MPC Key 61 With Scott Storch | Akai Professional 

"Go crazy with that one piece of equipment" - great advice. Back in the day, a home studio would probably only have a single sampler and a couple of synths and one or two FX units. There was no choice but to learn it inside out and use it as fully as possible. That got results as it was like learning to play an instrument. Now, a lot of people buy endless amounts of plugins that they only scratch the surface with on their way to the next plugin that will get them the "perfect sound"....

Congrats on the sobriety Scott! We need you around for as long as we can. Legends need to be heard for life

This is why Akai did it, it had to finally be done correctly 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Scott Storch was the first on My mind when MPC key 61 was announced, He would be the number one man to get on board with it. Great to see him getting on the official Akai train. Well done Akai and thanks Scott.

wow, AKAI is going above and beyond with this.

Elon Musk got some fire beats 😂

I was sceptical of the Keys when it was leaked but on actually seeing and hearing it I've been won over. Once this reaches my local music store I'll definitely try before I buy and I know I'm gonna buy. Big respect to Scott Storch one of my favorite musician/producers for endorsing this and to Akai for this product.

I ordered mine as soon as I saw Scott Storch endorse this which is my favorite producer I’ll have it next week.. thank you Akai

Great drop Akai. 🔥💪🏾👏🏾. Scott Storch blazes anything he touches. He has a river of beats and melodies flowing thru him. 🙏🏾🔥🔥🔥🎹👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I've just bought this machine one month ago and I've noticed that it was best investment for my studio. Thanks Akai for this machine that every producers was dreaming something like that

good news for the whole MPC line. We are all still onboard getting an even better platforms. Ill have to test this beauty in person 👍 love the improvements in the gui

😂 Akai left in the part where he asks for a cigarette.

Having worked w him he’s the man, talented, humble polite, I was blown away.

Akai claiming the respect they deserves to have in the 21st century. Large percentage of hits are inclusive of Akai. Respect to all Akai owners. A lot of work going on behind the scenes.🧡it.

1:33..... I'm stealing that patch lol

The Worst Keep Secret in Music History The MPC Key 61. I Love It though 🤣 Great Work Akai🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

This was very smart of Akai, no one really owns the keyboard workstation market but with this I think they do. I just purchased one of two left at my local guitar center, picking it up tomorrow.

so good to see scott is better health

All the smoke, gas, and hype was absolutely worth the wait for such a beautiful and powerful sampling keyboard workstation. I just got the MPC Live 2 Gold Edition today, but I am still looking forward to soon adding this to my home studio, hopefully as an 88-key version if planned for production. Great job Akai!!!

I could watch Mr. Scott storch play the keyboard all day. This dude is a master 💯

I just got this board, best ever , this synth is sick, man impressive

STORCH DEFINITELY OWNS IT WHEN HE GETS DOWN ON A N8CE BEAT STRAIGHT 🔥🔥🔥🔥

As a Kronos user this looks like the perfect 2nd keyboard for live gigs.

Bro this was made for guys like Storch. The king of simple Melodys that make legendary hits.

One off human being. Greatest there is to this day

Oh so you guys got better sounds and a stand-alone keyboard now …you giving NI a run for they money if y’all updated y’all sounds and coming with this🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥…i hope the sounds are really dope

This demo beat is SO Scott Storch style. Eastern-influenced melodies over a drum beat with a medium bounce.

Been using the MPK261 for a few years now, can't wait to try the MPC Key 61 NOW!!! Thanks for making amazing music gears

Best Akai hardware I've ever seen that'll definitely be my next purchase I been using MPC since the 90s

Bought 1 a few weeks ago. I love it. I will say,...that Being an avid user of the Mpc's touch screen functionality it would be well appreciated if when in "Sample Edit" mode you were able to quickly touch the screen and the Q-Link functionality followed. I feel the inclusion of this feature would be a real workflow improvement for those who choose to use the touch screen for inputting functions rather than clicking through the Q-LINK button to get to the same point. Want to edit sample start? easy touch sample start on the screen and waaa laaa the Q-Links are in place for that specific adjustment...want to edit sample end..simply tough sample end on the screen and q links follow without having to cycle the q link button and so on. Thanks hope this feature is considered.🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

I just want to know if it is compatible as a controller with Ableton and other DAWs.

