EDIT: *Akai Key 61 not MODX obviously.

totally, heck im glad it at least handles 8. bbut yeah many benefits in bouncing anyway especially creative reasons like going on to chop and resequence previously rendered bouncees. people need to use their mpc

The one thing I love, and has now become a routine even in studio one and ableton, is committing MIDI to audio. Printing to commit to the idea. I used to leave everything in midi "just in case" but now, its just commit. Especially in Studio One when you render to audio, you can always transfer back to midi.

Thanks!! More on the way my friend

@@CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE definitely looking forward to it boss. First MPC ever and the X is a beast. Always up for new learning curves.

@@drindy5166 congrats. That screen is amazing. Really dive into it. I’ve seen some MPC masters just fly through making tracks on the X cause it has all the buttons and knobs you could ever want

@@CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE Q links are especially bad ass. Had it three months and now I am 5 albums deep lol. Cheer brother!

Those restrictions were some of the best creative tools in music. I used to have the Akai S 2000 which had really limited sampling but I made some of my favorite songs because you had to figure it out and make it work. Now there’s so I spend more time searching through random sounds and things instead of being creative and thinking outside of the box.

Amazing!! Thanks! I’m developing a MPC boot camp. Would you be interested?

@@CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE If it's a product I can purchase and reference, that'd be a hell yes for me!

@@CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE I’m in

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Awesome! Thanks for supporting

And the fact that each 128 tracks can hold samples loops and layers, its pretty limitless.

You too

Had the Keys.... Sold the Keys... use the MPC One 99% of the time.

It’s funny, I’ve been trying to get a response from Akai regarding Polifhony, but since all the instruments are a hybrid sample based and synthesizer, the Polyphany changes depending on the size of the memory that the patch is taking up. Sometimes I’ve been fine with eight instruments, other times I get dropouts when I’m only using three or four. Bouncing everything down to samples, or audio tracks always helps free up some of the unknown polyphony questions

With sample cycling, you are layering 4 samples on a pad and playing through each layer each time you hit the pad. Cycling through all 4 layers. Hope that helps.

@@CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE Why would you use sample cycling for something like this when you can just chop the sample to pads,? That would also allow you to rearrange the chord progression and not worry about the cycle getting out of order.

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Yup. Someday we will all just make some tunes

@@CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE Yeah, everything will just end up in Live...on a hard drive...along with other projects.

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That would be amazing!!! But for now, we work around

At this point with technology, there is no such thing as unlimited tracks. What unlimited tracks actually means is that there is no exact number of tracks that you can have. It just depends on what plugins you’re running and the specs of your computer. Every hardware workstation has track and polyphony limits; even the ones that are twice the price of the MPC Key 61.

Had the keys but sold it... staying with the MPC One

Unfortunately no, the best would be to bounce the plugins to samples that are on a pad, triggered with the sequence.

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Not necessarily. It's up to you to use it in funky and unique ways. The mixer section for example has much to offer that lots of people rarely take advantage of. You witnessed sample bounce and audio bounce but you can also self sample via routing which opens up some interesting possibilities. If you are familiar with cycle synthesis then the mpc is especially capable. I see very few demos online about this but it's pretty cool and when you add the granular effect you get some unique results. In my experience most folks are using their mpc's in slightly different ways. I personally have never sampled from vinyl, yet for others that's all they do. I hope you discover a unique and groovy workflow of your own so people have to ask you how did you do that.

Like Andre said, it’s really comes down to how you want to use it. I would say it’s the most versatile stand alone sequencer on the market

This is ALL MPC in stand alone. I’m controller mode you do not have the limitation

It’s unlimited in the computer

Yup, but each midi track can hold 128 pads, and each pad can have 4 samples, so the math adds up to a LOT of sounds you can trigger for playback.

Its not for everyone forsure. Its interesting how the Keys for some is revolutionary and for other its a waste of money.

Thanks for the feedback.

@@CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE no doubt. with that said, thats a great way to create and chop your own samples in the MPC. But if its for the purpose of just turning midi into audio and triggering the pass, the other steps are kinda unnecessary

yup, workarounds are always a thing with everything.

I agree, the Key 61 is a beast, even at the cost. I've been having a blast being creative with it. Im about to hook up some analog synth and give it a shot.

Lmao, workflow is better, sounds on the MPC 61 are definitely not as good, and I own the Live2 with Fabric XL…

The Fantom G is like 13 years old! Hopefully the workstation that was just released a couple months ago is better! But in actuality, the Fantom G is better at some things. If you’re being spontaneous while performing live and need to switch sounds seamlessly, the Roland is definitely better. The pads on the Roland aren’t tied to the current patch. So you can switch from a piano to a synth pad to horns to organ and the same drum patch or whatever will be on the pads. You don’t have to create split points and all that like on the Key 61. And once again, the patch switching on the Roland is seamless. The Key 61 has better sounds, sampler and sequencer. For me, the Fantom G, even being 13 years old is better for me playing live, and the Key 61 is better for production.

