Akai MPC Key 61 - thoughts?

[Andrew Tarpinian]

I wouldn’t really call it a workstation, it’s an mpc live with a keyboard slapped on. Workstations like the the Yamahas will give you a way better synthesizer I think. This will give you an modern MPC (which is great and has plenty of synth aspects) with keys. 

I just ordered a Tascam model 16, and plan to use it as an audio interface for the MPC live. Which is kinda mind blowing - individual audio channels in and out of the akai with other instruments, and the ability to record multitrack audio and a stereo mixdown on the mixer to an sd. 

I really wish they would let you record post fader but no mixer like this does that. My korg does it but there is no digital multitrack. 

> On Jun 26, 2022, at 7:57 AM, Jay Vaughan <ibisum at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi !
>> You may find an alternative with a second hand From Novation :) 
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> Couldn’t quite spot the Novation workstation with the KEYS 61 feature set .. 
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> I have to admit to wanting to check out the Yamaha MODX8 or Montage or something, but the Akai-heads in the group have their veto because of the pads (and pre-existing massive sample archive on his existing MPC) ..  
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> So, in the meantime, we already put ourself in the order queue for a KEYS 61.  :P
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> I guess I’ll be getting familiar with it in a week or so.
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> j.
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> Jay Vaughan
> ibisum at gmail.com
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