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Published on 09/29/14 at 08:04The features are not announced the appointment:
"Pad ultra-sensitive" my eye. The PadKontrol for example is much more sensitive and provides all the velocity level. The MPX16 is insensitive and has a frequency response a little weird, going from low to max directly. It is very hard to have intermediate levels.
"Editor on Mac / PC." Nay! It's just an AIF to WAV converter as found dozens freeware ...
I put a score of 4 for aesthetics: the lights are pretty in a setup ... Otherwise I will put 2 or 3.
UTILIZATION
Not very practical ... in bulk:
- The display is partly hidden if one is not directly above the camera (unlike the picture let's see ... thank you totoshop)
- Caps knobs are pokey and slippery
- The great factory sounds ... 23 small samples without interest.
- The time of sample loading reminds me of samplers to disk.
- The implementation is poor twelve o'clock ... we just little trigger notes and choose the kit factory (but not user kits). No "CC" is not issued or recognized. The MPX16 is omni mode (it responds to all channels) and can not change it.
SOUNDS
Unusable:
For "user" samples, the first 50 ms of sound are cut off. So all samples battery sound "soft". There are more impact noise.
For very short samples (glitch) you hear nothing more bluntly.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for one month ... in fact I used it for three days and since it is gathering dust waiting for a firmware update.
For the complete list of problems, bugs, lack of MPX16, I recommend reading the inspirational forum "Akai Pro" ...
(Notice in September 29, 2014).
"Pad ultra-sensitive" my eye. The PadKontrol for example is much more sensitive and provides all the velocity level. The MPX16 is insensitive and has a frequency response a little weird, going from low to max directly. It is very hard to have intermediate levels.
"Editor on Mac / PC." Nay! It's just an AIF to WAV converter as found dozens freeware ...
I put a score of 4 for aesthetics: the lights are pretty in a setup ... Otherwise I will put 2 or 3.
UTILIZATION
Not very practical ... in bulk:
- The display is partly hidden if one is not directly above the camera (unlike the picture let's see ... thank you totoshop)
- Caps knobs are pokey and slippery
- The great factory sounds ... 23 small samples without interest.
- The time of sample loading reminds me of samplers to disk.
- The implementation is poor twelve o'clock ... we just little trigger notes and choose the kit factory (but not user kits). No "CC" is not issued or recognized. The MPX16 is omni mode (it responds to all channels) and can not change it.
SOUNDS
Unusable:
For "user" samples, the first 50 ms of sound are cut off. So all samples battery sound "soft". There are more impact noise.
For very short samples (glitch) you hear nothing more bluntly.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for one month ... in fact I used it for three days and since it is gathering dust waiting for a firmware update.
For the complete list of problems, bugs, lack of MPX16, I recommend reading the inspirational forum "Akai Pro" ...
(Notice in September 29, 2014).