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Certainly a nice looking app, I love the retro MPC styling.
It is a massive shame though that both Akai and Native instruments have such poor i-offerings considering they are big companies with big budgets, large R&D teams and the advantage of being market leaders with years of expertise in the field of drum/beat machines so should know what their customers want, need and expect.
These apps are blown out of the water by the likes of Beatmaker2 and NanoStudio - the latter of which was developed a couple of years ago by a ONE MAN TEAM!!!
Sometimes it feels like the big boys are deliberately holding back on technologies just to prolong their marketing plan over the coming year(s). This feeling goes for their hardware too.
It is a massive shame though that both Akai and Native instruments have such poor i-offerings considering they are big companies with big budgets, large R&D teams and the advantage of being market leaders with years of expertise in the field of drum/beat machines so should know what their customers want, need and expect.
These apps are blown out of the water by the likes of Beatmaker2 and NanoStudio - the latter of which was developed a couple of years ago by a ONE MAN TEAM!!!
Sometimes it feels like the big boys are deliberately holding back on technologies just to prolong their marketing plan over the coming year(s). This feeling goes for their hardware too.
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Stop Lying About this App it
Stop Lying about this app the only thing you're doing is letting people know that you don't know how to use an mpc or any sampler for that matter.
some of you are saying that sample editing on this thing is easy and a breeze, stop lying, you can't even edit the sounds in the library, and you can't edit your own samples after the initial recording of them…. stop lying.!!!!
you cannot export audio from this app without loop tails so that you can correctly import and play the audio in another app………… so stop lying!!!!!!!
this app does not resample internally………… so stop lying !!!!!!!
this app does not automatically chop samples and assign them to the pads…………..so stop lying
and even if you don't care about auto chop like me and have been sampling way longer than auto chop
has existed you still can't edit samples (chop manually) without having to resample the same sample for every single slice. in other words if you sampled a 4 bar break and wanted to slice it up you'd have to sample it 4 times!!!!!! ………………………..so stop Lying !!!!!!!!
this app is not a fully functional mpc as blatantly, and falsely advertised ! …. so ……….JUST STOP LYING !!!!!!!!!!!!
some of you are saying that sample editing on this thing is easy and a breeze, stop lying, you can't even edit the sounds in the library, and you can't edit your own samples after the initial recording of them…. stop lying.!!!!
you cannot export audio from this app without loop tails so that you can correctly import and play the audio in another app………… so stop lying!!!!!!!
this app does not resample internally………… so stop lying !!!!!!!
this app does not automatically chop samples and assign them to the pads…………..so stop lying
and even if you don't care about auto chop like me and have been sampling way longer than auto chop
has existed you still can't edit samples (chop manually) without having to resample the same sample for every single slice. in other words if you sampled a 4 bar break and wanted to slice it up you'd have to sample it 4 times!!!!!! ………………………..so stop Lying !!!!!!!!
this app is not a fully functional mpc as blatantly, and falsely advertised ! …. so ……….JUST STOP LYING !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Like it a lot
No fancy stuff like midi or audiobus but it is fun and immediate
The functions like 16 levels and beat repeat work well..
Keeping it simple means you can get to work on a beat and get it done quick.. Sounds are punchy enough for me.. Recommended beat maker/jam tool
The functions like 16 levels and beat repeat work well..
Keeping it simple means you can get to work on a beat and get it done quick.. Sounds are punchy enough for me.. Recommended beat maker/jam tool
MPC on the move!
Having sold my MPC 1000 a few years back, it feels great to get some of that functionality back. No Midi or Audiobus functionality listed yet, but I expect that'll come in time? The connection to soundcloud is a good idea and you get to hear other beats made with the iMPC.
A bargain at the current price!
A bargain at the current price!
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Almost Perfect....
This is my new favorite drum machine. Hands down. Everything about this is perfect. The sounds, the UI, the price, the functionality (the manual!)....all of it! I am so happy that Akai finally did this! The ONLY thing I would change is that it needs Audiobus....("yes! All the kids scream for AUDIOBUS!") If you are having trouble copying a pattern to another app, look for the clipboard icon (top right hand corner of finished export dialog box) It does integrate very well with Tabletop (which is very nice groovy feature) Also, iTunes is not the best way to move files around, (I am glad that it is an option, but there are better/faster options) I'm pretty sure that Akai is hip to these facts already. I look forwards to the future of this app with joy! Thank you for the great new tool Akai!
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