MPC TOUCH WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS..

[@magicspiral]

I was one of those guys asking “why can’t they make something that’s stand-alone and a controller?” Well here we are.

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol.

[@avace917]

My current MPC is the Touch. I've been using Reason for 15 years and when the Touch came out, I knew I HAD to have it. It integrates well with Reason. Previously I had a 2000. Was literally like riding a bike

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol..I feel u.

[@joebrewer4529]

Well they should have done and should still do is make these standalone midi controllers. I mean you got a triple threat with a software controller a standalone software plus MIDI controller standalone. Plus a standalone machine. Because I use my live and force for controllers to be honest. I mean who doesn't want to knocked out MIDI controller?

[@DyReckProductions]

@@joebrewer4529 True.

[@avace917]

@@joebrewer4529 to add on the what your saying, they also should've made it battery powered. I'm fine with leaving it at home personally, but others wanted to take it with their laptop and create on the go. I love mine, although I understand why others weren't crazy about it. I've been over the hardware only thing for 15 years now

[@avace917]

@@DyReckProductions be curious how you'd approach Reason.

[@marylewis3311]

I just got one for a 1/4 the price of an MPC One. I love it.

[@DyReckProductions]

Nice!

[@StevenEdward0]

Love this series. Looking forward to one on the Mpc live 2 & Mpc x

[@DyReckProductions]

No doubt.

[@treayed]

When you described the half-in/half-out I died because I know a few people you described!

[@matthewgaines10]

Now you can get a MPC One for the same or less money that can tether or standalone. The times have changed. The Touch was good at the time but I can see why a replacement never was made.

[@LawrinMaxwellsmpc500]

The MPC community like the harley davidson community... Lol facts

[@DyReckProductions]

word.

[@snapfivebeats5754]

I feel this

[@Zoltar78]

I❤️MPC ONE.

[@DyReckProductions]

The MPC ONE is dope.

[@Zoltar78]

@@DyReckProductions Looks like MPC 1000 😉👍I❤️ONE

[@drenolynbeats]

Love your content!

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks fam.

[@jasonwalker3778]

Does anyone knows how to get it to go past the start up screen? I bought one used and it goes black after it's plugged up.

[@dlobeats]

That d16 is where I made my touch screen chops!! 💪🏿💪🏿

[@DyReckProductions]

Word!! that was my first touch screen..It had a noisy hard drive though..but I still use it for vocals today..It has nice preset effects.

[@lucianaruffin4130]

Now my screen is black on the Touch, but my pads are working, any advice?

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh wow..Might have to hit the forums.

[@Loco499loco]

Same problem. Fuck akai for this problem. It’s can not be that so many people have this problem…

[@nym053]

Okay, visually I like how the Touch looks from the sides (except for the red color) compared to the never MPC's.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Well a high number of MPC users use there MPC X, One or Live with the Akai DAW anyway so Its no different apart from costing up to 10x the price of a Touch.

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel you.

[@joebrewer4529]

I'll do respect to the standalone you got to give him props on the MPC touch. I assume they did that prior to doing the standalone to make sure they had it refined. Which was a good developmental idea.

[@DyReckProductions]

Yup.

[@mathuraw__]

Do a video on the yamaha su 700

[@DyReckProductions]

No doubt fam.

[@phatplates]

Lmao I had one of those. Dope machine only problem was it took several disks to save and load a beat

[@bradentroy1]

Yup, that pretty much summed it up. Hahaha Just a quick cash cow. Dope touch screen & the red back plate was nice but soon as the hybrid/battery powered LIVE dropped it was goodbye Touch…. I don’t think I’ve EVER seen ANY product come and leave so quickly… lmbo

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol dang!

[@arifmemovic3383]

The MPC touch was promising but there are so many issues. I finally got it to work with an m1 MacBook Air and it is insanely buggy to the point of being unusable.

[@SeniorBMafia]

how did you get the screen to work im on a m1 and it wont work

[@OsheaDennis]

@@SeniorBMafiathat’s what I’m trying to figure out

[@teabreakbeats]

I hate my MPC Live touchscreen! still got the box in the closet all nice for eBay but still haven't had the heart to let it go just yet!

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol.

[@natanmandala]

People be really hating on the Beat Thang though. I still want to get one of those, and I probably will get one for cheap when I get the money. The sounds on that thing are really good to my ears, and I won't be using it for anything other than the stand alone way, so I won't have to worry too much about it crashing out while trying to load samples and other things that put strain on the software and the unit itself. The only problems that I heard was from people that we're sampling into it and trying to do too much with it at once...SBN RESONATE

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok I feel you..If you can get it for a good price..I would go for it.

