There is some truth in what he says but Im not buying into bein pissed at an industry.Be pissed @ OUR people for trashin OUR ethics.We always fliped these pieces of gear the way we needed to. Non of these companies including Akai has a thing to do with the wack music being made!! The producers make the tracks the companies make the equipment. The culture has nothing to do with a biz plan. A biz plan has nothin to do with the culture. Biz makes money but environment & emotion makes culture.
I dont agree with everything you said but you made a whoooooole lot of good point. Every body needs to watch this. Its like the stat of hip hop in 2012. Post more of your opinions homie.
Dude...business and the carrot in front of the horse in manufacturing, promoting, and selling products is and has always been the way of capitalism. "The American way" the state of black music period, whether hip hop or r and b, is a result of our desire for fame and fortune. We will conform to anything that will sell or get the attention of the major labels. These so called producers nowadays rely on these products because they have no musical background whatsoever and akai, NI, etc understand
The whole industry has fucked us !! Thats the point. I've been waiting for this forever. This is the staple. If you own or ever have owned an Mpc, you would know what this shit is capable of. lol. And what are you doing with out a computer today ? Not nothing !! So why you need a stand alone unit. A lap top and the renesssiance is all your ever gonna need again. I feel like your story is all over the place man. Im a save my money... $1,299. Shout out to Akai and Propellerhead. -ROB CA$H
Yeah but dude, they all mess with us. The cynical promotion of gear from software and hardware these days is a sham. Its the same in the electronica genre. BUy this! and only then you will make it. Its al a lie and its making all the new guys who come in to making music total cheese mongers who make plastic music with no meaning or depth whatsoever
If you can see a better product for your art in your mind, then you can build it. Venture capital, code programmers, and electrical engineers are at everyones finger tips. What is the true reason for your complaint? Van Gogh made his colors, Jimi Hendrix re-strung his guitar for his left hand, Bob Marley recorded the greatest songs w/ relatively inexpensive mics and guitars and Moog made machines for his own sound. Give thanks for all the choices of gear and means to distribute your music.
Most users nowadays don't need a fully blown MPC, they just want the sound and the feel. Most of us are using computers so just hook the two up and you have an MPC without all the expense. Not sure why you are griping about the industry when this should just be about the MPC. Two different issues.
im glad you said that man. I make my beats on an mpc500 midi into a proteus 2000 sound module running through a mixer. Its still the best way to make beats. FUCK ALL THIS BULLSHIT MUSIC THAT THEY CALL RAP AND HIP HOP IN TODAYS WORLD. you dont need a screen or a mouse to record true rap. Use a Multitrack mixer/ mpc beat/ and a dynamic mic turned up loud cus if you still do real rap it wont matter how expensive and pretty your shit sounds, it wont blow up anyway in this faggot ass rap world.
You got me pissed homie!!! Not at you but because you speak the truth!!! I work in a GC and for the last 3 years I have been seeing those "hip hop" products come and go. The put hip hop in the name and it sells for a while, until folks start talking about how garbage it is. I love and have Maschine, but it has been out for 3 years and NI STILL got folks hanging waiting for common features - timestretch!!!
I agree with you my boy!! If you never digged in the crates to make beat, Don't call ur self a "Producer" ur just a beat maker.. There's a difference "But I stiil luv my MPC2500"
You called it, If it was a true MPC with the ability to interface directly with the computer like Maschine, it would be game over. MPC users value the stand alone hardware & with computer integration it would have truly separated it from the competition. MPC used to stand for "Media Production Center." This new unit is defined as "Media Production Controller." I am not against the evolution of products, but the MPC-R and what we have come to know as the MPC are very different things.
I have to disagree with the point of view that the companies are taking advantage of the hood, I was born in the 70's and i 've seen the mis use of black power over and over. For us to be as smart as we are, we have no excuse on falling for stupid mind games that america threw at us, thats bullshit.
The majority of blacks decided that they would live as consumers instead of innovators during my time. instead of learning math and electronics, we praised japenese made products, instead making our own shoes we made jordan and gucci rich. Never would we find any joy in having less in order to create a company of our own unless it was a drug company, and then we would say "oh I grew up hard, I had to sell drugs, i won and made it into a record company, black hyprocrites"
We have had plenty of chances to get our shit together, but we want gold and easy bitches instead. And even as I speak we are not taking advantage of our choices instead we still wearing fuckin' jordans and any other fashion that says I'm the shit for awhile. We will watch the football game faithfully but will not design nothing that we like and we even have the power to start our own radio stations, grocery stores , sport teams, and even grow our own cotton, but negas don't wont shit but drama,
I live in Detroit murder cap, and I'll tell you this, I can't blame shit on a companie that advatage of a gap where the black man wasn't gone make shit anyway.
We could have our own , but we strung out on everyone else shit. Lets be real with it.
@sunahura I agree very much with you. I can only imagine the complexity of the issue because where I come lack the stigma of racism. Furthermore, I find that racism here in the U.S. continues because of that drama, from all sides... I've heard a dude at a bar denigrating blacks and I condemned it. Alas, there was a moment when I bought two apple pies at Popeye's, and when I reached out to a black bum to give one to him, he was racist towards me by first ignoring & then rejecting it with curses.
@sunahura Continuing on the anecdote, this was the first time I experienced something like that, I could correlate the racism because another black customer had bought him some chicken. Our intentions were the same, but the response was different. I reckon that to be either hypocrisy or plain racism.
@xniquilador I'm just tired of excuses for any race, life is hell and unfair, and if my race or any other race can't cut the mustard , step up. We all just need to understand if you want something make it happen. Stop blaming shit on THEY, and become THEM.
Sold my MPC 2000xl. Got the same beats by using FL studio and blow cats away in beat battles who using all these Tritons, MPC and Protools. You have to have that hear and creativity. 9th Wonder is a prime explain. People clowned him for using FL studio and that turned into a record with Jayz. Yea so many think you have to have protools and everything else to make good music.
Computers have only recently become cheap/stable enough to run these applications live. An mpc 2500 has it's own built in computer, audio card, etc. That's why that shit is SO much more expensive. Your complaint is ego centric... Look at it from a newbs perspective... They can now jump into the game at half price and have expandable features all on the same computer their parents bought them to do homework on. You got this shit backwards.
For all you "purists" out there, no one is stopping you from picking up an old 2000xl and making beats. You don't have to worry about new technology if you don't want to, why bother yourself on how others make music if you still have your way? You can keep your formulas and keep making the same beats over and over again, or you can evolve and better yourself with knowledge, skills, experience and technology
I don't think it needs to be separate hardware. might as well have been, for 1300 dollars. But take maschine for instance, I got mine for 500 dollars. I personally do everything on the computer/laptop, so why would I wanna pay an extra 1000-2000 dollars to have another computer inside my drum machine? the days have bare hardware in this realm have passed, which is why companies aren't making that move anymore. P.S. This is coming from an mpc2000xl owner. Rather put money towards some more ram.
