Tim has the best chords in the R&B game. I'm so glad he did a demo of this. Inspiring. I think i want this and to work with Tim and Bob too. They are some game changers.
I’m happy that Akai has FINALLY realised the gap in the market with this! I seriously expected Native Instruments to be here sooner but Akai came correct 🙌🏾
@@mlaws11291 akai just showed us just how much NI is slacking with these new instrument plugins! I'm gonna get this then sample my NI stuff right in here!
I've been waiting for NI to release something similar, as it seemed like an obvious gap in the market. Would be hard to swallow if it was a 2-bit manufacturer that beat them to the punch, but with Akai MPCs proven track record, this thing looks likely to blow anything else out of the water.
@@seanmatthews5279 I agree! Especially because NI has shown they are capable of doing something like this when they released the standalone MK3+. This thing is taking on workstations! May not come with all the bells & whistles that workstations have, but the sequencing blows them out of the water and the price tag is in the same ballpark as Roland’s Fantom 0 series
Mannnnn… this tutorial seriously blessed me! Tim man… if you’re reading this… I was shaking my head the whole time. So dope to just watch a master at work. To see your workflow! Please… more of these! I’d pay for this stuff! And AKAI… what a dope keyboard!
I've got an AKAI MPC One. . . . which can do all the same sounds and features as what he is showing here, when outfitted (upgraded to firmware and software 2.11). Amazing box and I've got mine connected to my Nektar Panorama 61 note MIDI Keyboard via USB (MIDI over USB) and it's also connected via USB to my Zoom Livetrak L-12 Audio Recorder Mixer - which works as a front-end for Mics and a backend to drive a PA System w/ XLR Balanced outputs to amps or powered monitors. It's just amazing what AKAI is doing lately.
Tim, I’m sure I speak for all, if not, most of us when I say thank you for all you have contributed to the music world! All the Tim and Bob productions have inspired my production journey most definitely! Now I know what I need in my arsenal. This is a game changer! Keyboard, MPC, and DAW in one?! Godsend! 😎💪🏼 🎶
Great feel to that musical idea. I got mine on order......never before have I seen a keyboard that offers so much. AKAI has always been great at sampling, sequencing and hard disk recording.......now they've added a keyboard, the first one since about 1985.
Everyone has a specific workflow. For some efficiencies matter most, some routine. There’s no set way for creatives. However with that said thanks for that info. Great to know alternatives
My approach to learning is very similar to photoshop there's multiple ways of doing one thing you just got to find what works best for you! And who knows maybe he didn't even know about it maybe he's reading this right now and you just told him something LOL you never know! 🤣
big respect 4 my m@n Tim Ze True Legend 💎 n always learning a bunch of cool stuffs watching him nailing his beautiful sonic landscapes on the MPC 🔥🔥🔥 i love his oldskool vibe 👽
First off right away there’s a difference in this video finally somebody that will explain to other people that haven’t dealt with AKia products about the effects and the EQ’s an the mastering that you can do as you go so that when you’re finished with your song your song is actually already finished 😂 all the other videos on TH-cam seem to skip over all the sound shaping possibilities that are provided in the MPC X and the MPC 61 keys and basically the AKia format which I think it’s a shame. I mean he laid down the track like everybody else but at least before he did it, he told people about the possibilities in the power in the editing. By the way, I gotcha expansion pack. It was pretty dope bro I enjoy using it.
AKAI has (once again) clearly smashed the preverbial "ball" straight outta the park on this~! The new plugin (v2.11.1) synths from AIR are killer and AKAI already showed us how much functionality can be added to hardware via Firmware Updates and Software Updates. Truly incredible what they did (for FREE) w/ that amazing 2.10 Update back in 2021. Now in 2022, they've brought their cannons loaded! If you are looking for a fantastic recording and composition tool - it doesn't get any better. Native Instruments is probably AKAI's biggest challenger - yet AKAI is definitely out front - by a sizable margin. I've owned NI Maschine for 2 years - then sold it. AKAI approach is just flat-out "better" in my opinion. Lots and lots of value here.
Tomorrow my early Christmas present arrives. Yes she's on the UPS truck and should be here tomorrow. Hopefully earlier than later. I hate when it arrives late because your whole day can go by waiting on that UPS truck to pull up. I'm not leaving regardless! Besides I'm hoping its delivered by the time the old lady gets home.🤣😯 I'm looking forward to making some great music with the MPC keys 61. Thank you for the tutorial. 💯
I can't find the sound "Light Reverse" anywhere in fabric XL. Is that patch a part of an expansion, if not where is it on the MPC key 61? Please and thank you in advance.