[@avace917]

It's like the Touch and the Studio combined

[@steezgawdextraswa6906]

i found one for 300€. im looking forward to buying one

[@dracorex280]

Damn I missed out on this machine! Glad the MPC One was created tho!

[@Skedoosh99]

Debating if I should buy my daughter either an mpc touch or studio black as her first mpc. Which should I get her?

[@DyReckProductions]

The MPC Touch would probably be more fun..The studio does come with alot of cool plugins though..The studio gives you like a whole production center worth of software..But the workflow of swiping your fingers on the Touch would be more fun.

[@Skedoosh99]

@@DyReckProductions thank you!!!! Appreciate the perspective

[@DyReckProductions]

@@Skedoosh99 Np.

[@philtyrich1]

Are you gonna do an Episode on OPENLAB's

[@titanjake8640]

You mean the company that created the Miko and Neeko??????? That would be nice. I have one with outdated software in the huge carrying case. Lolol

[@philtyrich1]

@@titanjake8640 Yup that company nobody talks about them and timberland and teddy riley had deals with them at there height .

[@titanjake8640]

@@philtyrich1the idea was genius. They should have kept it going

[@philtyrich1]

@@titanjake8640 yeah it was an amazing company

[@DyReckProductions]

Your right .Teddy Riley was pushing them hard..It was a cool concept.

[@ramsey4630]

I just bought another 1 😊. I cant ses making music off the computer. Having the big screen and more power and vsts .

[@DyReckProductions]

The Touch was cool!

[@telumatramenti7250]

I totally appreciate the idea because I know from experience that no matter how good your standalone groovebox is, it's no match for the power and versatility of a computer based DAW drum machines/samplers/grooveboxes. And I was (and still is) one of those guys that "got tired of computers and wanted standalone hardware". At least as far as it came to MELODY synths, I was, because I really appreciate the sound of analog synths. But when it came to rhythm - it's like no standalone could possibly satisfy me. I needed something far more powerful and versatile, but with a hardware interface, and this here was probably one of the best such devices. When you get a spontaneous idea to record something you just heard online and use it as a sample, you aren't going to wait until it's recorded, converted to .wav format, put on an SD card and then imported into your standalone. You want it right there and then. Waiting until your idea materialises really stifles creativity, and paradoxically - the very same thing that made me opt for hardware when it came to melody is what made me opt for comprehensive hardware to DAW interfaces, not sure if this makes sense, but there it is.

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel you..It was quick and to the point..Trust me if your a working musician.. that's really important.

[@smobstar]

I need everyone to tell me how they got the damn screen on!!! mine won't connect at all to my computer and its frustrating

[@DyReckProductions]

Dang!

[@TrunxKraft3000]

@@DyReckProductions 😂😂😂 you and these one word responses

[@bamirelamin56]

Mpc is life in my workflow…had mpc2000classic,mpc1000,mpc2500,mpc studio one and mpc touch…still own mpc2000 classic mpc studio1 and mpc touch….but can only use mpc studio and mpc touch on my studio computer…fixin to buy a dam maschine to use wit my m1 max 🤦🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️

[@DyReckProductions]

Nice!

[@Benxito808]

Can you use this mpc without a pc? Or is just a controller for a daw?

[@DyReckProductions]

It can use the MPC software but its a controller..Its not stand alone.

[@rolandboss9045]

Mpc touch +Mpc beats software should be a good match

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel u..Maybe.

[@edwinragland2883]

Wish they would came out with MPC One first. I have the MPC X but like the MPC One far more.

[@bigtony7807]

2021 Mpc Touch + m1 mac book pro = superfast production studio on the go

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok cool.

[@MrSpizzone1]

these are dope I love these

[@DyReckProductions]

thanks fam.

[@jadethepusher]

I love this channel

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol thanks bro.

[@jadethepusher]

@@DyReckProductions this some real niche humor

[@DyReckProductions]

@@jadethepusher Lol. Yup.

[@natanmandala]

It has always been hardware synth/drum machines, the less is more approach with me, and will probably always be. Being on a laptop with a mouse is dreadful. Stand alone and from scratch producing is the only way for me...SBN RESONATE

[@DyReckProductions]

Every now and then I need to step away from the computer also..too much of the daw stuff gets a lil boring.

[@kellcoleStyleEnt]

I just follow you bro good video

[@vazfinestdjchozin1599]

Following trends at the time... The LIVE 2 is the new standard for producers now.