@empowermph you'd be surprised, I know for a fact Ni reps watch these vids, I can't speak for akai. I partially agree on the record sales, but records are still selling(not nearly as much), just that touring is where all the money is at now
Not to knock you, or your point about the industry and the foul state that it is in, I feel you on that. But the MPD32 behind you, at some point in the past, was the new "hot piece". Same as the MPC Ren is now. Yet you tie the fact that the Ren is not an "Everything in one" machine to the foulness of the industry. Would you say that about the MPD32 or MPK25? No. Why not "cause they are just a Midi controllers" Well, Ren is just a Midi Controller too (with an Interface), nothing more. Peace.
Sooo well spoken about this, ive seen a few videos of people trying to touch on this n they really missed a lot about what you're saying and instead they just get caught up in straight up bashing a name instead of making a point
That's what big companies do - make money of people who make music. Period. If you're a guitar player, they're gonna sell the shit out of some guitars to you. Give you all kinds of models. Pick your weapon. I'm a diehard MPC3000 fan and have hated the sound of MPCs after Roger Linn left AKAI. Roger is the original brain. And he's working on the LinnDrum II, which will have that SOUND that is warm and solid, and he will keep the layout simple. Anyway let's all STFU and make beats.
the price of that unit, the walk away MPC R would be twice the amount of what they are asking.... And as long as there's a cheaper option... people will for the most part take that. they wouldn't sell enough units to be champion... they want 1299 for Ren... if i'm not mistaken
With these companys or almost any type of biz the name of the game is money! It can be a car,clothes or toy company they want to make money. People dont really need J's,SUV's or the newest MPC the company's job is to get you to want and buy these things. So if you really dont need it,want it or dont have the money for it dont buy it. But its really up to you and what you like to use,want to use and whats in ur budget. Its Hip Hop so dont get so hungup on the newest gear or any kinda gear!
Man, I said the same thing when this thing first came out. I would have been the first in line for the MPC R if they made it to be used as stand-alone hardware unit and software controller. I think they really blew it with this product line. I feel you my dude...
I agree a lot with what your saying, I have been an Akai user since 2004 and still the vintage MPC's. At the end of the day the other machines are still available to buy, this is for the people that want to use software, the younger generation are more familiar with that. The people voted and commented and championed that the old Akai's were not the way forward. I blame them. At the end of the day like you said the equipment does not make the music, its about how you flip it.
Roland MV was the closest, but it just didn't have the ability to ineract with your DAW. They was pretty damn close though. I agree that Numark not AKAI been playing us since they took over the AKAI MPC brand. Vote with your wallet! I like the MPC-R but I feel that Numark is going to pay us again when it comes to support and firmware upgrades as promised.
Hip Hop in its commercial form is no longer a reflection of the have nots. But on the positive side, it has never been cheaper or easier to start making music. Long as you don't get sucked up in the mentality of having the next great piece of equipment or software, and focus on the music. You can drop an album easier than ever before. But We all gotta have our own network where we can support each other instead of waiting for these record labels and punk ass radio stations to like our shit.
I don't think it makes a lot of sense to make the mpc do both functions. Everything is going towards the computer and most will never use it stand alone. For the guys who want to most of them will likely already have a real mpc and use it with the computer. I think the mpc r is just an alternative for that. Most who want to use a stand a lone mpc know the deal already and have gotten one.
Hip Hop!! You use what you got! Plain and simple. As other already said, equipment does make HipHop but HipHop does make the equipment. But Akai can kiss my ass for leaving the door open.Only to make some more money letter. It should be standalone. I need my shit in the lab and on the go without my Mac. Keep dropping the knowledge Bro.
Hip hop was originally made on gear that was designed for other things. People took gear like turntables and drum machines and made it their own. Now the gear is being used by major corporations to foster "gear lust". That's why I HATE computer recording (I use Logic). It has damn near killed my creativity. I'm so busy trying to figure out shit and installing software and updates. I'm almost ready to give up music. You need to be a computer expert today to write music.
o and im for sampling now because where music is going today is freakin crazy and i have a little girl and im scared for her futuer. sampling brings back the love and joy of where hiphop came from and hiphop will come back .
so many more people will see an oppertunity of getting in the music buissness and more people will bye there products othere then the people with giuine talent dont ever get noticed
ok what everyone needs to understand is that in these days the equipment allows any one to opperate it and get signed . Its no longer about talent or about passion its about these companies making it easier to oppperate very powerfull machines.
I know about nothing hiphop, however I've listen to this monologue and I think you right about this game of equipment. I know something about electronic. When I was doing my research about Akai MPC1000 I found schematics of MPC's and you know what - they all nearly the same. Main chips always doing the same thing. Difference is in software that runs this hardware. Primal example JJOS - this guy proven that even this small 1000 model can be much better if you think twice.
coming from a white, wealthy teenage kid, this spoke to me, in coming from the opposite of what a traditional "hip hop background" would be the art of flipping samples speaks to me and this video speaks to what bothers me about popular music. I'm subbed
wtf is the point of this rant? could only stand watching for 5 minutes. you crying over the fact the new mp is not stand alone but you dont even use a real mpc yourself.
Limits are more of a tool for a musician than a tool without limits. I find myself unhappy with the options on the MPC5000. The options are great dont get me wrong but I was brought up on tools with limits. We are however a dying breed. Were gonna have to get used to it.
Thank you for makin this video, to say what I've been preaching for a long time is awesome cuz nobody really understands what I mean when I say hip-hop lost its integrity and anybody can put a pen to paper n write a rap. Anybody with a high school education can write some catch shit even tho they dont kno what they are really sayin. Its pathetic n I feel outcast-ed for not likin "artists" like soulja boy or waka flocka cuz theyre awful n ruined hip-hop in general.
@bzeindeucedeuce mane thts the realest statement ever. Niggaz invest videos, clothes, and photos before they buy a licensed beat from a producer nowadays. How did music become last in music??
Welcome to the black reality. I'm a black rock musician that has seen and played on a lot of artists that gave me a name in the industry. I watched hiphop evolve from like u said a "culture" to a commodity. And I must say when hiphop got popular we did as we always do..ditch the musician. Hiphop is JUST now feeling what we have felt since blues. Props to u for ur view. But I really thank Organized Noize cause they understood the combo of hiphop/musician. Let's get it done peeps!
i feel the same exact way, and i can't even listen to the radio anymore with all that b.s., but radio stations still got to pay their own bills. most of these new artists (not all) is saying the same shit as the last one. the only thing that save them is a hot beat to ride on that's it. thanks for the real talk.
You got a point.... these mutha fuckas making money off of us and brain washing people into getting all this bullshit as equipment... lol... the old school shit work better then the new shit anyway.... funk fa life...
i recently got into all this business ....watched all the videos for all 12 pad units for the last two years .....i agree . . . . alot of people might disagree with me on my purchase but i had to go with the maschine mikro......for the money i believe it is the best you can get!
good video tho . . youtube needs more guys like you
Basically all you need is a mpc 200xl and a turntable. Technics 1200 if you can get one or just an inexpensive Gemini TT-2000. Bottom line is this. You use the machines. Don't let the machines and the machine makers use you. Thank you Knowledge. Peace
I'm feeling you here. This new stuff is hard to digest for many of us who grew up on the more organic and creative tip. I feel the music video industry, commercial radio industry, fashion industry, and other cross-over influences also played a huge role in modern hip hop music transforming into something less revolutionary and more redundant.
