Akai Pro MPC Live Overview & Demo

[@quantumeseboy]

Beginning to merge?? Just recently and not at all 20 years ago? Beginning to merge?? Wow. Thank you for finally making this.

[@ClayMcClain]

OMG! Hail to the King. I can hardy believe all of the Live and X rumors turned out to be true. I have been using the Akai S6000 for live performance and desperately wishing for a smaller replacement "refusing to use a DAW". Thank you so much.

[@dxtrs_mnpltr]

Akai finally hits the bullseye. This looks awesome!

[@adamcain2028]

Why? ..and how? What does this offer Maschine or Push doesn't? ...limited standalone functionality seems to be about it IMO

[@exiles_dot_tv]

It looks like a nice return to form for the MPC. It's not exactly blowing everything else on the market away, but if you're already into MPCs this looks a lot better than their previous releases of recent years.

[@CatLover-g7j]

It does MUCH more and BOTH those units are MPC rip offs. Period

[@truecuckoo]

Hey, this looks really promising!

[@nuwwaveofficial4643]

cant wait to have the mpcx!!😃

[@ericchamberlain9260]

I like the snare you hear twice at 4:49.

[@thugsy15]

I'm just excited to see how Native Instruments will top this and the MPCX, IF they can.

[@bogi5390]

looks really dope as a live performance module

[@warius1]

I'm especially happy it got a lot of colourful flickering lights, those are mandatory, where would we dbe without those in 201x?

[@csrader]

Hahaha, for real.

[@sinsin69fifty]

i knw right, ill me with dem fukin lights theres 16 pads how dumb they think we are...oh well my lil nephew gone like it

[@molinsky]

i think the flicker is because of the cameras shutter speed or framerate

[@RiddimBangerBeatstore1]

Wow. So Cool!

[@D-One]

NI Maschine will now have to up their game, finally some real competitiveness so we all get better products no matter what brand we choose. A bit annoying that everything seems to be following the ableton-clip-launch thing tho.

[@thablackkat9905]

Diego Sousa Technically, Akai helped usher in the whole clip launch thing when they were assisting Ableton.

[@MrDebauch]

sort of.. i knew people spinning that way with ableton WAY close to 10 years ago

[@D-One]

Im talking about the recent Machine Jam and this clip launch thing in the MPC wich are obviously using the ableton style. Even tho in NI Machine itself the "scenes" are now very ableton inspired. I guess in a few years everything will be só similar it doesn't really matter what u choose to use.

[@MrDebauch]

that is a good point... i thought NI were supposed to be trying to promote their "stems" audio format as well..

[@D-One]

Stems seem to have died before they even lived, it has never been really adopted by the industry and its super hard to find any releases using the format.

[@neurostructure8717]

cool machine

[@ClayMcClain]

We'll never really know everything this can do and can't do until it hits the streets. Expectations are already being formulated. Here are two of mine: 1 - I expect it to be able to play a single sample longer than 32 seconds. 2 - I expect it to have the ability to layer per pad more than 1 sample. Oh, just one more; I expect basic midi functions to actually work correctly.

[@cygnusvideo]

It has to have midi FX, and they have to be assignable per channel. Sequencers have been out for too long for them to keep missing these features, and it's starting to make me scratch my head. I'm talking about velocity, randomisation, transpose, arpeggiator, chord, scale, note length, and CC LFO. limited versions of these are available in older versions of the MPC via JJOS and have been available for over a decade. the PyraOS which is on Squarp's sequencer features all of these to a great extent. software platforms such as ableton have had them for over a decade. If the MPC Live/X do not feature basic midi effects functionality for sequencing internal tracks or external equipment they are alienating people like me who want to exploit the device as a sequencer. I should be able to add in whatever Midi FX I want and be able to tweak their parameters via the Q-Link knobs, and if I can't, I don't know why I'm buying the thing. Even Elektron added midi effects like randomisation to their sequencers on the Rytm and Analog4. Chance/Randomisation is a great feature, so is chord, scale, arpeggiator, note length, midi note delay and more.

