Folks are making way too much of this DAW in a box spiel - dunno if this came from AKAI marketing or if we are just projecting - at bare bones these two new machines follow the classic MPC paradigm - decent pads and a smattering of knobs & sliders with a screen (that just in this iteration is a touch screen and brings some modern convenience functions) - the screen has always been there and allowed you to browse, arrange, edit etc across multiple audio and midi tracks to create songs in the studio, or live. Thatâs the concept - nothingâs changed except itâs been brought up to date and looks like they might have nailed it. Itâs not rocket science kids, itâs an iteration of a well understood tool - if your on the fence, watch some YouTube vids of classic 60âs in action - same workflow, same approach, just modern tech ( it launches clips, you can use it to control dedicated software, etc. No biggie). The hype is really that it does MORE stuff than ever if you want it to, and its seen as a return to âclassicâ MPC standalone so you can work just like your grandad did with his 60/1000/2000/3000. Is it a DAW in a box? Maybe, but who cares? Anyone remember when there was some mumbojumbo years ago about Octatrack being âAbleton in a boxâ? Yeah baby! Those were the daysâŚ
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