@@christianthompson1473 Loaded with the premium MPC Plug-in Instrument Collection, 48GB of internal storage, 4GB of RAM for sampling capabilities. FROM AKAI NOT 32GB ITS 48GB INTERNAL.
I bought the MPC X exactly a year ago and would not upgrade. Had I waited I would have bought into it. However I feel for the price point, they really could have put more into the core capabilty of the unit. The colour is definitely on point for sure! 👊🧡👍 Love my MPC X.
I was hoping for a bigger upgrade. I think it would have been cool if they would have released an XL instead. To me this looks like another controller with integrated computer if that makes sense. Put in some analog filters. Give different options when it comes to the sample engine like ISLA did with the S2400. There‘s a ton of potential but zero innovation tbh. People are looking for analog options to color their sound these days instead of loading more plugins. You can proof this by checking the tons of guitar pedals people are buying these days. I guess it‘s more important for AKAI to additionally sell more software expansion packs and plugins to load within their echo system instead of innovating the creative scene. Just my two cents atm.
You're right that this MPC version makes sense as Akai needed to update their flagship product. And their 35-year anniversary is definitely a good moment to launch this retro version. Which have become very popular on the other MPC models.
Definitely a nice (and pricey) upgrade.... although I am so glad I got the MPC X last week for 900€ less!! (1600€ new). That said, waiting to see you roclin the X SE!
Firstly, great video! Good overview and some straight talk on it's target market. But man... I used a Live II for several years before having to switch back to Ableton because I just needed more than 8 audio tracks. Which I hate but... I mean, I also kinda get it. The device is for sampling and making beats and that's not exactly where I'm at musically (I record a lot of synths and guitar stuff). But I just love the fact these things are so frigging cool looking and I love how I can step away from a full "mouse and keyboard" computer experience (even with the Push 2, Ableton requires some M+Kb). Maybe they'll broaden the scope of the software at some point and I'll be able to make use of an MPC again. I will admit, if I come back, I want one of these!! Looking forward to more videos with this thing!! 😊
Thanks for your perspective! I totally know what you’re saying. There are really no hardware devices out there that can compete with a fully fletched DAW setup when it comes to recording audio tracks, editing, arranging and all that… A DAW will always be more flexible and powerful. For someone like me, letting go of the computer really changes my creative process a lot in the best way possible. Hopefully, we’ll see some sort of arrears that can compete with a linear DAW sometime but I guess that’s somewhere in a galaxy far, far away 😂
Gave up my MPC touch in 2020. Software was always unstable and crashed a lot. Bought a push 2 and went with Ableton. Steep learning curve, but the ability lay my loops out into a song without exporting to Pro Tools and also use my plugins of choice (without back door hack) is amazing. I do feel like the workflow of MPC lead me to some dope tracks. But a loop isn’t a song. Abelton just makes it so easy to finish tracks.. I do miss the pad size and how quickly I could move through ideas with MPC. Also the time warp wasn’t great from what I remember. Alas, I still think I’ll get a stand-alone unit again one day. Great review man!!
Thank you! Interesting to hear your story and I totally see the reasoning behind it! I’m slowly getting into Ableton Live and it seems really great and a good DAW for finishing tracks for sure. Everyone’s different and there’s no right or wrong way to make music, I enjoy grooveboxes and hardware in general a lot but big up to you for finding what works best for you 😀
I'm glad they called it a Special Edition. There isn't much to justify an upgrade for someone who has the X. 2 extra gigs is great for people whose production relies heavily on the use of the plugins. But for those who sample, this is not a real game changer. Also, the expanded internal memory is another thing that makes no sense to me. I don't wish to store all my sounds in a "black box" I don't have control over. I'd rather store my sounds and projects on SD cards and SSDs. I was hoping more for a software upgrade than what we got today. The colors are dope, though, I'll certainly give it that! Thank you for the coverage, Accurate!
1:45 just for those who are interested in the inputs and outputs primarily. I like how you didn't just list them but also showed how they are placed on the device.
looks amazing well done akai... retro colours are the way forward, also.. take a second to appreciate all that gear in the BG shot..... oh yeh! nice looking studio Accurate.
Thanks for the great video, but I think I'll stick to my "old" MPC X. I'm not really impressed with the upgrade and I don't think I need extra RAM or storage.
Glad to see that an OG MPC X user agrees with my point in the video. It’s not a necessary upgrade for most MPC x users. But that’s okay 😀 Thanks for watching
No Coax Digital I/O is an upset for another Flagship Akai MPC.... I'm glad I bought that 2nd MPC Ren & it should be compatible with 3.0 when it drops...🥳🤩🥳 Great Job Akai, do you think you can add a updated version for the Digital Patchbay Mastering Recording Studios? We would really appreciate it...🙏🏼😇🙏🏼 #GreatVidBro...🎥🎬🎥
Very intersting presentation. About the main audio outputs : are they balanced ? Other thing : why, on such a ''flagship'', is there no digital inputs or outpus ?
