PROPOSAL FOR AN IMPROVED PAD DESIGN (AKAI PLEASE TAKE NOTES)

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By distortedtekno Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:32 am
Antonym wrote:emailing akai is a bit like sending a letter to santa claus

LMFAO!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Quote of the year!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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By distortedtekno Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:55 am
sparq wrote:to be honest, i don't believe akai is going to re-design the 1k. it will cost them too much to now redesign all new 1k's and to make a fix for all the existing 1k's that are already in homes/studios. that's why i think they made the 500's pads like the other mpc's. if there weren't so many comlaints about the 1k's pads i think the .5 pads would have been the same.

this is based off of a combination of my opinion and from what akai told me.

the future looks bad for the 1000 if akai decides not to do anything. somehow, i'm getting the feeling that the 1000 will be discontinued. but that may depend if sales plummet due to bad publicity. bad news travels fast, unfortunately.

ps- no offense to you, sparq. i really appreciate all that you've done to help us with the pad issue. but this really leaves a bad taste in my mouth, as far as akai is concerned. i really hope they consider the fact that they will lose more money in the future if they don't spend the money to resolve the issue at the present time. many mpc1000 and 4000 users have stated that they would never buy from akai again... and as i mentioned, bad news travels fast. akai really needs to reconsider this.... especially since the 1000 is the biggest selling model they made.

By cyklops Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:47 pm
at the end of the day most peeps are willing to pay for a set of "re-designed pads" and so am i , so they can even capitalize on the this
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By Antonym Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:10 pm
so they can even capitalize on the this


haha you mean so EVEN they can capitalize on this
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By gunmetal Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:00 pm
sparq wrote:to be honest, i don't believe akai is going to re-design the 1k. it will cost them too much to now redesign all new 1k's and to make a fix for all the existing 1k's that are already in homes/studios. that's why i think they made the 500's pads like the other mpc's. if there weren't so many comlaints about the 1k's pads i think the .5 pads would have been the same.

this is based off of a combination of my opinion and from what akai told
me.



IF IT COSTS A CORPORATION AKAI/NUMARK/WHOEVER MORE MONEY TO RECALL A PRODUCT OR SUPPORT THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS WITH A NEW PAD KIT SIMILAR TO THE OTHER MPC MODELS DUE TO THEIR LIES AND FAULTY DESIGN....



SO WHAT!!!


at this point akai can give everyone their hard earned money back and go bankrupt for all i care.


When I bought the mpc 1000 2 years ago i knew that it didnt have the same note capacity or sample editing features as the mpc 2000. but i didnt know that the pads were not the same/lower quality/retarded design.

In fact:

they ADVERTISED that it had the same feel as the other models... This pad issue is not a fluke! the fact that this issue is prevelent all over the 1k forum is sickening!

dude this is a $700 - $1000 machine we are talking about here!

the main function of an mpc is to preform on the pads!

Without the pads what can an mpc do?


If this isnt class action worthy i dont know what is!
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By Antonym Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:07 pm
they ADVERTISED that it had the same feel as the other models...
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By distortedtekno Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:26 pm
Antonym wrote:
they ADVERTISED that it had the same feel as the other models...
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By Antonym Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:42 pm
the future looks bad for the 1000 if akai decides not to do anything. somehow, i'm getting the feeling that the 1000 will be discontinued. but that may depend if sales plummet due to bad publicity. bad news travels fast, unfortunately.


pisses me off
TOP SELLING MPC ever, and they a dirty trick to get themselves out of bankruptcy.

but then again, who the hell cares if akai discontinues the mpc1000? it wouldn't make any difference as compared to what's going on right now

weve got better code support anyway, and fixing this thing is really easy, no more difficult than computer/minor electronics repair. fk em, this thing will last forever without akai
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I cant wait!!!

By gunmetal Mon Dec 25, 2006 6:06 am
I got some crazy colab stuff lined up and it sucks that my mpc is crippled like this! I like to thank you nym for standing up and finding a solution for the bullsh**!!!
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By Infinitarchitect Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:54 pm
I don't own a MPC1000 but the pad issues were one thing that made me consider another MPC instead of the 1k. Especially since on paper the 1k would be better suited for my lab since I use my computer a lot for production. Count me in for supporting this movement!

By props to the finger Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:15 pm
sparq wrote:to be honest, i don't believe akai is going to re-design the 1k. it will cost them too much to now redesign all new 1k's and to make a fix for all the existing 1k's that are already in homes/studios. that's why i think they made the 500's pads like the other mpc's. if there weren't so many comlaints about the 1k's pads i think the .5 pads would have been the same.

this is based off of a combination of my opinion and from what akai told me.


i see what you mean, but akai could offer them as an upgrade, like the exm 128, for the one kay.
so instead of redesigning the machine, they could actually rape our pockets instead. i would gladly pay 100 dollars for something that would make me not have to worry about my pads.
none of my pads have stopped working, but they're much less responsive than they used to be. well one of the pads id showing an on/off thing, as it decides itself when to work or not.



so count me in, i want a pad fix shizz!
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By distortedtekno Sun Dec 31, 2006 8:13 pm
AKAI, DON'T RUIN YOUR REPUTATION ANY MORE THAN YOU HAVE. GIVE US REAL PADS!!!!

By frspp Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:30 pm
I'm definately in (like everybody else with MPC 1000).
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By Antonym Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:50 pm
i'm opting to start an akai bad publicity campaign

By cyklops Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:10 am
lets first mail them as a community, from that we can see what the plans are im sure we will get a response and im sure JJ can help get hold of the right peeps at Akai
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