Analog heat might seem ridiculous, until you realise what it is: eight curated analog amp circuits, each with their own temperament, equalizer settings (granted only high & low, but they work differently for each circuit) and seven different stereo analog filters. With envelope following, midi control and LFO. You could make it into an analog phaser, compressor, exciter, saturator, etc. Gaz Williams has a video on it, as does Cuckoo (almost 2 hours worth!) and Jeremy Blake. Sure, those guys almost exist to sell you gear, but having an AH to add to an otherwise OK sound just makes it better. I have one as a friend for my Continuumini, which would sound to sterile otherwise.
Have not yet compared it to sound effects in MPC or software heaters. Maybe I should, but I feel disinclined to. It could be a nice comparison youtube video though, if only the compression on YT didnât kill the subtletiesâŚ
Lots of fun stuff in the new OS.
Iâm still waiting on disk streaming though.
I also like putting at least a little analog gear on the master outs of anything digital (daw, mpc, etc.). The AH or OTO boum are two good cheaper options. But donât forget an entire world of overly expensive outboard rack gear exists just for this purpose :-P. Like the louder than liftoff silver bullet, SSL fusion, and I think Marlow uses a magnitismus 2. And a million more subtle eq and/or comp mix bus processors like tegeler creme, rupert neve MBP, etc., etc., etc.
I think for mixing plugins are the way to go, but a little hardware on the master bus is great for a hybrid setup. I would probably add a nice preamp too if I actually tracked anything through mics.
For the foreseeable future I wonât be doing any major post processing in a DAW. I just donât have the time. I want to be as spontaneous as possible, relative to the MPC environment ( and the OT )
I still plan to get a CXM 1978 and I have an Enjoy Electronics Reminder Delay/Multi FX unit.
So Iâm open to using external fx, compressors etc.
That said, I donât want to overwhelm myself again and as you can see desk space is limited. I need everything within arms length for it to work for me.
But I certainly wonât be buying another AH. Iâve had 3 or 4 and didnât like it anytime I had one. I donât think it adds or sounds warm on any setting. Just not good to my ears.
I cant understand why disc streaming wasnât added, only reason I can think is to keep the force sales up.
On a Keyboard?
No.
They havent used it since the Live 1 anyways.
get a system-500 8 or 10slot box, an elysia Xpressor and some other tools for mangling the audio
PleaseâŚdonât get me started. Iâm super pissed and disgusted by it. I want them to replace this shit for me. HellâŚIâll pay half if they pay half. Shit sucks BAD
Hi,
I have a question about Hype and Iâm sorry if the answer is somewhere, I wasnât able to find it.
I donât understand the LFO. Does it only modulate the cutoff ? Is it possible to change the LFO destination?
Thank you
Hype is basically poor when it comes to standard synth modulation, sadly. The LFO youâre referring to, as far as Iâm aware, is only available as a sine and can only be applied to the filter. There is another LFO in the Modulation section which does have different waveforms and a couple of destinations, but this can only be applied via the mod wheel or aftertouch, so itâs still pretty limited (especially given that the MPCs donât have a direct control route to the mod wheel, though you can add it via automation).
Hype benefits quite a lot from the macros feature on the Force, which provides 16 system-wide LFOs that can be applied just about anywhere, but this has yet to appear on the MPC. Without that additional support, Hype lies somewhere between a presets machine and a ârealâ synth - it can sound fantastic, but itâs easy to hit a wall when youâre trying to achieve a specific result.
Sooo very true.
I live though, I managed to get some very nice patches out of it.
Itâs kind of like a little MC-707 inside the MPC, hundreds and hundreds of ready-to-go paches that can quickly be tweaked to good effect. Plus, of course, you can sample it.
Thank you Nick for this precise answer. This is the best plug-in in MPC IMO but it could be more interesting if theyâd work on this kind of limitation to propose an update. It shouldnât be so difficult.
In the words of the Sangheili: Wort Wort Wort?!
Are those some multi sampled pianos posing as plugins or ârealâ modeled instruments? Did akai licence pianoteq? It runs on armâŚ
Will those come to MPC or just MPC keys?
Could this be a rebranded Sonivox Keyboard essential collection and the Strings part of orchestral companion?
Ooh and the OPx4 could be Stratum in disguise; a supersaw fm synth. Intruiguiuing.
This could imply that the akai keys ships with built in ssd.
MC ARP question:
re Random setting: either im using it incorrectly or its not random, rather, it is a set of predetermined patterns.
- it loops, it doesnt randomize with each step
- when I stop start on a random setting, it will switch between two patterns. I just doesnt vary.
if this is the caseâŚwellâŚshit.
if im doing something wrong, please, fill me in 
side note: I contacted them about adding some featureâŚthey respond right away. I contact them re: the shitty case, I dont hear back. I check my ticket, cant login. contact them for a new login reset, they said itâll take a couple hours. that was 6 days ago. seems like they avoid case issues. 
Iâm seeing OP-4 (OPx4?) and thinking: OBx-4 aka Oberheim 4 voice to go with the Odyssey⌠
OP4 probably means 4OP FM. See the FM color way (DX, Digitone, Ableton Operator)