Ni**a don't get mad cause Hip Hop just died this morning & she's dead..she's dead. ha! ha! True headz is a underground secret society now, u ain't know. :-) j/k. But its called getting older, growing, & evolving into manhood. Its a young man's game now...25 & under is what A&R's sign these days, the rest have 2 be independent & prove sales & maybe they'll get a budget. We created alot of jobs & other industries, so we should be proud of that, not loath the past. We, men of color, did it again!
p.p.s. what I'm saying to you basically homie is...pat ya'self on the back and give ya'self a round'a applause for being on the forefront of this thing of ours and hold ya head...maybe put something into a younger artist and help guide'em to what it was, is and should be. That's all we can do now, we get'n older brugh...drop some gems every now and then, but now its time to back other artists and fall back and make sure they keep the art form pure. Peace, & prosperity.
p.s. Don't look at it like that. We sparked a revolution of excellence on all levels, everybody wants to be down with hip hop now. We brought all walks of life and races together and helped companies start up, & existing one's "like Akai" think bigger. We can't be phased by them wanting to milk the game for all its worth. NYC did it...now look, 20 years after NYC milked the game & would hardly sign anyone from any other state, the dam broke and all sections of the U.S. is on and then the world.
@sante1996 fa sho. I see you got the passion of the Pac my ni**a ;-) Just stay true to what you do and it'll be alright. That's all its about. We gon always be able to see the truth through life's many ill conditions, that's all we're here for to help guide the lost ones...that's it. Stay hip G.
and just to further the discussion cause I get your point... I would say that actually making a standalone hardware that can work with out pc that can compete with maschine would be over the top. it would have to be like a muse receptor and mpc built into one... your talking about a 3500-5k product. I can't afford that and I do this on the daily and make decent money. VST support changed the game. if I am missing your point let me know fam.
I agree and dissagree... as far as it being stand alone ... well it can export ya new beats to the 1000, 2500 or 5k... so for doing shows in the club thats real dope and I will use that. but in reality I came from an mpc after using it for bout 10 years or so and went to maschine. the whole standalone issue is not a big deal to me now as I use nosleep app on my mac throw maschine on top and it works better than my mpc. so that doesn't bother me. the wack marketing does though.
Agree with this video 100% My interpretation behind Akai's decision for this: that In a technological world thats obsessed with streamlining hardware and software by virtue of Cloud technology, manufacturers are exploiting end-users in gaining more control (Apple/Amazon etc) charging higher premiums when it should be the other way round. In this instance for example, the 'Ren' or 'Studio' model utilises the processing of the PC or laptop and cant think for itself because it needs my Macbook.WTF
Good point but its not just Akai,NI or Roland that can do it Dre,Kayne,Rza... Just a few names that can also do! But they not thinking out the box like us broke ppl Lol
Akai has no respect for us Hiphoppas. I mean it was so obvious with that introduction video having us jump around like monkeys with sticks on that damn product of theirs. All the videos they've done has been shallow with no real depth of it's capabilities. Fuck you Japanese.
Major respect for saying this man. Fully in agreement with you. Its not impossible to go and combine the circuitry of an mpd with an mpc in one box - will need a pretty fat and ugly box but its possible!
RESPECT TO U FOR THIS sante1996 . I FELT LIKE U READ MY MIND HOMIE . im always saying these same things to people. i came up in this culture since 1984. my son is a b boy & graf writter , goes b b boy shinobi . reps flava junkies and battle holix . so i feel u on teachin the fam. as the fathers before these newbies its OUR RESPONSIBILITY to rep and teach them WHAT HIP HOP IS .. instead of coperates and consumer campaigns .. check my beat channel .
YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!!! @Young Hip-Hop producers, listen to what this man is saying and save your money and invest it in your music. Therefore you can make some money! There is no money in the CURE!!!!! Key Wordz!
so why do you use the mpd if u want a stand alone machine? just for the fact mpc's are getting old nowadays? focus on work flow? speed etc? avoiding floppys
word. nice speech man, when are you running for president ? you and the teacher get up. very cool speech, well if it makes you feel any better thanks to people like your self we have true hip hop in Australia. im not sure if your comfortable with that, but down here in Aus its dope. we keep shit real.
i noticed that the mpc 5000, is being sold for 1500 refurbished and i saw the renaissance for 1200. the mpc has a usb port on the back. It seems like the 5000 has the fuctionality you are seeking in the renaissance. is that the case? and why would you even buy a renaissance over a 5000 wich is standalone to begin with?
Peace , as unfortunate as things are it is a blissing to know there are still those people like yourself that truly overstand the True School Culture of Hip Hop , knowing the true reasons for which this Culture was created for in the first place,
noledge , i just got my first sp1200 ... and i have to say .the limitations on that machine , really shows the true power of a hip hop producer , not every one can own one , but i have to say ... i am blessed for waking up everymorning and turning on that sampler
Yeah Akai fucked us stupid with that new Renaissance...That bitch should be standalone as buddy boy said...I got a 4000, why cant the Renaissance be standalone like my 4k...But the Renaissance got ghat damn 3000 A/D converters or the same outputs or some shit like that...Thats some real shit.
An interesting pont and an educated one too. Have talked with Akai recently though I get the feeling that as much as it seems they are selling you your own product back, they are really trying to give back to the people who made the MPC what it is and show respect to them. A true hardware MPC that can also be software based too will come, I am sure, in time. As for NI, when MASCHINE started to sell, they change it's path to rival the MPC just gain sales, so maybe they are not so innocent?
I've always wondered why all these hip hop moguls don't hire their own engineers and product designers and make their own equipment? They invest in fashion, headphones, energy drinks, etc., not to mention all of the material things they spend millions on. Can Hip Hop make their own Drum Machines, etc? Do we really need Akai, etc? Hip Hop has money now.
Its marketing bruh. Consumers keep buying, they gone keep making it. Its sad but its the world we live in. I produce great sounds with my basic studio and I see people that have one of everything and put out garbage. Hype kills. Check out the intro on my videos and tell me what you think. Great vid.
Very few people understand the concept...."There is no money in the cure". This is the smartest commentary I've heard on Youtube in a long while. Thanks for taking the time.
Who is "we"? Why do you care? and what is the relevance to arguing the impact of equipment that doesn't even make sounds....................end the game? Hip hop community? WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? BUSINESS is BUSINESS...............hip hop isnt a legit business entity so why do people expect companies to develop things for a culture that musically is based on stealing other people music.........just some thoughts. You shouldn't take Hip hop personally, cuzz it dont take you personal
@blackbear2005 Real Talk... MPC's cost more cuz they are analog and slice through any mix and can make shitty ass samples sound so nice an fat ...a snare has so much freggin weight a hat has so much attack... If people would run a shootout a mpc and maschine they'd save up for an MPC
@BigWalts16 I partially y agree, i am a mpc user/lover forever and i think the line has been blurred between what gear you need/prefer and the computer. If a producer doesnt master his craft via research and practice then the equipment is irrelevant. The "sound" of fatness and "analog" can easily be replicated if you learn some basic principles of engineering and mixing............