I think for me this is a lazy upgrade but probably very smart from Akai’s point of view, it’s certainly a great way for them to use up all their old stock pilled components by making the minimalist of changes, adding a new colour and giving it an extra couple of letters after its name. I think the 35th anniversary is just an excuse to do this. Doesn’t even have the Ethernet port. 48 GB of storage, I mean you could have just as easily made it 64GB for probably no extra, 48GB is a very odd number for storage. So does the clock start ticking again for the Akai MPC X SE or does it continue the same as the MPC X making it still a 7 year old product. I’m sure there will be lots of gear heads who collect MPC’s that will buy this, but for the average user who already has an MPC X and the plug-in suite even a Live MK II user is this enough of an upgrade to warrant spending $2400 on essentially 2GB RAM, 32GB of extra storage, a colour change, and a different badge. You can buy a 32GB SD card for a few bucks. I can’t speak for anyone else but I totally feel disappointed, I was hoping for a new flag ship with game changing specs, it’s been 7 years rocking the same old device ,same old outdated components. It’s not like this machine give us anymore audio or plug-in tracks or anything like that. As the old saying goes “ you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig” So now the question is when do we think there will be any actual new upgrades MPC’s? PS: I prefer the black and red MPC X, the black buttons on the MPC X SE should have been a different colour.
You pretty much nailed it. Akai has been doing tiny little "upgrades" forever. I was hoping for something new. Maybe not necessarily game-changing things (but would've been nice) but at least something we haven't seen before in the MPC line. Anyone can add RAM and storage to anything - BORING. Akai is definitely lazy but after Roger Linn left it just hasn't been the same. No innovation... To me, it just feels like they're sweeping up an old floor every time. Yeah Akai, it's great you cleaned the floor but it's the same floor. Great saying - “you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig” If we had to nitpick, I agree on the button color. I think the black should've been grey, to mimic the original MPCs (which is what they're trying to do) more closely. Another nitpick is I've never been a fan of how the screen sticks out further than the back. Just wonky design to me. But I digress.
I love passionate comments like this! I totally see your point in that it would’ve been awsome to get something completely new and an MPC that’s different from anything we’ve seen before. Time will tell if we’ll get something like that but this is an incremental update… In my MPC live II video, I made a parallel to how Apple sometimes just makes smaller upgrades to their phones and I think that’s pretty much how we should look at this special edition of the X too. Not too groundbreaking but not worthless either. Seeing the comments on this video is so interesting; some people hate it, others loves it. As this is my first MPC X, I’m really impressed by the unit as a whole but sure… Not the most exciting thing that’s ever happened. Thanks for the comment! Love it!
As A MPC Live 2 Owner (A HAPPY SATISFIED ONE) I Aspire To Own The MPC X SE In A Year Or Two... It's THE WAY! For Seasoned USER'S Only, Not For Beginner's In My Opinion, Because Its Not For Portability. But I Own A Behringer X32 So The Lack Of The ETHERNET Is Ah Problem. Akai Needs To Fix That Issue ASAP!
With a price tag bigger than the unit itself! Lol. In all seriousness though the extra RAM is okay but really should've been double that of the MPC Key 61. I'd still want one though! 🤤👍
I don't know. For a flagship product and knowing the memory available, I would expect more. Even 16 GB of ram seems weak these days for a laptop, and 4 GB is like a 20-year old PC. Also, a flagship recording studio centerpiece needs disk streaming for recording and sample loading. Finally, the screen is nice but again it is sort of small given modern touch screen dimensions. I get it though. If the screen were larger, where would they put it? I think I will stick with my Live 2 and Force for now. They are about right-sized, though I wish the screens would tilt up.
Great job! have to give this some thought, still using my MPC Live and I am cool with it! I would like to have seen more audio tracks, My eyes prefer darker cases as looking a t a screen against a white background does not rock my creativity. thanks for everything you post. Peace
Thanks! If you’re happy with what you’ve got - stick with and and keep making music. As long as the different models of MPC’s are as similar to each other as they are, there are really no bad choices to be made. 😉
Honestly Akai Should refund the People Like Me, Who Have an *MPC Renaissance* This, should Have Been the Final Product. We're Stuck with Touch Screen, NO Standalone possibilities and Missing Functions, When the price Was The Same As This. Plus, I had to Buy the MPC Software Separately later.
Hey Accurate. Big fan of your work really love your music videos and gear you use. I’d like to know what type of camera and lenses are you using. You’re videos are crisp. I’d like to see your process if you care to share. Thanks keep up the good work
can you help me I’ve asked so many people on your mpc x if you switch the outs 1-2 cables from the back of your mpc and insert them cables into 3-4 and then switch the output setting inside your mpc to 3-4 does the sound come out way louder than when the outputs were coming from 1-2 ?
Yo.. How do you guys get them to send you products? I've been doing this for years and they don't even consider helping anyone trying to grow except you guys
I don’t really know man but I doubt that any of the companies I’ve ever worked with are doing it just to help me grow. I guess I bring some sort of value to their work and I’m just passionate to show you guys what’s up. That’s unfortunately all I know.
