Medeli AKX10 Keyboard Styles - The good and the BAD!

[@sadsys]

I appreciate your video because of how honest you are about the product. Many reviews are misleading because some KZbinrs potentially collaborate with the company to promote the product without providing an honest analysis of its limitations. There is no comparison between this and Genos. The styles are too flat and uninspiring, and the sounds lack articulation and maturity. It sounds like a toy, which justifies its price.

[@АлексейТужиков-н4щ]

Сам ты плоский и скучный,,,а твоя Ямаха ,,старая как корыто!Этот инструмент ,может закачать стили Геноса и их исполнять ,а твой Генос не может читать АКХ10....это видео демонстрирует начальное ,но не отсентизировано и не артикулировано. Сам подними задницу и потрудись сделать нужные звуки!

[@briansture4353]

Medeli AKX10 Keyboard is made in Hong Kong for the local music market, so you have a bonky bass and no musical warmth below the middle 'C'. It is the Asian ears where the lower notes are gongs brassy hard with a one-note-sounding bass. Whereas Euro is based on African music, warm deep colourful rhythmic lower register coupled with the higher register. Western Euro ears are differently tuned to Asian ears.

[@MsPopota69]

Euro music based in niggas music? Are you drunk?

[@armanx2]

You play very nice even though probably you as experienced keyboard player don't enjoy very much this instrument I really did enjoy your playing , thx a lot

[@kahp2332]

After this Video i ordered the sx900

[@danbrown63]

I want to get an SX900, but I am sure if I did, Yamaha would come out with the new model. Something is going on with it being not sold at Sweetwater, for example. I feel like if I can just hold on, I can either splurge for the new one, or hopefully pick up the 900 for a great price when the market gets flooded by those getting the new keyboard.

[@bruceross9521]

Here, you buy an Sx900 for $4500 and an AKX10 for $999.00.. I can live with the quality difference, only just but...

[@agst2006]

The sounds seem so compressed. I do not know if this is my headphone problems ...

[@joemysterymusic]

Well, I owned the Medeli AKX briefly about 2 1/2 years ago. I bought it after playing it in a store but brought it back two weeks later and picked up a Yamaha PSR SX900. There is obviously a big price difference between the two boards and I would not be critical of anyone who opts/opted for the Medeli. For me, however, the absence at that time of any kind of ecosystem for the Medeli convinced me to go with the Yamaha. The learning curve for these instruments is robust and I could not find one significant Medeli instructional video. In retrospect, I might have kept the AKX had Medeli thought to support their board. The fact that nothing was available made me a skeptic on how committed Medeli was to the instrument. If things have improved that would be more of an enticement to own. Thanks for the interesting upload.

[@LeighWilbraham]

It’s a cheap rip off of a Yamaha and sounds awful. There’s NO quality control on styles or voice content - it’s a horrible instrument.

[@joemysterymusic]

@ilbraham Yes Leigh, it is essentially as you say. But it will not be the last time a Chinese company tries to emulate a Yamaha product and misses the mark. They had to cut corners to bring this in at this price point. And lack of an ecosystem was not the only reason I dumped it. It is what it is. Thanks for the review, anyway. It reminds me why I brought it back LOL.

[@TomHaddigan]

Hi Leigh, how does a new owner access the expansion pack? Have Medeli put them online? Thank you for the illuminating KZbin videos.

[@LeighWilbraham]

They are on the medelli website

[@midimanradium1285]

When you said "fire alarm" I laughed out loud and fell off my chair.🤣 I'm also disappointed that there isn't one useful style. I agree that the content is also very important. We are in 2023 come on. An extremely detailed and transparent review.

[@Marcelinio-wg7bs]

You can avoid the pedal noise when you set the piano sound as layer 3 sound (R3)

[@teknisyen7171]

Name of the song played 52:10

[@MegaTubetraveller]

Is it possible to download Yamaha CPF and PPI style packs to AKX10?

[@LeighWilbraham]

No

[@REMONTSAT]

Можете , использовав конвертер .

[@tomasmirga6600]

Yes you can but u will need to convert but first u need ppf pack or yep pack then u can convert sound and style from yamaha to medeli you will need awave studio sotware and grand suite sotware

[@theFrozenOne10]

Should I go for Yamaha dgx670 or this keyboard? I am a little bit confused😅

[@LeighWilbraham]

Yamaha. It sounds 1000% better

[@tcrosslinho5565]

Isn't this the keyboard that Deebach use to run their own samples on?

[@LeighWilbraham]

It is indeed Tony and it's so easy to make your own sounds for it and also to make styles *see the next video - £550 vs Genos at £4500.... slight difference but is the 4000 extra worth the money... that's the big question.

[@tcrosslinho5565]

@@LeighWilbraham Look forward to it.

[@kokopelli314]

Dido's lament EDM 😂

[@ahmedmalik4343]

Hello Leigh, can AKX10 play MP3 files? so if I download a MP3 file on to the keyboard, will I be able to play it? and how does the Bluetooth work in this?

[@bestrickie2]

A few of these accompaniments might be for writing your own milo day etc.

[@leodelosreyes275]

First beat that you play sounds like to me “bang bang” by jessie j

[@benwelchmusic]

That first style you said was unplayable, slow it down a little and it goes with Brittany spears , Toxic. A great song for the staccato violin.

[@LeighWilbraham]

Most of the styles in the keyboard are toxic. It’s a truly horrible instrument for styles.