@BigWalts16 many producers dont suffer from bad sounds, or even low quality equipment..they suffer from bad ideas, lack of creativity and poor accoustic judgement because they believe that the equipment makes the music. Ive been in million dollar studios with high end analog and digital equipment and heard wack music because all quality equipment does is accent everything and make bad things sound worse when they are out of position...also heard people sound like virtuoso on fruityloops
@blackbear2005 K yea but for a one stop with out having to use crappy ITB vst or rtas plugins just to create something crisp clear and with weight behind it - the MPC does it by just adding it's nice harmonics through the AD/DA stage you can't deny the sound out of that thing brother if u know engineering you know that the MPC's are a good substitute for a board... and It's does not use up CPU. The mutli million dollar studios use maschines and stuff just as controllers for ableton and yadayada
@blackbear2005 And of course i believe in the saying Garbage in Garbage that's something else but ur right If producers think their music doesnt sound right because of the Gear they are using they're wrong you can always layer sounds, humanize stuff, shuffle stuff around, and swing to just get more out of it..to name a few
Sounds like your real beef is with the hip-hop industry - both labels and artists - not the manufacturers of the equipment. Akai never endorsed producers making #BSmusic. They are in the business to provide the best gear technology will afford. You having an MPD32 only shows that they're doing a good job. The #CRAPmusic being made is mostly from the FLStudio program, and most of those beat makers don't even use a controller. AKAI embraces hip-hop, unlike Timberlands, Crystal and Maybachs.
Whats good Knowledge...Funny I agree with so much you are saying but find myself disagreeing with a lot as well. The greatest instrument in the world is the mind & the gear we use R only tools 2 get the creation out we agree on this. "Beat Thang" was the 1st machine I know of 2 take a hardware unit that can control it's software & the cool part is I believe it was invented by bruthas. 2nd if the MPCR can read all of the previous MPC's data no need to make it a hardware unit.
There is some truth in what he says but Im not buying into bein pissed at an industry.Be pissed @ OUR people for trashin OUR ethics.We always fliped these pieces of gear the way we needed to. Non of these companies including Akai has a thing to do with the wack music being made!! The producers make the tracks the companies make the equipment. The culture has nothing to do with a biz plan. A biz plan has nothin to do with the culture. Biz makes money but environment & emotion makes culture.
realrawmusic 17 hours ago
evolution.... ski beats uses the ren!! he aint mad about it!!
bizzup8122 1 day ago
dude they left the door open for themselves they aint stupid !!!
bizzup8122 1 day ago
I dont agree with everything you said but you made a whoooooole lot of good point. Every body needs to watch this. Its like the stat of hip hop in 2012. Post more of your opinions homie.
nojokethehun 1 day ago
Dude...business and the carrot in front of the horse in manufacturing, promoting, and selling products is and has always been the way of capitalism. "The American way" the state of black music period, whether hip hop or r and b, is a result of our desire for fame and fortune. We will conform to anything that will sell or get the attention of the major labels. These so called producers nowadays rely on these products because they have no musical background whatsoever and akai, NI, etc understand
TheProducer77051 6 days ago
The whole industry has fucked us !! Thats the point. I've been waiting for this forever. This is the staple. If you own or ever have owned an Mpc, you would know what this shit is capable of. lol. And what are you doing with out a computer today ? Not nothing !! So why you need a stand alone unit. A lap top and the renesssiance is all your ever gonna need again. I feel like your story is all over the place man. Im a save my money... $1,299. Shout out to Akai and Propellerhead. -ROB CA$H
MrRobcash1 1 week ago
Yeah but dude, they all mess with us. The cynical promotion of gear from software and hardware these days is a sham. Its the same in the electronica genre. BUy this! and only then you will make it. Its al a lie and its making all the new guys who come in to making music total cheese mongers who make plastic music with no meaning or depth whatsoever
harrymerchant456 1 week ago
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harrymerchant456 1 week ago
word
adnarimmmm 1 week ago
the akai mpc2000xl is really the best one
mii29 1 week ago
real talk
mii29 1 week ago
Feeling what your saying
djsoops 1 week ago
Awesome fuckin rant. Word up.
JosephCee 1 week ago
THAT'S SO TRUE THE FOOLISH MUSIC HIP-HOP MUSIC THAT'S OUT BEEN HIJACK
TOO MANY FOOLISH RAPPERS OUT U DONT UNDERSTAND ANY WORDS THEY SAY THING DONT MAKE ANY SCENTS
caprice022 1 week ago
If you can see a better product for your art in your mind, then you can build it. Venture capital, code programmers, and electrical engineers are at everyones finger tips. What is the true reason for your complaint? Van Gogh made his colors, Jimi Hendrix re-strung his guitar for his left hand, Bob Marley recorded the greatest songs w/ relatively inexpensive mics and guitars and Moog made machines for his own sound. Give thanks for all the choices of gear and means to distribute your music.
IanCanefire 1 week ago
and I'm 15. and i agree. i hate my generation. i delve myself into the underground and old school.
PazToTheMan 1 week ago
well to me ni is cheaper and if your just starting out. its good. i use it because it was cheaper. but i would prefer the mpc 1000 or the mpd 32
PazToTheMan 1 week ago
Most users nowadays don't need a fully blown MPC, they just want the sound and the feel. Most of us are using computers so just hook the two up and you have an MPC without all the expense. Not sure why you are griping about the industry when this should just be about the MPC. Two different issues.
maccagrabme 1 week ago
NO facts, do your research please. You talk big but you know nothing about the spec's which sets your preach back a mile, Nice try.
seoulboi 2 weeks ago
im glad you said that man. I make my beats on an mpc500 midi into a proteus 2000 sound module running through a mixer. Its still the best way to make beats. FUCK ALL THIS BULLSHIT MUSIC THAT THEY CALL RAP AND HIP HOP IN TODAYS WORLD. you dont need a screen or a mouse to record true rap. Use a Multitrack mixer/ mpc beat/ and a dynamic mic turned up loud cus if you still do real rap it wont matter how expensive and pretty your shit sounds, it wont blow up anyway in this faggot ass rap world.
SouthPoverty 2 weeks ago
really interesting and so true brother! I feel educated by this video.. big love up to you !
ptubeyall 2 weeks ago
I use MPC 2000XL on a daily basis. I love it.
wildbird5150 2 weeks ago
You got me pissed homie!!! Not at you but because you speak the truth!!! I work in a GC and for the last 3 years I have been seeing those "hip hop" products come and go. The put hip hop in the name and it sells for a while, until folks start talking about how garbage it is. I love and have Maschine, but it has been out for 3 years and NI STILL got folks hanging waiting for common features - timestretch!!!
