I find the mpc workflow not intuitive at all! The quality is great thats the reason why i go with akai force and i‘m happy with that..

How did you get on in thr end?

I agree with your comment but, this product can't be called a workstation yet because it's just a mpc sas midi keyboard. if you use it as a live performance instrument, it will be difficult for you to wait for it to load when selecting each sound. For a studio, however, is the perfect workflow.

@@yuliyanparpulev3589 he’s literally playing it in a live setting now and switching thru patches much faster than you would playing songs Also the new update features a set list feature where you can set patches nsuch for live performance

@@Chyuuch we are all witnessing that akai is growing very fast and in the right direction I hope that in the near future there will be an update for just that.

@@yuliyanparpulev3589 slightly confused by your comment, as that is LITTERALLY what he is doing now, try doing it at that speed on a traditional setup....

@@yuliyanparpulev3589 I agree i am an mpc head loyally but this is a drum machine with a synth. keyboard workstations are the other way around and plus designed and modified to handle heavy sound loads.Most keyboard workstations only have 16 tracks but they are 16 strong tracks that usually don't overload the unit.The xl version of Fabric don't come close to Yamaha Roland or Korg and I'm talking sounds from the older workstations like the Triton classic motif es or Fantom x or g

All these demos are pre rehearsed dude, other than that he's really good at demo'ing gear

For the digital domain, it seems very nice right now, but for €2000 Their are so many incredible options.. My “Humble” opinion, is to stand by for a little bit and see what the competition brings to the table (at that price range :) ) Deepmind 12 is a sick Analog unit for less than half the price (with flightcase) and you can still have €1200 left to play with.. What style of music do you write man ? Cheers 🇮🇪🦅🇺🇸

@@musiclover25lives72 I do music for pornoi

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@@rebediskomse7153 MPC UP YOU RAZZ

Get an akai Force, and connect it to a keyboard, It's so much better. I have one, toutch is a gimmick, most of the cool stuff you don't even need to use the screen.

So do I!

This is something I think they should have had right out of the gate. For a workstation it’s missing a lot of sounds found in similar products

@@EverettDudgeon138 And possibly polyphony....

Yes

Yes yes and hell yeah!

Hell yes akai is really moving forward

And like a Teenage Engineering OP-1 bulked up to a full-sized 61-note keyboard!

Wonder what kind of response this device will generate amongst the greats (Korg, Yamaha, Roland, etc) now that the flood-gates have literally been opened?

The temptation was too great and I had to order one, but yes, there are a few compromises I wish hadn't been made. Most notably, the lack of Q-links / Scribble Strips and gain control on the back of the unit. As a former owner of the MPC Live, and current owner of the MPC X and One Retro, the Q-links and gain controls position on the X makes a world of difference when sampling and editing. I really wish they had put at least eight Q-links with Scribble Strips on this one. Oh well, I bough one any way!

@@defcreator187 ROFL 🤣 Yup Casio, neck on neck with Moog 😉

4 gigs of ram?

Roland would with the Jupiter 80.

I'd like to know that, as well. Also, if you have more than one MPC, do you have to pay to add the Plugs to each unit or one fee covers all units owned.

I've been told yes

No..it’s an extra 500 US dollars….besides the fact..you only get 4 gigs of ram and with all the plugins you won’t have much memory left..so I’m just going for the novation 88 key launch key controller as I do my music with an iPad Pro../ 49 key novation which is a beast …

I think you only get the sounds/plug-ins for free on 2 devices (the MPC 61 and MPC DAW on your computer, essentially).

You know it's coming 🥰

Lmao yea ok

I need an all black one

@@Boderick_McNeil I was waiting for a RETRO. MPC-X. Would be nice if they dropped an MPC Xi (I = improved) RETRO with more memory like the Key 61 of course..😎

That’s my feeling. If you have an MPC X and a larger keyboard. This will not be needed. Especially if they did not add arrange view like they did Akai Force. For new AKAI customers this can be good. For those who been using AKAI gear heads, this is purely one of those I’m a get just because type pieces.

Yes. Only two inputs on the KEYS! Not acceptable. The X is a centerpiece of the studio

4 Outputs is even more disappointing to me. At least the X is rolling with 8. Akai, you dropped the ball here...

i called Akai, all the 25 plugins ($499) bundle are included in the MPC Key 61 :)

I was wondering the same thing regarding electric and acoustic guitar and bass sounds?