I have an Akai MPC X and I would be interested in a mixing scheme, a routing of inputs and outputs from the X in a mixer, I would like a tutorial explaining in detail how to use all the "holes" in the MPC X , all the inputs and outs... Is it worth it and if so, why, to connect to a mixer, analog or digital, and do you think that a better quality will be obtained in the mix and master? Thank you in advance. Ps: I also own MPC ONE and Maschine MK 3, like you who own several models of MPC and or Maschine... How will you use them / we use them all at the same time in a diagram, fig setup, a scheme for mixing several MPCs... or do we keep them as trinkets :)?
Seems like they set it up for 3.0, but more storage, more ram, and a paint job doesn't justify getting it for me... IMO🎉 ILL WAIT! Thanks for the honest review.
damn it looks sexy. Wish I hadn't bought some other gear I did earlier this year so I could jump on this. Content with what I have but sheesh this is so pretty.
I don’t understand why they’re not putting at least eight gig of ram. We have cell phones that have more RAM than this machine you can never have enough ram. 💯🤟🏽
Great review, Accurate. Quick question: For a hobbyist wanting to make boom bap, sample based beat production, would you recommend the MPC Studio MK2 or the Maschine MK3? Thank you.
What style of boom bap do you wanna make? Each machine has its own flavour, whether sp12, asr, mpc, etc.. each has its own aliasing distortion characteristics etc, as well as each having slightly different PPQ (pulse per quarter note) which is why certain beat machines are known for certain swings etc. The best thing to do is listen to what various people use and decide which suits you the best
What sampler you use doesn't matter, it's all about how much skill you build and natural talent you have. The machine is not going to make you dope. Years of studying music and practicing will. Choose what "work flow" works for you and go. It's not mathematical and there is no "formula".
@@UncleBenjs Thank you so much for your response. I grew up listening to Gangstarr, Pete Rock & CL Smooth; Marley Marl; Large Professor; Evil Dee & Mr. Walt (Black Moon). That's the style I love. Since this will only be a hobby, I was thinking about the MPC Studio MK2 or maybe the Maschine MK3, which I have heard lots of good things about. I don't want to spend more than 600-700 dollars for a piece of hardware. I don't mind be tethered to a computer, either. That's why I am thinking the Studio MK2 or the Maschine MK3. I hope this information helped. And thank you again for trying to help me.
I like the fact that it comes in the old school generic Akai boxes like my MPC 2000 classic and older MPCs come tf in. Thats about it. I dont want that bs. It looks like an MPC Renaissance to me.
Yeah, it’s really similar to the Ren. Doesn’t bother me though, I definitely appreciate this design but I do see how this isn’t the biggest upgrade ever… still though 🤓
Dude this thing looks fire. Everyone looks the retro look but those little screens also??? Was that on the regular X? I think it looks much better sticking out like it does now. I wish I had $2500 right now
I would consider if I didn't have the X already, but it's not worth it to me. Not maxing out on my ram, I'm okay with the original colors, never saved one thing on internal drive only the added in SSD. I think I'm fine no gear lust for me.
the extra storage and ram will be such a small amount of money for the company to add but is defiantly apricated, but this is £500 more expensive. They have wangled this by giving you the entire library of plugins you get with the keyboard so this is not awful. I do think with the IO this has it would have been good for them to add the DAW like song mode of the FORCE, but they will not want to give a reason not to buy a FORCE. Maybe they will do this when they bring out the next version of the FORCE. Currently I would want this and the FORCE as a hardware music making setup because of this factor. Not a fan of the live workflow of the MPC, like the flexibility of the DAW mode to not have to create separate blocks to put together if I have time changes throughout a song, it's too much to have to hold in your head. But, there's something with the latency of hardware that software has yet fully matched and makes such a difference with the organic feel of a track... natural but precisely what you played. The colour is lovely and glad they finally brought a retro to the MPC X. The means to add interfaces to add more IO is great but it's only usable on both this and the FORCE for the outputs... because there is no multi track recording on either of them. Defiantly a space for a AKAI multitrack recorder that can sync up with these interments. If they are clever they would continue the the ability to add interfaces, maybe Dante and so added other company processing could also be added as well as choosing ones own conversion. These I my own crack pots ideas no one needs to hear lol I do think the Q-link knobs are much more usable that the other items which is a big bonus in producing music.
Maybe I’ll start watching second hand MK1 prices now? I REALLY feel like it needs more RAM and CPU at this point. I think the x.. It’s the most hands on.. I don’t like using the plugins, on my live, because it’s not hands on enough for me and I imagine the X MIGHT cure that for me. I’d be interested to here your experience of moving to the x finally… your reflections after you’ve had a chance to grow into it. I SORTA feel like you might be the poster child for who ought to have an X. For me.. there’s a question of how important the MPC gets for my work… versus everything else.. it has to be high enough in my priority list it win the fight against everything else I think I need… which is roughly everything else! lol For me.. I think a part of it is I still have a ways to go in growing into it.. so I don’t feel totally qualified to pass judgement but there are a lot of little things about how it works the bug me. I THINK this is cause I’m coming to it from a more electronic musician perspective then a sort hip hop beat maker perspective.. which effects the sorta landscape of salience for you.. sort feature wise and how stuff works… and speaks to core questions with how the platform will evolve long term.. Yeah, but idk how much I’m biased by my ignorance as someone who hasn’t totally grown into it yet.