[@DyReckProductions]

Its up there.

[@atetraxx]

Which is exactly like the touch but standalone

[@seankehil6734]

yeah but live is 1200 if you cant afford it Touch would be the logical choice being it goes from 300 to 600 you can get a new one for 400 now.

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok.

[@opentroor3900]

this series is amazing and did you make that background instrumental? it's just as good as the video good work.

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol Yeah I made it.. Thanks fam I appreciate it.

[@187onasimp]

Only reason I never liked the live is because it's lives inside the MPC Touch and I hated the way that thing looked. That was another thing about the Touch that was off putting is that it didn't look or feel like an MPC. This is the one thing Akai got right when they dropped the ONE. They made it look and feel like an MPC. I had a Toraiz SP-16 let me just say that it was the dopest most inspiring gear I ever used. Dave Smith filter on that was a beast. The Roland TR8 styled sequencer built into it was amazing. Song mode was cool. The touch screen features were dope. Sound management was annoying...but the killer of it is that you're stuck with only being able to do 4/4 beats loops. It's basically a looper. You can make 64 step patterns but not like you think you would where you can make an interesting drum track. No this thing is designed for DJ's and Clubs so it's really streamlined to just doing 4/4 dance beats. It's really more like 16 steps with the option of doing 3 other variations of the same sequence. The SP-16 more or less coaches you to using the pads to make your song more intricate like muting out parts of a sequences, applying the filter etc. They even recommend just sampling your entire pattern to a pad so you can queue your beat by striking a pad and launching it that way to do remixes. It is really dope and fun to play with but it's more of a DJ beat making device than an MPC like machine and that is what makes it fun in it's own right. I still miss mine but I got rid of it because I was looking for a newer MPC and it just didn't have the MPC like features for beat making.

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel u..the Toraiz seems like it was made more for live performances..which in a way is actually cool it kinda gives it personality. But if your trying to program a beat in your studio your definitely gonna want more features geared towards production.

[@rashodlewis2918]

@@DyReckProductions I purchased the SP-16 a couple months ago. I’m starting to get into it but still having difficulty. I purchased the MPC ONE last year I like using it to chop. Maybe I’ll use the SP-16 for the loops.

[@rashodlewis2918]

I have a SP-16. I bought it even though the reviews wasn’t the best. I’m still learning the machine. I’m going to take you advice and use it more for my loops.

[@thelabby9998]

The pioneers (toraiz and DJs1000) were the answer from Pioneer to Traktor Remix decks/Maschine but for the money they ask... no way! Now they are starting to arise at 800 euros at second hand market but maybe is they are planning to release an mk2? Pioneer top gear has loooong renovation cycles but maybe that's changing too.... who knows? who cares? xD Meanwhile the Russian guy is developing an SP800 diy... instagram.com/p/CH8cpWwg2-i/? instagram.com/tv/CDef6DNgTXD/?

[@seanjohnson7367]

people are way too hung up on how the Touch/Live look. I think they look great, but they're different than the traditional MPC. What I can't understand is why someone would prefer the One over the live. Why would you sacrifice true portability and better pads for a square shape?

[@boomboombaby9140]

A surface pro with MPC SOFTWARE is better than the MPC touch , it’s compact and powerful you can use the pads on the touchscreen or hook up a midi keyboard 🤯🤯 bro it’s like a mini MPC live 2 . I don’t know why people don’t make videos of it .

[@DyReckProductions]

Reminded me.I have to fix my sisters Surface pro had it for almost a year Lol!!..Ima get to it..And your right they are pretty powerful.

[@titanjake8640]

The software to mirror the screens suckkkkkk. I do not use mine at all. It is nice as heck for what it was but man. It is in the box and has been since I bought it

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol.

[@edwinragland2883]

The MPC RENAISSANCE is the best controller. Akai didn't need to make the touch.

[@gobowwoewow3752]

Better than mpc x?

[@pushsantana]

I sold mine for 500 on reverb no box and got the live ...lol (last piece of gear I sold the guy was a pain in the ass)

[@DyReckProductions]

lol Lucky you.

[@Loco499loco]

I hate the touch. I had this and it makes now to much problems with screen on Mac OS / big sure. Akai did not support more the mpc touch

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh wow.

[@MichaelBLevi]

You're absolutely killing it with this series. S U B S C R I B E D 🤖

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks fam.

