AKAI MPC KEY 37 The TRUTH IT's OLD TECHNOLOGY 

@@Ed13X I see what Your saying about Asus but what is ally mp? I think the ability to record your own sounds and easy to make your own programs is one of the main reasons people buy a MPC however, the exact same function are in DAW stock devices. My DAW Reason has copied the funtion of 5 different Akai samplers over the years. Muscle memory with the MPC Yes but would I not get the exact same from using a Akai midi controller like a MPD or MPK with the same controls?

Yes I bought for two for me and daughter We happy

@@BilpokatGreat well if You dont have a MPK then I see the value, its basically a sampler based work station keyboard.

Is that a version of "If it isn't broke dont fix it"?

Dont forget as I said in the video that the parts for Akai devices are ordered by IN music and used across all the brands, that includes, chips, processor, ram, buttons, Slidders, pads and so on. That is why the parts are outdated its a cost cutting method keep this at a basic level buy parts in bulk at the lowest price and use across all In Music brands.

Would You not of liked to see more ram?

I Like Akai, Im just saying this new device is mostly built with old technology and components, that are not unique to Akai as there parts come from IN Music. You will find the exact same pads on M Audio Keyboards for example, and they havent changed in over a decade. MPC Key 37 has the exact same pads as My 11 year old MPK249.

@@HOLLASOUNDS No kidding! Did you figure that out on your own? If not, how long did it take you to figure that out? You sound like a cornball. Of course it’s derivative. Some people want the keys. Some don’t. They are catering to different audiences. There are people who choose one option over the other.

Ok Cornball, the point is its OLD technology, old parts used across multiple InMusic brands to cut costs, nothing new. Thats the point, you can agree or disagree, I don't really care.

be honest. This thing is for beginners not seasoned professionals. I sent mines back today. Slow to load stored VST’s, can’t update firmware via WiFi. Everybody had the update problem but nobody is talking about it. Then in controller mode every button I touched played a note.

@@ajmiller66 Was your unit faulty or technology to show for your current PC? Please explain.

You would like the idea that Akai sparks other brands to do a keyboard sampler? What if Ableton made a Keyboard upgrade for there current stand alone unit, that attact to it as part of there upgrade package?

@@HOLLASOUNDSSeria maravilloso

Tell Me more.

All true however its still repackaged old technology and thats the point, no innovation, noth8ng new, and there is more to musicnthen just work flow. I have see an owner alreasy complaining about lack of Ram and the device peaking at 95% CPU usage by loading 4 instruments. My old crappy 2018 laptops got more power then the Key37. Its not really really a mobile device it requires being plugged in.

I know that, I didn't say another DAW would run in a MPC. Yes the stand alone DAW is fully functional and efficient.

Did You buy one?

I was thinking of buying a MPC One just so I can have first hand experience using one.

Great points the things ok I just think its time for Akai to do more, do something new.

Appreciate You comming over brother. The main issue with Akai is that they are part of IN music and as result they share the technology across all brands in the corporation and buy parte in bulk basically. Some people are asking Why does Akai keep recycling the exact same technology for over a decade now and In Music is why.

​@@HOLLASOUNDSYeah, no doubt I see. As I dive more into this topic with others I see that this is a very interesting and lets us know that this has been a practical things for decades. Great video brother! Blessings!

@@PULSEMusicGroup Definitely brother.

Do you agree that Akai put the most important parts of the MPC into there Midi devices? Thats what it looks like to Me.

Interesting hearing about the Korg Kronos, I'll have to look into that, as for the Akai and the MPC Key37 yes it definitely has good points about it, and I do like the case design however I want to see Akai innovate instead of repackaging the same exact hardware and parts for decade.

@@HOLLASOUNDS I have the Korg Kronos. Frankly I think it is an overrated keyboard, but , at the time, it had become a standard in the workstation market and so it was sold in large amount. About the Akai: I think that the mpc 37 was a sort of experiment by Akai. There was request for an all-in-one portable device, and I think the mpc 37 succeded, with all his limitations. We have to consider that Akai goal is also not to "cannibilize" its other product lines (in other words: a more powerful mpc 37 would have stolen the market of his higher end products) Probably, in the future, there will be improvement...but for higher prices, I suspect!