Just give us common features out the gate.
mistawil 2 weeks ago
I agree with you my boy!! If you never digged in the crates to make beat, Don't call ur self a "Producer" ur just a beat maker.. There's a difference "But I stiil luv my MPC2500"
2cee1021 2 weeks ago
You called it, If it was a true MPC with the ability to interface directly with the computer like Maschine, it would be game over. MPC users value the stand alone hardware & with computer integration it would have truly separated it from the competition. MPC used to stand for "Media Production Center." This new unit is defined as "Media Production Controller." I am not against the evolution of products, but the MPC-R and what we have come to know as the MPC are very different things.
weswook 2 weeks ago
I have to disagree with the point of view that the companies are taking advantage of the hood, I was born in the 70's and i 've seen the mis use of black power over and over. For us to be as smart as we are, we have no excuse on falling for stupid mind games that america threw at us, thats bullshit.
sunahura 2 weeks ago
The majority of blacks decided that they would live as consumers instead of innovators during my time. instead of learning math and electronics, we praised japenese made products, instead making our own shoes we made jordan and gucci rich. Never would we find any joy in having less in order to create a company of our own unless it was a drug company, and then we would say "oh I grew up hard, I had to sell drugs, i won and made it into a record company, black hyprocrites"
sunahura 2 weeks ago
We have had plenty of chances to get our shit together, but we want gold and easy bitches instead. And even as I speak we are not taking advantage of our choices instead we still wearing fuckin' jordans and any other fashion that says I'm the shit for awhile. We will watch the football game faithfully but will not design nothing that we like and we even have the power to start our own radio stations, grocery stores , sport teams, and even grow our own cotton, but negas don't wont shit but drama,
sunahura 2 weeks ago
I live in Detroit murder cap, and I'll tell you this, I can't blame shit on a companie that advatage of a gap where the black man wasn't gone make shit anyway.
We could have our own , but we strung out on everyone else shit. Lets be real with it.
sunahura 2 weeks ago
@sunahura I agree very much with you. I can only imagine the complexity of the issue because where I come lack the stigma of racism. Furthermore, I find that racism here in the U.S. continues because of that drama, from all sides... I've heard a dude at a bar denigrating blacks and I condemned it. Alas, there was a moment when I bought two apple pies at Popeye's, and when I reached out to a black bum to give one to him, he was racist towards me by first ignoring & then rejecting it with curses.
xniquilador 2 weeks ago
@sunahura Continuing on the anecdote, this was the first time I experienced something like that, I could correlate the racism because another black customer had bought him some chicken. Our intentions were the same, but the response was different. I reckon that to be either hypocrisy or plain racism.
xniquilador 2 weeks ago
@xniquilador I'm just tired of excuses for any race, life is hell and unfair, and if my race or any other race can't cut the mustard , step up. We all just need to understand if you want something make it happen. Stop blaming shit on THEY, and become THEM.
sunahura 2 weeks ago
Totally agree with you kid. That's why I
Sold my MPC 2000xl. Got the same beats by using FL studio and blow cats away in beat battles who using all these Tritons, MPC and Protools. You have to have that hear and creativity. 9th Wonder is a prime explain. People clowned him for using FL studio and that turned into a record with Jayz. Yea so many think you have to have protools and everything else to make good music.
westtophermusic 2 weeks ago
Computers have only recently become cheap/stable enough to run these applications live. An mpc 2500 has it's own built in computer, audio card, etc. That's why that shit is SO much more expensive. Your complaint is ego centric... Look at it from a newbs perspective... They can now jump into the game at half price and have expandable features all on the same computer their parents bought them to do homework on. You got this shit backwards.
jimmyj37 3 weeks ago
For all you "purists" out there, no one is stopping you from picking up an old 2000xl and making beats. You don't have to worry about new technology if you don't want to, why bother yourself on how others make music if you still have your way? You can keep your formulas and keep making the same beats over and over again, or you can evolve and better yourself with knowledge, skills, experience and technology
macdigibeats 3 weeks ago
I don't think it needs to be separate hardware. might as well have been, for 1300 dollars. But take maschine for instance, I got mine for 500 dollars. I personally do everything on the computer/laptop, so why would I wanna pay an extra 1000-2000 dollars to have another computer inside my drum machine? the days have bare hardware in this realm have passed, which is why companies aren't making that move anymore. P.S. This is coming from an mpc2000xl owner. Rather put money towards some more ram.
OnlyOmari 3 weeks ago 2
Word!
KononoNr2 3 weeks ago
you preaching brother much truth !
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empowermph 3 weeks ago
@empowermph you'd be surprised, I know for a fact Ni reps watch these vids, I can't speak for akai. I partially agree on the record sales, but records are still selling(not nearly as much), just that touring is where all the money is at now
OnlyOmari 3 weeks ago
Not to knock you, or your point about the industry and the foul state that it is in, I feel you on that. But the MPD32 behind you, at some point in the past, was the new "hot piece". Same as the MPC Ren is now. Yet you tie the fact that the Ren is not an "Everything in one" machine to the foulness of the industry. Would you say that about the MPD32 or MPK25? No. Why not "cause they are just a Midi controllers" Well, Ren is just a Midi Controller too (with an Interface), nothing more. Peace.
elohimfetus 3 weeks ago
Sooo well spoken about this, ive seen a few videos of people trying to touch on this n they really missed a lot about what you're saying and instead they just get caught up in straight up bashing a name instead of making a point
MMbeats 3 weeks ago
Totally,if it was standalone AND a midi controller.that woulddve been a game changer.Im just thinking of getting a 5000 now at this stage.
Akaimayn 4 weeks ago
I thank that japs want 2 enslave da American negro yo.. I'm a Hebrew Israelite yowl,
2qoncept 4 weeks ago
That's what big companies do - make money of people who make music. Period. If you're a guitar player, they're gonna sell the shit out of some guitars to you. Give you all kinds of models. Pick your weapon. I'm a diehard MPC3000 fan and have hated the sound of MPCs after Roger Linn left AKAI. Roger is the original brain. And he's working on the LinnDrum II, which will have that SOUND that is warm and solid, and he will keep the layout simple. Anyway let's all STFU and make beats.
underdubbs 4 weeks ago
There is another part of hip hop that is scientific the hip hop scientist may not be the coolest but they are the richest
Amerikaten 4 weeks ago
Economics is economics can't hate the players hate the game. If there is a market of anything someone will cover it no matter what.
If you want to blame anyone blame hip hop citizens for not capitalizing on the culture.
Hip hop citizens need to step their game up and start designing and building their own tools.
If the hip hop residents don't taker care of the culture someone else will. Everyone can't participate in the entertainment aspect of the culture.
Some have to pioneer and engineer
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DjStashE 1 month ago
the price of that unit, the walk away MPC R would be twice the amount of what they are asking.... And as long as there's a cheaper option... people will for the most part take that. they wouldn't sell enough units to be champion... they want 1299 for Ren... if i'm not mistaken
gb4double 1 month ago
the point is "don't think because you go out and buy these products that you're a producer or a DJ... earn your stripes..."
gb4double 1 month ago
With these companys or almost any type of biz the name of the game is money! It can be a car,clothes or toy company they want to make money. People dont really need J's,SUV's or the newest MPC the company's job is to get you to want and buy these things. So if you really dont need it,want it or dont have the money for it dont buy it. But its really up to you and what you like to use,want to use and whats in ur budget. Its Hip Hop so dont get so hungup on the newest gear or any kinda gear!
djmikec5000 1 month ago
Man, I said the same thing when this thing first came out. I would have been the first in line for the MPC R if they made it to be used as stand-alone hardware unit and software controller. I think they really blew it with this product line. I feel you my dude...
CMayjaH 1 month ago
I agree a lot with what your saying, I have been an Akai user since 2004 and still the vintage MPC's. At the end of the day the other machines are still available to buy, this is for the people that want to use software, the younger generation are more familiar with that. The people voted and commented and championed that the old Akai's were not the way forward. I blame them. At the end of the day like you said the equipment does not make the music, its about how you flip it.
