Simply all my dreams come true in one machine! Bought mine already at Thomann!!!!!!!!!!

I thought native instrument had it right but damn akai just blew them out the water. This looks so dope

Akai! This product is beyond amazing and it brings you instantly back to the 80's. There have not been a product like this since the 80's unfortunately. A big hand for Akai! Keep up the good work, guys! This new line has a lot of potential and can easily become a "thing" like the DX-7 or the Synclavier/Fairlight became then it was released back in the day. Some suggestions to add to the new line: - Expansion board with 16 VCF's, 16 VCA's, envelopes and analogue LFO's with midi sync (with many different types of sample and hold waves) - Feature for drawing your own waveforms - A 88 key version with either a premium hammer weighted Fatar- or Kawai keyboard mechanism - Expansion board with fully featured analogue mono synth - Expansion board with fully featured analogue poly synth with 5 to 8 or 16 voices. - Expansion board with more Midi ins and outs and CV/Gate inputs - Expansion board with hardware 8 bit or 12 bit ADC and DAC converters for that vintage 80's sound (no emulation) Cheers Daniel, host of Eat and Listen channel

Love the MPC museum in the background.

I ordered my 61 today and I can’t wait to get into it

Dang! I'm so deep and invested so much into the Native Instruments' Komplete/Maschine eco-system that I never look into anything else. Well, that's until this AKAI Key 61. Yeah, I may have to start making space both in my studio and my wallet for it. 😊 Great job AKAI!

So great. Love where Akai is going and really appreciate the ongoing investment in the MPC series - the hardware investment keeps getting better. Version 2.11 on my MPC Live is awesome.

88 keys and Im in. Was going to get a Fantom-08 but this is what i was after.

For those asking Why Akai is now making a Work Station. The MPC One, Live, Live 2 and X are work stations without a keyboard.

Well it's about time Akai !! Thank you for putting those line in jacks so I can hook up my turntable for sampling...Now it's a "standalone"!!...unlike the mpk249 that I picked up in 2016..it's been sitting in its box for six years mainly because the lack of those line in jacks.. I have modular gear too so a big thank you for the cv and gate jacks !! Here's the question; can I trade in my mpk249 and pay the difference for this new Mpc key 61?? 😉😉 😁 Side note: when I bought the mpc 2000 back in 1998 I always wondered why there was never a version of the mpc with a keyboard like the asr 10... but, here we are... 👍🏼

They need to release a 88 key flagship version for me to trade in my Fantom 8. As a piano player I need at least 76 keys. The production system is a dream come true, it has everything the Fantom lacks. I’ll keep my eye on new releases from Akai for sure.

This is what I call FAN service. I love it... The MPC's are already great machines and now... comes this. It's as if someone over at AKAI read my dreams. Congratulations AKAI, now a 76 keys... and I would be in heaven.

It takes an awesome musician like yourself to make it sing !!! You're an Amazing player Herm !!!

Many thanks for putting this overview and tutorial together. MPC Key 61 looks to be my next choice in a production synth.

This is a dream changer. I wish the instrument was realest 20 years ago. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

The possibilities seem endless with this machine iam going to definitely get mine

Cool. I'm retired now and learning science and math gets a bit dry at times. Playing with this little gem may be the diversion I need.

I think some dope features will be stretching the sample across the keys like you could with the ASR and some kind of serato sample features or integration.

Can't wait to get ma hands on this! 🙌🏼💯

Bought 1 a few weeks ago. I love it. I will say,...that Being an avid user of the Mpc's touch screen functionality it would be well appreciated if when in "Sample Edit" mode you were able to quickly touch the screen and the Q-Link functionality followed. I feel the inclusion of this feature would be a real workflow improvement for those who choose to use the touch screen for inputting functions rather than clicking through the Q-LINK button to get to the same point. Want to edit sample start? easy touch sample start on the screen and waaa laaa the Q-Links are in place for that specific adjustment...want to edit sample end..simply tough sample end on the screen and q links follow without having to cycle the q link button and so on. Thanks hope this feature is considered.🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

Akai is doing God's work🙌

Wow 🤩 totally Dope. Now I gotta figure out how to get one.

Great demo! Can't wait for this to hit Sweetwater!!😁

I’m not an MPC guy but have been really interested in seeing the Keys 61. But I have come to the conclusion that what I would really like is the composing and sounds potential but without the keyboard (and at a lower price accordingly). I already have some great keyboards that I could use via usb/midi, so a box that was effectively an MPC Keys without the Keys would be great. I don’t think any of the existing MPCs are quite the same.

Yea, I need this.

