Link it. Last i remember he said that they are >aiming< for Q1 of 2017. No date from Andy Mac. All dates comes from sellers that try to get you to preorder. They will keep pushing it back until they get the new MPCs
Absolutely. I never pay heed to retailer guestimation - a fools game.
Iām sure Andy was a little more specific but itās splitting hairs really. Iām not pissed off at all it just annoys me that this is becoming a bit of an industry norm these days. I do think Akai fell foul of some super sluething last year though that forced their hands a bit.
Really i donāt care even if they release it after 3 yearsā¦Only thing that matters is to get this right!Deliver a high quality fully featured product with no bugsā¦Guess weāll have to wait and seeā¦
just wondering ā¦ would the mpcLive do retiming via repitching as an option?
No idea. Would be dope as tho!
Deutsch demo:
The store I pre-orderd said that from Akai there was a report that the release of MPC Live will be delayed in the summer.OMG
Summer?! If thats the case, glad I preordered a Digitakt, and if delayed any further, I may simply cancel my order and grab an Analog Heat and a turntable.
In this video released April 6, 2017 Andy Mac says at the very end, the Live drops in a few weeks and the X in 4 to 6 weeks.
Thomann date still states May 12 for the Liveā¦
Summary
Maybe Akai has to work on some last issues to get it done right ā¦ before releasing it ā¦ they better should
TBH ā¦ who wantās a āmusic production centreā and find out after some days that software or even hardware issues spoil the party? If they say summer now ā¦ could be autmn then
This said ā¦ letās have fun with the gear we already have and letās make music
Have you guys seen this?
https://www.gumtree.com/p/samplers-sequencers/mpc-live-/1232324720
Disclaimer: Iām not related in any way to that ad.
If I was in London Iād possibly go check this outā¦ Guess itās a beta tester that isnāt fussed about standalone. Or the Live is a buggy mess might not be final design tho, didnāt the recent videos have modified casing with red lines or something?
Just in case Iāve asked for pictures of the actual unitā¦
The ad is a little vague though. Wouldnāt you at least explain how/why you have it.
On another note. Iāve just spoken with someone at GAK and they estimate the release date to be between 1&2 months. Based on the fact that Akai havenāt actually been in contact to give a release update.
They claim they didnāt gives any release date at all, but only estimation
Thatās very commercial position to claim that
I suppose all original estimates were based on info from the various videos.
But as it stands Akai havenāt given GAK any updates on the release date. You would assume that if the release was imminent retailers would be made aware of it.
Im imagining whoever goes to pick that up will get shanked and their Ā£750 cash taken.
been a bit quiet round these partsā¦