MPC 5000!!

[Dor]

Akai Professional

[mix-it-well]

Yeahh goddamnit yeaah!

[Klotzi]

WOW... but this sounds expansive

[mix-it-well]

I think they can hardly charge more than 2000$ for it.
I guess it's 1800$ street.

[DowntownScience]

Perfect! Akai looks back in full-effect. Although no hopes up until this thing gets some thorough play. It definitely looks like the MPC that should have been though.

EDIT: http://www.dv247.com/news/Akai%20MPC...%20News/131630

Don't know if it helps the US katz, but DV in the UK suspects the MSRP to be: £1399

[Dor]

I'm guessing it's still 16 bit since they aren't pointing out 24 bit capabilities. I guess USB 2 is an improvement. I was hoping there would be 16 to 24 outs via firewire. Not sure how useful 8 track recording to disk will be when most users are going out to a DAW.

D

[Darm]

Can't wait!

[Shobiz]

I sit hear and complain that for the last 4 years, I can't get my MPC4k & MotifES to work together with the arppeggio. This is all I need. Sweet !!

[azrael kennedy]

looks nice, i wonder how much it's gonna be though. Plus it's Akai, so it'll be pushed back to shit.

[Justice]

So are you guys and or gals feelin this or not?

i kinda like it...

[DaKid]

[jikky]

Oh my dam I'm lusting....

[cynic one]

20-voice, 3-oscillator analog synthesizer with arpeggiator

Uhhhhhhhh.....wtf??? Am I the only one that finds this odd?

[azrael kennedy]

Originally Posted by cynic

Uhhhhhhhh.....wtf??? Am I the only one that finds this odd?

no but atleast it'll make for easier/custom 808's =P

[Nahuel]

looks nice but they did not mention any vst editor (like the virus or the motif), for me it's mo important than a built in 8 tracks recorder or virtual analog synth. I wish they release that kind of editor for the 2500, even if audio keep comin from mpc outputs.I would buy myself a 2500.

[kingofswing]

Looks cool

I would sell my 2500 for this without a blink.

But my MPC 4K and 2000XL are here to stay. The 4K sound is not in any of the newer MPC's since 2002, and this 5000 is sure to have the same sound chip as the 2500.

The 5000 screen looks cool, nice layout, mpc 5000 logo in classic format, 10 outs, adat, usb2, and same 960 reso as my 4K (sold) - great!!!

[Dor]

Yeah, it's a solid upgrade from the 2500 but I wouldn't trade my 4k for one.

D

[ignatius]

they added some nice features to the work flow w/extra knobs and stuff but it's LAME that they ditched the Z-series sampling engine. being able to use true multi sampled instruments is what makes the 4000 so appealing.

[PhonoquO]

Is it me or is this way too late. it reminds me of a roland groovebox. i won't fully judge it till i've tried it, but i doubt this machine has the character and sound of the classics. if it's made in china, that's even more worrysome.

[Dante310]

no way i'd give up my 4k for this thing they completely downgraded it as a sampler. 4k can have 512 of ram, this thing only 192. 4k has 6 banks of pads, this only has 4?! chop shop and the synth do look kinda cool but not necessary. not to mention apparently it's going to be 3,000 or more once it does come out..

honestly this thing is kind of a sad response to the mv8000 series. it looks like the big selling point here is the direct to disk recording and master bus eq/compressor for that do it all without a d.a.w. crowd, but i don't know.

also did anyone notice this odd line in the product page: The MPC5000 is the first MPC ever to include 8-track streaming hard disk recording, a 20-voice, 3-oscillator analog synthesizer with arpeggiator, a new sequencing engine with 960 ppq resolution,.

The 4k already had a 960 ppq sequencer so what does new sequencing engine mean? That's not necessarily a good thing, i guess it will be interesting to hear how this thing swings once it is out.

[kingofswing]

Originally Posted by PhonoquO

Is it me or is this way too late. it reminds me of a roland groovebox. i won't fully judge it till i've tried it, but i doubt this machine has the character and sound of the classics. if it's made in china, that's even more worrysome.

I don't think the China thing really matters to be honest, since the 2000/XL, the 4000 and all the new MPC's since were and still are all made in China/Taiwan anyway.

And i don't think Akai ever claimed that the newer units have the same classic sound as the older units, but rather impart the feel of the classic units, which is all subjective anyway.

There you go.

[Shobiz]

Originally Posted by Shobiz

I sit hear and complain that for the last 4 years, I can't get my MPC4k & MotifES to work together with the arppeggio. This is all I need. Sweet !!

After thinking about it, this isn't really an upgrade from a 4000. Maybe I wont get it.

[ignatius]

Originally Posted by Dante310

honestly this thing is kind of a sad response to the mv8000 series. it looks like the big selling point here is the direct to disk recording

that was my first thought too. i like the way the q-link stuff is set up and how they are automatically linked to the parameters on the screen (like the elektron stuff) but losing the Z series sampling engine was just dumb.

[lockdown]

Originally Posted by mix-it-well

I think they can hardly charge more than 2000$ for it.
I guess it's 1800$ street.

one site said MSRP of $3,499

[.Powell.]

Basically it's AKAI's version of the MV8800

[terrytee]

Analogue synth ??????, am i the only one who thinks that this is an challenge to the new dave smith Roger lin thing.

Got to be honest i wont be getting one, i never got a 2500 and went backwards from the 2000 too the 3000, 3K suits me down to the ground for beat patterns, getting a new one would just complicate matters IMO

[Darm]

It's not analog
"The MPC5000's virtual analog synth eliminates need for external analog synth modules or buggy software based synthesizers."

[terrytee]

Originally Posted by Darm

It's not analog
"The MPC5000's virtual analog synth eliminates need for external analog synth modules or buggy software based synthesizers."

analog or virtual it still seems like a "well we can do that" dfegad

[Black Animal]

looks like an uglier version of my 2500. no thanks

[Ash Holmz]

wow .. im keepin my 4k ... as im reading this there is almost nothing that would even make make me somewhat consider getting this ... i already have keyboard and racks synths, and i record to my computer .. as most producers already do .. i even think the 4k looks cooler ... im not seeing the value in this piece... im no economist but i dont see this box moving too many units.. theres not much there to offer .. like someone else said, looks like a bad attempt to clone an mv ... esp if its 16 bit thats just sad ill stick with my 24bits and 512 ram on my 4k thank you.

if anything i would like to see them incorporate some type of recycle like program into the mpc to make chopping more quick and efficient... currently i transfer my samples into recycle, chop them there cuz its quicker and easier, then transfer them back in through akai sys... people use mps to sample,chop and sequence, the latter is what they do best ..... they should have focused their energy on further increasing the capabilities in those 3 areas... **** a synth ..