MykeForteMusic 1 month ago
What program do you use as your DAW?
Kingjames313 1 month ago
Roland MV was the closest, but it just didn't have the ability to ineract with your DAW. They was pretty damn close though. I agree that Numark not AKAI been playing us since they took over the AKAI MPC brand. Vote with your wallet! I like the MPC-R but I feel that Numark is going to pay us again when it comes to support and firmware upgrades as promised.
hustletv 1 month ago
thank you for speaking for the community!
joao88 1 month ago
its true. the race is to the hybrid. standalone / PC software hybrid is the obvious holy grail. akai should have jumped on that
encdee 1 month ago
Hip Hop in its commercial form is no longer a reflection of the have nots. But on the positive side, it has never been cheaper or easier to start making music. Long as you don't get sucked up in the mentality of having the next great piece of equipment or software, and focus on the music. You can drop an album easier than ever before. But We all gotta have our own network where we can support each other instead of waiting for these record labels and punk ass radio stations to like our shit.
jspadeofficial 1 month ago
I don't think it makes a lot of sense to make the mpc do both functions. Everything is going towards the computer and most will never use it stand alone. For the guys who want to most of them will likely already have a real mpc and use it with the computer. I think the mpc r is just an alternative for that. Most who want to use a stand a lone mpc know the deal already and have gotten one.
DJKevWest 1 month ago
Hip Hop!! You use what you got! Plain and simple. As other already said, equipment does make HipHop but HipHop does make the equipment. But Akai can kiss my ass for leaving the door open.Only to make some more money letter. It should be standalone. I need my shit in the lab and on the go without my Mac. Keep dropping the knowledge Bro.
thecognac079 1 month ago
true.
BadLaunion 1 month ago
ITS LIKE MEDICINE: and this is exactly why NI Maschine is still yet to release time strech ans sidechain compression.
SuperInstrumentals1 1 month ago
Hip hop was originally made on gear that was designed for other things. People took gear like turntables and drum machines and made it their own. Now the gear is being used by major corporations to foster "gear lust". That's why I HATE computer recording (I use Logic). It has damn near killed my creativity. I'm so busy trying to figure out shit and installing software and updates. I'm almost ready to give up music. You need to be a computer expert today to write music.
mindstormsabrewin 1 month ago
shit man i really need a sampler, but which one can you recommend?
BeatsOutDBricks 1 month ago
I'm glad you said it, cause somebody had to. Respect
EscoLuciano 1 month ago
It's not the equipment that makes the man,
It's the man that makes the equipment.
Keeping it real. The Real Deal.
dez5 1 month ago
They've been selling us bullshit since they released the workstation.
Geeljasjes 1 month ago
sante ill send u a link of one of my vidios i did a couple years back talking about my veiw on the industry
rodneydavine123 1 month ago
o and im for sampling now because where music is going today is freakin crazy and i have a little girl and im scared for her futuer. sampling brings back the love and joy of where hiphop came from and hiphop will come back .
rodneydavine123 1 month ago
so many more people will see an oppertunity of getting in the music buissness and more people will bye there products othere then the people with giuine talent dont ever get noticed
rodneydavine123 1 month ago
ok what everyone needs to understand is that in these days the equipment allows any one to opperate it and get signed . Its no longer about talent or about passion its about these companies making it easier to oppperate very powerfull machines.
rodneydavine123 1 month ago
I know about nothing hiphop, however I've listen to this monologue and I think you right about this game of equipment. I know something about electronic. When I was doing my research about Akai MPC1000 I found schematics of MPC's and you know what - they all nearly the same. Main chips always doing the same thing. Difference is in software that runs this hardware. Primal example JJOS - this guy proven that even this small 1000 model can be much better if you think twice.
rtofvnt 1 month ago
coming from a white, wealthy teenage kid, this spoke to me, in coming from the opposite of what a traditional "hip hop background" would be the art of flipping samples speaks to me and this video speaks to what bothers me about popular music. I'm subbed
hanichg18 1 month ago
wtf is the point of this rant? could only stand watching for 5 minutes. you crying over the fact the new mp is not stand alone but you dont even use a real mpc yourself.
est623ce 1 month ago
Limits are more of a tool for a musician than a tool without limits. I find myself unhappy with the options on the MPC5000. The options are great dont get me wrong but I was brought up on tools with limits. We are however a dying breed. Were gonna have to get used to it.
ObscurelyUnkown 1 month ago
ya i feel ya bro .. im the same way ,music industry is a fasade
THETRUTH529 1 month ago
Thank you for makin this video, to say what I've been preaching for a long time is awesome cuz nobody really understands what I mean when I say hip-hop lost its integrity and anybody can put a pen to paper n write a rap. Anybody with a high school education can write some catch shit even tho they dont kno what they are really sayin. Its pathetic n I feel outcast-ed for not likin "artists" like soulja boy or waka flocka cuz theyre awful n ruined hip-hop in general.
bzeindeucedeuce 1 month ago
@bzeindeucedeuce mane thts the realest statement ever. Niggaz invest videos, clothes, and photos before they buy a licensed beat from a producer nowadays. How did music become last in music??
Rawksmith0 1 month ago
@Rawksmith0 thats the question I've been askin for about 3 years now
bzeindeucedeuce 1 month ago
Na-ledge!!!! The Artist I miss is KRS1 , Public Enemy , Eric B and Rakim! Artist that made Hip Hop a Culture. Teachers!!!!!!!!
MrDidymus07 1 month ago
Btw,u need to do a conference on Songwriting and HipHop. Real talk.
tomigunn777 1 month ago
Welcome to the black reality. I'm a black rock musician that has seen and played on a lot of artists that gave me a name in the industry. I watched hiphop evolve from like u said a "culture" to a commodity. And I must say when hiphop got popular we did as we always do..ditch the musician. Hiphop is JUST now feeling what we have felt since blues. Props to u for ur view. But I really thank Organized Noize cause they understood the combo of hiphop/musician. Let's get it done peeps!
tomigunn777 1 month ago
To contemplate how many great & expressive artists have fallen for a recording deal just to get their art, heart, and soul shelved saddens me some.
thom73solo 1 month ago
Real Talk......FINALLY !!!!! some1 on F@#?IN youtube keepin it real.
specialkace 1 month ago
i feel the same exact way, and i can't even listen to the radio anymore with all that b.s., but radio stations still got to pay their own bills. most of these new artists (not all) is saying the same shit as the last one. the only thing that save them is a hot beat to ride on that's it. thanks for the real talk.
berzerk0912 1 month ago
On point son!
1OhDUB1 1 month ago
You got a point.... these mutha fuckas making money off of us and brain washing people into getting all this bullshit as equipment... lol... the old school shit work better then the new shit anyway.... funk fa life...
farris562 1 month ago
Real Talk.
classiccoolcucumber 1 month ago
i recently got into all this business ....watched all the videos for all 12 pad units for the last two years .....i agree . . . . alot of people might disagree with me on my purchase but i had to go with the maschine mikro......for the money i believe it is the best you can get!
good video tho . . youtube needs more guys like you
toddlock 1 month ago
SPEAK!!! ON BROTHER
solenasty180 1 month ago
I agree 100%
armorupro 1 month ago
Basically all you need is a mpc 200xl and a turntable. Technics 1200 if you can get one or just an inexpensive Gemini TT-2000. Bottom line is this. You use the machines. Don't let the machines and the machine makers use you. Thank you Knowledge. Peace
seneferu5 1 month ago
I'm feeling you here. This new stuff is hard to digest for many of us who grew up on the more organic and creative tip. I feel the music video industry, commercial radio industry, fashion industry, and other cross-over influences also played a huge role in modern hip hop music transforming into something less revolutionary and more redundant.
