The title alone is something that the culture is missing. We already like watching the ‘vs’ or ‘comparing’ type video. So an series of these type of videos will do great.
Thanks for creating this refreshing concept. ✨️ keep the format, push it to the limits, go bonkers with it. We love it. More patch battles across the globe please. Presets, customs, glitchy, worst patch battles. Just do it.
The fantom fo fullness for me and the mpc for some nostalgic feeling new age funk, and i dont mean the genre just funkyness all around. But i do slightly lean towards the roland since i love the type fullness it has.
I recognized the guy on the right from his "not working" pinky finger on his right hand. He was playing the Montage in another Andertons vid with Jack. His playing is phenomenal. The other guy is awesome as well. I'd choose possessing a fraction of their ability over any gear ever. It's videos like this that remind me it's not the gear but the musician. I'm only 4min into the vid and loving it.
Good stuff! I use to have a Roland Fantom-S & an Akai MPC 2000XL back in the day! Imagine using these 2 new machines together….the magic they would make! 😍
Please, don’t make me jealous!!!! Congratulations for being able to have both of them. I have the fantom-06, but I would also like to be able to have the other one 🎶🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️
It would be cool if while they are searching patches we could have the top down camera at normal speed the whole time so we can see what they are doing and what programs they are going to for each sound.
No kidding, and damn do I hope this convinces Native Instruments to start making their own keyboards that run Kontakt to compete with Akai, Roland, Yamaha, and Korg. If they do it, I'm jumping in.
I wish I could play like that. Funny. 4 months ago I was trying to get the mpc61 it wasn't available for a long time. So I ended up buying the Fantom 08 from Sweetwater. Got to say not disappointed still finding new abilities and sounds on this thing. And the Roland cloud subscription that lets you download ridiculous amount of free sounds and software fabulous package.
Wow…I’m shocked I’m saying this, but the Akai MPC sounds are 🔥 ! As a former owner and fan of the Fantom, I would choose the MPC over it! The organ did it for me!
I have the FANTOM-06 and I’ve gotta say that buddy picked the WEAKEST organ sound in the bunch! The FANTOM actually has a full drawbar engine and I absolutely LOVE it! The MPC organ sounds great as well though
Roland dropped the ball. I have the original Roland fantom G, and that thing from 2008 has (often) better sounds than the current fantom line. The modern fantoms are the most plastic sounding toys...
When I first started producing (way back inn the 1900s), Ii asked my mentor what he suggested that I should purchase to get started and he said "you can't go wrong with Roland". Since then, I have been a hardcore Roland fan but both of these machines sound great. Ironically, I do use MPC drum machines and the software and have been debating getting this workstation.
Thankfully if you have a stand alone MPC you dont have to choose, i have an mpc live 2 i can buy the plugins and connect the fantom to the mpc to play them lol
I have a Fantom X6 - one of the original series with the dedicated piano section button - 88 samples at three different velocities - a class leader of it's era and an old mpc60 then through a mixer into an FX rack and back to ProTools to record a section - the Akai has that groove!
I’m a big Roland fan and also a MPC Maniac, but hands down to my ears Akai MPC Keys 61 is slaying Roland’s AZZ then dragging them behind their car - no competition NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!
I have the keys, it’s very fresh sounding where as Roland just keep on regurgitating their old JV boards, try out zencore on your pc and you will see how it sounds, wish Akai included their sound bar in the Akai like they have in the Live 2 though.
Boy I had so much fun watching this .Loved the concept.I loved the roads on the Akai sounds fresh but for me the Roland was my winner.Although I might get a Akai if the make a 76 key and improve some key features.I have A fantom and I love it.Great jobs guys .Keep more like this coming had a good laugh.
The Akai MPC Key 61 ..all the way!!! Beast !!! I had the Fantom & returned it for the MPC Key 61, definitely the right decision on so many other levels…
@@magnusjohansson295 just better value overall of what I was trying to do… but after having it sometime… I actually going to sell it… I’m going all analog…. The sound for the key 61 just doesn’t do it for me. Replacing it with Sequential DSI Rev 2
A friend of mines has the 61 and I've been making beats on it for a few months. Great board. As a Roland fan I've been debating about getting my own or the Roland. Based on the sounds I heard from both, seems like the Roland is more for musicians where the Keys is for producers.
If you like how the Roland is brighter, you can always EQ the MPC to sound brighter just like the Roland. Or more. Tonal balance is a moot point with workstation keyboards. The MPC samples are far better than the lo-fi, dated Roland samples, though workflows are a whole other story that differentiates the two. The Fantom-0 is better suited to stage performances. Its lower fidelity doesn't matter on a stage.