I spend like £1800 when buying my first one The MPC 5000 From first day I love it and from first day it was keep restating itself when ever she wants it was brand new and even warranty didn’t help me Akai didn’t give a SH. Still got it somewhere in attic quickest money I’ve ever throw away Should I try to get another £2000 Piece of … 😂
Personally I prefer to use a DAW because it's really the same thing loading plug-ins but you are buying into Planned obsolescence. It's essentially an iPad which what I'm not a fan of. The modern MPCs weren't built to last. They were designed to fail at a certian length of time forcing you to buy the upgrade given its not th same company anymore after Akai went out of business in 2005 and then it's assets were sold to Numark. I trashed my MPC 5000 back in January of this year. It was plaqued of both software and hardware problems. The power supplies on those are notorious for going bad that's a well known issue . Unfortunately I will never buy another akai product again. They just don't build them like they use to like the 90s under the original Akai company. I was so frustrated with my MPC 5000 since no replacement power supplies exist on the market that force to take a loss and toss it to the dumpster. Now Presonus Studio and my Presonus Atom drum pad controller is my new MPC.
Is this mainly intended for hiphop producers or would it shine in an electronic music studio (analog modular synths)-would this be a good sequencer for a Eurorack?
I guess it’s mostly an old cultural thing that makes us draw the parallel between MPC’s and hiphop… An MPC like this one is way more than they though. Any type of electronic music could be made on something like this for sure! With the 8 CV/Gate connections, you could to a lot of cool things with modular and this MPC. I’ve used my Moog Subharmonicon and another semi-modular synth with my MPC Live II and it’s just great. All of the MPC’s does require a bit of learning before it’s seamless but it’s 100% doable.
I feel like they just keep making these things bigger and bigger but not really adding true work flow improvements. As an owner of an mpc one the work flow has become a little dated. The OS could use an overhaul.
48 GB internal upgrade not 64 GB !
No!!! I made a mistake here. Damn.
Thanks for telling me
32gb...!
@@AccurateBeats I hate it when that happens 😊 great video btw!
@@christianthompson1473 Loaded with the premium MPC Plug-in Instrument Collection, 48GB of internal storage, 4GB of RAM for sampling capabilities. FROM AKAI NOT 32GB ITS 48GB INTERNAL.
@@BestKeptSecreization ok got it.. loopop said 32gb i think. Anyway its not a massive upgrade. ;o
This is how the mpc x should have looked in the first place
I bought the MPC X exactly a year ago and would not upgrade. Had I waited I would have bought into it. However I feel for the price point, they really could have put more into the core capabilty of the unit. The colour is definitely on point for sure! 👊🧡👍 Love my MPC X.
Same here
I would still buy the X.
@@urbannpa great piece of gear 100% 🔥👊🧡👍🔥
why would you buy the mpc X today ? A $500 laptop/ Ableton with ext midi interface is the smart move
I would even say get the Black X and actually ALL the plugins and you still safe money.
SOOOO GLAD YOU TOOK ALL THE FILM OFF! Gotta bareback these MPCs fasho
I was hoping for a bigger upgrade. I think it would have been cool if they would have released an XL instead. To me this looks like another controller with integrated computer if that makes sense. Put in some analog filters. Give different options when it comes to the sample engine like ISLA did with the S2400. There‘s a ton of potential but zero innovation tbh. People are looking for analog options to color their sound these days instead of loading more plugins. You can proof this by checking the tons of guitar pedals people are buying these days. I guess it‘s more important for AKAI to additionally sell more software expansion packs and plugins to load within their echo system instead of innovating the creative scene. Just my two cents atm.
It’s harder to force people into a subscription for an analog pedal, but trust me they’ll try soon enough.
Well said! 💯
It's the iphone tactic sheep will be sheep tho
Great comment, big fan of pedals + SP404 series myself. Analog filters would be a beautiful addition to MPCS.
If they made more options to mold and morph like in an octatrack. I would buy one in a heartbeat. Love my octatrack but wish it’s was merged into MPC.
New studio looks great!! As always, great content.
The video quality on this 🔥🔥🔥 Thanks for sharing with us Accurate!
Thanks for noticing
You're right that this MPC version makes sense as Akai needed to update their flagship product. And their 35-year anniversary is definitely a good moment to launch this retro version. Which have become very popular on the other MPC models.
Definitely a nice (and pricey) upgrade.... although I am so glad I got the MPC X last week for 900€ less!! (1600€ new).
That said, waiting to see you roclin the X SE!
Firstly, great video! Good overview and some straight talk on it's target market.
But man... I used a Live II for several years before having to switch back to Ableton because I just needed more than 8 audio tracks. Which I hate but... I mean, I also kinda get it. The device is for sampling and making beats and that's not exactly where I'm at musically (I record a lot of synths and guitar stuff). But I just love the fact these things are so frigging cool looking and I love how I can step away from a full "mouse and keyboard" computer experience (even with the Push 2, Ableton requires some M+Kb).
Maybe they'll broaden the scope of the software at some point and I'll be able to make use of an MPC again. I will admit, if I come back, I want one of these!!
