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

yup.

Antonym wrote:yup.

you gonna do any vids that show them in action.....maybe displaying the velocity.....dumb question, i know its hard to captured that shit on camera...im down to cop these tho once i get some money, til then ima cross my fingers and hope my pads dont completely **** up LOL

i'm probably gonna discontinue them if interest drops after the interlink pads get released. as irritated i am at having the IE pads get dropped from aKAI after i put in all this work, IE FSRs coupled with a reworked PCB board is going to be better than the sensors i use on the original AKAI pcb board. i have no interest in making a new pcb board for the sensors i've got here...

what i may do is continue making colored pads for people fitted to the new IE sensors when they drop. there's a possibility that places like VST will sell just the sensor board, not the pads, for a cheaper price - in that case, you could buy the sensor board from VST and then my softer, colored pads.

maybe.

Antonym wrote:i'm probably gonna discontinue them if interest drops after the interlink pads get released. as irritated i am at having the IE pads get dropped from aKAI after i put in all this work, IE FSRs coupled with a reworked PCB board is going to be better than the sensors i use on the original AKAI pcb board. i have no interest in making a new pcb board for the sensors i've got here...

what i may do is continue making colored pads for people fitted to the new IE sensors when they drop. there's a possibility that places like VST will sell just the sensor board, not the pads, for a cheaper price - in that case, you could buy the sensor board from VST and then my softer, colored pads.

maybe.

Thats what Im talkin about!
But keep it quiet until the Akai pads come out(if they do) otherwise Akai will be offering color options. Kind of kidding but not really.

the new akai pads will be installed on a new mpc1000 ?
or just as an option ?

My first time browsing through this thread. Very informative. I really like the way the pad design flaw was explained on NYM's website. The videos were VERY good too. Made me feel confident I could do it myself... however, the one important piece that NYM forgot to (or maybe just didn't want to) include was a demonstration of the new pads in action.

Without seeing that, I am not highly motivated to buy. I have a feeling I'm not alone on that either.

I am sure that for the most part, we bellieve everything that NYM claims about his new pad design, however, seeing is totally believing.

I've had my MPC since 2005. I haven't had a pad break yet, but I think that has to do with me moreso than the machine. I use full level and then 16 levels for different volocities. So I don't "bang" my pads at all. Seems to work fine for me and I also prefer using it that way... however, I am sure if my pads ever do break, I'll be f-cking FURIOUS! So I applaud all the research and hard work NYM has done.

Looking at his "install" videos was really cool. Sold me 80% on his design.

Once I see them in action, that could possibly pursuade me (a person who doesn't even have broken pads) to send him some money and make the switch.

And on that note, I'd like to end with saying "YES!" Akai, I'd also like to see an improved pad design. Give us a design just like the 2500, etc... and finally do away with this barely glued together INDIVIDUAL POS design!

yeah i have made several more videos that i just haven't digitized and uploaded yet...sorry! just so damn busy getting a 2nd (3rd if you could the fix) job...rent is expensive

Thanks for the pads Nym, they are great, drumming has never been so much fun on the 1k, i like them even better than my mpd pads.

that's good to hear, man. let me know if you need any help with them.

i am all for it

If Akai was going to come with this new pad i would buy it right away.

If Akai was going to come with this new pad i would buy it right away.

I AGREE WHOLE 100%.

talked to someone at vst yesterday... they said that this pad fix wont come out till a couple more months.

I would buy it