Im doing a 3rd video on this Akai situation and in that video I'll be reading out this comment and others because its interesting.

@@HOLLASOUNDS thx you, I am honored 😀

Will be coming soon

Well I was just watching one of Ski's shorts on the MPC Key37 and I responded to a comment someone left that was criticising Him about now promoting Akai after saying bad things about Andy Mac. This is What I said As EA has explained many times it was X SE and X that Ski had a problem with because it had the exact same converters inside the X, On and Live2. The X was supposed to be a Flagship with something extra special and it didn't. With Andy they stopped talking over it yes but they have talked it out at Namm and I assume Andy is going to talk to the rest of Akai with Ski's feedback and see if InMusic Corp is willing to upgrade the converters of a future MPC Flagship. Time will tell, its all up to InMusic Corp what happens.

Its not that the Keys, Knobs and pads are not decent quality its the overall recycling and reusing parts and and technology throughout the MPC Key37 to cut costs the technology is a decade old or more, the processor with only 2 gig Ram is a bit poor and that is a direct result of useing old parts, old chips, old memory chips. No innovation its just repackage technology thats the problem.

Exactly, I thing these RU-vidrs must be payed or get a free MPC keys so they hype up the brand as much as possible to the point of being totally unrealistic but there subs lap it up like a hungry puppy lol. Most of the technology including, keys, processor, Ram, Pad, Buttons are all 10 and 15 years old unchanged. This is because Akai is part of In music and cutting costs basically.

@@HOLLASOUNDS yeah, I mean don’t get me wrong. I think they’re great devices for what they are. And they are more than they need to be in a lot of ways. But they’re not futuristic in anyway, I love my MPC and personally like I said, I would buy this one if I needed one with keys, but if you open one up, you’ll see that a lot of the boards are the same and just rearranged in the configuration. Actually, you did give me an idea though which I may experiment with… But yeah, I feel like they’re probably not getting free MPC a lot of the people who are hyping this thing up the people who are getting them free that I know of are talking about the device but not hyping it per se… I won’t say they’re not selling it but they’re not over selling it. In a nutshell they’re saying it’s another option. It will get you closer to all that functionality you wanted on the MPC 61 but didn’t want to pay $1500 for. Personal I bought mine when it was 1899 and I love it. I think it’s my favorite probably keyboard that I use all the time. Just because it’s so fast to work with you you know what I mean it doesn’t need to be the biggest baddest best some of my favorite keyboards are older and are not the biggest baddest you know. but yeah, I think people just get into this thing where they want to predict the future. Hope that they’re right and hope the people will think that they know something that’s coming and will subscribe to the channel. I seen it a few times I see it all the time actually on the Mac channels with the people make these predictions about things and then when they get like one out of the 20 things they predicted right they jump around like see I told you, they are putting a quarter in bigger screen on the new MacBook Pro… And I’m like whatever man. Anyone who’s been in this game technology and music long enough knows obviously that there are gonna be bigger bad or better things coming out incremental upgrades are the way things happen and I personally think that you should find the gear that works for you stick with it try not to be a slave to new releases, yeah, I should really take some of that advice myself there… But you know what I’m saying. Make music not profits for other people.

@@Cap10NRGMusic I think this comment deserves its own video response and shout out video, 1 because you was the first comment, 2 Best comments on here, appreciate your input. I'll let You know when its up.