@@damonbennett5911 Lmao, I own both the Fantom G8, Live2 with all the same Plug-Ins as the Keys-61, also own Montage 6, Kronos2, with that said, Fantom-G sound quality is still far superior to Keys-61, the keys has more up to date sounds, but falls short in quality and richness, also let's not forget the 24 audio tracks that can be recorded straight to the sequencer... Sequences, beat patterns, and sounds for dub step, techno, is where the Keys-61 shines, wouldn't use it for any serious composition work...

@@bigcdub looks like we own a lot of the same gear. When it comes to things like what sounds better, what has better sound equality and how you would use apiece of gear is subjective. When I got my G6 years ago, someone told me that I couldn’t do any serious production with that. In my 1st day with the Key 61, I made a Lofi track, a soulful house track, a smooth jazz track and a track that’s sounds like D-Train and Roger Troutman had a baby. I don’t know what you consider serious composition, but I write pretty much every genre and I’m sure I can do what I need to do with the Key 61. But once again, there isnt any right or wrong. It’s subjective.

Can you please elaborate a bit more on this as I am about to buy the Kork Nautilis, or Akai Keys 61? I was told that you can add sounds in Korg but not in AKAI. What if you recorded each track back to FL Studio where you can add more sounds?

@MrAntonioTech the Korg would be more versatile in the long run. The MPC is still a sampler first, synth workstation second.. far second

@@CREATEEDUCATEINSPIREThank you for clarifying!

@MrAntonioTech anytime. I would also consider the Yamaha motif

Nope. Only 8 in standalone, if you run in controller mode then you have unlimited

@@CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE So in controller mode we can record each AKAI instrument in the DAW of our choice, right?

hopefully,,,, the question is when 3 will ever come out.

The X is amazing. I’ve been emails akai to just sell the 16 knobs with the little displays as an add on piece

@@CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE That’s really a great idea!!!

Agreed, if it could play Kontakt libraries in standalone

honestly, using it in controller mode unlocked all the limitations.. but then you can argue that an 1800 midi controller is crazy...

@@CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE An £1800 Midi controller IS crazy. I'm using my MPC as a sound module to make use of the 4GB onboard RAM alongside Logic and the 8GB RAM on my computer..(I remember when 512k was decent 😆 A really sweet way of working

Ya, the limitations will force you to find ways around them.

@@CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE Yea. The creativity boost one can receive from limitations can be rather surprising.

16 plug in instruments? Or 16 pcm sample based voices?

Yeah but MODX can’t sample and the software is shit. And remember he talking about 8 plug-ins. In all the mpc sequencer can have up to 128 tracks per sequence and you can also have up to 128 sequences per project. It can also sync and control up 32 hardware devices and synths via usb. It’s also has audio interface support we’re you can have as many ins and out as you want to have a complete recording experience in standalone . Yeah it should cost more.

I wish they made a MODX desktop, I love Yamaha sounds but using MPC for sequencing

@@CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE get a yamaha ex5 rackmount unit. It is basically the same sounds.

Currently in the USA from Sweetwater the MODX6 is 1399.99. The Akai MPC Key 61 is 1899.99. So $950 is half the price. The MODX is $450 more than that. So to me that is not "almost" half the price. The MODX is capable of having 16 PCM sampled instruments (or FM) in a performance. That is quite a bit different from 8 VSTs that come with their own unique set of effects, oscillators, and GUI. Furthermore, you can only play 8 instruments from the keyboard itself on the MODX. The other 8 would have to be triggered via an external device. Only 12 of your instruments can have insert effects on them not 16. Lastly, many of the "flagship" sounds you hear on the MODX actually take up more than one channel. For example the CFX Stage Piano takes up 4 of the 8 available channels that can be played from the keybed itself. The same is true for many of the string sounds, orchestral sounds and so on. Many of them take up all 8 available channels. So yes, the Akai has its limitations. But so does the MODX. Yes technically it is capable of 16 instruments at once. But upon looking closer at its architecture you will find it suffers from some pretty big limitations as well. In many ways more than the Akai.

Had the keys... sold the keys.... MPC One with a MODx is amazing.

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Damn foreal

I’m trying to make a master class for the software but shit… it’s soo frustrating using it. Like the main window doesn’t respond to trackpad pitch to zoom but the controller screen does????

Damn. This is BS. I’m gonna go back to my Commodore 64.

I has an S3000 rack back in the day. its insane how far technology has come.

I know right, an embarrassment of riches and still people complain.