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andypryce · Post by **andypryce** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 1:59 pm

MPC should have stayed as classic MPC. Trying to be like a DAW or touch screen etc killed it for me.
I got the most fun with 3000 and 4000.

Silaris · Post by **Silaris** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:37 am

andypryce wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 1:59 pm MPC should have stayed as classic MPC. Trying to be like a DAW or touch screen etc killed it for me.
I got the most fun with 3000 and 4000.

While I overall agree with this statement, in regards to the DAW direction, users can limit the amount of functionality to take advantage of in a device. However, the touch-screen workflow is definitely a deal breaker for me, and caused me to lose interest in the present MPCs. In addition, I prefer the traditional monochromatic displays on older MPCs, as I find them easier to digest information.

In spite of being tethered to a PC, I actually enjoyed working with the MPC Renaissance when the software did not crash

. I have not used my MPC Renaissance in well over 18 months, as I am mostly working in a DAW-less environment at this time. However, if Akai releases a standalone MPC Renaissance, which I understand will never happen, I will most certainly purchase a unit upon release, but continue to used it in a more old school method.

EnochLight · Post by **EnochLight** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 4:17 am

The touch screen is literally the USP. Welcome to 2020.

EnochLight · Post by **EnochLight** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 12:24 am

EnochLight wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 6:54 pm I really hope the 3.0 update brings a lot of welcome changes, but the things I'm really holding out for aren't really changes to how it fundamentally works. I just want more plugins in standalone (Hype Synth featured on the Force being one; the new Drum Synth teased at NAMM recently is the other), and true disc streaming. That's... pretty much it.

Whether they deliver on that stuff, and deliver before the end of 2020 is anyone's guess. I'm betting 2021 at the earliest, because Akai are notoriously slow.

Well, looks like I was right about it being 2021!

Akai MPC Live 2: coming soon!