For those who use MPC beats or the full MPC DAW then yes it makes sence to use the MPC Key37 in companion mode which is not the same as midi mode. Companion mode the MPCs DAW works in tandem with the PC DAW which receives the sounds, midi and data vs a midi controller which just sends midi data to a 3rd perty DAW and for that a normal midi controller like a MPK249 can do that at a 3rd the cost. As for innovation in this unit vs other MPCs, well the entire line past the MPC Live 2 shows a lack of development and basically repackaging the same exact thing over and over with minimal development vs other brands. Akai basically works with what its got available across all of InMusic brands who's inventory is made to fit the widest range of products and innovation is not a priority for one brand vs the rest. I have an M Audio keyboard that was 10 years old when Alesis released the exact same keyboard and all the big RU-vidrs did videos on it and not one said anything about it, both brands are InMusic.

Please explain more.

@@HOLLASOUNDS in the 2010s there was a brand named Open Labs. They made devices called Miko and Neko. These were basically workstation keyboards with windows on it. It's like you had keys, a screen, a keyboard, an audio interface all in one. You could install whatever you wanted in there. It was expensive as hell though. The Key 37 reminds a lot of the look of these devices. The world didn't really embrace these devices and they stopped producing the Miko and Neko after like I don't know, 3 or 4 years?

Thats interesting I dont remember keyboards with windows on, what Year was that? I dont think Akai would ever put a full blown Mac or Windows computer in a MPC and I dont think they would ever want people using other software instead there own,

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ns0i07R3eig.html@@HOLLASOUNDS

Got it thanks

Perhaps there being no other small but decent sized arrangement keyboard which a sequencer is why they feel they can repackage old technology in a new shell make it bright Red and wolla. I was thinking of getting a used MPC one just so that I can have relevance in talking about Akai MPCs but the I dont think I want to learn a new DAW, or way of working.

Don`t feed the Wolves

Really Ill have to look into that.

@OUNDS Here is a video 16 years ago of the Neko playing sounds from Natve Instruments B4 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-urykRId3vWE.htmlsi=8zIHL4qkdnbjsKJm

wow

Who's that?

I think it looks fine but not sure why it had to be bright red, the tech is old.

This is a very good comment, you made some good points. Yes there is the aspect of new patents and trying to reduce the need to have to register new ones however that is in line with what a corporate brand would do. Innovation confined to just one brand in a corporation of brands is costly and thats main reason, there is a lack of innovation in My opinion.

The Force seems to be a forgotten product by Akai, do they even support it? Akai just churns out product after product putting the same hardware in different shaped shells.

@@HOLLASOUNDS I think users do feel forgotten about, lots of silly bugs left and no sign of them being fixed. Just new bells and whistles in the form of plugins that you don't need. Marketing dept driven no doubt. Its a unified platform across the products so hopefully things will catch up. But yeah, same base hardware / firmware pretty much , different box!

It just looks like they make or do wqht ever will make the most money the fastest and easiest with little to no extra cost, its simply cheaper and easier to have all thr MPCs to have the exact same insides. I best even 5 years from now the devices will have the same exact stuff inside.

@@HOLLASOUNDS No doubt. Only end use advantage to the shared software platform base is you stand more of a chance of getting an update, not that the Force has had one for a while. I'm not buying anymore Akai anyway. Last Akai hardware i brought was like 24 years ago which was an MPC2000XL. Not much has changed in that time!

How often do You use the 2000xl? is it good?

They made it red, thats they only thing that stands out to Me.

The technology is over a decade old imagine if Apple did this, people would be mad, I personally don't actually care because in My opinion the MPKs have all the parts of a MPC that I want, which is the pads, and controls, and everything else I'll do in My DAW which is probably 100x more powerful then a MPC.

Three what?

@@HOLLASOUNDS That`s a Prophet right there. 😉

Old technology in a new shell.

@@HOLLASOUNDS don't care 🤣

ohhh

@@chris2crazzy Do you have one? An MPC?

@naturestone3148 no I'm not rich lol

But can you show how to play out of the box with no online hookups just straight analog?

Moon shines at night and they say its the suns reflection but what if it isn't?

You want Me to do a video of Me playing the Monopoly?

Two InMusic Brand products Alesis QMINI 32 Keyboard 2022 M Audio Keystation 32 Mini from 2013 both identical.