Akai Force Q&A Club - 14th 2022

Easy, this is a live Q&A for new and old Akai Force users, and curious beat creators.
Ask me stuff, and I'll show you what I know on this wonderful device.

[@kenb7540]

That Rocky Road jam at 42’ - awesome ! 👏👏🎶

[@zoolhert3535]

Thanks again Tom & People on chat. Learned some more last night 😎

[@b.stro.beatzdjplanb7599]

I just recently got a Force and your videos help me a lot. Thanks for the teachings

[@iamrocketray]

Hi nicethings, Love your style man, I'm a noob musically and I Learn more from your tutorials than all the other tutorials I watch. Its hard work mentally but I'm getting there. My best friend is my Akai Force, I had an MPC X(Beautiful machine) but I just found it so hard to get into I had to let it go.

[@RobertSaxy]

Keep them coming, I too am into the knowledge sharing to improve the art as a whole, all ships rise that way. Thanks for an other great one

[@iamrocketray]

Its only by sharing knowledge that the whole world advances. The worst thing that happened in that respect was when they invented Patents. Everything IMHO should be open source! I hate the American attitude in that respect!

[@alexstrangius303]

Top drawer info nice one thanks Tom

[@VoltageCntrl]

Worry not nicethings. We still watch your vids… maybe not always live, but we watch!

[@ceverett5972]

Thanks!

[@vicbarr44]

Thanks for the video & tips!

[@douglasmccalla2480]

Big up yourself boss, you are the best.

[@TheNextExit]

damn i missed it. watchin the video

[@timwillis9654]

These sessions are really helpful! I have a couple of quick questions regarding ~1:56:00... 1. do you know what the naming conventions represent on audio recordings. I agree it's hard to work with those long file names. 2. how does the fade in/out work? I've never been able to affect the audio, and I'm not even sure what the numbers represent. (selecting 1 = 1 bar? 1 beat? ) Again, thanks for the video! :-)

[@nicethings]

1. They're logs of the time each piece was recorded. If you intend to process edit, it's a good idea to rename them in sample edit, straight away. 2. Better to demonstrate, remind me on the next AFQAC with a question.

[@Romenet310]

Is the force better than Ableton with he push 2?

[@nicethings]

It's different; Ableton requires a computer, a decent audio interface, and the Push 2 device. This is a standalone machine that does nearly everything Ableton live 9.5 does, but in some ways, far faster.

[@iamrocketray]

If you're a Professional with loads of different gear to juggle then probably Ableton and push2 is the way to go. BUT if you don't have a proper studio with all the top end gear then the Akai Force is(for me at least) the way to go.