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MPC X Bad Build Quality, Limited recording, No security!
These are my thoughts..About the MPC X I've had my MPC X for just under a year, and I have to say, it spent most of the time back and forwards being repaired by InMusic, who are also AKAI. Problem 1 (Quality): Based on the price you would expect the build quality to be amazing, who wouldn't - However... - The red side panels flake (They were replaced 3 times!!), yep they peel. Not only are they badly covered in a paint/texture of sorts , but its peels and according to an expert at InMusic that is something you should expect and not argue or moan about!!! Not with my £1700 thank you very much! - The OLEDs, are (after inspection) not straight, they are slightly wonky, again you are paying a premium and they can't even manufacture or assemble it right. Problem 2 (Mic's and sound recording) Now here's something laughable. The MPC X has the ability to record and sample for 20 minutes maximum which in truth is more than enough, however you cannot record through a mic (Vocals) for no more than 5 minutes...It just cuts off and you loop round and screw your previous sounds. Seriously what muppet designed this rubbish. Problem 3 (Security) You have work your brazil nuts off for a month, save on the pennies, sacrificed buying your girlfriend a wedding Ring, to buy an all dancing DAW. And for that money you would try at the very least to secure it in your home. Maybe use the most common locking system around called a......... Kensington lock!?!. This device if some of you don't know is basically a thick cable with a combination or key lock that fits into a 5mm hole in your expensive device to secure it. Laptops under £300 have them, the MPC Live has it, the Touch, the MPC One.... I digress. All of the latter are portable, and as such don't really need it, as on stage your eyes are on your equipment. And in the park with your dog running around harassing other park goers, means you have this kit securely and tightly in your grasp.. However the MPC X ...nope no security no Kensington...Nowt... nothing, NULL. So anyone could break in, and steal your badly built DAW. AKAI thought nope, it doesn't need one of those, that would be too expensive to add a 5mm rectangular hole? #rolemyeyesatAKAI So I would like to find and meet the designer and ask him/her why the above happened, was there a smoking session, was it a Friday, you felt lazy. OR did AKAI pay Andy Mac so much money to spout on, about the MPC X on youtube. That the designer simply got bored out of his/hers living daylights, and cut corners and forgot? I would honestly like to know. Maybe they did it so people like me can spend a fortune on studio equipment to later complain? Recent known feature, when connecting the M-Audio Mk3 MIDI controller, creating a new project on the MPC X doesn't reset the controller and it fails to work, you have to reboot the M-AUDIO every single time.. Those are my thoughts.