[@inthefade]

Agreed. And MIDI effects like those are so minimal on processing power to implement, there is really no excuse. Adding an LFO to the CC parameter that controls release, for example, is such a powerful idea. There are so many options. However, though not the same as arpeggiation or MIDI delays, if it is at all like my MPC-1000 you can just program a looped MIDI CC signal into your MIDI sequence. It isn't the same as having an LFO that runs free from the sequence length, but it is pretty damn useful. I use it to change the resonance of my synth with a S&H-sounding loop while I play it live, and also to modulate the pitch slightly of my Streichfett to give it a bit of vintage "warble". Pretty useful. It MIGHT even be possible to have different sequences at different pattern lengths on the MPC Live. If so you could create your own free-running LFOs easily for any CC parameter.

[@atommachine]

Looks good i will connect it to my s3200 thks AKAI

[@e11world]

I'd love to see videos of this working together in a live environment with serato DJ and having it (clips/loops/more) link with the time from serato and back too. This would make me want to buy it. Nothing out there does that yet. Even better if I could have a 40 key keyboard with it too to play sounds from the MPC.

[@skilla4hire]

pretty excited about this! now i just have to sell my studio black.

[@patrickguynn8900]

YES

[@amontri3246]

I hope they learned from the 5000 it got so much bad reviews from the start because the o.s they sabotaged themselves..but the 5000 is truly a beast very powerful I do use them today that was the last time they made hardware until now in my opinion tho the roger Linn series was the best and still is. the best

[@EBMZEQUENZER]

Still no time travel support :-) Looks really good, props AKAI VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION HERE !! IF STANDALONE , CAN IT BE USED AS A DRUM MODULE WITH ELECTRONIC KIT ?

[@SortStof]

i'm really excited though damn he kills the music

[@foggydrifty]

It'd be nice to hear some good music come out of these things. Always the club music...

[@NathanChisholm041]

That was some funky shit! awesome....

[@IanCanefire]

Yes.

[@randomwisdom845]

Funny how he says "we totally reimagined what the MPC workflow is" and came back to standalone devices from midi controllers. Yeahh, but AKAI always made standalone devices :D

[@stefanie_m466]

waaw , midi out and in and even x2 yeah , good!!!!

[@saardean4481]

Hmmm. The display feels a bit "laggy" minute 1:10... i hope the end product will be more responsive. I don`t know how apple did it but the touch response of an ipad and the software reactions are second to none an no i ma not an Apple junkie. Just noticed the touch response. I hope i will have the money when it comes out though. Exciting times. A full blown ruggedized portable workstation. Hmmm though i noticed that the body seems to be havin a lot of cooling slots-openings. That would mean you have to take a lot of precautions when using it in a club (drinks etc). But still a wonderful device. + rechargeable battery. Very cool

[@saardean4481]

Anybody knows what processor they use?

[@DJ.DBD1]

would love to see who will do the first, MPC Renaissance vs MPC X head to head !!!!

[@planetice]

I really wonder what the difference is between the MPC Live and the Pioneer Toraiz SP-16? Both have sampling capabilities, both are standalone (no computer required) but $1200 vs $1500 is a close price range, if I could get both I would, but if you had to choose one, which one would you get and why?

[@slakk5093]

mpc live for the sequencing and sample editing

[@K-MoBeatz]

Wow. What kind of House music is that ? I Love it.

[@planetice]

Deep house/Future house

[@sunilsolanki]

If this had even 4 cv outs it would be an instant buy. Could replace so much of my setup.

[@lemonslice2233]

I guess you need the X then.

[@Metamophisis]

What’s the bit rates? I’m looking to get one I hope you can go from 16,12,8 like on my Mpc 2000xl?

[@ENICIO69]

so on EACH demo I ask this question as EACH demo does NOT show how the fingerdrum pads react while sequencing... I do not see any drum beeing sequenced / recorded... (wich are KEY FEATURES OF A MPC UNIT!?) Please can someone unlighten me?