Looking forward to more videos with this thing!! 😊
Thanks for your perspective! I totally know what you’re saying. There are really no hardware devices out there that can compete with a fully fletched DAW setup when it comes to recording audio tracks, editing, arranging and all that… A DAW will always be more flexible and powerful. For someone like me, letting go of the computer really changes my creative process a lot in the best way possible.
Hopefully, we’ll see some sort of arrears that can compete with a linear DAW sometime but I guess that’s somewhere in a galaxy far, far away 😂
I dig the stop animation! How long did that take? That's work for sure but fun.
New Studio Looks Great!
Respect & OneLove
Great opinion piece on the MPC. The video quality…man, talk about crispy! 👍🏾
Gave up my MPC touch in 2020. Software was always unstable and crashed a lot. Bought a push 2 and went with Ableton. Steep learning curve, but the ability lay my loops out into a song without exporting to Pro Tools and also use my plugins of choice (without back door hack) is amazing. I do feel like the workflow of MPC lead me to some dope tracks. But a loop isn’t a song. Abelton just makes it so easy to finish tracks.. I do miss the pad size and how quickly I could move through ideas with MPC. Also the time warp wasn’t great from what I remember. Alas, I still think I’ll get a stand-alone unit again one day. Great review man!!
Thank you!
Interesting to hear your story and I totally see the reasoning behind it!
I’m slowly getting into Ableton Live and it seems really great and a good DAW for finishing tracks for sure.
Everyone’s different and there’s no right or wrong way to make music, I enjoy grooveboxes and hardware in general a lot but big up to you for finding what works best for you 😀
I'm glad they called it a Special Edition. There isn't much to justify an upgrade for someone who has the X. 2 extra gigs is great for people whose production relies heavily on the use of the plugins. But for those who sample, this is not a real game changer. Also, the expanded internal memory is another thing that makes no sense to me. I don't wish to store all my sounds in a "black box" I don't have control over. I'd rather store my sounds and projects on SD cards and SSDs. I was hoping more for a software upgrade than what we got today.
The colors are dope, though, I'll certainly give it that! Thank you for the coverage, Accurate!
Most thorough video on this I've seen yet today. I think I'm gonna go with the mpc live 2
Thanks! The Live II is a great choice for sure! Glad you found the video helpful ;)
nice review, cheers from France
1:45 just for those who are interested in the inputs and outputs primarily. I like how you didn't just list them but also showed how they are placed on the device.
looks amazing well done akai... retro colours are the way forward,
also.. take a second to appreciate all that gear in the BG shot..... oh yeh!
nice looking studio Accurate.
Yeah, the design is really something!
Thanks for noticing. I’m really happy with how the studio is turning out
Awesome review! Thanks for sharing! Have a great day
YES! Now the prices on the used market for the MPC X will come tumbling down, like with the Live 1 did. But, I really want the 4GB... ugh.
That’s probably true! Hopefully more people will be able to get their hand on a second hand X, that’s great for everyone.
Just seen your brain tumour video. You look a lot better my friend and I'm so happy.
Love your videos.
Thanks for the great video, but I think I'll stick to my "old" MPC X. I'm not really impressed with the upgrade and I don't think I need extra RAM or storage.
Same here… btw recently rediscovered Maschine workflow. The clips arrangement really made a difference
Glad to see that an OG MPC X user agrees with my point in the video. It’s not a necessary upgrade for most MPC x users. But that’s okay 😀
Thanks for watching
Thank you for making this video! 😉👍 Keep them coming!!!❤✨
No Coax Digital I/O is an upset for another Flagship Akai MPC.... I'm glad I bought that 2nd MPC Ren & it should be compatible with 3.0 when it drops...🥳🤩🥳 Great Job Akai, do you think you can add a updated version for the Digital Patchbay Mastering Recording Studios? We would really appreciate it...🙏🏼😇🙏🏼 #GreatVidBro...🎥🎬🎥
Very intersting presentation. About the main audio outputs : are they balanced ? Other thing : why, on such a ''flagship'', is there no digital inputs or outpus ?
Awesome man, and you didn’t even have to pay for it. Winning.
Man I need an MPC X. Out of my budget range right now, but hopefully soon....
Another great video. Thanks!
How did that package 📦 inbox itself??!!??!???
Ah! I forgot to mention in the video that the MPC XSE has magical powers. My bad
I think for me this is a lazy upgrade but probably very smart from Akai’s point of view, it’s certainly a great way for them to use up all their old stock pilled components by making the minimalist of changes, adding a new colour and giving it an extra couple of letters after its name. I think the 35th anniversary is just an excuse to do this. Doesn’t even have the Ethernet port.
48 GB of storage, I mean you could have just as easily made it 64GB for probably no extra, 48GB is a very odd number for storage.
So does the clock start ticking again for the Akai MPC X SE or does it continue the same as the MPC X making it still a 7 year old product.
I’m sure there will be lots of gear heads who collect MPC’s that will buy this, but for the average user who already has an MPC X and the plug-in suite even a Live MK II user is this enough of an upgrade to warrant spending $2400 on essentially 2GB RAM, 32GB of extra storage, a colour change, and a different badge. You can buy a 32GB SD card for a few bucks.