You're not that far off. The Fantom-0 (for me, it's predecessor) were what I rigged most often in Tokyo D; which at the time was my main performance venue/base as a tech. Primarily it's as Varrus describes; stage performance suited. And they are. Very much so. If you were to base your preferences on seeing your favourite band on tour --- you'd walk out with the FA/0 without any doubts. The artists are very much professional. Very much current (20s) and the venues are filled (professional success). When you are quantifying 'musician' it can mean many things. But you have to look at it from the laymans perspective (non-professional or consumer). They want passable sound for good night out. The artist wants mobility. Versatility. Adequate replacement/cost balance and everything that made the FA what it is on the live circuit. You will never find the rock, pop and alt bands running a full fat workstation, they'll keep those for their intimate gigs or youtube performances (safe environment). In a multi-instrumental mix in front of ten thousand, it simply isn't necessary to use something extremely high end. Many commentators seem to not make this distinction. Put another way, when I play guitar outside in the summer weather -- I take my Yamaha FG or my Seagull s6. They are perfectly good guitars (I like them) but in studio -- I play my Gibson Historic Custom. It's a 5 grand plus instrument. That I had built to spec. It's not something I would ever take on a stage -- because things can and do get broken all the time. As a wider example I worked with two people for 4 years. His main board (duo act) was a Nord Stage but in two instances they failed (live) and performance was easily substituted on the Roland's (previous act). Their easy programming/interface was quite the boon and so much so that the audience were still very pleased. You'd be harder pressed to do that effectively with the deep dive workstations. It's simply too slow and makes people panic under pressure (fairly so if you've had a failure). So then we get to the studio. Where you can afford to completely sideline all your live woes. You can edit, tweak and do whatever until you pass out in your chair; perhaps even face flat in your lunch like I once did (lol). And you'd be completely right about that optimization. It's a night and day difference that unless you're actually out there on the road -- you will neither appreciate nor really grasp. So why is it that the Rolands are as they are? Because the musicians they are developed along side are precisely that. And for the studio; other devices are made for exactly that. Hours of depth. Limitless power and options. Nobody wants to be running from a van after some difficult traffic. Up the stairs at the back of the venue and in through 5 or six corridors carrying half a tone of rig, laptops and whatever else. It really is 'get me a tool' and lets go. So don't just spec hunt. Without realizing that the 'spec' includes the things the instrument was built for. Such as venue.
I'd have to go with the Fantom 0. Having recently bought one it's the most intuitive keyboard I have ever owned. Acoustic sounds will always be second to Yamaha but hats off to the Akai. I was torn between the two when I bought the Fantom but I'm convinced I made the right choice. My first purchase from Andertons too! Keep up the good work.
Fun video! Would be cool to see more synth battles with such good players om each side. I missed perhaps a "synth sound" round. Soundwise, among these few patches heard here I overall prefered the Akai.
I think the real winner was the friends we made along the way.
🫱🏿🫲🏾🫱🏿🫲🏾🫱🏿🫲🏾
*patches
😎👍
We are the winners for having this great show! Great laugh.
That’s a song title in itself
The title alone is something that the culture is missing. We already like watching the ‘vs’ or ‘comparing’ type video. So an series of these type of videos will do great.
I like my stories with a clear winner and loser. Losing keyboard should be dipped in honey and fed to a mangy bear at a poorly run municipal zoo.
Thank you for including the nearly three minute live collaboration at the end. You two are wonderful! :)
12:28 'Remember When' was the best thing I've heard all year! I love this episode - cheers! 😍
I agree man. I could’ve grooved to that for a while!
forget the hardware for a moment, these players are fantastic
Mike Patrick's hands have something magical when they move.
Both players are impressive ! Bravo !
6:30 that akai organ patch is crazy. That can get u out of a jam at a black church if the actual organ goes out halfway thru a preachers hoop😂😂😂
Thanks for creating this refreshing concept. ✨️ keep the format, push it to the limits, go bonkers with it. We love it. More patch battles across the globe please. Presets, customs, glitchy, worst patch battles. Just do it.
ROLAND!!!!! THE STRING PATCH WAS 🔥🔥 AND THEN THE WILD CARD SOLD IT
Fun fun fun! Thank you guys!
What a treat to hear these two amazing players throughout - and the jam at the end!! Amazing!