[@bigdawgbigal426]

It's like a limited / cutdown version of Ableton with a controller? Not seeing anything new here that you can't do with a Laptop, Ableton and one of akai's controllers already apart from the touchscreen

[@mclevit]

Looks good but i can already do this with my surface pro which is already a computer with a touch monitor and i can install any DAW on it,my question is if the hardware has an inbuilt computer where i can install my favorite DAWS?,instead of this they should have created just the hardware with a mic input and a Microsoft surface dock,taking me away from the large computer monitor and giving me a small touch screen makes no sense,editing on something like this is going to be very difficult to do,the idea is great but i would prefer a dock that will allow me hookup my surface pro or any other touch tablet computer

[@mclevit]

MrDaftice What is it good for when you will still need a computer and a proper DAW to finish your beat?

[@mclevit]

MrDaftice i can always get a any midi controller to do with the MPC does for under 100 euros

[@BIGPUN4EVER]

mclevit The first MPC I got was a mpc 1000. I made a tone of beats on it even with the limited capability and indepth editing. This new MPC takes things a whole lot further than what was capable on the MPC1000. So if you look at it in that sense it will make a good piece of gear for someone. Of course it wont compare to a full studio setup at home. Thats not what this New mpc is about.

[@ccfunk1]

Why did Sound on Sound say the MPC Live in its review that the MPC Live does not have inputs for guitar, bass and vocals when there are videos on KZbin clearly showing people recording guitar, bass and vocals into it??

[@hiphophobbyklub]

How does the e-mail work on this model?!!

[@Gyrbae]

They use envelopes.

[@mjcantstop]

hahaha

[@PHeMoX]

You strap it to a pigeon and throw as hard as you can. * *Nah, don't do that.

[@mjcantstop]

I just straight up don't like touch screens. I like buttons & shortcuts What are you better at typing on a keyboard or an Ipad?

[@AveMcree]

how much though?

[@MckayBeats]

1199

[@producedbykemp691]

Mckay Beats which one cost 1199 the live or the ren?

[@MckayBeats]

The live 1199 and the new MPC X 2199 , listed on Sweetwater.com

[@LLl-jn4rw]

Jesus! 😔

[@AveMcree]

Mckay Beats tbh, as much as both of those machine do. It worth that cash

[@julianhill1914]

Great tool for DJs who don`t play keyboards I guess but for us Live jam musicians a bit too `done for us already` I think although it could help with backing parts that can be changed on the fly I guess but then again too expensive for that use, will stick with my Beatstep Pro for now methinks

[@slavvewilliams1948]

that demo sounded straight outta staines

[@duxmania984]

Can you connect midi keyboard to mpc and play different samples assigned to different keys on keyboard like you would play them on akai mpc pads? Thanks

[@Kingjames313]

Why is it so hard for Akai to make a MV-88/MPC/Controller with 32 semi-weighted keys?

[@adamcain2028]

Why did they put the touch screen on the right side and the pads on the left?? $1200...and no VST support? I feel like this is the second time Akai has botched what could have an amazing standalone product. I feel like Maschine is more robust for about the same footprint and it's cheaper. Please, somebody offer me reasons why I'm wrong.

[@Crookedletta601]

Am I tripping or does it appear to be a delay once the pad is pressed before the sample begins to play🤔🤔🤔

[@donaldlykins4548]

damn akai!!!

[@MauricioMaisterrena]

Seems pretty good, awful demo

[@arttheboy]

finally

[@jonathanfrazier4195]

Can you plug in a MIDI keyboard and play a group of samples on the Live ( ie. play a multimbral set with splits ) ? Pads are cool, but I'm still attached to my keys.

[@billyfreeze1893]

hi will - an you tell me if one is able to sing into the AKAI LIVE and have it created into a track? I am A COMPLETE NEWBIE

[@OasisofEchoes]

Hi, is it possible to load an entire song (let's say 5/8 minutes long) and be warped like in Ableton Live?

[@TheAudioDabbler]

Does it Wifi and play well with Ableton Link?

[@slakk5093]

it has wifi and Link support is coming in an update after release

[@steveyraynelson]

MIDI sounds in it? Can I use this as a solo guitar sequencer?

[@DuecePiece]

I have an MPC Touch, aside from standalone and SSD slot which are great additions, what would be the benefit if any for me to get this?

[@jacksp8de]

DuecePiece I think the stand alone part is the only difference

[@DuecePiece]

Jack Spade alright that's kinda what I was thinking but it's good to get someone else's insight on the product. Thanks for the reply brotha!

