Akai MPC Keys 61

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#124

The Loopop video makes sense of the price.

They are considering it as a high end workstation and so I think they’ve priced it against high end Roland / Yamaha / Korg workstations rather than high end groove boxes which tend to be rather cheaper.

Still doesn’t make me want to buy one.

#125

My Sweetwater rep says you will not be able to use them on the Live 2 if you buy the Keys. You’d have to buy an additional license. That pisses me off quite a bit. I’m hoping he’s wrong. I’ll find out tomorrow when my Keys arrives.

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#126

@Automageddon @MPC You are efficiently draining me from anything that remotely resembles enthusiasm and I love you for it.

Whenever I display the slightest indication to get a Keys, I’m counting on you to show me the Path of Pain, Hollow Knight style.

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#127

Wait, no SD card slot?! I was thinking how nice it would be to pop an SD card out of one mpc, put it in the other and keep going. Dreams shattered.

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#128

I heard the same.

The license is tied to your serial, so I’m quite certain he is right.

#129

Hey it’s got a USB connector. You can plug a SD card adapter into that. Twelve dollars isn’t outside your dream budget, is it ?

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#130

Man’s gonna be eating ramen for years now.

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#131

I don’t want to have to embrace the way of the dongle! $12 adds up when you lose one every week lol. Although I did just wash an SD card that was in the pocket of my pants, so I may just be a hopeless case.

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#132

But not as fast right? :nerd_face:

#133

Washing SD cards?!

Is that how the format it these days?

#134

I’m too scared to plug it back in to see if the formatting “worked”.

#135

This review claims the price will be $1899 in the US.

#136

I really don’t like that I like the new plug-ins. At all.

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#137

Should be very close, but there are some variables. AKAI will no doubt have tested several different brands, and should specify USB SD adapters they’d recommend.

#138

Some discouragements:

  • It’s not a Prophet 12
  • It’s not a Blackbox
  • Does not have Force’s clip launch
  • Only run 8 plugins simultaneously in memory
  • It’s not a Prophet 12
  • It’s not a Blackbox
  • No streaming samples from disk, unlike Korg Kronos/Nautilus
  • There’s a serious delay when switching from one Project to another, as demoed here.
  • It’s not a Prophet 12
  • It’s not a Blackbox
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#139

:sweat_smile:

Damn you know me, man.

There’s this, though -

#140

If it’s the same as the others, it’s only usb 2.0

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#141

Lofi is out, clean beats are in.

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#142

I hear you on the plugins though.

As I recall, the MPC sequencer was an effective deterrent for you in the past.

Would a quality keyboard combined with plugins whose sounds you like might overcome the distaste for the MPC sequencer?

Or would this combo overpower your dislike of using external sequencers/DAW? :scream:

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#143

I hate that they made this giant workstation but still aren’t offering a linear arranger in the MPC software.

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