Liking this ! A lot ! But one question. With all of these things and video’s about this stuff also with groove boxes; so now you hear this looping few measures. Which sounds great and cool and all that but how to go from here and finish a song / Track ?
Once you have your 4 bar loops in one sequence,move on to the next sequence. ..Copy and past,make minor or major changes for each sequence. When you have a good amount of different sequences start organising them in a manner that makes sense for a track
Can I use this synthesizer as a MIDI controller, that is, to assign functions to the softsinthes that I have installed on my computer through the faders and knobs?
76 key must be next with some added features from the x. Then I might sell my x. Am in the market for a keyboard too. Waited to see what this would look and sound like. Hmmm this would clear my desk quite bit. It boils down to sounds and efficiency. Was looking at the fa-06 or a modx. Hmmm
I'm going to make Roland mad, lol. I've been a Roland owner for almost 30 years but this is going to be my new girl. Tim really impressed me as well as the specs / ratings of this tool. Thank you
I listened back to boyz II men's II album and a song called I remember as well as tamar 's album from 00 this musical track remindss me of those same feels ❤
Ok! I can’t see how the pads and keys are being placed on the sequencer, so I don’t know if each sound is being placed on its own individual track. Why is that important? Because when you need to mix all of these instruments down you will want each instrument to be on its separate track so that you can mix the song. Wherever I make beats with iMPC pro I’ve noticed that I have to rearrange the sound packs so that all of my kicks, drums, and percussion loops are on their own sequence. I wonder how this gears tracks and sounds are paired and laid out on the tracks screen 📺…
This is a Awesome keyboard🔥I just bought the MPC live 2 about 2 months ago bad choice this is more me because I play keyboards but I prefer it in all Black if they have it, Thank's for posting bro💯
I'm thinking about getting the MPC Key 61 or the MPC Live. I currently have a Yamaha MOXF8 but want an MPC for drums/sampling. would you recommend the MPC Key 61 to augment the sounds of my MOXF8 or go with the MPC Live? Thank you for your time.
Certainly for 2000 the price is more than reasonable and should totally make irrelevant all the arranging keyboards at double the price and more. Finally someone makes a keyboard with a full-fledged sampler. They should make a fully weighted version too, most definitely. I can just imagine having that thing with the keboard most of the time split in three instruments as well as drums and vocal samples on the pads. Or gigging with it instead of nord electro for example.
Yo how many tracks are in this workstation. So is this replacing what the Motif series was? I have a feeling Akai is about to piss a lot of workstation makers off out there. They drop the ball on us and I pray Akai paid close attention to what we ask them for and never got it and may bring us what we all wanted in a workstation. My concern is this. Will this be able to talk to my MPC 5000?
Sorry if this is an elementary question as I am still learning the MPC One, my first MPC. But could a user sample on an Key 61? Like I can plug my iPhone into my MPC1 and sample anything. I can do this w Key 61?
Dont do it! Not worth it IMO. Not saying the key 61 aint nice, just that if you have a midi keyboard and a live already, you already have the best of both! All you need is the Fabric vst and you straight!
@@marctronixx no way you did that broski…you really traded the Fantom 8 for this?! Should have went for a Fantom 6 instead tbh if it was ever too big for you…but you made a big mistake buddy.
Love my new MPC Key 61! Bought it last night at Guitar Center. The legacy continues
THIS MAKES BETTER SENSE THAN SPENDING 2000 ON A OP-1 FIELD!!!!!
Exactly 💯
You ain't never lied & the OP-1 is overhyped bro
Facts
I bought the two …nothing in the world can be ever compared to an Op1
@@moyosoremartins7194 I have the og one the field isn’t worth it
1 of the best R&B Producers in the Game!
Tim has the best chords in the R&B game. I'm so glad he did a demo of this. Inspiring. I think i want this and to work with Tim and Bob too. They are some game changers.
Tim’s chords are insane. Pure magic.
Can't wait to y'all hear mines 💯
i seriously doubt you know what a chord is...i secondly doubt the man in this video knows any wicked chords too.
beat makers are NOT musicians.
gtfoh
Best chords? Come on man.
Right...
I’m happy that Akai has FINALLY realised the gap in the market with this! I seriously expected Native Instruments to be here sooner but Akai came correct 🙌🏾
NI has to be SICK they didn't do this first. A modified version of Komplete in a standnalone would've been a game changer.