The upright selected from
The mpc sounded like a key/piano mix
Fantom for me, although the MPC also has some great sounds.
The fantom fo fullness for me and the mpc for some nostalgic feeling new age funk, and i dont mean the genre just funkyness all around. But i do slightly lean towards the roland since i love the type fullness it has.
Great content 🎉I love this more of it please ❤
The video was great, and they're both great players but I prefer "Mike Patrick" He has unique feelings and ideas.. Thank you
This is so fun bro, looking forward to more videos like this
I recognized the guy on the right from his "not working" pinky finger on his right hand. He was playing the Montage in another Andertons vid with Jack. His playing is phenomenal. The other guy is awesome as well. I'd choose possessing a fraction of their ability over any gear ever. It's videos like this that remind me it's not the gear but the musician. I'm only 4min into the vid and loving it.
This is music, fun with friends
Good stuff! I use to have a Roland Fantom-S & an Akai MPC 2000XL back in the day! Imagine using these 2 new machines together….the magic they would make! 😍
Great video Jack!
For me they both are incredible machines, I’m thankful that I’m blessed to have them both.
Please, don’t make me jealous!!!! Congratulations for being able to have both of them. I have the fantom-06, but I would also like to be able to have the other one 🎶🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️
Awesome video. I could sit and listen to Mike & Dan jam like that all day long. More I say, more. Keep up the great videos Jack.
It would be cool if while they are searching patches we could have the top down camera at normal speed the whole time so we can see what they are doing and what programs they are going to for each sound.
These videos are always so enjoyable ☺️
Idk the akai is insane the flexibility and the piano sounds it has is just amazing
No kidding, and damn do I hope this convinces Native Instruments to start making their own keyboards that run Kontakt to compete with Akai, Roland, Yamaha, and Korg. If they do it, I'm jumping in.
@@Jason75913 me too!
@@Jason75913 that thing will cost 10x what ever others asking for keys
the MPC sounds more authentic, like a VST or sample library, while the Roland sounds more typically processed. both have a place.
well mpc sound like l,ow q sample made in 80's in stereo ...... vs roland wow
@@MrCcflyMPC 3.0 is coming out … could change things up …
Akai all the way, I really want one!
No winners no losers here for me, glue them together and you got a big winner for me, great playing especialy the jam on the end. 👏
Yes both of them winners.
Akai all day long. Sheesh! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Piano_Roland Fantom
Rhodes __Akai
Hammond Organs--Akai
Strings --Roland Fantom
Brass__ Both Roland and Akai
The Jam 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
Love videos like these! So fun and a really great brief demo of each board. Well done mate!
LOVE THE VIDEO , definitely going dive more into the Channel
Thank you so much for this. Absolutely loooveee this kind of content.
Proud 07 owner here. LOVE that last fat patch from Dan... gonna go find that one! But DAMN that AKAI sounds amazing & looks great too.
They are both good imo. Preference and taste. Both are great key players.
I like both. We make the Board talk. Aka Musician. Old School turns on first one.
Second one New School Melodies
The Akai by a mile!
Killer brass on the Fantom though.
This is definitely all about preference. Every device is a contributor and making music.
🥇 The winner is all of us who made it to the end of the video ❤️❤️🔥🔥 Great staff
no wayyyy this is like the best collab ever!! I watch so many videos of both of these guys all the time!!
Wow... This was great to watch, and the jam in the end was fantastic. More of this please 🙂
What a great scenario for a video, what a great players!
I wish I could play like that. Funny. 4 months ago I was trying to get the mpc61 it wasn't available for a long time. So I ended up buying the Fantom 08 from Sweetwater. Got to say not disappointed still finding new abilities and sounds on this thing. And the Roland cloud subscription that lets you download ridiculous amount of free sounds and software fabulous package.
Funnest YT video I've watched in a while!
Wow, they both sound good! Wonderful musicians
Wow…I’m shocked I’m saying this, but the Akai MPC sounds are 🔥 ! As a former owner and fan of the Fantom, I would choose the MPC over it! The organ did it for me!
I have the FANTOM-06 and I’ve gotta say that buddy picked the WEAKEST organ sound in the bunch! The FANTOM actually has a full drawbar engine and I absolutely LOVE it! The MPC organ sounds great as well though
I agree
Roland dropped the ball. I have the original Roland fantom G, and that thing from 2008 has (often) better sounds than the current fantom line. The modern fantoms are the most plastic sounding toys...
