Akai MPC Key 61 - The Workstation Killer!
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
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The Akai MPC Key 61 is the most complete standalone production workstation around! It brings the amazing MPC sampling workflow along with studio-quality plugins and effects to a workstation keyboard format with 61 semi-weighted keys, velocity and aftertouch! MPC users often connect external keyboards to enhance their creativity but now it's all-in-one so there's no need to mess around with extra gear. Unless you want to that is, as the MPC Key 61 features extensive connectivity to ensure it works seamlessly as the hub of your studio!
The MPC Key 61 includes 25 world-class plugin instruments bring with it a few new additions like Fabric XL, their flagship power synth and OPx4, which is a powerful 4-operator FM synth! Akai MPC Key 61 also offers some meticulously crafted acoustic and electromechanical instruments plugins such as the Stage Piano, Session Strings and Organ plugins!
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» 0:00 Intro
» 0:20 Jack's Thoughts!
» 1:20 Andy Explains How to Build a Track!
» 2:04 Starting With a Piano Sound & Adding FX
» 2:55 Recording Sounds!
» 3:43 Overdubbing
» 4:20 Adding a Sample & Using the Touch Strip!
» 4:42 Drums!
» 5:24 Adding Bass!
» 6:15 Pads
» 6:31 Lead!
» 7:44 Sound Expansions!
» 8:12 Building Another Track!
» 10:48 Changing Drums & Using Expansions!
» 12:50 Why This Kills The Competition!
» 15:20 How Akai Keeps Up With The Times
» 17:07 Why It's a Great Studio Hub
» 18:14 The Sequencer & Automation!
» 19:40 New Probability Feature
» 21:19 A DAW in a Box!
» 22:09 Half Speed Effect
» 23:15 Professional Sampling at its Finest!
» 26:14 Conclusion!
» 27:24 Jack Tries It Out!
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Hope you enjoyed our second video on the Akai MPC Key 61! Let us know in the comments what kind of videos you would like to see with the MPC Key! ❤️
Great Video and breakdown! I know it's primarily for beat makers but any chance those of us coming from multi-genre workstation production (motif/fantom) we can get a sound demo of the acoustic sounds included to see if it can operate in that domain, i.e. acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, brass, woodwind beyond mellotron, solo strings, general saw, square, and sine synths, a clean demo of pianos and eps that focuses on dynamics and raw sound without customized effects just so we can get a since of the quality of sound if we're making other genres for instance.
Think I need to sell the Nautilus I just purchased and get this. It seems so much easier to use.
Awesome love it! 🙂 Fun fact Akai used to be a stereo sound system plays 45's & 33 vinyl records with 4 speakers way before Dobly Surround and DTS Surround thank you!
@@MattyCrayon just add this to your Korg Nautilus it would be a deadly combination! Thank you!
@@armend316 good idea 👍
It’s not just Andy it’s the keyboard I’m just an aspiring bedroom producer, but since I’ve had the MPC key 61 my son walked in my room the other day and thought I had found a new Kaminsky track. It was just me something I made in like 20 minutes. this is absolutely the best piece of gear to come out in my lifetime as far as being able to accomplish what you hear in your head faster than you’ve ever imagined!
Fantom £3100. MPC 61
£1300.
@@dxutube absolutely played um all had um all love Roland sounds! We’ll not all but most.
Facts
Awesome machine!
I've said it before but I'll say it again, Andy is a freaking genius! I could watch his MPC videos all day.
Thank u bro for the kind words
He's my hero :)
I agree 100
He is very talented 👏 ❤️
If Akai releases this in GOLD, then game over.
It's rare to hear a demo this good and inspiring. Hats off to Akai for a great idea and Andy for a very convincing demo
He absolutely KILLED THIS DEMO!!!! WOW he is a beast and really did an Amazing Job!!!! Andy is THAT DUDE!!
Hey Andy, was wondering if you could do a video of the keyboard focusing on how it'll work during live gigs, like splits, layers, seamless transitions of sounds and performance etc.