@@mlaws11291 akai just showed us just how much NI is slacking with these new instrument plugins! I'm gonna get this then sample my NI stuff right in here!
I've been waiting for NI to release something similar, as it seemed like an obvious gap in the market. Would be hard to swallow if it was a 2-bit manufacturer that beat them to the punch, but with Akai MPCs proven track record, this thing looks likely to blow anything else out of the water.
@@seanmatthews5279 I agree! Especially because NI has shown they are capable of doing something like this when they released the standalone MK3+. This thing is taking on workstations! May not come with all the bells & whistles that workstations have, but the sequencing blows them out of the water and the price tag is in the same ballpark as Roland’s Fantom 0 series
Gap in the market??? You must live under a rock. Roland, Korg, Yamaha, and others have been make these for over a decade.
Mannnnn… this tutorial seriously blessed me! Tim man… if you’re reading this… I was shaking my head the whole time. So dope to just watch a master at work. To see your workflow! Please… more of these! I’d pay for this stuff! And AKAI… what a dope keyboard!
I've got an AKAI MPC One. . . . which can do all the same sounds and features as what he is showing here, when outfitted (upgraded to firmware and software 2.11). Amazing box and I've got mine connected to my Nektar Panorama 61 note MIDI Keyboard via USB (MIDI over USB) and it's also connected via USB to my Zoom Livetrak L-12 Audio Recorder Mixer - which works as a front-end for Mics and a backend to drive a PA System w/ XLR Balanced outputs to amps or powered monitors. It's just amazing what AKAI is doing lately.
Tim, I’m sure I speak for all, if not, most of us when I say thank you for all you have contributed to the music world! All the Tim and Bob productions have inspired my production journey most definitely! Now I know what I need in my arsenal. This is a game changer! Keyboard, MPC, and DAW in one?! Godsend! 😎💪🏼 🎶
This is nice. Anytime you see a producer that knows what hes doing use hardware like this it shows the potential of what it can do.
ITS SO GREAT TO SEE MY FAVORITE PRODUCER AND MY FAVORITE STORE COLLABORATE. THIS IS CRAZY..... tim & bob are LEGENDARY..TOTALLY. he is a GENIUS.
This is the way to market a product. Who wouldn't want to have an instrument that sounded this great?
Tim Kelly is a legend. Much respect ✊🏽
Love to see this vide of Tim. The previous video he did with the MPC X was super solid as well. Bless
Legend! Tim & Bob had some of the BEST shit period!
FACTS AGREED
Great feel to that musical idea. I got mine on order......never before have I seen a keyboard that offers so much. AKAI has always been great at sampling, sequencing and hard disk recording.......now they've added a keyboard, the first one since about 1985.
Actually about 1990 when the S1000KB was released.
Can't wait to receive my keyboard!😊
I had the 2000XL in 2000 the 2500 in 2011 for my 23rd year with MPC I will treat myself to this beauty.
How you liking the MPC 61?
Just a quick note: He could have put the keyboard in rehearse mode without having to stop the sequencer every time to do another overdub recording.
Everyone has a specific workflow. For some efficiencies matter most, some routine. There’s no set way for creatives. However with that said thanks for that info. Great to know alternatives
@@Peezy71421 No worries. It was just a thought I put out there and you're right different flow for everyone.
My approach to learning is very similar to photoshop there's multiple ways of doing one thing you just got to find what works best for you!
And who knows maybe he didn't even know about it maybe he's reading this right now and you just told him something LOL you never know! 🤣
This product is perfect! And Tim is a freakin legend, man!
Those chords! Flawless.
I'm no singer or performer but I love watching these kinds of videos ...
Nice Vibe! I always loved the Tim & Bob productions :)
That's 🔥 Awesome Demonstration
Yooo!!! Tim from Tim n Bob... them boys had the nastiness!!
the funktwons are legendary ❤.
This is literally gonna become the New Standard wow ! The perfect Controller/ workstation 😍😍😍😍
Chords are rockin
Wow! This dude knows how to lay down a NICE groove. That’s a really fresh and interesting chord progression ❤
he does as a fan of producers Tim has a lot of material I enjoy Donell Jones, Bobby V and more
400 million ....yesssss I'm not surprised congratulations well deserved 👏 ❤.
Definitely can hear Bobby V sounds in this. I’m coppin’ this in a few weeks
big respect 4 my m@n Tim Ze True Legend 💎 n always learning a bunch of cool stuffs watching him
nailing his beautiful sonic landscapes on the MPC 🔥🔥🔥 i love his oldskool vibe 👽
Yo this keyboard is a dream come true
The reverb on the snap is super luxurious.