[@artur13230]

Witam gdzie mogą pobrać dodatki do medeli akx10 To vo jest prezentowane na filmie style songi barwy

[@jonathanlee8942]

550 in the uk, I live in the uk, and cheapest can find is 600 plus,one other thing ,excellent playing.

[@takosan699]

There is one thing I am wondering about. The device has 768 MB sample memory. Can we delete this memory and use it again at any time, or is there a set loading approach like Korg? Let's say I created a large multi-layered piano (for example 500mb) and played the piece. Can I then switch to other sampled instruments immediately?

[@LeighWilbraham]

No. You can make multiple packs - but you would have to load each one which takes about 20 Mins. So essentially this is not a good idea.

[@takosan699]

Thank you..@@LeighWilbraham

[@jorjajorjan3863]

This is a beautiful looking expensive TOY. I have to think seriously about the Yamaha sx700..Thanks for your honest review.

[@gogic37]

Medeli AKX10 Balkan. I think this keyboard have more potencial. The only thing is to have enough knowledge

[@LeighWilbraham]

The knowledge I have js it’s absolute rubbish.

[@gogic37]

​@@LeighWilbraham I wouldn't say you have little knowledge. I see you already know a lot. If I can help you with the most complicated things on the keyboard and Cubase, it's not a problem.

[@antunkatona5674]

Hello! Given what I've just heard, I can only conclude that the Medeli is for those people who have more spare time than money. The styles are really poor. The orchestration is completely wrong, the melodies and rhythms are uninspiring and quite frankly, it isn't worth the effort even at that price point. The arrangements also appear to have been poorly mixed as instruments are unevenly matched in volume and the panning is wrong. Mastering has also been done poorly as the mixes have no energy and sound two-dimensional. Seriously, arrangers from more than 20 years ago sound better than this. It's quintessentially Chinese if you ask me - looks good on paper, but disappoints in practice. It's because hardware can be replicated and it isn't hard to replicate an electronic circuit. Software, on the other hand, is a different matter and it is what makes or breaks a product like this. On the other hand, if one intends to use 3rd party stytles and samples (and one will certainly want to!), it might be a decent instrument. Cheers!

[@jorjajorjan3863]

It is like buying a very expensive and good looking box to put one dollar inside. So awkward instrument.

[@musoman6754]

Hi Leigh I enquired recently when you would review Pt 3 of this keyboard, you have and I am so glad you did. The styles I thought were awful and as you suggested were not aimed at Europe mkt. Your review was spot on and having considered the possible future purchase of this my view is now to give it a miss and will continue to watch your Genos vids. and include buying in my bucket list. Thanks for your efforts and please keep on with the education and appreciation of what these keyboards are capable of. Best.

[@rickanderson212]

😊0 9

[@domingossaude]

I think this pack is good for increasing creativity. Not a repeating stuff. My opinion.

[@LeighWilbraham]

The styles are not good

[@crazymusiclady]

Hi. I just received my Meddle AXK10 and I have my own pedal (you know, the sliver ones that look more like a piano pedal). Every time I use it, the entire unit vibrates inside when my foot lifts off the pedal. It's very distracting and want to ask if yours makes this same noise. (kind of an echo thud). Thank you!

[@LeighWilbraham]

Yes it does. It’s a stupid design and bad instrument

[@crazymusiclady]

I wish so many KZbinrs didn't rave about it. Not one of them mentioned the pedal! I would've never bought it if they just mentioned the pedal noise. @@LeighWilbraham

[@LeighWilbraham]

@@crazymusiclady I have mentioned the pedal noise and has styles on amother video

[@Azt189]

This keyboard has one of the best styles way better than all PSR's but has very bab sounds.

[@LeighWilbraham]

Are you deaf? The styles are terrible.

[@cinepost]

@@LeighWilbrahamLOL!!!

[@nelutunelutu2941]

Bună ziua!prin cablul midi pot conecta korg pa3x cu medeli akx10?vreau sa convertesc styleurile din korg pa3x direct in clapa medeli!mulțumesc anticipat!

[@LeighWilbraham]

You cannot do that

[@leonbarroso]

on summary: voices: very good ; rhythms: very bad

[@LeighWilbraham]

Voices are also very bad

[@rafpekunico48]

player is great ! but che confusione di MEDELI nella composizione degli stili !!!

[@LeighWilbraham]

The styles are terrible.

[@MSoft2024]

100%

[@ANDREWB7360]

HI LEIGH. WATCHED THE VIDEO LAST NIGHT ON THE MEDELI KEYBOARD. I HAVE TO SAY I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOUR OPINION ON IT. ITS RUBBISH. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUSE KEAYBOARDS IN THE PAST AND THEY SOUNDFED FAR BETTER THAN THAT,. I THOUGHT IT WAS AWFULL.

[@LeighWilbraham]

Hi - thanks for your comment. The keyboard itself is very good. They just need to create better styles. The pianos and guitars are very good. Just needs new factory styles for the UK market.

[@paulussantosociwidjaja4781]

Well, cheapo greato is impossible isn't it? got to build special organ gig set up using Genos, PA5X, Ketron Event, 2 Roland PK5. (",)

[@GAZBLIN]

That sounds chuffin' naff

[@LeighWilbraham]

@@GAZBLIN that’s one way of saying it :-)

[@christopherpalsson2380]

The title says the good and the bad but it’s more the bad and the bad