Dope thing about this great piece of equipment. We'll start to see the prior units price drop☺️

🔥🔥🔥👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾... gotta get one ASAP

That first demonstration beat was slidin and I like the performance feature and of course the standard favorite feature.

I'm loving Akai right now. I love the 2.11 Update on my MPCX. Thia Keyboard is just awesome. I love this keyboard.

This is awesome!

Finally!! This is a game changer right here.

Quality video and hardware and software. Thanks.

I bought the live II, I kinda wanted the X but I needed the battery portability. If Akai does an MPC key49 Live that would be totally dope for me. 49 key MPC with battery and built in speakers

Dear Akai, For next version of the MPC Key 61 workstation please upgrade the screen to a larger size or with tilting option and also please please add SST technology. Thank you.👍✌️✨🎹🎹🎹🎹

If you’ve heard the modx or Fantom, then you know these Akai sounds just aren’t gonna cut it

This does indeed appear to be the ultimate "everything under one roof" production board. The "renaissance" board, I would dub it. The dawning of a new breed of hybrid workstations which truly consolidates the entire songwriter's workflow with everything that modern technology provides. However, does it have vocoder capability? You know, to be able to sample the human voice and then run it through digitized morphing effects, such as "robot voice?" Because if this system lacks a dedicated vocoder, then it got *ALMOST* everything consolidated, and I would therefore remain torn in my current pro/con considerations between either springing for this Akai MPC Key 61 or Roland's Juno DS series, particularly the flagship DS88 which has *88* keys and not 61.

THAT KEYBOARD CLEAN AS FUCK 😀

This is dope..game changer. I got the Renaissance ans the Live 2. But soon I will get this one too.. producing without a computer is super cool. By the way a 49keys version would be nice instead of 61 keys

I am probably not the only one in the far reach of asking this but I’d like to know if there will be a 73/76/88 version of this keyboard. I am a gospel/R&B musician and I do a lot of 10-14 finger chords and the 61 isn’t enough.

I have a MPC X. Why I feel I need this too. Lmao. Somehow, someway…..I’m getting this.

Looks dope

We definitely need updates on more mixing capabilities and workflow. And better arranging Audio clips and midi In the daw & standalone. 16:30 . Loving these new updates and products! Definitely hyped on all the new stock sounds we got. We got everything now! Synths, Strings, Pianos! I love it! We need more bass plugings! SYNTH BASSES, ACOUSTIC BASSES, ELECTRIC BASSES GUITARS, AND ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC GUITAR PLUGINS TOO!!!!!!!! Love u added AMPS FOR REAL GUITAR RECORDS BC THERES A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF GUITAR PLAYERS AND IM ONE OF THEM. love this mpc. Im bout to update rn! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The XLR In's are nice. But wish it had Optical I/O and/or (dare I say...) stereo RCA in's.

It has Q-Links 😍

Will there be an hardware expansion for the MPC key 61. Like an expansion board with either 8 or 16 analogue filters? Will where be other keyboard sizes like 88 hammer weighted keys for this line up? Cheers Daniel, host of Eat and Listen channel

Beautiful.

Next gen mpcs we need premium analog preamps and analog circuitry incorporated. Like how the neve got mariner transformers and . Premium Balanced inputs and outputs

There has to be a fast way to Key Grouping Sample Chops across the keyboard right? I wanna see Samples across all 61 keys like I used to do on the Korg Triton Studio 76 Key...👑✨👑

Amazing concept and design. Can we have the special editions in full black/red keys 😍

You forgot to add a separate earphone volume control for the people using studio monitors. It annoying switching back and forth. Also what up with the 7 plugin max? Other than that. 👊🏾I love it.

Can you show us creating multisamples in one of your next video's? That is one of the main reasons why I would like to have this lady. Thanx

Does the MPC Key 61 allow disk streaming for Audio tracks, or is each project/song limited to the 4Gb of Ram?

Looks great!

arrives Tuesday Guitar Center Yesssssssssssss

Okay!! OKAY!! I just found out that we can also install SSD up to 2TB (maybe 4TB?), which is absolutely a game changer but what would also add to this being the cream of the crop is if we can upgrade the RAM? Is that doable? I'm already sold but I just wanted to know if upgrading the RAM is possible! I've got a huge imagination and my creative side of my Musician Brain is running wild!!!!!

AKAI, why not put FORCE LAUNCH MODE and ARRANGER on this workstation??? I'm very sad!😞 It makes perfect sense to use them on this workstation. Is it planned to bring these features in a next update? That would be very important. Working on MPC Key 61 with such great instruments in a similar way to Ableton Live would be my dream and believe me that of many thousands of musicians. I still have hope that this will happen 🙏.