I think thats the snap on his expansion from them. Which would make sense with him showing off the keyboard
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS!!!!!
Tim is very talented I'm glad to know his work ❤...
First off right away there’s a difference in this video finally somebody that will explain to other people that haven’t dealt with AKia products about the effects and the EQ’s an the mastering that you can do as you go so that when you’re finished with your song your song is actually already finished 😂 all the other videos on TH-cam seem to skip over all the sound shaping possibilities that are provided in the MPC X and the MPC 61 keys and basically the AKia format which I think it’s a shame. I mean he laid down the track like everybody else but at least before he did it, he told people about the possibilities in the power in the editing.
By the way, I gotcha expansion pack. It was pretty dope bro I enjoy using it.
My type of vibe so you already know I was freestylin’ to that jam mane!
that instrumental hits .
Tim loss a lot of weight! 💪🏾💪🏾 Salute to the LEGEND!!!!
This tool is crazy
👍👍 Akai did it again.
Iam stoked iam going to get mine soon great job akai
This was dope to watch! This cat made a full track wit basically one sound
This is dope you really don’t need a mpc and keyboard you got all of it at ones
This really is a nice demo, my workflow similar to Tim's in how I lay down the groove. Definitely will check this machine out.
Trombonist keyboardist, need to start producing. Thank you sooo much!
Damn that Hat is slick. Love this machine! I've been dreaming of this for like, 20+ years. It's like if you crossed an ASR-10 with the MPC! WOW.
It is because I love hats on guys before I saw the whole video title I thought he was tl cross ❤
That first sound is amazing it’s what I vibe with wow! Ordering one!
Lots of these on sale in the second hand market. Saw a bunch for sale on ebay and guitar center. I wonder why so many are being sold so soon.
AKAI has (once again) clearly smashed the preverbial "ball" straight outta the park on this~! The new plugin (v2.11.1) synths from AIR are killer and AKAI already showed us how much functionality can be added to hardware via Firmware Updates and Software Updates. Truly incredible what they did (for FREE) w/ that amazing 2.10 Update back in 2021. Now in 2022, they've brought their cannons loaded! If you are looking for a fantastic recording and composition tool - it doesn't get any better. Native Instruments is probably AKAI's biggest challenger - yet AKAI is definitely out front - by a sizable margin. I've owned NI Maschine for 2 years - then sold it. AKAI approach is just flat-out "better" in my opinion. Lots and lots of value here.
I got one today can't Wait learn how to use
Tomorrow my early Christmas present arrives. Yes she's on the UPS truck and should be here tomorrow. Hopefully earlier than later. I hate when it arrives late because your whole day can go by waiting on that UPS truck to pull up. I'm not leaving regardless! Besides I'm hoping its delivered by the time the old lady gets home.🤣😯 I'm looking forward to making some great music with the MPC keys 61. Thank you for the tutorial. 💯
400 million go Bob the funktwons are legendary ❤.
Master at work!
Dang man you lost lots of weight good for you. I love all of your work Bob, dope. ✌👊👍💪💣
🔥 TK is a legend
Beautiful sound and great demo bro.
What a fire piece of gear
I’m sold
I can't find the sound "Light Reverse" anywhere in fabric XL. Is that patch a part of an expansion, if not where is it on the MPC key 61? Please and thank you in advance.
Amazing!! Ordered mine from Guitar Center :) super stoked!!
Tim and Bob man! They were legends in the game for real! Bobby Valentino beats have that Asian culture vibe to it and I love it!
Wtf Asian vibes you mean Black created rnb tf
he produced some of my favorite joints by bobby v , donell and more.
how is this man getting younger lol loved this
exactly lol he looks very youthful when you're blessed that happens.
I think I’ll get this for myself in 2 years!
Is it a built-in sequencer or is it are they buttons to controls DAW's?
This is so melodic
Looks so good and tempting, but I have the live 2 that goes everywhere I go.
Liking this ! A lot ! But one question. With all of these things and video’s about this stuff also with groove boxes; so now you hear this looping few measures. Which sounds great and cool and all that but how to go from here and finish a song / Track ?
Once you have your 4 bar loops in one sequence,move on to the next sequence. ..Copy and past,make minor or major changes for each sequence.
When you have a good amount of different sequences start organising them in a manner that makes sense for a track
The built in séquencer is not use full ?
@@gamer-wl5sv akai sequencer is exceptional
Incredible stuff.