[@ChrisMaverick34]

How about a mpc Touch 2 could be so much, much more slim like a studio... would be dope with a laptop..... As a controller the live works with the computer better than the touch did. The touch would have driver update issues and then it would be a paper weight. That’s the frustrating thing about the touch. If the computer goes down its trash, and it’s hard to justify spending 800 bones on a paper weight. The studio was dope because it was so thin. I think the Technology is out to create the studio/live akai mpc. Which will be a stand-alone with the touch screen and a very much more slim form factory like a iPad or a mpc studio. Of coarse we need break out cables like an apogee duet. The technology is there. It’s coming. Akai has implemented many of my ideas 💡 by chance idk? But I did send the ideas to them. Mpc Studio/LIVE is the next generation Functionality of the LIVE in a slim modern form factor ✌🏼

[@DyReckProductions]

Alot of folks love the MPC Studio..It was a pretty slick controller..They really did their thing with the design.

[@therealliveguy]

i made some really dope shit on that Touch.

[@DyReckProductions]

Nice..

[@DoctoriusJ]

Funny but I have the Pioneer Toraiz and it’s better than the MPC Touch or Live but not as good as the MPC X. The Mashine+ is probably the best of both world’s with features, feel, and software all combined.

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok no doubt.

[@thelabby9998]

This was released after the Mpc Fly and Ren where Akai people didn't wanted to develop full Mpc app inside iOS (retronyms are one of the most hated devs on the platform for things the did) even when the touch experience was behind the simplest app in iPad. It's related once again with business management and revenue flows of course... the developer from the Ren software entered the iOS platform with an amazing djing app with remix deck-like banks etc... and finally got hired by Apple (AFAIR). About Pioneer Toraiz (and Djs1000) oh boy... that was what I was expecting from Roland as replacement for the Sp555 but it wasn't until they released the Mc707 that something similar was on their catalogue... Pioneers half backed (the first product after being flooded by equity firm money investment and also the first product released with bugs and missing features... check the time, again corps business plans hitting the development) and Mc707 overpriced with a small screen (well almost has screen not like the sp...) etc etc... Now with the Mv1 almost they are integrating with StagelightakaZenbeatsakaNEKO OS looooooool It's fun (well, sad it's sad...) how people doesn't follow the traces of hardware/software so didn't figure it out wah had happened waaaaaas ;)

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol I feel u..I kinda like the 707 its sound manipulation capabilities are crazy!..not really feeling the MV-1 though.

[@thelabby9998]

@@DyReckProductions Let's see the zenbeats integration and updates around 2025 looool

[@MrSpizzone1]

mpclife 60II,2000,2000xl,live

[@DyReckProductions]

Ok..I feel u.

[@JEFFMAN90]

The MPC One has replaced the MPC Touch in my opinion

[@DyReckProductions]

Maybe..Im feeling the touch.

[@Ashad2012]

The "Touchscreen" everybody knew......................the Korg Triton. The standalone MPCs should have been given a faster processor, stronger video aspect and the ability to host VSTs. Then it would be able to at least compete with running the MPC software on a computer. Hosting VSTs in the MPC is like sex, once you done it there's no going back.

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol

[@c4n0]

lmao people getting tired of daws, yeah u can make loops with an mpc but i would love to see a complete 12 mics drum recording with a pianist and a coupple vocals totalling 40+ audio channels being handled without a daw+computer, thats producing, the rest is kids with toys

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol!

[@alfreddawson3765]

I want a "what had happened was" Ensoniq Fizmo lol

[@DyReckProductions]

Lmao! The Fizmo Baby! No doubt!

[@oddlyonlyjack9560]

I didn't even know that this thing existed lol

[@BIGDAVEMUZIK]

Worst investment

[@DyReckProductions]

Lmao.

[@BIGDAVEMUZIK]

@@DyReckProductions But I still Use it #MPCTOUCHGANG

[@DyReckProductions]

@@BIGDAVEMUZIK Oh ok no doubt..Some times its like that if its convenient.

[@jessecreature8035]

the TOUCH SCREEN is bad. That's the real reason. Lots of people didnt mind carrying their laptop still. The Studio Black was the rage too. So pretty much the selling point, the TOUCH SCREEN, had to be upgraded via 3rd party. Glad Akai fixed the screens in future products like the Live, X and One

[@88mokeyz8k]

I'm not selling mind...... MPCT, I'm just not into standalone whatever and my PC

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel u.

[@Broyale26]

Nukai made it....and they fucked it up.

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol.

[@ushnicyuvnikof2748]

This was a turd and so are the live and live ii, people just haven't realised yet.

[@JEFFMAN90]

Wrong