AKAI Professional MPC Live II – Professional Battery Powered Drum Machine and Sampler

Just hit it,YeahGive it to youJust feel itNow or never pick it upWow wow

Pros:Se siente pesado, de calidadMuchas salidas y entradasLos botones y perillas de buena calidadLa pantalla de 7” mas que buenaLas bocinas son buenas, más no excelentesLa portabilidad y duración de batería es buenaCons:Problemas con los PADS hacen double o triple trigger, aún cuando ya se había optado por diferentes configuraciones de sensibilidad, threshold y curva del pad, ni la mas alta sirvió para mitigar el problemaCaroLos botones ya no dan ese sentimiento de click como otros MPCWorkflow sumamente complicado, aún viniendo de otro MPC como el 509La UI/UX es fea, optaron por usar Java con ese color negro, rojo y verdeStems no son stand-alone, se tienen que comprar por aparte e instalarlos por una computadora a través del software de MPCConclusión:Si piensas en comprarte este, mejor ahórrate dinero y opta por el MPC One o One Plus. Hay otras opciones como el Elektron o Roland SP 404 MK2.En mi caso termine haciendo devolución por el problema con los PADS, era insostenible un workflow con este problema.

This device does everything. It can be a portable DAW that can control and record your entire studio, or it can do it all itself. It has full song making capabilities where you can create midi sequences or audio loops and that can be saved as songs. You can create entire drum kits for the pads (or use the hundreds already included for free!) and make your own beats and sample your old records or songs from an ipod through it's inputs. You can fill it full of your own samples if you want, and even warp them into stepped synths or slow and time warp them. It recognizes every MIDI USB device I plug into it instantly AND it can power those MIDI USB devices from its own powered USB ports. Even when it's running on it's own batteries! No joke, you can chain as many USB powered devices and you want on this thing and the battery will power them all (At the cost of runtime!). Got a keystep? Plug it into the USB and it just works.The speakers are actually really nice and the battery life is about 6 hours on the dot. The overall feel is it's quite heavy and solid. It's all metal and it shows. The touch screen is actually very cool and you can do most everything via button combos as well.For inputting music, it's really geared for beats and samples above all else. The standard step sequencer is nice and easy to use and you'll have drum loops going easy. The grid mode/key roll is a bit harder to use. It's where the touch based screen isn't as precise, so if you want to put a C# note on step 6 you'll likely place it on D and have to select and move it down. It's easier to simply live record your melodies. If you want to do ARPs and such, it has all that built in. It has hundreds of different modes and you select your scale (like major, minor, pentatonic, etc) and then if you want to play chord (It has 64 sound polyphony) arps or single note arps.It has about 50+ built in FX like reverb, compressor, ducker, chorus, etc.It really can do everything. Plus it can sit on your lap on the couch. For what you get, the cost is amazingly cheap, IMO. There is a reason so many people are picking these newer MPCs up like crazy.

I came from rack-mount samplers. So the MPC is a steep initial learning curve if you’re new to pads, like me. But learning is made easier because it's an instrument that you will want to pick up and use. It’s tactile. There is a gorgeous rubberised coating across the top of the MPC, which means it’s not cold to the touch. Great design. The speaker is good too, with excellent punch.The benefit of this instrument is it’s very flexible. Can be part of a small studio set-up, can match with a DAW, can stand alone, can be used as a sketch pad or for serious work, and if you’re a working producer it can travel with you. It’s got heft, but still portable.When you buy one, just one tip for the impatient user: closely follow the battery charging protocol for first use and give it a long life. Read the basic instructions. Then get MPC Bible if you need (and wait till MPC3 software version if you can hold on).I would ideally like to see Roger Linn's signature on MPCs - even if it’s just for Special Editions - and his contribution. His name not being on the front plate is the one thing that disappoints at this price point. But in every other way, it’s well designed and made. I have no buyer's remorse, and would recommend this instrument from Akai.

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