature no one is talking about, which is that you can program the sensitivity of the pads to your liking.

have a nice day.
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By Blue Haze Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:37 pm
Cool friend J walker and yes I did adjust my pad sensitivity which I think I mentioned when I got mine post to around 16 setting as I sit on my *** when using Live. Stand up its ok at around 5 to 6 but I sitting as a computer he, he. Mapping out to Impulse on the first pads of bank A is necessary yeah.

Now I`m going to fool around with the Guru demo too. Mapping ans beating time.

By mwalker Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:14 pm
Blue Haze wrote:Cool friend J walker .


not quite sure what that means :?:

cool friend purple haze. :D