4iamu 1 month ago
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Ni**a don't get mad cause Hip Hop just died this morning & she's dead..she's dead. ha! ha! True headz is a underground secret society now, u ain't know. :-) j/k. But its called getting older, growing, & evolving into manhood. Its a young man's game now...25 & under is what A&R's sign these days, the rest have 2 be independent & prove sales & maybe they'll get a budget. We created alot of jobs & other industries, so we should be proud of that, not loath the past. We, men of color, did it again!
vellrob 1 month ago
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p.p.s. what I'm saying to you basically homie is...pat ya'self on the back and give ya'self a round'a applause for being on the forefront of this thing of ours and hold ya head...maybe put something into a younger artist and help guide'em to what it was, is and should be. That's all we can do now, we get'n older brugh...drop some gems every now and then, but now its time to back other artists and fall back and make sure they keep the art form pure. Peace, & prosperity.
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p.s. Don't look at it like that. We sparked a revolution of excellence on all levels, everybody wants to be down with hip hop now. We brought all walks of life and races together and helped companies start up, & existing one's "like Akai" think bigger. We can't be phased by them wanting to milk the game for all its worth. NYC did it...now look, 20 years after NYC milked the game & would hardly sign anyone from any other state, the dam broke and all sections of the U.S. is on and then the world.
vellrob 1 month ago 2
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Thanks brotha
sante1996 1 month ago
@sante1996 fa sho. I see you got the passion of the Pac my ni**a ;-) Just stay true to what you do and it'll be alright. That's all its about. We gon always be able to see the truth through life's many ill conditions, that's all we're here for to help guide the lost ones...that's it. Stay hip G.
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vellrob 1 month ago
you are heard brother,especially about the sampling laws,yes
TheCharliebeats 1 month ago
man you did your thing on that piece it was like you were playing the drums good job.
cvau32 1 month ago
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and just to further the discussion cause I get your point... I would say that actually making a standalone hardware that can work with out pc that can compete with maschine would be over the top. it would have to be like a muse receptor and mpc built into one... your talking about a 3500-5k product. I can't afford that and I do this on the daily and make decent money. VST support changed the game. if I am missing your point let me know fam.
flux302 1 month ago
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I agree and dissagree... as far as it being stand alone ... well it can export ya new beats to the 1000, 2500 or 5k... so for doing shows in the club thats real dope and I will use that. but in reality I came from an mpc after using it for bout 10 years or so and went to maschine. the whole standalone issue is not a big deal to me now as I use nosleep app on my mac throw maschine on top and it works better than my mpc. so that doesn't bother me. the wack marketing does though.
flux302 1 month ago
You hit it right on the nose man!!Thats real talk...I agree with everything said.
kasz2407 1 month ago
There is a name for what you are talking about it's called "Planned Obsolescence".
DcTrini 1 month ago
@DcTrini For sure; you mean to say I could have saved all that time and summed it up with two words :)
88circa 1 month ago
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Agree with this video 100% My interpretation behind Akai's decision for this: that In a technological world thats obsessed with streamlining hardware and software by virtue of Cloud technology, manufacturers are exploiting end-users in gaining more control (Apple/Amazon etc) charging higher premiums when it should be the other way round. In this instance for example, the 'Ren' or 'Studio' model utilises the processing of the PC or laptop and cant think for itself because it needs my Macbook.WTF
88circa 1 month ago
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88circa 1 month ago
flip the game
stokezbeats 1 month ago
Good point but its not just Akai,NI or Roland that can do it Dre,Kayne,Rza... Just a few names that can also do! But they not thinking out the box like us broke ppl Lol
ooProduction 1 month ago
Akai has no respect for us Hiphoppas. I mean it was so obvious with that introduction video having us jump around like monkeys with sticks on that damn product of theirs. All the videos they've done has been shallow with no real depth of it's capabilities. Fuck you Japanese.
LivingNorDying 1 month ago
Renaissance isn't stand alone !!!!! AKAI needs to change that ASAP
EL925GUAPO 1 month ago
Major respect for saying this man. Fully in agreement with you. Its not impossible to go and combine the circuitry of an mpd with an mpc in one box - will need a pretty fat and ugly box but its possible!
TimianOfficial 1 month ago
RESPECT TO U FOR THIS sante1996 . I FELT LIKE U READ MY MIND HOMIE . im always saying these same things to people. i came up in this culture since 1984. my son is a b boy & graf writter , goes b b boy shinobi . reps flava junkies and battle holix . so i feel u on teachin the fam. as the fathers before these newbies its OUR RESPONSIBILITY to rep and teach them WHAT HIP HOP IS .. instead of coperates and consumer campaigns .. check my beat channel .
ShamATL2ndSight 1 month ago
@ShamATL2ndSight
Im bout to check yall out know Brotha
sante1996 1 month ago
YO, Thanks all my peeps
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Preach
ADThEKidD 1 month ago
@Sante1996,
YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!!! @Young Hip-Hop producers, listen to what this man is saying and save your money and invest it in your music. Therefore you can make some money! There is no money in the CURE!!!!! Key Wordz!
djbigmonay 1 month ago
REAL TALK!
Would you say that the MPC R is basically just a fancy MPD32 with a few more features?
DjTempaBeats 1 month ago 2
@DjTempaBeats
Honestly yes. I would just stick what i got right know. If i wanted to spend $700 to 15 hundred, i would just buy a new macbook
sante1996 1 month ago
@sante1996 i thought that was an hybrid machine, like you told, an real mpc and also a controller... so it is not... i dont want that... fuck it.
leandrohirano 1 month ago
excellent piece fam
venomouz3 1 month ago
so why do you use the mpd if u want a stand alone machine? just for the fact mpc's are getting old nowadays? focus on work flow? speed etc? avoiding floppys
OzBoomBap86 1 month ago
word. nice speech man, when are you running for president ? you and the teacher get up. very cool speech, well if it makes you feel any better thanks to people like your self we have true hip hop in Australia. im not sure if your comfortable with that, but down here in Aus its dope. we keep shit real.
peace.
OzBoomBap86 1 month ago
Props, subbed.
94style 1 month ago
@94style
Returned the favor, thanks
sante1996 1 month ago
very very dope presentation fam
swingman37 1 month ago
@swingman37
Thanks man
sante1996 1 month ago
finally someone who gets it. I fux wit u on this. You the kinda cats I look for to collab wit. Holler
TripleXBeatz 1 month ago
I agree with this 100%
Subbed, and faved!
VenVile 1 month ago
True indeed god i bought the MPK25 twice and took that mug back twice...garbage.
Allinall73 1 month ago
Peace!