[@slakk5093]

also the live has an embeded gpu so the screen is smoother and more responsive

[@marcus268]

Windows 7 ? There is no support? The 1.96 software installs on Win7 - will that change with Software 2.0 ? Controller Mode: Windows 8.1 or newer Controller Mode: Mac OS X 10.9.5 or newer MPC 2.0: Minimum 2GB free disk space (20GB for all content), Minimum 4GB RAM (8GB recommended), Minimum Dual-core 2.5GHz CPU

[@jessexjeremiah]

www.akaipro.com/misc/mpc-software says 1.9+ is not available for 7 but it is.

[@jadewebber313]

Marcus Sannig not even MS supports Win7 now.

[@LarcTald]

I would love to see those Live & X wiith decent effects on it.... c'mon Akai....

[@magnusdevo]

How many midi tracks can be used in stand alone mode?

[@randomwisdom845]

I'm worried about the performance, when he was moving some sliders on the screen, everything looked very choppy.

[@DEBOASSE]

RandomWisdom Lights problem every video showing lights flashing will always make the device looking weak - look how native instruments make videos - on the dark must of time - exactly to avoid this impression

[@groveboytmt]

He looks so forced launching those clips lol but I get it 😊very informative

[@imrickjames7012]

fuck yeah! am excited gonna pow right in the kisser!

[@99MUZIK]

Does it have a Intel i7 processor? Does it stored 3rd party plugins such as Native Instruments Komplete ultimate? Does it have at least 32gb ram? And if not it's only a sampler standalone not a full workstation.

[@jollojakar8995]

Show me the music you made that required an i7/32gb.

[@45rpm.]

My 32bit i5 PC with 4gb ram (some unused) doesn't even register activity even with cubase and plug-ins running full pelt. My old PC used to die with pitch corrction or a plug-in I have called Crowd Chamber.

[@imrickjames7012]

Johnny Santiago pfft u must never heard of Mozart he made good shiet on 12mb of RAM noob!

[@gakdaniels76]

This might be the final nail in my coffin.The beat game has been so saturated.Everyone has a beat tape.The most talented people I know can't afford this shit.They make gems with the bare minimum.Plus it looks like this machine will be able to do everything.So all these talentless hacks will be able to buy what a lot of people worked so hard to master.

[@anyasummermeadow7087]

I wouldn't worry about it. Music hardware still takes talent to use. The talentless hacks won't read the manual and they won't be able to use the gear.

[@laphayette]

Compatible with windows 7 64 bit?

[@csrader]

Interesting how even people who work at Akai mis-pronounce Akai (emphasis would be fairly consistent across both syllables in Japanese, with slightly more on the second syllable -- the "kai" part).

[@medwaystudios]

It's a UK pronunciation, like aluminium.

[@csrader]

+Jesse Skeens Got it, and would make sense if it were an English word. But it's a Japanese word, so like karate, karaoke, sushi there would seem to be proper pronunciation, but I suppose that's the nature of "internationalized" words.

[@csrader]

And actually, that makes me realize the American English pronunciation is closer to the native pronunciation

[@medwaystudios]

Yea Brits just have some bad habits with certain words. Maybe the accent makes it easier to pronounce it this way.

[@csrader]

+Jesse Skeens actually, phonetically I rather like the way the British version sounds. But it's fascinating to consider how accents affect not only native words but also foreign ones. Anyway, who cares, lol. Back to being stoked about this new MPC

[@nicethings]

Does this or the MPC X works as an Audio Interface when connected to a PC/Mac?

[@djpioneer937]

i hope so

[@oppp3923]

does it have a 3.5 headphone jack?

[@sirdonalddust4088]

does it have a piano

[@sinsin69fifty]

whats the price?

[@dcgarcia510]

Can it record 16 mono audio tracks???

[@pauloyoshizaki2103]

AKAI : PRO : MPC : Painel ; ( Tela ) : de Touch : Ótimo : Controller ; Mudanças : Touch ; Bateria : Batidas !!! Muito : Bom : Nitidez !!!! de Som Digital : Akai : PRO : LIVE : Touch ; 😄😃💡💡💡

[@FdUpNews]

I don't think the clip launch is as good as the Launchpad app on iPad.