Great video as always, however key points for people out there: 1 - The MPC 61 has NO Kensington Lock to keep it safe. 2 - It can only record 5 minute audio files, which is restrictive depending on the genre of music you sing. And 3 - The work flow is still the same as the MPC X , which is mind boggling over complicated.
I still remember selling my Akai MPC 60 back in the day and regretting it years later. To see where Akai has come in that time and with the introduction of this product is truly exciting. I've always felt that what made the Akai MPC's special was there sense of tactile experience and allowing you to be separated from a computer system for writing and producing. 👊❤
I regret selling my MPC Live to get an Akai Force.
@@johnnyparker2128i understand I had the force and I hated it.
This could have been the true workstation killer but sadly its not.we are in 2022 and you telling me we still have sounds cutting off. I have two Mpc.I am a keyboard player and would love to take this live but when you need sounds on the fly without cutting off that's a deal breaker for a lot of us musicians.You need to fix this before I can even consider buying this for live use.The sounds are great but you half bake it when it comes to us live players.You need a live performance mode to browse and don't cut off.i love this innovation but you need to fix this if you need to compete with the big kings korg Yamaha e.c.t
Andy Mac=Automatic stop & watch! This guy and Akai are a winning duo all day! Ordering mine this week!
Finally the MPC I've been waiting for....1990 -2022
This is one of the best overviews and demos I’ve seen from Akai and Andy C 🔥💪🏽🎹
I’m very intrigued! Love consolidating a interface, looper, midi editor, automation, effects, mixer, drum pads, and intuitive sampling, all in one device. It really looks like it has full production ideas in mind. It looks so fun!
Another awesome review! also just wanted to say Jack you absolutely killed it at the Andy Timmons gig we saw you guys on Saturday night pure awesomeness
Watching both of these videos made my decision easier. It's Akai all day for me.
I'm hugely impressed with this. Great demos too.
Man, this is beastly! What an awesome machine - I can feel my debit card twitching 😂
"TWITCHING?" Mine is already slapping me in the face yelling "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING????!!!!"🤣🤣
I bought one before reaching the conclusion of the video
I'm next on the way toGC
Literally just bought a fantom 06, and saw this! I'm not a keyboard player at all, but bought it to integrate in the studio, this might be what I'll be purchasing here soon
You can hear the sounds immediately on your fantom though . Not so on this (loading time )
Nice interface on the Fantom but you can buy an older Roland and get pretty much the same sounds. They recycle stuff way too much for my liking. When I demoed the new Fantom I wasn't sure if I was listening to something new or my 15 year old Juno.
Please please please make a 73 or 76 key version with even more RAM and orchestral sounds!
jack & andy, enjoyable demo but youi haven't convinced me, I heard some awesome samples and 4 bar loops, but not the full production tracks that you promised! anybody can make 4 bar loops on any number of workstations & grooveboxes. the only difference here is that andy chose some fresh samples, well, at least for this style of music. fire up a kronos and you can compose and produce an entire orchestral arrangement. that's the power of a proper workstation.
hey woody, i think it's more geared towards rap/trap, house, soul, pop or edm production. that's what the mpc is known for and heard on hundreds of songs for more than 30 years. think of it as a mpc with integrated sounds and a keyboard attached. this thing will be absolute capable of making full blown productions, just as the old mpcs. however, i do think it's not well suited for film music or even live keyboard action with a band imo. everybodys needs are different, of course there will also be areas, where a fantom or a kronos make much more sense.
@@jeanbenoit6610 the sequencer on its own, at the very least, is geared towards any musical style that is often structured in loops, this includes rock and country easily, as examples, just need the sounds for them, but forcing the user to have to sample the missing sounds will put some folks off
Andy Mac is THE MAN to show off this amazing piece of technology. Love it love it love it
Fantastic instrument! How I wish they would make a 73 key version with nice e-piano style keys. The keyboard is the weakest part of the Key 61, the keys are shorter than full length.
Loved The Very End Part... He GAT DOWN On It And Polished it OFF, I Was Cracking Up.😂😂..GREAT JOB You Guys.
Andy killin it on them drum pads!
I have the MPC KEY 61 and I LUV it!!!! So much fun... also have Studio One Pro, FL Studio, Maschine and they all have different workflows..
