Akai MPC DRUMSYNTH Review, Pros and Cons // 2.9 update explored (Force got this Drum Synth too)

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[Dewane]

Akai is knocking it out the park this year ..WOW!

[xdeevex]

OMG, I'm so excited! Akai just continues to add value to these awesome boxes.

[lew]

A more than welcome addition, specially considering the number of modulation options, allowing you to change these voices into whatever you need. A spot on review as always.

[tttytddyrckr]

This is a great addition to the MPC range. And it's a free plugin so that is great. I do wish they would make an SDK Available for the plugin platform so that others could build plugins for this range. I am sure there would be a lot of users out there that would love to build instruments for these.

[syrupcore]

Wow. Great addition. I'd love to see a randomizer on those parameter screens.

[VJFranzK]

Great sounding addition! Game changing. (BTW - 5:30 A vertical faders mixer! Want to use that for all track types...)

[Hexspa]

Sounds usable to me. They just released a VST and AAX of this called AIR Drumsynth. Looks like Maschine’s drum synth modules a bit. Great review!

[FuZZbaLLbee]

I like how AKAI makes all the parameters of the plugins editable on the machine it self.

[vooveks]

Just got my One yesterday, hit it with the update and was like ‘whaaat? A whole drum synth? They’re not playing with these updates! But the real joy was discovering how well refined and thought out the sounds are. They’re so _usable_ and high quality. Right up my street, anyway. The Roland emulations are extremely good, in my opinion. A lot of drum synths sound pretty crap, to me, but this thing is hot stuff. Not to mention the FX, which are also spot on. What a machine. As for the cons, +1 for not changing to the drum pad you hit, and also I’ve found it double triggers sometimes, randomly when hitting the pads, only in the drum synth, and not in the sample stuff, which makes me think it’s not the pads. I might be missing something, of course.

[Gainn]

I really hope they add choke groups and mutes soon (you can mute from the mixer section by tapping the number by the SOLO switch, but it's clunky). Those just seem like huge oversights in an otherwise great pluggy.
Maybe use the 'dead' pads above as performance mutes and switchable choke groups with a shift function?

[johnwilmer]

The drum sounds are impossibly good ! That 808 / 909 kick engine is so warm and pure ~Hit the sweep knob and get punch for days. The Complex hi hat engine instant Debrah De Luca

[MrAnselm]

The “cons” are easily updatable this MPC series is coming along well can’t wait for the mk2

[jzno]

I thought we’re getting the hype synth...the Drum synth is well appreciated ofc! I agree with all your mentioned cons, let’s hope to get fixed in the 3.0 update :-)

[AveMcree]

11:25 how about sampling your drumsynth into pads?

[cresshead]

fantastic update and really nice video, thank you!

[damelos]

Outstanding review, as usual. Thanks!

[datentraegerchannel]

Yeah! That's really nice, going to install it right now! Thanks for the video!

[tarasvandevoorde]

you can mute and solo by pressing the channelnumbers in the mixer view. S=for solo.

[thaexception]

I gotta start using that velocity feature and learned some new limitations from this video

[benjaminbrodie]

BRILLIANT REVIEW!!! Wicked drum synth and sonic potential. Very cool instrument and looking forward to using this. Thank you for the wicked reviews. Here's a drink to world peace!!!!