I can’t speak for anyone else but I totally feel disappointed, I was hoping for a new flag ship with game changing specs, it’s been 7 years rocking the same old device ,same old outdated components.
It’s not like this machine give us anymore audio or plug-in tracks or anything like that.
As the old saying goes “ you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig”
So now the question is when do we think there will be any actual new upgrades MPC’s?
PS: I prefer the black and red MPC X, the black buttons on the MPC X SE should have been a different colour.
You pretty much nailed it. Akai has been doing tiny little "upgrades" forever. I was hoping for something new. Maybe not necessarily game-changing things (but would've been nice) but at least something we haven't seen before in the MPC line. Anyone can add RAM and storage to anything - BORING. Akai is definitely lazy but after Roger Linn left it just hasn't been the same.
No innovation... To me, it just feels like they're sweeping up an old floor every time. Yeah Akai, it's great you cleaned the floor but it's the same floor.
Great saying - “you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig”
If we had to nitpick, I agree on the button color. I think the black should've been grey, to mimic the original MPCs (which is what they're trying to do) more closely.
Another nitpick is I've never been a fan of how the screen sticks out further than the back. Just wonky design to me. But I digress.
I love passionate comments like this! I totally see your point in that it would’ve been awsome to get something completely new and an MPC that’s different from anything we’ve seen before. Time will tell if we’ll get something like that but this is an incremental update… In my MPC live II video, I made a parallel to how Apple sometimes just makes smaller upgrades to their phones and I think that’s pretty much how we should look at this special edition of the X too. Not too groundbreaking but not worthless either.
Seeing the comments on this video is so interesting; some people hate it, others loves it. As this is my first MPC X, I’m really impressed by the unit as a whole but sure… Not the most exciting thing that’s ever happened.
Thanks for the comment! Love it!
As A MPC Live 2 Owner (A HAPPY SATISFIED ONE) I Aspire To Own The MPC X SE In A Year Or Two... It's THE WAY! For Seasoned USER'S Only, Not For Beginner's In My Opinion, Because Its Not For Portability. But I Own A Behringer X32 So The Lack Of The ETHERNET Is Ah Problem. Akai Needs To Fix That Issue ASAP!
Oh boy accurate doing it big!! dope videos man
Thank you!
@@AccurateBeats keep doing your thing man 👍
Omg... I'm so envious.. GZ!
With a price tag bigger than the unit itself! Lol. In all seriousness though the extra RAM is okay but really should've been double that of the MPC Key 61.
I'd still want one though! 🤤👍
I don't know. For a flagship product and knowing the memory available, I would expect more. Even 16 GB of ram seems weak these days for a laptop, and 4 GB is like a 20-year old PC. Also, a flagship recording studio centerpiece needs disk streaming for recording and sample loading. Finally, the screen is nice but again it is sort of small given modern touch screen dimensions. I get it though. If the screen were larger, where would they put it? I think I will stick with my Live 2 and Force for now. They are about right-sized, though I wish the screens would tilt up.
The MPC X screen is too small, but on the Force it's alright? What
good video with goo production values
YES, ACCURATE GOT ONE TOO!!! 😩😫🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Time for a real review! 🙌🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
You know it!
omg, he removed the foil from the displays!
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100%
Go hard or go home 😀
Black and red looks wayyyy better.
I hoped they announce 3.0 too
If they do I would wait a little after they do launch. Chances are it will have more bugs than an unkept cottage in the forest lol 🔥🧡👊🤣👍🧡🔥
@@drindy5166 I don’t care. I’m using my MPC rarely as a hobby
@@alecsbuga right on. It is pretty much the same for me. Good times! 🤘
To be honest .I think AKAI is gearing up to drop something serious for the 35th .I don't think this is it!Roger Linn said stay tuned
Who knows? What you’re saying sounds intriguing for sure
I would wait and see there’s no big difference between this and the Og X just ram n storage
I don’t think they will be making an evolutionary product any time soon
Great job! have to give this some thought, still using my MPC Live and I am cool with it! I would like to have seen more audio tracks, My eyes prefer darker cases as looking a t a screen against a white background does not rock my creativity. thanks for everything you post. Peace
Thanks! If you’re happy with what you’ve got - stick with and and keep making music. As long as the different models of MPC’s are as similar to each other as they are, there are really no bad choices to be made. 😉
This bad boy had me breaking out the Renaissance again.
Honestly Akai Should refund the People Like Me, Who Have an *MPC Renaissance*
This, should Have Been the Final Product.
We're Stuck with Touch Screen, NO Standalone possibilities and Missing Functions, When the price Was The Same As This. Plus, I had to Buy the MPC Software Separately later.
Hey Accurate. Big fan of your work really love your music videos and gear you use. I’d like to know what type of camera and lenses are you using. You’re videos are crisp. I’d like to see your process if you care to share. Thanks keep up the good work
can you help me I’ve asked so many people on your mpc x if you switch the outs 1-2 cables from the back of your mpc and insert them cables into 3-4 and then switch the output setting inside your mpc to 3-4 does the sound come out way louder than when the outputs were coming from 1-2 ?
Great video man! This joint is giving me the 2000xl bug.. I think I want the SE lol!!!!!