[@gitsloth1]

Does anyone know if you can hook up a midi foot controller to trigger the clips in Clips Mode?

[@Cdrivethp]

They should've integrated a stand with live! Just like touch 🤔

[@SoundDispensary]

still no locator buttons. really does slow down workflow at times.

[@palpatony2082]

but is it analog?

[@famixrap]

can someone tell me when it will be released?

[@DanielCalvilloJr]

Early April

[@deepindeed9608]

Can't see myself wasted and playing the thing :p

[@HarrisonBos]

Any one else slightly frustrated that the mpc live is the exact same chassis as the mpc touch? Like they could have just done this in the first place? and the touch was 799 at launch, where as the live is only a few hundred more.

[@MilkoOfficialChannel]

Blame capitalism, you support it every single day! :D

[@the80386]

touch has a small and functional design. people already got used to that so why change what works.

[@djpioneer937]

I agree, they could have added some more dedicated controls. I really like the look of pioneer's stand alone.

[@2trilljay_]

Can you give me the akai Mpc live

[@steveperry7799]

GET A MPC IF YOU DONT HAVE ONE.....Used models are not expensive!! =)

[@biggrizzy718]

Please someone can help to install the mpc touch its confusing me

[@filmerdennis]

Whenever there's a new drum machine it cracks me up that they all use some raver shit to demo lol prices aren't that bad honestly for what you get. I might be picking up one. Akai is awesome that they listen to there customers and make products that people actually want, think they will do well with these.

[@pidgeo202]

man that's a bad demo. woo filter sweep woo filter sweep. yea we get it, filter sweep. these new mpc's look great but the state o these demos >__

[@Chevytravelleruk]

Very "exciting" as long as Akai have got their shit together with the software... There are quite a few MPC5000 owners out there that never got the machine they were promised and sold

[@burakeren]

I wish it had at least cv clock out.

[@JeezVince]

Shut up and take my money!

[@indiefilmcomposer]

put a drum synth engine in here like machine drum and you blow away elektron

[@williammitchell6921]

So, in other words, this is not made for people who play actual instruments?

[@peterkohlmetzmoller]

That screen looks so laggy. Underpowered cpu/gpu for the touch screen, look at panning at 1:10, seems like a cheap Chinese android device... :-S Hope the actual thing proves me wrong. i like the return to standalone MPC very much, and we've been wishing for it for so long.

[@slakk5093]

yeah its a worry for sure.. maybe wait for the Live 2.0

[@RickyTickyTV]

Spend 1k to push some buttons?

[@djmichaelwenz]

needs high pass filter

[@djmichaelwenz]

the video!

[@johnglennon5623]

what the fook is it i dont get it ???

[@atarix_official]

no way this is cool, until they nail a smooth gui display thing.

[@samuels.meeker6529]

So I am sure you guys would never take to trolling my pages, cause that would mean I would have to say how youse doing fellas. Trust me when I say let it go or lace up, cause I sense either a unknown person with a grudge or the doings of a technology person's idea of getting someone good. Your welcome to just take shots at me, call me names whatever, I am not concerned about your efforts at making my digital footprint overlooked, but not so. I hope this IP addy I am running y'all at least vpn'd other wise it s on.

[@samuels.meeker6529]

If i am wrong sorry and carry on. I don't hold grudges against folks who I wouldn't think twice about if they were hit by truck, so carry on.

[@Johnnisjohnnis]

There are a lot of videos of people playing the MPC500 playing way better than this guy playing "state of the art". Why are Akai scraping the barrel?

[@DoronBond]

🙊

[@LarcTald]

i REALLY HOPE this is not rubber finnish.

[@5150RELIC]

It is same as touch.that sucks

[@medwaystudios]

Looks like a dirt magnet.

[@mhzpower3401]

Akai MPC Live Standalone Music Production Centre £969.00 a bit over priced

[@ginbeer4327]

what a stupid demo,they mention the audio tracks but fail to show them.

[@drewdogg513]

a standalone mpc for $2k akai this is not the 90s.

[@imrickjames7012]

drewdogg513 that's a bargain! when Trump removes NAFTA agreement it will skyrocket to $4k on crappy dollar just watch.