The shadows on the buttons are totally wrong. The top ones are lit from a different angle to the transport ones at the bottom. Seems super suspicious to me. Great specs though.
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That takes discipline that I lack but admire in others. To me, looks play a massive role in how I connect with an instrument. I walk into my studio and I admire my black KeyLab 88 mk3 because of how nice it looks and feels with those wooden sides and sturdy, matte black metal finish with no excessive use of colors - and itâs not even a proper instrument, itâs just a midi controller! And I love the dramatic look of the Digitone II with its metal case and those LEDs that are uniform in color instead of a full rainbow palette. After years of using it, I still sometimes turn on the Syntakt just to admire the looks of those trig LEDs. 
Conversely, as much as I loved the sound of the MC-101, I hated how it felt in my hands and how clunky it looked despite its small size. (And letâs not talk about the screenâŚ)
I really value attention to detail, quality materials and cohesiveness, and unfortunately the MPC Live 3 looks like it fails on all of those accounts on first glance.
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Yeah, it looks weird to me. Perhaps weâre in for a surprise in the end.
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That touch strip will be great for fading between scenes etc- I assume it will have the Force functionality (even clip launch)- nice. This could be the OT that everyone was waiting for 
yup
Looks like Gabe Miller designed it
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So, is MPC-X done? In a lot of regards, spec-wise, this buries an MPC-X. All the buttons and the dedicated clip launch make it seem like theyâre consolidating (as previously forecasted). Maybe itâs just a matter of time until weâre down to only 2 MPCs and a force. Or, just 2 MPCs.
Or some other very ugly crazy and powerful thing will soon appear from the inmusic camp.
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Nahh, they need to milk the cow and launch the âMPC XY Upgraded SE Christmas Led Editionâ.
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Iâm not fully convinced this is legit how it looks 
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Sundays always the best days for leaks when time differences or last minute test code goes live before the âMondayâ launch
Havin the units up for sale as its anounced and getting the âmust have it nowâ pre-orders must be worth $$$
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If itâs well built and sounds good, who cares about its looks? Not me, certainly.
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Or the mpc 88 key 
Iâm not getting all the fuss- it isnât that different to the MPC Live II sat in front of meâŚIf you donât like the way the MPC Live looks with the speaker etc then OK- I get it- but they have just added a cross fader/touch strip on the left and a row of 16 step input buttons on the top- other than that and a few more (welcome) buttons, looks the same to me, and the additions are what many people were asking for. Would it suddenly be beautiful if the touch strip was on the right and the buttons on the bottom (were I rest my wrists when finger drumming!)
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I have not tried seeing if they transfer over drum programs ( my guess is no), but a solution, which will only work for future projects, is to save a template with those kinds of q-links you tend to use the most, so every future project will have them ready to go 
There are 3 primary light sources - not unusual for studio lighting and product photography. I donât think thatâs sus personally.
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Itâs something you have to interact with and stare at for hours - it may not be more important than how it works but there is a lot of well established science in the benefits of surrounding yourself with beautiful objects and how it impacts your mood and creativity.
Which is why I hang out here with all you beautiful people.
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But it canât be that ugly that it would impact anyoneâs mood or creativity, right?
A bad workflow would certainly impact mood and creativity way more than a less than ideal looking device, imo
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For me? Nah. Itâs less about âits too ugly for me to be happyâ and more, âif it were better looking id find it more alluringâ.
Itâs the UX that bothers me more, I donât hate how it looks but I find the steps on the top eye-twitching.
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on an MPC steps at the bottom would get in the way/covered by your hands playing pads etc.
edit: better edit ^.^
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