MPC Key 61 is a joy to use and the learning curve is easy..
Thanks for this. Always wondered why workstations did not cater to the new producers. This is a first step. A very good one.
Is it just me? Are you Andy make this look so easy. Even for produces who don’t play the piano and he can sell this keyboard to a person that’s allergic to peanuts.. Andy you are absolutely a genius, my brother. I’ve watched so many videos with you introducing this amazing Akai 61 key. I was talking to my mentor over the phone a few days ago and I was showing him how easy it is to operate. We might I add I just receive mine personal Akai MPC 61 key and I have to say he was impressed with me. You guys are doing an awesome job. Keep up the fantastic work.
Producer Donte909
I have a Live 2 and still I bought this & last night as I was playing around with it for the 1st time I cannot convey how amazing this new MPC is 🔥🔥🔥 Great job Akai
why would you buy both lmao smh
@@boingboinglad2140 Usually I don't feel the trolls but hey since I have a free minute.. I like the workflow of the Key & will travel with the Live 2 since it has a built in speaker & can be powered by the internal battery.
@@boingboinglad2140 who in their right mind would connect both for more power/potential?
@@EulogyfortheAngels you would be very surprised lol but you can ask that question to some of these fake youtubers who owns more than 3 akai standalone products just to end up making the worst beat you ever heard.
@@smokey5100 how exactly am trolling again? i was asking a legit question..lol i doubt youre in a position where youre constantly traveling and always have to take your mpc live 2 everywhere. And no akai didnt do a "great job" i bought this keyboard and returned it back the next day. This keyboard is just a gimmick just to sell new plugins that i can easily just use with a midi keyboard and a macbook pro. Last good modern akai product is the mpc one and mpc ren.
I get mine in 3 weeks.. MAAAAAN I CANNOT WAIT!!
This seems like a very cool Keyboard!
Just amazing what this device can do 😮
a huge killer workstation/synth.
Very good presentation! I know I’m gonna get one, I’m just trying to time myself!
He killed it with this beat 🔥
This is truly incredible, the only thing that is holding me back as a keyboard player that records music in sequence is that this keyboard is only 61 keys, i have a 76 and an 88 key synthesizer. I went to go see it in person at guitar center and thought it looked nice, it felt like a downgrade due to its small size. I would love to see a 76 Key MPC, i would them buy one for sure.
Excellent demo
This is awesome and powerful, i need to get one of these
Excellent song!!
At first I feel like why I am here but later after the first 2 minutes I loved it!
Actually I was looking for a Fantom-0 but I think this is what I need!
Akai has nailed the workflow in this! 10:08 - When Jack disappeared here, I thought he'd got up to go and dance! lol (Realised later it must have been a re-shoot) 💙
I am pulling the trigger after so long, having separate keyboard, drum machine and sampler now all in one and the drum kits actually sound legitimately awesome 👌 2024 I can put away my junods again xr20 roland sp404a and gain back some floor space in my modest studio space!
Great demo! I can't see it for my music at least not using it as a DAW but the rest of it I could use.
brilliant machine, looks like dreams come true.. and that’s coming from fantom 0, mc707 and rc505 mk2 Roland sheep🤗
got mine, partly off the back of these two videos/Andy Mac's playing. This is one special device.
Awesome.
Holy shit i own a live 2 and i didnt even know you could automate the fabric plug ins. Thats crazy. Akai is looking to take over with the mpc key 61.
Andy is RAW!
surprisingly good demo
All I can say is thank you for this. Pick up 7/1 from guitar center.
This is a game changer
Great video!
Awesome content!
I have an MPCX. If I plug a keyboard on it, can I have similar workflow and functionality?
Let’s go Andy!!!
Great presentation 👏, looking forward to the Akai force 6 keyboard 😀 👍. They will take time to work out the kinks. Category for sounds, saving presets, clip,scene launcher. Sounds great though
Agreed, very cool keyboard
Akai force the best
Good job. Thank you
I’m snatching one fasho
Lovin the stank face when Andy gets the groooove really cookin🥳
sounds so much richer, fuller than the cheesy fantom 🎉
After i saw this video with andy my first thought was that this is the best all in one device of all time. He i just a genius😊👍
Bro, you cold fam!!!
