AKAI Pro MPC Key 37
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- KVRAF
- 11228 posts since 2 Dec, 2004 from North Wales
Not the small battery powered one everyone was looking for! Maybe useful if you have limited desk space- but there are so many cheap MPCs going you cam just plug a USB keyboard into...
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- KVRAF
- 6252 posts since 15 Aug, 2003 from seattle
I think if you're a traveling musician it might be a choice. The Issue is that the MPC Live II competes with it directly for this area. I bought the Live II, because it eliminates the need for monitors to show people things while on the road, which this thing doesn't, yet it eliminates the need for a 37 key controller, So each solve one of the two main issues with traveling and a lot of their user base might have already bought a Live II.
[clarification, I'm not saying you can mix with the Live II's built in speakers but you can show someone what you're working on and take off your headphones every once in a while.]
[clarification, I'm not saying you can mix with the Live II's built in speakers but you can show someone what you're working on and take off your headphones every once in a while.]
- KVRAF
- 10373 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
I still think the original MPC Live version 1 is the best for traveling. It's kind of the perfect size in my opinion. Substantial enough to feel like a solid instrument/workstation and enough connections for it to be a centerpiece of a larger portable setup.
I'm still using my MPC Live as my summer vacation music box and I use the original iRig keys as the keyboard. Perfect little setup that fits in a basic backpack. If I feel like I'm going to record stuff, then I also bring my RME Babyface Pro + xlr cable + Shure SM58 with me as it can work as the audiointerface for the MPC.
I'm still using my MPC Live as my summer vacation music box and I use the original iRig keys as the keyboard. Perfect little setup that fits in a basic backpack. If I feel like I'm going to record stuff, then I also bring my RME Babyface Pro + xlr cable + Shure SM58 with me as it can work as the audiointerface for the MPC.
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