Akai go standalone with the brand new MPC Live. The control layout is exactly the same as last year’s MPC Touch controller/interface, with a seven-inch full-colour multi-touch display, 16 backlit pads, four rotary encoders and a master encoder knob. The big difference is stand-alone operation, with 2GB of sampling RAM and 16GB of on-board storage. Users will be able to expand the device’s capacity by fitting a 2.5-inch SATA drive to the device, which also features its own built-in rechargeable li-ion battery, creating the potential for an incredibly powerful and portable music-making machine.
Other features include RCA phono inputs and a ground peg for attaching a turntable, two pairs of MIDI inputs and outputs, an SD card slot and two USB 3.0 ports for thumb drives or MIDI controllers.Akai Professional, a leading manufacturer of music equipment for performers and producers, today announced the newest addition to the iconic MPC line, the MPC X. In creating the X, Akai Professional has taken the lessons from every MPC that preceded it to engineer a production centerpiece truly fit to be the flagship Music Production Center of the future.The new MPC X is a standalone MPC featuring a beautiful, full-colour 10.1” multi-touch screen and 16 amazingly responsive, velocity- and pressure-sensitive RGB pads – all fuelled by a multicore processor surgically tuned to power MPC Software 2.0TM. Rounding out the controls are dedicated menu buttons, a large master encoder knob and 16 touch-sensitive 360o assignable pots (Q-Links) with adaptive OLED displays, perfect for viewing and precisely automating individual parameters to deliver expressively nuanced recordings. With MPC X the tactile ease-of-use found on smartphones and tablets combines with full-featured production functionality for an unleashed creative experience – launch clips with real-time time-stretching; grab, pinch & edit waveforms; program the step sequencer; record, sequence & edit audio/MIDI; applyFX and much more directly from MPC X’s 10.1” multi- touch capacitive color screen and dedicated hardware controls.MPC X’s plethora of connectivity options ensures rapid assimilation into any studio environment. A 2-in/4-out MIDI interface connects seamlessly to controllers and MIDI compatible sound modules, drum machines and synthesizers, providing core sequencing and control capability. Thanks to a arsenal of inputs and outputs (XLR, 1⁄4-inch jack, 1/8-inch jack & RCA), plus studio-grade audio capture, direct / hardware monitoring options and switchable phantom-power, MPC X forms the beating heard of any production setup. Additional connectivity options include 8 CV/Gate outputs and a custom CV Program, configurable via MPC X’s radiant high-definition screen – the ultimate solution for control of modular gear and CV compatible synthesizers via MPC X’s premium hardware controls and unprecedented sequencing functionality.Powering the mighty X is MPC Software 2.0TM, Akai Professional’s reimagined update of the critically acclaimed MPC software.
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Click to expand.From wikki:CV/gate (an abbreviation of control voltage/gate) is an analog method of controlling, and other similar equipment with external. The control voltage typically controls pitch and the gate signal controls note on-off.This method was widely used in the epoch of analog and CV/Gate, since the introduction of the in 1977 through to the 1980s, when it was eventually superseded by the protocol (introduced in 1983), which is more, easier to configure reliably, and more readily supports. The advent of also made it possible to store and retrieve voice 'patches' - eliminating patch cables and (for the most part) control voltages.
However, numerous companies – including, who designed a modular system for in 1992, and others continue to manufacture modular synthesizers that are increasingly popular and rely primarily on analog CV/gate signals for communication. Additionally, some recent non-modular synthesizers (such as the ) and many effects devices (including the pedals by as well as many guitar oriented devices) include CV/gate connectivity. Many modern studios use a hybrid of MIDI and CV/gate to allow synchronization of older and newer equipment.Basic usageIn early modular synthesizers, each synthesizer component (e.g., (LFO), (VCF), etc.) can be connected to another component by means of a patch cable that transmits voltage. Changes in that voltage cause changes to one or more parameters of the component.
This frequently involved a keyboard transmitting two types of data (CV and gate), or control modules such as LFOs and envelope generators transmitting CV data. Click to expand.Sort of. The way I (mis) understand it is it's basically midis analog predecessor. So it basically does do the same thing.The analog and modular synth nuts don't necessarily want midi (i.e. Digital) in their paths, which has kept cv relavant.It's the closest thing your have to recall or automation for modular synths parameters as far as I know. You have to still set the analog section manually.Not all keyboards and synths have the CV input.I'm still not really proficient in this side of things. The way I (mis) understand it is it's basically midis analog predecessor.
So it basically does do the same thing.The analog and modular synth nuts don't necessarily want midi (i.e. Digital) in their paths, which has kept cv relavant.It's the closest thing your have to recall or automation for modular synths parameters as far as I know. You have to still set the analog section manually.Not all keyboards and synths have the CV input.I'm still not really proficient in this side of things.
Click to expand.Just found this:What is a CV/Gate output used for?CV/Gate signals are similar to a standard MIDI connection in that they are responsible for transferring pitch and sequence timing data to other gear, usually modular synths or sequencers. Unlike MIDI, CV and Gate signals use simple voltages in varying ranges and lengths to control the other devices which open a lot of possibilities for implementation. For example, modular synths will often have a CV Pitch input (deciding the pitch of the synth at any given point), but they may also have filter input to control the filter instead. The gate would tell the synth when and how long to play a note, again just like the regions in a MIDI sequence. Click to expand.Oh yeaaaaaa!! That's exciting stuff man! Even though it's made for it, I'd have a hard time hitting/tapping something that's $2.5k.I also think there's some merit to the way the sample soind thru the machine vs in a vsti.
I'mNot sure if it's a hardware/conversion thing, a synthesis playback engine thing, or a combo, but the samples/sounds from the actual hardware units seem have more ummph, even if it's the same companies samples.I've heard this on the eleven rack vs pluggin demo on the you tube as well.I love that akia is making real instruments, tht just happen to be electronic.Are you intending on using the daw / interfacing functions?Why are you replacing the renneisaance?