This looks cool! As a horn player, I wish the EWI line could receive these level of sounds & customization. It’s a niche product I’m sure for them but man I’d love to be able to edit sounds deeper & add my own samples!
get a MPC LIVE 2 and plug your EWI in midi or even bluetooth midi. Battery power and speakers, create anywhere.
thanks I just got mine
Genuine Hype. just staring at mine now in total disbelief at what happened when i touched it 😂
Can you please do a video on OPx4, I purchased but am kinda lost...Signal Flow? What is the Shaper knob do? Is Op1 the only carrier and Op2,3,and 4 the modulators? what is the Matrix for?
I like the keyboard but not the converters, and Andy is very powerful and talented, also i love the work flow, and its a very powerful cool looking Workstation i just bought one.
Just got a job to save up for this and some other stuff to get a crazy set up
Wow..That first track has nice 80s vibe 😄
16:45 "Where do we raise the bar next?" - Regarding built-in soundware, AKAI has nailed the "sound module" aesthetic with the Fabric series, and done some good vintage keyboards. I hope they go in the direction of a truly modular synthesizer architecture like Kurzweil's VAST - or at the very least a dedicated physical modeling engine, which is present on the Alesis Fusion and Korg Kronos/Nautilus but absent from most other workstations.
Just whoa!!!
I literally just ordered this a second ago from sweetwater just before clicking this vid, this sob rocks hard and confirms a great decision was made. Wife will kill me later but man this will inspire me big time to keep pushing while learning to play and will very well make me learn to drop keys down. I have the MPK mini and a crap M-Audio... the m-audio 61 will go straight to the trash after this new one is paid off
Just got mine 2 weeks ago and played a beat for my wife and before I knew it she was dancing to it. Surprised she didn’t get at me for getting it but she also realized that I take care of the home front before I by my gear.
"my wife will kill me" how about you take your balls out of your wife's handbag for once in your life?
awesome demo I need to get my hands on the studio module or this keyboard....btw I hope that vocal sample is not Lalah Hathaway....if so be prepared to cut the check LOL....seriously though great presentation and yes the work flow is so quick it kills off all the workstations I've worked with...Yamaha, Korg, Roland and especially Kurzweil!
Damn andy went in 💯
One feature i would love this to have is speaker under the keys like the micro korg! That would make it prefect!
I will have one of these at every home and studio 🎙️ I have. One will definitely be right on the side of my Bed. 👨🏽💻🤷🏽♂️❤️🌎⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🏆👑
U clowned on that outro out of nowhere 😂 Great vid!
Jack you are looking good sir 🥰
Super 🙌🏻
Nice beat Andy! I’m coming for you ! 😂
Andy fully booked several years ahead for functions 🍷
Every musician or small studio should have an MPC Key 61 in the room as the absolute first go-to board for taking an idea you thought about in your head and putting those thoughts down on a machine before you forget them. You can literally do it in seconds and the GUI makes it so because its so straightforward. Yes, youll probably end up recording the final versions with a Montage or Pa5X or Fantom or something with its better sound engines, but the Key 61 is the shortest path to never letting a great idea get lost. Its literally like the yellow notepad of your musical creation. And at its price point there is really nothing that compares to it. Roland, Yamaha, Korg all need to take page from Akai and develop much better GUI and workflows to make their high-end workstations and arrangers this easy to use. Multi-track sequencing should NOT need a PhD to use. You want to create music, not learn software. Akai makes it all intuitive like an Apple product.
FIRE FIRE FIRE!
Awesome
Cold blooded!!
I’m sold on it
can you automate the X/Y pads stuff? if so this is a game changer!!!
Jack’s in love……and so am I…………..not with this keyboard but with Jack…..well ok this keyboard as well 🥰. It’s indescribably good ♥️
If Akai brings out a rack-mount sampler, no keys, no pads, no sequencer, just a superb sound library, I’m in 😀👍
a sound library?...that's what the sampler is for
@@norjects7495 I have my own controllers, I don’t use the pads, and I’ll never stop using a daw for sequencing. I just want a hardware sampler.