The fantom smoked the Akai I don’t know what you guts are hearing you could even tell the moderator knew it
I bought the akai and took it back. It’s just not in the same league or even close to the fantom. I kept my Mpc live 2 and I use it with my Fantom
Brilliant video, great musicians. Very enjoyable, thank you!
Great comparison!! Looking forward to more
Absolutely fantastic battle, I’d wish more videos like this!
I would get both keyboards, but I definitely have to say that I like the sounds on Akai better, especially the strings and Organ
Awesome video! They killed with their selections and playing. That “Remember when” patch with that groove took me though.
Just when you think patches can't get any better. What boards man
When I first started producing (way back inn the 1900s), Ii asked my mentor what he suggested that I should purchase to get started and he said "you can't go wrong with Roland". Since then, I have been a hardcore Roland fan but both of these machines sound great. Ironically, I do use MPC drum machines and the software and have been debating getting this workstation.
Both great players, and lots of good energy! Loved it!
For sounds, the Akai ate the Roland's lunch...
Can't choose between two amazing musicians! I am impressed with all I heard!
One of my all time favorites Mike and Dan jams!!!
Fantom for live, Akai for studio
YEAH!
Both are good for both
Always hardware for live and software for studio
@@mississippimeatloaf1637 naaaaaah
If it sounds better live.. it'll sound better in the studio too.
Love this channel , awesome guests !!!!!!
Absolutely great 👍 love it plus this 2 together playing at the end was awesome keep up with this thing 👏
Thankfully if you have a stand alone MPC you dont have to choose, i have an mpc live 2 i can buy the plugins and connect the fantom to the mpc to play them lol
I have a Fantom X6 - one of the original series with the dedicated piano section button - 88 samples at three different velocities - a class leader of it's era and an old mpc60 then through a mixer into an FX rack and back to ProTools to record a section - the Akai has that groove!
This was a great video.
two great musicians!
🔥The patch battles are more entertaining for keyboards comparisons; great job!!!!🔥
Marketing done right. Love your material.
Mike and Dan are both winners, every time!
I'd really love to own my piano, having to play at church only and wanting to improve daily is a struggle. They both sound great
One day, one day Sibuda 🤞🏾
I’m a big Roland fan and also a MPC Maniac, but hands down to my ears Akai MPC Keys 61 is slaying Roland’s AZZ then dragging them behind their car - no competition NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!
Which would you rather use on a stage?
@@Jason75913 I'm a studio music producer, so I'm definitely not the one to answer that question at all!
Both sounded amazing and great playing on both sides 😊
Awesome Job Guys!! Big ups from the States!
Jamming together at the end. That was the gem the highlight.
Wonderful playing
3 wonderful guys here by andertons. Thx jack for this refreshing idea 🙏🏻😃✨🕊✌🏻🌈🦄
MPC is brilliant.
Man this is a dope ass show man big ups to the makers of this!
This was so dope, I'm glad i stumbled across this. I loved the sounds and melodies they made.
So fun ! Thank you guys ! Just 1 comment about the Fantom : put the organ sound on track do easily access the Drawbars and Leslie commands.
Amazing video
Yep, more of these videos please.
This was awesome!!!! Great job gents!!!
Great oneright here!
This was amazing to watch.
I have the keys, it’s very fresh sounding where as Roland just keep on regurgitating their old JV boards, try out zencore on your pc and you will see how it sounds, wish Akai included their sound bar in the Akai like they have in the Live 2 though.
I have zencore and a few JV synths. I'll take a JV any day over zen imo.
Boy I had so much fun watching this .Loved the concept.I loved the roads on the Akai sounds fresh but for me the Roland was my winner.Although I might get a Akai if the make a 76 key and improve some key features.I have A fantom and I love it.Great jobs guys .Keep more like this coming had a good laugh.
Beautiful
As a non musician, I am blown away!! 💣💥 by the talent of those 2 guys and by the AMAZING!!! Sounds 🎶🎵🎶 that’s coming from those workstations🎹👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
This gentleman’s are very gifted 🙏🏽❤️
The Akai MPC Key 61 ..all the way!!! Beast !!!
I had the Fantom & returned it for the MPC Key 61, definitely the right decision on so many other levels…
Same here and I agree! Plus you can always sample other keyboard sounds
What made you prefer the Akai if I may ask?
@@magnusjohansson295 just better value overall of what I was trying to do… but after having it sometime… I actually going to sell it… I’m going all analog…. The sound for the key 61 just doesn’t do it for me. Replacing it with Sequential DSI Rev 2
I see. But you liked the sequencer and big display right?
