For sure.
Also, no harm in waiting to see what comes on 404 day.
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i just watched Gnarlyās demo and she made a nice beat but i didnāt like any of the punch in effectsā¦ this thing is pretty lit though, even if koala is as good the pads and built in IO are clutch.
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Most likely nothing, if not SP with internal battery and speaker and call it 404 sx mk2, however, hoping for an updated 606 or MV8800 to answer against the MPCs.
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Are there any rumors that thereās going to be a new 404 hardware or youāre just speculating?
They have been enjoying releasing firmware updates on that day.
I havenāt actually even updated mine in years. That last Serato update seemed kinda meh to be and I havenāt paid attention in awhile.
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Jon waynes video is by far the most hilarious out of all of themā¦ donāt miss it if you missed it
he had me laughing through out it
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No Iām spit balling here, hence why I said most likely nothing except for maybe sample packs which they do every year.
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For those who need a link
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What are your immediate thoughts? Is this the one youāve been hoping for?
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Not sure if that was for me, but I was referring to the fact that the 404 firmware updates have come on April 4th, 4/04ā¦ so Iām waiting to see about that, if anything.
*oops my bad, didnāt read your whole post 
the machine seems to be in a good state for release ā¦ the undo buttons do something, no crazy discussions about latency , the demo/retail presentations arenāt avoiding big areas of the device functionality because they still donāt function properly or freeze the device if used ā¦ ā¦ congrats to akai . price seems competitive with move / ko / roland etc and its always good that launch day / availability in stores is the same day tooā¦
iām not a fan of the sequencer list ā¦ (prefer xox / multiple tracks ) ā¦ but thats probably my main gripe ā¦ overall it seems to be a better product than the mpc2000 i had many years ago.
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Is this the MPC mini youāve been waiting for, or something even smaller?
I think I saw someone changing the knob behavior between catch-up, scale, and absolute. But I canāt find anything in the manual. Am I misremembering?
its in loopop video (knob behavioiur)
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Iāve never used it, but the pads are far better than the 404, imo. They are smaller, but not minuscule or anything, so finger drumming is super easy. The build quality is solid. The little armrest is cool, and adds some class. I hooked it up with one USB cable to a MioXL and that powers it as well as sends it clock and MIDI from my hapax. No sync issues, everything works.
It looks good on the desk, they did a really nice job with the design.
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I saw that too, I believe it was in the loopop video
Do you have the time step? Didnāt find it in the chapters
donāt think Iāve seen this video linked.
He talks about the Pads a little and plays guitar into it with the MPC gain knob only half way
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theres definitely a handful iāve never implemented in anything, some of them i just need to take the few seconds to assign some good default parameters so they dont blow out my speakers when i activate them. but the handful that i do use consistently are unique and itāll be interesting to see what the mpc equivalents sounds like. like im very curious to see how like the cassette sim, the 404 one is perfect for me
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parameter takeover modes ??? ā¦ i think its called. (Iāll keep looking)
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It was a rowdy bunch lol
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