Awesome product! I think those with gripes are missing the point of this. It's a workstation/synthesizer. I'm sure it has a built in mixer like all MPC's, and you control it via the qlinks so no need for faders if this is the case. If not, it's standalone so it's a logical assumption that hardware users have a mixer that they can connect to it.
This is sick! Great tool for the advanced producer.
it's for novice beatmakers tho....no record producer would touch this toy
@@norjects7495 There are literally countless videos of professional producers using MPC products. That said, I agree that this seems like a thrown together piece of kit that’s a combination of things you would usually see set up separately. An “All in one” product of any kind is difficult to pull off.
@@ziggy149 record producers use musical instruments and audio gear to make their own original content. this kit is for clip arrangers who use pre-made audio.
@@norjects7495 You’re view is incredibly narrow and limited. Have you listened to ANY hip-hop production?
@@ziggy149 you think sound design is narrow? that's a huge part of music production today buddy. and if you don't learn it, you're stuck using samples. if you want to take this music thing serious you'll see the value is producing your own original content.
Absolutely amazing, price?
Andy that dude! Just traded my X for the 61! No brainer
What a duo! I am impressed but how easy it is to compose on this keyboard without a need of a computer.
The only problem I would have using it live ...is the load and save times....if you could load while still playing this would be very cool for live situations
They have a "Performances" mode that lets you load up 8 individual tracks with different instruments, that way you have no change over time between sounds.
This has been an argument since the 80s when these samplers had barely enough ram for one song. In reality you should be able to get you’re entire show in one performance. Sadly they didn’t allow enough sequences for that with 20 songs but just 100 sequences
It’s amazing, but slow to navigate between sounds as they load. Need more memory/faster SSD to make it seem less. Even if it costs more. Can you recommend a small mixer audio interface to increase the number of inputs?
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Yes indeed a huge problem and consistent complaint. It also impacts smooth live transition as well. Right now its good as a home production unit but fails as a live option.
If it could run VSTs or another non-proprietary plugin type, it would be insane
It might get to the point though when the ARM quad core based OS Isn’t enough to reliably run everything. I’m new to MPC workflow (enjoying it), but that thought had crossed my mind already.
This! I mean, yeah, ok, for certain styles of music where it‘s mostly about samples the MPC is certainly powerful enough. But some software synths or big orchestral libraries can even challenge desktop CPUs. So I guess it really depends on the kind of style of music.
The processors are more than capable of running Akai's own OS.
Try to browse the sounds.. you're already there.
@@dankeplace except it can't even do that smoothly.
@@davidfaustino4476 Because it cannot browse something smoothly, you think this is a processor issue?
LOL
Still use my old Fantom X8, which has a excellent and intuitive 16 track sequencer driving a series of synths (Nord; Waldorf; Odyssey; Novation; Arturia etc) to create all my tracks/albums without any issue. This is a nice bit of kit, but nowhere near a workstation killer and I'd rather still invest in the latest Fantom (despite the price! 😕😭).
Sequencer in new Fantom is carp, pattern based rubbish. Your X sequencer is miles ahead plus audio tracks .....a better option might be MC707 as a sound module - same sounds. MC101 has the dounds but doesn't accept program change midi messages which is incredibly poor from Roland....707 does.
My questions are-
- Is there an effective preview mode for each patch that lets you hear the sound while it's loading in the background?
- Will it install third party VSTs etc?
- How seamless is the transition from taking a track that you're working on in this device, over to the MPC software?
-Will it load songs and programs that were created in the MPC X? How about other MPCs?
- How easy is it to bounce a track down, instrument by instrument, for importing into a DAW for mixing and recording?
I can answer a few of these. Preview mode while loading, no; Unknow about VST's (but this would be huge and my biggest selling point if it could), Seamless transition I found to be a bit clunky but I think its something that could be improved in an OS update. The others I don't know, sorry.
@@jakesanchez3970 Thanks Jake, I ended up picking one up and I absolutely love it! 🔥
Nice video, and nice performance!!! But why is the MPC always used for RNB,Trap e.g. sort of 'black music' ? Are there any one using the MPC for synthwave, and pop?