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Dae2l « MPC Renaissance or absolute kif! »
Published on 04/26/13 at 04:54For connectivity, I let you see here on the Akai website or in any good dealer 
In terms of sound, the Renaissance comes with 4 DVD (The Bank, The Wub, The 809 and The Noise)
The Bank is 7GB of sounds
To be quite honest, I have the REN for too little time to judge the sounds provided and VSTs, I can just say that it is good and not so good as in many of his bank and instruments virtual. From what little I tried, I found sounds that me and convinced.
It still remains very suggestive and strongly linked to tastes
Absolutely, the REN has a complete effects section. I had the opportunity to test a few, they are quite useful and you can tell they are not transparent! (At the same time, is not what is required of effects!)
Regarding the sequencer, it is simply amazing (although sure, this is a sequencer loop oriented, so do not expect a general sequencer (such as Logic, Cubase or other )). Simply put it is an MPC sequencer "classic" to boobs computing environment. As a version! super-on-vitamin! allowing you the use of plugs VSTs, internal routing, sampling, mixing, inserting effects, etc, etc ...
The general configuration is simple, it installs apps, one after the other (which classic), the updates are done and lets go!
Regarding features, Akai is very very strong! Everything is on the MPC, is fast, clear and precise. Easy access, I have not used the manual, but did some research on YouTube and watched videos of Young Guru (MPC University). Everything falls to hand, the ergonomics are excellent! (This is also my method, I prefer fun to try the functions to see what happens than go for ages on a manual, and honestly, as long as you have used an computer music (or machines), all makes sense, everything is very intuitive (The workflow must be the legendary MPC's) and if a function escapes me, that's when I look at the manual.
For anyone who is included in the kit, Akai is provided a quick start guide and the French version of the manual is available here on AF. (This limit does not provide full manual, but for me, I worry that soon)
Regarding the sound of the REN, there's no denying she has a potato. It mailings! For sounds provided, from what I've heard they are good bills like effects, etc. ..
Concerning the expression of the pads, it's all good, excellent reactivity, velocity also nothing to say on this side. The pads are properly placed, the screen allows you to quickly make sense (for the function buttons). The screen displays the correct information (some should take a leaf ..).
That's been a week that I have acquired the Renaissance. It is a real pleasure to deal with this machine. Everything is perfectly thought out ergonomics, we make music, we love to make music, and create music, forget the computer (while enjoying its possibilities), the mouse becomes almost a decorative accessory, the sampling section could not be more effective (chop, slice, time stretch, etc ...) and extremely easy to handle. Everything happens on the MPC (I watch almost even the computer screen), the mouse is fast, very fast forgotten. The workflow could not be more effective. Our sequences we arrange the easiest and fastest in the world, is edited, erased, test the effects without taking the head, in short is immersed in the music that we do not think the computer to add track, etc. ..
Akai is listening to its customers and works hard (that's what it seems to me anyway) to improve the system. For a long time I did not take much pleasure in composing "beatmaker". This is why I highly recommend. I had acquired in the past NI Maschine, I was not at all attached to the workflow, it was sloppy and not intuitive. Well I have trouble with the NI apps in general, I find them often poorly thought out and not ergonomic (although despite this, I used a lot Kontakt and Massive), and although it must be said, they are powerful . My feelings between the two is that NI has made the idea of a merger between the "MPC" and the software and Akai has materialized.
Not having had the opportunity to test the Renaissance before purchase, I was a little scared to find myself once again facing a much improved controller (type NI Maschine) and not a real integration of the MPC in the world computer. My fear is quite clear! I no longer have doubts, it's a killer!
So obviously, you have to guess, I would do this choice without hesitation. And for those who are wondering between NI and AKAI, in my opinion, there are no photos, akais was really strong and surpasses NI Loint (maybe not in terms of functionality, which are all very close), but the ergonomics, accessibility, playability, which to me is the primary "Having fun to make a" I put all my downline on MPC Renaissance.
In terms of sound, the Renaissance comes with 4 DVD (The Bank, The Wub, The 809 and The Noise)
The Bank is 7GB of sounds
To be quite honest, I have the REN for too little time to judge the sounds provided and VSTs, I can just say that it is good and not so good as in many of his bank and instruments virtual. From what little I tried, I found sounds that me and convinced.
It still remains very suggestive and strongly linked to tastes
Absolutely, the REN has a complete effects section. I had the opportunity to test a few, they are quite useful and you can tell they are not transparent! (At the same time, is not what is required of effects!)
Regarding the sequencer, it is simply amazing (although sure, this is a sequencer loop oriented, so do not expect a general sequencer (such as Logic, Cubase or other )). Simply put it is an MPC sequencer "classic" to boobs computing environment. As a version! super-on-vitamin! allowing you the use of plugs VSTs, internal routing, sampling, mixing, inserting effects, etc, etc ...
The general configuration is simple, it installs apps, one after the other (which classic), the updates are done and lets go!
Regarding features, Akai is very very strong! Everything is on the MPC, is fast, clear and precise. Easy access, I have not used the manual, but did some research on YouTube and watched videos of Young Guru (MPC University). Everything falls to hand, the ergonomics are excellent! (This is also my method, I prefer fun to try the functions to see what happens than go for ages on a manual, and honestly, as long as you have used an computer music (or machines), all makes sense, everything is very intuitive (The workflow must be the legendary MPC's
) and if a function escapes me, that's when I look at the manual. For anyone who is included in the kit, Akai is provided a quick start guide and the French version of the manual is available here on AF. (This limit does not provide full manual, but for me, I worry that soon)
Regarding the sound of the REN, there's no denying she has a potato. It mailings! For sounds provided, from what I've heard they are good bills like effects, etc. ..
Concerning the expression of the pads, it's all good, excellent reactivity, velocity also nothing to say on this side. The pads are properly placed, the screen allows you to quickly make sense (for the function buttons). The screen displays the correct information (some should take a leaf ..).
That's been a week that I have acquired the Renaissance. It is a real pleasure to deal with this machine. Everything is perfectly thought out ergonomics, we make music, we love to make music, and create music, forget the computer (while enjoying its possibilities), the mouse becomes almost a decorative accessory, the sampling section could not be more effective (chop, slice, time stretch, etc ...) and extremely easy to handle. Everything happens on the MPC (I watch almost even the computer screen), the mouse is fast, very fast forgotten. The workflow could not be more effective. Our sequences we arrange the easiest and fastest in the world, is edited, erased, test the effects without taking the head, in short is immersed in the music that we do not think the computer to add track, etc. ..
Akai is listening to its customers and works hard (that's what it seems to me anyway) to improve the system. For a long time I did not take much pleasure in composing "beatmaker". This is why I highly recommend. I had acquired in the past NI Maschine, I was not at all attached to the workflow, it was sloppy and not intuitive. Well I have trouble with the NI apps in general, I find them often poorly thought out and not ergonomic (although despite this, I used a lot Kontakt and Massive), and although it must be said, they are powerful . My feelings between the two is that NI has made the idea of a merger between the "MPC" and the software and Akai has materialized.
Not having had the opportunity to test the Renaissance before purchase, I was a little scared to find myself once again facing a much improved controller (type NI Maschine) and not a real integration of the MPC in the world computer. My fear is quite clear! I no longer have doubts, it's a killer!
So obviously, you have to guess, I would do this choice without hesitation. And for those who are wondering between NI and AKAI, in my opinion, there are no photos, akais was really strong and surpasses NI Loint (maybe not in terms of functionality, which are all very close), but the ergonomics, accessibility, playability, which to me is the primary "Having fun to make a" I put all my downline on MPC Renaissance.