R&B maestro
This really reminds me of the Ensoniq ASR 10 keyboard.
Can I use this synthesizer as a MIDI controller, that is, to assign functions to the softsinthes that I have installed on my computer through the faders and knobs?
What would you choose...this or getting an MPK Mini Plus & MPK Live 2 for standalone setup?
This my next move time for me to upgrade
Yeah, thanks dope review and demo...
Does the 6k sounds come already installed into the mpc?
I'm about to sell 3 pieces of equipment and pick this thing up sheesh AKAI killed this
76 key must be next with some added features from the x. Then I might sell my x. Am in the market for a keyboard too. Waited to see what this would look and sound like. Hmmm this would clear my desk quite bit. It boils down to sounds and efficiency. Was looking at the fa-06 or a modx. Hmmm
I'm going to make Roland mad, lol. I've been a Roland owner for almost 30 years but this is going to be my new girl. Tim really impressed me as well as the specs / ratings of this tool. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed the video! Tim's demo was great.
Oooooooohhhh, I think I found my new board!!!
I listened back to boyz II men's II album and a song called I remember as well as tamar 's album from 00 this musical track remindss me of those same feels ❤
Amazing Tutorial!
Ok! I can’t see how the pads and keys are being placed on the sequencer, so I don’t know if each sound is being placed on its own individual track. Why is that important? Because when you need to mix all of these instruments down you will want each instrument to be on its separate track so that you can mix the song. Wherever I make beats with iMPC pro I’ve noticed that I have to rearrange the sound packs so that all of my kicks, drums, and percussion loops are on their own sequence. I wonder how this gears tracks and sounds are paired and laid out on the tracks screen 📺…
THE BEST CHORDS!!!!!!!
I'm over my M-Audio Keylab 61 and I rarely use my Akai Force. Yep it's time to buss this move.
Should I return the modx+ to get the Akai 61?
Need to know this too
Thank you Bro!
This is a Awesome keyboard🔥I just bought the MPC live 2 about 2 months ago bad choice this is more me because I play keyboards but I prefer it in all Black if they have it, Thank's for posting bro💯
I’ve had a Roland Fantomx6 for 16 years that had all of this already. I love Akai gear and have a live 2 myself but this isn’t anything revolutionary
I love roland fantom 6 too.... Super gear
Right!!! I started with the Roland Fantom X6 to the FA06 and now to the Fantom 06.
Right, as newer generations get older. They need to sell something old like its new.
The Fantom interface is a nightmare this seems to be more seamless and easy to record ideas and tracks.
I'm thinking about getting the MPC Key 61 or the MPC Live. I currently have a Yamaha MOXF8 but want an MPC for drums/sampling. would you recommend the MPC Key 61 to augment the sounds of my MOXF8 or go with the MPC Live? Thank you for your time.
That beat sounds insane at the end of the video. Anyone know where I can find it to listen to it?! Thanks in advance 😮💨
Certainly for 2000 the price is more than reasonable and should totally make irrelevant all the arranging keyboards at double the price and more. Finally someone makes a keyboard with a full-fledged sampler. They should make a fully weighted version too, most definitely. I can just imagine having that thing with the keboard most of the time split in three instruments as well as drums and vocal samples on the pads. Or gigging with it instead of nord electro for example.
that's fire 🔥 .
Does this keyboard have a maximizer built in to master with or any saturation for the mastering process?
Perfect 🤩
Gotta get it.
Yo how many tracks are in this workstation. So is this replacing what the Motif series was? I have a feeling Akai is about to piss a lot of workstation makers off out there. They drop the ball on us and I pray Akai paid close attention to what we ask them for and never got it and may bring us what we all wanted in a workstation. My concern is this. Will this be able to talk to my MPC 5000?
Is it recording each entry on a different track?
Sorry if this is an elementary question as I am still learning the MPC One, my first MPC. But could a user sample on an Key 61? Like I can plug my iPhone into my MPC1 and sample anything. I can do this w Key 61?
I'd trade my live 2 for this any day
i just traded my launch day fantom 8 for this just today.
Dont do it! Not worth it IMO. Not saying the key 61 aint nice, just that if you have a midi keyboard and a live already, you already have the best of both! All you need is the Fabric vst and you straight!
@@biggmt6832 yeah I agree I don't have room for 61 keys anyway lol
@@marctronixx no way you did that broski…you really traded the Fantom 8 for this?! Should have went for a Fantom 6 instead tbh if it was ever too big for you…but you made a big mistake buddy.
Good teacher
Man I might be walking in the guitar center here soon