Yo.. How do you guys get them to send you products? I've been doing this for years and they don't even consider helping anyone trying to grow except you guys
I don’t really know man but I doubt that any of the companies I’ve ever worked with are doing it just to help me grow. I guess I bring some sort of value to their work and I’m just passionate to show you guys what’s up. That’s unfortunately all I know.
I have an Akai MPC X and I would be interested in a mixing scheme, a routing of inputs and outputs from the X in a mixer, I would like a tutorial explaining in detail how to use all the "holes" in the MPC X , all the inputs and outs... Is it worth it and if so, why, to connect to a mixer, analog or digital, and do you think that a better quality will be obtained in the mix and master? Thank you in advance. Ps: I also own MPC ONE and Maschine MK 3, like you who own several models of MPC and or Maschine... How will you use them / we use them all at the same time in a diagram, fig setup, a scheme for mixing several MPCs... or do we keep them as trinkets :)?
Looking good sunshine
That looks really cool
Great clip on the MPC-X Accurate. Are you going to Superbooth?🎉
Thanks.
No, I’m unfortunately not going this year either. Maybe next year if I manage to find someone to go with :p
Seems like they set it up for 3.0, but more storage, more ram, and a paint job doesn't justify getting it for me... IMO🎉 ILL WAIT! Thanks for the honest review.
Wish they would just add vst support instead of creating new plugins.
Looks exactly like my ren
looking good! (you and the MPC lol), thanks for the video
The new mp looks pretty good. I sold all my old mpcs and rack samplers when I got the live, I might have to pick this one up also
akai bringing sexy back !!
Hi
I also got this mpc x se a month ago and I get double trigger when I press a pad do you think I should return it ?
Dude, the stop motion animation...!
I guess the next MPC will be a Special Edition on the Special Edition Special !.X SE S?.
damn it looks sexy. Wish I hadn't bought some other gear I did earlier this year so I could jump on this. Content with what I have but sheesh this is so pretty.
48GB internal storage feels incredibly small these days.
Is that expandable?
With an SD card or an SSD drive. I haven't pushed the limits here but my 250Gb SSD runs flawlessly :D
Mini D and flavour pro are not included in the package.
Does this come with air flava pro or do you have to buy it separately
Did the after party expansion come with it
I don’t understand why they’re not putting at least eight gig of ram. We have cell phones that have more RAM than this machine you can never have enough ram. 💯🤟🏽
I wish someone would create a good desktop stand for the X and X se that doesn’t bother the aesthetics of it
Great review
Why would you need this as well as the keys unless Akai gave it to you for free?
Great review, Accurate. Quick question: For a hobbyist wanting to make boom bap, sample based beat production, would you recommend the MPC Studio MK2 or the Maschine MK3? Thank you.
What style of boom bap do you wanna make? Each machine has its own flavour, whether sp12, asr, mpc, etc.. each has its own aliasing distortion characteristics etc, as well as each having slightly different PPQ (pulse per quarter note) which is why certain beat machines are known for certain swings etc.
The best thing to do is listen to what various people use and decide which suits you the best
Serato studio and laptop. Than if you want a midi controller to push buttons
What sampler you use doesn't matter, it's all about how much skill you build and natural talent you have. The machine is not going to make you dope. Years of studying music and practicing will. Choose what "work flow" works for you and go. It's not mathematical and there is no "formula".
@@UncleBenjs Thank you so much for your response. I grew up listening to Gangstarr, Pete Rock & CL Smooth; Marley Marl; Large Professor; Evil Dee & Mr. Walt (Black Moon). That's the style I love. Since this will only be a hobby, I was thinking about the MPC Studio MK2 or maybe the Maschine MK3, which I have heard lots of good things about. I don't want to spend more than 600-700 dollars for a piece of hardware. I don't mind be tethered to a computer, either. That's why I am thinking the Studio MK2 or the Maschine MK3. I hope this information helped. And thank you again for trying to help me.
@@jovantrendmaker4722 Can you recommend a midi controller that has the 16 pads on it that will work well with Serato Studio?
I have the X and don’t think it needed more ram and I extended my SSD . Nice colour tho
Looks like a very capable device, but hard to justify at its price point.
I’m definitely getting this one i have the live 2 already
I like the fact that it comes in the old school generic Akai boxes like my MPC 2000 classic and older MPCs come tf in. Thats about it. I dont want that bs. It looks like an MPC Renaissance to me.
Yeah, it’s really similar to the Ren. Doesn’t bother me though, I definitely appreciate this design but I do see how this isn’t the biggest upgrade ever… still though 🤓
You’re a nice man good for you
Dude this thing looks fire. Everyone looks the retro look but those little screens also??? Was that on the regular X? I think it looks much better sticking out like it does now. I wish I had $2500 right now
Yeah, I’m pretty sure the screen is the same size as before. An awsome device for sure!
I would consider if I didn't have the X already, but it's not worth it to me. Not maxing out on my ram, I'm okay with the original colors, never saved one thing on internal drive only the added in SSD. I think I'm fine no gear lust for me.
the extra storage and ram will be such a small amount of money for the company to add but is defiantly apricated, but this is £500 more expensive.