Allinall73 1 month ago
there is a company in China that will work with to bring that produce out
MrTeam305 1 month ago
good video my friend. good info and i could not agree with you more
TheReggiereg1 1 month ago
i noticed that the mpc 5000, is being sold for 1500 refurbished and i saw the renaissance for 1200. the mpc has a usb port on the back. It seems like the 5000 has the fuctionality you are seeking in the renaissance. is that the case? and why would you even buy a renaissance over a 5000 wich is standalone to begin with?
uptownfinish21 1 month ago
Peace , as unfortunate as things are it is a blissing to know there are still those people like yourself that truly overstand the True School Culture of Hip Hop , knowing the true reasons for which this Culture was created for in the first place,
Peace and strength,keep pushing forward.
Min.King Excel
Universal Zulu Nation
(First founding family of Hip Hop Culture)
Zulu World Council.
zuluexcel 1 month ago
noledge , i just got my first sp1200 ... and i have to say .the limitations on that machine , really shows the true power of a hip hop producer , not every one can own one , but i have to say ... i am blessed for waking up everymorning and turning on that sampler
DigitalDevilXL 1 month ago
@DigitalDevilXL
Keep doing ya thang brotha
sante1996 1 month ago
TEACH BROTHER! MY WEAPON OF CHOICE MV8800! MPC KILLA
Eargasim1 1 month ago
Yeah Akai fucked us stupid with that new Renaissance...That bitch should be standalone as buddy boy said...I got a 4000, why cant the Renaissance be standalone like my 4k...But the Renaissance got ghat damn 3000 A/D converters or the same outputs or some shit like that...Thats some real shit.
VinnieSabaygo 1 month ago
An interesting pont and an educated one too. Have talked with Akai recently though I get the feeling that as much as it seems they are selling you your own product back, they are really trying to give back to the people who made the MPC what it is and show respect to them. A true hardware MPC that can also be software based too will come, I am sure, in time. As for NI, when MASCHINE started to sell, they change it's path to rival the MPC just gain sales, so maybe they are not so innocent?
BeatSneaker 1 month ago
If it wasnt for hiphop and black people they would be done. They sit back and watch us be creative and then flip it for there benefit
Peacze 1 month ago
thank for the knowledge keep teaching.
joey4uable 1 month ago
I've always wondered why all these hip hop moguls don't hire their own engineers and product designers and make their own equipment? They invest in fashion, headphones, energy drinks, etc., not to mention all of the material things they spend millions on. Can Hip Hop make their own Drum Machines, etc? Do we really need Akai, etc? Hip Hop has money now.
dzynone 1 month ago
Its marketing bruh. Consumers keep buying, they gone keep making it. Its sad but its the world we live in. I produce great sounds with my basic studio and I see people that have one of everything and put out garbage. Hype kills. Check out the intro on my videos and tell me what you think. Great vid.
igotsole87 1 month ago
"save your money"
yamatochristian 1 month ago
i feel were u coming from... and im not gona waste my money if it dont have everything i want .. ill just go back 2 usin my asr10
KWANTlZE 1 month ago
Very few people understand the concept...."There is no money in the cure". This is the smartest commentary I've heard on Youtube in a long while. Thanks for taking the time.
bedrockcollectibles 1 month ago
i alway thought the same thang, but not with a new products. make a DAW that intergrates with all mpc's from 60 to 5000.
egizzle757 1 month ago
Dude you are using a software sampler/sequencer with your mpd 32 controller like you said you know it well and it is easy. So I don't get your point!
MrBlueHaze 1 month ago
I believe the MPCR is a standalone and it can also sync up to the software...
MeleeTV 1 month ago
Who is "we"? Why do you care? and what is the relevance to arguing the impact of equipment that doesn't even make sounds....................end the game? Hip hop community? WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? BUSINESS is BUSINESS...............hip hop isnt a legit business entity so why do people expect companies to develop things for a culture that musically is based on stealing other people music.........just some thoughts. You shouldn't take Hip hop personally, cuzz it dont take you personal
blackbear2005 1 month ago
@blackbear2005 Real Talk... MPC's cost more cuz they are analog and slice through any mix and can make shitty ass samples sound so nice an fat ...a snare has so much freggin weight a hat has so much attack... If people would run a shootout a mpc and maschine they'd save up for an MPC
BigWalts16 1 month ago
@BigWalts16 I partially y agree, i am a mpc user/lover forever and i think the line has been blurred between what gear you need/prefer and the computer. If a producer doesnt master his craft via research and practice then the equipment is irrelevant. The "sound" of fatness and "analog" can easily be replicated if you learn some basic principles of engineering and mixing............
blackbear2005 1 month ago
@BigWalts16 many producers dont suffer from bad sounds, or even low quality equipment..they suffer from bad ideas, lack of creativity and poor accoustic judgement because they believe that the equipment makes the music. Ive been in million dollar studios with high end analog and digital equipment and heard wack music because all quality equipment does is accent everything and make bad things sound worse when they are out of position...also heard people sound like virtuoso on fruityloops
blackbear2005 1 month ago
@blackbear2005 K yea but for a one stop with out having to use crappy ITB vst or rtas plugins just to create something crisp clear and with weight behind it - the MPC does it by just adding it's nice harmonics through the AD/DA stage you can't deny the sound out of that thing brother if u know engineering you know that the MPC's are a good substitute for a board... and It's does not use up CPU. The mutli million dollar studios use maschines and stuff just as controllers for ableton and yadayada
BigWalts16 1 month ago
@blackbear2005 And of course i believe in the saying Garbage in Garbage that's something else but ur right If producers think their music doesnt sound right because of the Gear they are using they're wrong you can always layer sounds, humanize stuff, shuffle stuff around, and swing to just get more out of it..to name a few
BigWalts16 1 month ago
Sounds like your real beef is with the hip-hop industry - both labels and artists - not the manufacturers of the equipment. Akai never endorsed producers making #BSmusic. They are in the business to provide the best gear technology will afford. You having an MPD32 only shows that they're doing a good job. The #CRAPmusic being made is mostly from the FLStudio program, and most of those beat makers don't even use a controller. AKAI embraces hip-hop, unlike Timberlands, Crystal and Maybachs.
BLACKGYVER1st 1 month ago
write a letter to president
BomzStyle 1 month ago
i feel you bro
mocharizma 1 month ago
Real talk.
kphlx2010 1 month ago
Im not into all the technical shit, but i do know how important software is to modern
boonhouse 1 month ago
Whats good Knowledge...Funny I agree with so much you are saying but find myself disagreeing with a lot as well. The greatest instrument in the world is the mind & the gear we use R only tools 2 get the creation out we agree on this. "Beat Thang" was the 1st machine I know of 2 take a hardware unit that can control it's software & the cool part is I believe it was invented by bruthas. 2nd if the MPCR can read all of the previous MPC's data no need to make it a hardware unit.
OverlorBeats 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Your take on the state of hip-hop is dead on!!!!
WaxDat8800 1 month ago
watch my video "Beat Thang vs Beat Thang Virtual".
dlpeace 1 month ago
@dlpeace
Bet, i will do that. I just uploaded a now one myself brah. Called the making of the Rapture. Should be done processing in 5 minutes
sante1996 1 month ago
That's what the Beat Thang can do work stand alone and a controller.
dlpeace 1 month ago