I am so exciting for the price, if it is much more affordable then the traditional brand like Roland/Yamaha/Korg/Kawai/Nord, I will definitely consider buying one for my first self own standalone keyboard, before this I was just using other's keyboard on the gig and I am using midi controller at home to make music and practice keyboard/piano.

Any chance any of these new engines will make it to the akai force?

I need it....the only thing i think would have been a dope addition would have 8 or 16 motorized faders but they allow to connect a usb mixer anyway...

The way I see it the Akai Pro MPC Key 61 is rather like a Teenage Engineering OP-1 on steroids! It offers a mega-ton of features including synths, arranger, sequencer and sampling capabilities for no more money!

Damn good overview! And they are hard to find on some product lines.

this concept sounds awesome! Thanks for the video. My thoughts as a blind musician are, of course, focussed on its accessibility. I doubt that the touch screen is in any way accessible via speech synthesis. However, can anyone tell me if the software (preferably for Mac) is accessible? Does this work station integrate in Logic Pro? Ideas are welcome. Greetings from Germany.

Absolutely AWESOME but one disappointing flaw - USB3 - why not go with the latest standard of USB-C? Fantastic demo and awesome machine.

How do I copy and edit sustain pedal information on the MPC Key 61?

Roland, Yamaha, Korg..... Sitting on their hands! why didn't they do this 15 years ago... ?? Milking the old technology too long... you lost me, Thank you Akai for the needed solutions

This is like those helmet drink holders, does what it needs with extra features but still needed😂

My advice: Put tape over the phantom power switch. On my Akai Force it was accidentally switched on and it blew up the entire internal audio card for good. I now have to use a workaround by connecting to my mixer for any sound. Just a heads up. Love Akai...but man oh man that disappointed me...bigtime.

Glorified loop builder/ideas scratch pad... Really needs a proper arranger like the Force

NICE KEYBOARD!

I would live an iPad app that works hand in had with the keyboard for a bigger screen and control.

Will there be an 88-key version of this coming?

The sleeper component of the unit is the touch screen

Will the Akai MPC Key be the most modern and practical replacement for the recently discontinued Korg Kronos?

Ok cool SKILLET IS BACK!!!!!

Wow , looks great!

I am new to the MPC world so pardon me if I sound like a total noob but I am more of a Finger Drumming and also Step Sequencing guy. Is it also possible to Step Sequence your drums? That would be huge for me tbh.

Hi, just got my amazing MPC key 61! How to pad mute in main wiev with the pads akai mpc key 26? without hit the Pad mute knob each time

Team Roland Fantom 06 all dayy!!!!

I'd be more interested in this if it did what Akai FORCE software does. Isn't it time MPC and FORCE software were just merged? In other words - competition for Ableton and not just MASCHINE+.

Is there tempo change now? BPM automation?

11:33 🔥.......This will sell out if they can fit this on a 25 key

Roger Linn is like, “Damn, I am That Guy. Look at ALL that I birthed!

Please add an option for independent volume control between the headphones and 4 main outputs. Something like shift + volume for control of HP output

For me and my OCD, Few wires and one plug! Got one coming.

Now we need a smaller one for people who live in New York 😎 Our closet sized apartments can’t hold this bad boy, we need MPC KEY 25 or 32

OMG man!!! WHY?! I just bought the gold MPC Live 2!!! 🤣🤣🤣 THIS THING LOOKS SO 🔥🔥🔥💥🔥🤯 THIS!!!

Hi I have one question I don't know why when I save project sequence and open next day project all the samples is changed piano, guitar , pad could you do please a tutorial video save proyet thanks you

Can you add 3rd party plugins?

Could you please tell if all the plugins showned at this video comes with the product or not? Thanks!

We need a good tuner for 808s / key group instruments too! With Semi & Fine Tuning & Root note settings. Also portamento settings too 11:28

why on earth does Akai release a product for 2000€ thats supposed to be a daw in a box without a single fader. Im not gonna pick this up just for the fact that you have no faders on it. What were you thinking Akai?

All in one 🙏💯

How much are the new plugins going to cost ? On my MPC live 2 it says I’m on a 9 day trial? And I can’t find price anywhere?

Oh yeah I’m snatching one

Audio recording and arrange page from the force?

can you allocate individual samples to the keys opposed to the pads?

I’m a guitarist and FL studio guy. I’m new to the MPC world. Can this workstation record live guitar( or vox ) and then use it as a sample to chop ?

A quick question! What can this MPC Key 61 do if you don't buy the sound instruments/VST's? As I read, they are not included with the product.

Wait what. So I can click and drag each stem or channel from mpc to Ableton live link daw in arrangement view for final touches on Ableton daw.

I own an MPC Live II. If I buy the MPC Key 61 with the all these additional plugins, can I use them on my Live as well?