Heavie wrote:I feel Just Blaze is just a another consumer who took the leap and purchase a mpc5k for the look and attraction. But, quoted by him I really didn’t even expect much, once I realized that it was based on the 2500/1000 architecture and not the 4000 series.
So why compare it to a mpc4000 and why did you buy it, if you didn't expect much other then it's foot print was smaller than the mpc4k and you are short on space.
Here is something else quoted by Just Blaze. Now I know, whenever you are an early adopter, you are the beta tester, and the rest of the folks will go out and wait for version 2 or something.. I can deal with that. I’m a beta tester by nature. I love playing with things before they become commercially available.
But, he still went on a rant. Now, yes everyone has there opinion. But if you are a beta tester by nature. Than you understand the machine is going to have flaws and you have no other choice but, wait for future update to improve it. Also you being a figure with some overhead call, write or email akai personally and maybe the future upgrade process will speed up. I bet my mpc5k, if akai had gave Just Blaze a free mpc5k. Than there will be a different story and he will be online trying to get everyone to buy one. He will be another RZA with the mv8k. Telling lies he made this and that track on who's album with it.
You know in a perfect world we can purchase anything that's electronic and it will perform perfect right out the box and there will be no need for os or firmware updates. Why you ask? Because, the unit is perfect. But, this is not a perfect world.
I'm not sayin akai is right at what they done so far, but i figure 95% of the people here knows what to expect when they brought there mpcs or any other musical equipment. So if you looking for musical equipment without flaws. Save your money because there won't be none. Manufactures do not include os and firmware update for just new features. It's there for f^ck up aswell. God himself has major flaws, glitches and bugs when he created man and women.
So, to make a long story short, as we done many times before. Lets just wait and see what becomes of the mpc5k.
why did i buy it? because I can..
and if i dont like it, throw it in the closet and not care.. like i said the $ spent is nothing. i can spend that on sneakers in 5 minutes.. my issue was the principle.
why did i buy it #2?
because I was curious.
like i said.. didnt exepct much. just did not expect it to be as bad as it was. there is such a thing as not expecting much, but expecting it to work.
and why compare it to the 4000?
well let's see.. that was this company's flagship machine... and this isssss..... their new flagship machine maybe?
what am i going to compare it to? an asr-10?
me being a beta tester by nature:
yes i am.. and if you read the full statement, i also referred to the fact that most of the products i have beta tested were products that had not been released. the 4000 had bugs when it came out, yes. but they were miniscule in comparison to my experience with the 5000 and did not take away from my overall workflow.
i bet my blah blah blah that if akai had given..:
did you read the bottom of my post? akai had actually just called me (for the 2nd time) not long ago in regards to doing something for the mpc and i just hadnt gotten back to them.. like i said when i walked by guitar center i just got the urge and made an impulse buy. and was disappointed by the purchase.
ive turned down many a product placement opportunity if i didnt like the gear, for the record. Hell i turned down 2 last week. Contrary to what many of you probably think. most of these companies do NOT pay a ton of money for these endorsement deals. many times these deals consist of a little money and a LOT of gear.. specifically whatever gear you may be advertising. remember these aren't GAP ads.. most of these companies sell niche gear to a niche audience, so there's never a lot of money involved. So if I don't like the gear, why bother taking some pictures for a company posing with gear that you dont like and could probably easily afford yourself anyway, especially since they aren't paying you much to do so. Now that's not to say that was the case with akai, but that is my principle in general.
Point is: i'm not going to sit there and take pictures to convince consumers to buy something I don't particularly like myself. Now if they came with a HUGE check. i might have to sell out a little bit lol
j/k.. kinda.
I've bought 85% of the gear i own. and that is the gear you see in my youtube videos, etc. most of that free stuff? it's sitting somewhere.. sometimes i really just dont feel like jumping through hoops to get a free beatbox or some shit. I can just go buy it. So if you ever see me endorsing something... it's something i either a)actually use or b)think that it is a good product for the targeted consumer.
why didn't i write a letter to akai?
i actually did.. it just happened to be an open letter..
say you are a CEO or a president, or a lead designer or something.. what is going to light more fire under you to get your product in order? a prominent influential producer placing a courtesy call to say he doesn't like your recent release? or that same producer using stating this opinion publicly and using his reach to bring it some serious light for all to see and discuss.. think effectively dude. not comparing this situation to something as serious as hurricane katrina, but what if kanye just called the white house and got a secretary and left a message that he thought bush didnt like black people as opposed to saying it on national tv?
I don't want to see akai fail and go out of business, on the contrary I want them to GET IT RIGHT! I have bought just about every keyboard, beatbox, groovebox, sound module etc. that ever existed at one point up until about 6 years ago. most of them right when they were released. maybe soe of you guys are younger and don't have the same experience i do.. but I never really had these kind of problems during the days when i was buying gear left and right. And if i did come across something it was somethign small or annoying that did not stop my workflow. Not only is this machine bug ridden, but some of the general concepts in how they expect you to be able to work (i.e. synth implementation) were clearly not thought out well.
I think maybe the arrival of the software age has really affected a lot of things in the hardware market. more so than some ppl realize. and i think I'm actually going to take JBTV off of hiatus and speak on this and a few other points on this topic. i cant type anymore. on that note.. look out for the video.
And oh yeah.. to the other guy.. I know you can "tune" a program using the Q-link.. however, my friend. if you look at what it's doing, it's actually transposing it. not "fine tuning" it.. and if you read what i wrote more clearly, you'd see that is what i was referring to.
Oh yeah #2. i know you can load programs from a folder.. HOWEVER, if you read what i said again.. i never said that was actually the problem. and i think i spoke on this pretty clearly But let me clarify for you. here is my problem: Lets say the 5k ships with 500 synth patches, you can only use up to 128 of them. so my CHOICE was to load them one by one because WHEN I LOADED THE ENTIRE FOLDER i was only able to load a few folders at a time because i was running out of program memory left and right. So at that point you really need to just go one by one, try a sound, see if you like it and if not delete it right away. You could go folder by folder, and ultimately it is a matter of preference, but going folder by folder and constantly running out of program memory will probably end up being even MORE of a headache. my point is.. NEITHER ONE IS CONDUCIVE TO BEING ABLE TO ACESS SOUNDS QUICKLY AND EASILY AND FIND THE ONES THAT FIT WHAT YOU ARE WORKING ON.
, but an Akai branded DVD drive? I swear it has to be gold plated on the inside due to the price - so I don't think so... taking the p*ss is one thought that springs to mind.