@@thegoldenamericanwould the sound of the MPC 61 be ok for Jazz and Rock? So natural drums, horns, sax, electric and ac. basses, piano, e.piano, ...
AKAI MPC 😭🔥a huge Roland fan but ey 😪the MPC KEY shocked me tbh. 🤯🤯
Great playing on the patch battle.👍😀
A friend of mines has the 61 and I've been making beats on it for a few months. Great board. As a Roland fan I've been debating about getting my own or the Roland. Based on the sounds I heard from both, seems like the Roland is more for musicians where the Keys is for producers.
If you like how the Roland is brighter, you can always EQ the MPC to sound brighter just like the Roland. Or more.
Tonal balance is a moot point with workstation keyboards. The MPC samples are far better than the lo-fi, dated Roland samples, though workflows are a whole other story that differentiates the two. The Fantom-0 is better suited to stage performances. Its lower fidelity doesn't matter on a stage.
You're not that far off. The Fantom-0 (for me, it's predecessor) were what I rigged most often in Tokyo D; which at the time was my main performance venue/base as a tech. Primarily it's as Varrus describes; stage performance suited. And they are. Very much so. If you were to base your preferences on seeing your favourite band on tour --- you'd walk out with the FA/0 without any doubts. The artists are very much professional. Very much current (20s) and the venues are filled (professional success).
When you are quantifying 'musician' it can mean many things. But you have to look at it from the laymans perspective (non-professional or consumer). They want passable sound for good night out. The artist wants mobility. Versatility. Adequate replacement/cost balance and everything that made the FA what it is on the live circuit. You will never find the rock, pop and alt bands running a full fat workstation, they'll keep those for their intimate gigs or youtube performances (safe environment). In a multi-instrumental mix in front of ten thousand, it simply isn't necessary to use something extremely high end. Many commentators seem to not make this distinction. Put another way, when I play guitar outside in the summer weather -- I take my Yamaha FG or my Seagull s6. They are perfectly good guitars (I like them) but in studio -- I play my Gibson Historic Custom. It's a 5 grand plus instrument. That I had built to spec. It's not something I would ever take on a stage -- because things can and do get broken all the time.
As a wider example I worked with two people for 4 years. His main board (duo act) was a Nord Stage but in two instances they failed (live) and performance was easily substituted on the Roland's (previous act). Their easy programming/interface was quite the boon and so much so that the audience were still very pleased. You'd be harder pressed to do that effectively with the deep dive workstations. It's simply too slow and makes people panic under pressure (fairly so if you've had a failure).
So then we get to the studio. Where you can afford to completely sideline all your live woes. You can edit, tweak and do whatever until you pass out in your chair; perhaps even face flat in your lunch like I once did (lol). And you'd be completely right about that optimization. It's a night and day difference that unless you're actually out there on the road -- you will neither appreciate nor really grasp.
So why is it that the Rolands are as they are? Because the musicians they are developed along side are precisely that. And for the studio; other devices are made for exactly that. Hours of depth. Limitless power and options.
Nobody wants to be running from a van after some difficult traffic. Up the stairs at the back of the venue and in through 5 or six corridors carrying half a tone of rig, laptops and whatever else. It really is 'get me a tool' and lets go.
So don't just spec hunt. Without realizing that the 'spec' includes the things the instrument was built for. Such as venue.
I GOT THE FANTOM G AND THAT'S MY FAVORITE BOARD
I'd have to go with the Fantom 0. Having recently bought one it's the most intuitive keyboard I have ever owned. Acoustic sounds will always be second to Yamaha but hats off to the Akai. I was torn between the two when I bought the Fantom but I'm convinced I made the right choice.
My first purchase from Andertons too! Keep up the good work.
I was also torn between the two but I chose the Akai. They both are winners, as my akai has served me extremely well.
❤ I just fell in love with that Akai keyboard! Wow! 😍
Super enjoyable! 😊😁
I love these guys! 😊 Awesome musicians! If I only was half as good as these guys! Love these kind of videos! 😊
I could definitely see both being useful!! 🔥🔥
That last patch did it for me.....bruh that Roland...sheesh
That upright on the Akai is stunning, not keen on it's rhodes emulations but the piano sounded amazing.. Love Mike's playing
I was surprised as to how much I Loved the string sounds. Just found that out about myself..
That was awesome!
Fun video! Would be cool to see more synth battles with such good players om each side. I missed perhaps a "synth sound" round. Soundwise, among these few patches heard here I overall prefered the Akai.
This was definitely a fun video. 😃