Yes it has tons

That's a good question. From my perspective, I don't need all that polyphony because I'm making 8 bar loops and editing into song format for RnB and Rap. But for a person who'd require that I'd assume use a PC to get the extra horsepower.

It’s a mpc. You bounce your passes to a pad and continue

I think Andy said it has 192 note polyphony in a different vid. Wouldn't worry about it at all.

@@moonsofjupiter Thanks now I understand everyone one vst on board have 64 voice polyphony and this change the game.

I hope we can do that… like the old asr-10

@@alfietaylormusic7511 Exactly!

It’s still an mpc and your pads correspond to keys so that would seem apparent

@@Chyuuch as soon as it hits the doorstep I’ll know

Yes you can spread a single sample across the keyboard with the press of a button. Alternatively create a multi sample instrument using using an automatic sampling system or do it manually. It’s the same as any other MPC so maybe check out videos on the MPC one, Live or X.

I’m very sure you can

I almost bought the 37 version of this but the live 2 has battery power and that alone got me, never mind the speakers even

You can import on a flash drive or thru software

The software doesn’t address this?

@@dougroyce5784 Software doesn't fix hardware limitations, well not in the literal sense. Yeah, they should be able to include the arranger window like on the force unless there's some something stopping that. Its not been brought to the MPC firmware yet. I'm sure its a great unit to use though, its just another twist on the interface. I'm into smaller foot prints these days and don't need a keybed so pads are fine for me. There's always a sting in the tail with Akai though, I've been a user for for like 27 years going back to their hardware samplers / MPC's.

The details are even more compelling if you look... There is nothing on the market at that price with this much functionality. Also, some of the most iconic tracks ever produced were created on MPC's with even more limitations that this one. Have you ever used an MPC? There is everything you need to produce complete tracks including a song mode.

@@vertigev Your right, there's nothing else out there hardware wise that does what these units do, you do get a lot functionality for your money i guess though for me i couldn't justify the extra £500 on the extra samples & plugins. Yeah, I have a MPC2000XL i brought new back in the early 2000's and have a Force as of a couple of years. I know the O/S and what these modern units are capable of. I don't think it has the arranger yet, same as MPC's. They need to add that one in. Have to see how stable the O/S is, the Force still has a number of gremlins that need to be addressed. I think these use the later generation of CPU board as well so that's a good thing. I'm not knocking it, more of an observation on where Akai are going with this generation hardware and software development. If your keyboard player then this is a good addition.

You don't

@@junkfoodeater thanks for answering Fam!

@@THE.MICHAEL.ANGELO NP! Also, since you need to multitrack your production to a computer to do the arrangement anyway (mpc, don't have song arrangement) you are already setup there to do the master.

@@junkfoodeater Thanks again Fam! It's pretty much the same as when I had the Motif XF7 then. Besides, it's always a safe bet to master through the DAW anyway.

@@THE.MICHAEL.ANGELO Yep pretty much the same as any synth or box

Agreed.

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👍🏽agreed

Could you explain further? Got me wondering what's up with that.

@@DocTheopolis as you go through the sounds pages trying presets, you are loading them into memory, if you are not going to use them you have to manually delete each unwanted program separately from the main page. The purge the memory , if you save the project before that you will save all the programmes and their samples on your sd card. As unwanted duplicates.

@@wul01 that sounds like a pain in the ass

@@wul01 🧢

I haVe had the fantom06 for 3 months. It’s ok. But this sold on me. The workflow just makes sense for me. Others may have their opinions.

kinda pricey versus just getting an MPC One + keyboard controller of any kind

that is my big issue, it need an engine like the Pioneer Toraiz 16

Its has it in the software

More of the 61 than the modx6 but the modx6 is a close 2nd place

Hi. I can see that it seems the MPC 2.11.2 OS is having a few problems. Thanks for sharing the one you're having. Hoping Akai responds quickly with the bug fixes, because as of now, my Akai MPC-boxes are back to the days before the release of 2.8, "nearly" useless except for use as a Drum Machine, very few MIDI capabilities.

@@DocTheopolis also, expression pedal doesn't work for most CC settings

@@DocTheopolis I also noticed the expression pedal won't work for most CC settings

U can play the samples on the keyboard boss man

So funny! Man I remember those back in the day.

haha i still have one packed