They have wangled this by giving you the entire library of plugins you get with the keyboard so this is not awful.
I do think with the IO this has it would have been good for them to add the DAW like song mode of the FORCE, but they will not want to give a reason not to buy a FORCE.
Maybe they will do this when they bring out the next version of the FORCE.
Currently I would want this and the FORCE as a hardware music making setup because of this factor.
Not a fan of the live workflow of the MPC, like the flexibility of the DAW mode to not have to create separate blocks to put together if I have time changes throughout a song, it's too much to have to hold in your head.
But, there's something with the latency of hardware that software has yet fully matched and makes such a difference with the organic feel of a track... natural but precisely what you played.
The colour is lovely and glad they finally brought a retro to the MPC X.
The means to add interfaces to add more IO is great but it's only usable on both this and the FORCE for the outputs... because there is no multi track recording on either of them.
Defiantly a space for a AKAI multitrack recorder that can sync up with these interments.
If they are clever they would continue the the ability to add interfaces, maybe Dante and so added other company processing could also be added as well as choosing ones own conversion.
These I my own crack pots ideas no one needs to hear lol
I do think the Q-link knobs are much more usable that the other items which is a big bonus in producing music.
Thx for sharing:)
Maybe I’ll start watching second hand MK1 prices now?
I REALLY feel like it needs more RAM and CPU at this point.
I think the x.. It’s the most hands on.. I don’t like using the plugins, on my live, because it’s not hands on enough for me and I imagine the X MIGHT cure that for me. I’d be interested to here your experience of moving to the x finally… your reflections after you’ve had a chance to grow into it. I SORTA feel like you might be the poster child for who ought to have an X.
For me.. there’s a question of how important the MPC gets for my work… versus everything else.. it has to be high enough in my priority list it win the fight against everything else I think I need… which is roughly everything else! lol
For me.. I think a part of it is I still have a ways to go in growing into it.. so I don’t feel totally qualified to pass judgement but there are a lot of little things about how it works the bug me. I THINK this is cause I’m coming to it from a more electronic musician perspective then a sort hip hop beat maker perspective.. which effects the sorta landscape of salience for you.. sort feature wise and how stuff works… and speaks to core questions with how the platform will evolve long term..
Yeah, but idk how much I’m biased by my ignorance as someone who hasn’t totally grown into it yet.
Im 40 years old with a wife and kid, but I'm getting one 💯 ❤💪
Your studio is looking great Accurate!
Looks like the renaissance as well
I spend like £1800 when buying my first one
The MPC 5000
From first day I love it and from first day it was keep restating itself when ever she wants it was brand new and even warranty didn’t help me Akai didn’t give a SH. Still got it somewhere in attic quickest money I’ve ever throw away
Should I try to get another £2000
Piece of … 😂
MPC X SE looks like MPC RENAISSANCE, isn't ? 🤔
Yeah, it really does!
Is their a way to transfer all of my work on my MPC Live over to this new MPC?
Yeah, transfer the files on an as card or just replace the hard drive. Should work beautifully:)
Personally I prefer to use a DAW because it's really the same thing loading plug-ins but you are buying into Planned obsolescence. It's essentially an iPad which what I'm not a fan of. The modern MPCs weren't built to last. They were designed to fail at a certian length of time forcing you to buy the upgrade given its not th same company anymore after Akai went out of business in 2005 and then it's assets were sold to Numark. I trashed my MPC 5000 back in January of this year. It was plaqued of both software and hardware problems. The power supplies on those are notorious for going bad that's a well known issue . Unfortunately I will never buy another akai product again. They just don't build them like they use to like the 90s under the original Akai company. I was so frustrated with my MPC 5000 since no replacement power supplies exist on the market that force to take a loss and toss it to the dumpster. Now Presonus Studio and my Presonus Atom drum pad controller is my new MPC.
How's this better than an Ableton laptop with $149 ext midi interface ? It's Redundant and Obsolete
Is this mainly intended for hiphop producers or would it shine in an electronic music studio (analog modular synths)-would this be a good sequencer for a Eurorack?
I guess it’s mostly an old cultural thing that makes us draw the parallel between MPC’s and hiphop… An MPC like this one is way more than they though. Any type of electronic music could be made on something like this for sure! With the 8 CV/Gate connections, you could to a lot of cool things with modular and this MPC. I’ve used my Moog Subharmonicon and another semi-modular synth with my MPC Live II and it’s just great.
All of the MPC’s does require a bit of learning before it’s seamless but it’s 100% doable.
Hi does this new unit come with bluetooth and wifi I see no ethenet port. Thanks
Yeah, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are all there 😀
Why does it sound like a Casio?
I feel like they just keep making these things bigger and bigger but not really adding true work flow improvements. As an owner of an mpc one the work flow has become a little dated. The OS could use an overhaul.
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sick intro
does this mean maschine needs to step it up with the mk4 with touch screen included lol
Ha! Who knows? A new Maschine device would be really cool! I don’t know how I’d feel about a touch screen though 😜
Does it have wifi seeing as the ethernet jack wasn't included?
Yeah, 100%.
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities are in there!
lets gooo
Does look sexy... went the other way with polyend mini instead