Akai becoming like Apple of the production world😄

Bought my first Akai MPC Key 61! Amazing Keyboard/Workstation. Akai did a great job. Looking forward to future products:)

Man! That melody was fire! 🔥

Saludos desde Ciutadella de Menorca (Spain), me estoy volviendo loco con mi nuevo MPC ONE y no encuentro la forma de poder lanzar los samples en la secuencia utilizando el modo "PAD Mute" sin tener que esperar a que termine los 16 compases mientras se están reproduciendo, el ejemplo es que en un pad tengo un loop wav de batería que dura 16 compases, si este pad lo tengo muteado desde que reproduzco la secuencia a la hora de activar este loop en medio del compas solo se reproducirá a partir del compas 1, ¿existe alguna forma para que pueda reproducir el sampler a partir del compás que quiera? muchas gracias !!

So I bought the MPC Live 2 and Akai releases this? 🤨

Akai Got The Right Man For The Job On Pushing This Product 👍🏽 Great Job Akai Pro 💯

Scott Storch opinion is gold in my book 👍🏾

Some disadvantages: 1. Difficult change Time Signature after creating and recording project. 2. No button for select all notes on Grid View of a keygroup program or MIDI program. 3. No separate "Loop" button for each track in key seqence. 4. No copy function between USB/Int/SSD. 5. No add "Lock" pad button, like it have Roland FA.

Akai Professional always finds a way.. Grand Champion brand frfr

MIDI bug still present for me on 2.11 with MPC One. Sequencing from external source (my case the Keystep Pro or ANY external midi input), note-off commands get sent to all channels regardless of how track is setup. What I mean is setup track 1 to receive channel 1 from Keystep Pro, set to a sustaining note like an Organ synth, send a note-on message. (Note plays) Track 2, midi channel 2 input, send a note-on and note-off with same pitch, and channel 1 note gets turned off too when note-off is received. MIDI monitor confirms correct messages received/sent. It's a bit ridiculous and this bug has been around forever. Years and years. Bug report has been sent and ignored, and this is a ridiculous bug to have on the mpc OS. Makes external control over MPC synths basically impossible. Which is a huge downer.

Is there a link to that track?

As soon as I saw the MPC61 announcement, I JUMPED on ordering one. I knew Akai was about it and it such a great sounding instrument, plus the workflow, design, it's big enough for me to feel comfortable but still small enough to feel comfortable carrying around. This machine does everything I want and in an intuitive way, I never have to fight it, it just simply works as an extension of myself even though I'm not very familiar with MPCs. It's the new crown of my studio.

I can see some extra space for all 16 knobs on it... For 2k would be nice to have em there

really creative idea by akai to combine an mpc and a keyboard in one unit , so kool, best keyboard for urban music, iam talking hiphop,trap, dancehall, edm,reggae,rnb, unrivalled and unmatched by the competitors, roland korg yamaha dont have that raw sound, they all sound very traditional and universal on board type sounds, akai has the extra ummmf by including plugin instruments which are way better sounding than the factory type sounds you hear in the others, way to go akai, not perfect but no product is perfect, thats the beauty about tech today, a simple update and we are ready to go, great job akai, i got one, and i will be happy for many years to come

Anyone know what song the beat is from? Maybe it’s just an unreleased track for now

Best workstation . All in one . Absolutely stunning !!! Bravo AKAI !!!

I don't know if this can withstand the pounding i give those pads. Would be nice if i knew how to play the piano though lol. I'd only consider getting something like this if it becomes more convenient than just having the MPC Studio and the MPK Mini.

"Dr.dre, Timbaland, Justin, Christina Aguilera = this keyboard allows you to find the perfect melody " bahaha Andy Mac wrote his whole script. Regardless I love Scotty and this keyboard looks amazing

Good to see a Super Producer chime in on the Key61

Had mine 3 months and love it, ❤ never off it, unfortunately pitch wheel spring has already failed, hope that's not an indication of build quality, never had one go before.

No lie this beat Machine/keyboard is Lowkey perfect

i need help regarding the 6 new instruments,are they free,cause i can't activate them on MPC 2

Too many questions for $2000. @AkaiProVideo So, the onboard software isn't MPC Beats? Meaning I'd have to stem everything out when I want to bring it into my DAW for iZotope tools or have it sent out for mixing/mastering?

Andy and Scott tho!!!

see I need you to put that pad performance mode into the keys please 🥺 🙏 hopefully in a update I will definitely buy it then

Bless up 2 the KING Storch!!

Greetings, hope all’s is well with everyone. Uhhh👀 I’ve been on the MPC Live going on 7 years now, best investment I’ve made musically. The moment I heard about the 61 key keyboard and saw it. I immediately called guitar Center to see if they had it in stock, they didn’t have it. If you’re a MPC Head like I am, this is a game changer

I now need one of this!!!

This new Akai MPC Key 61 is really amazing, great, there are no limitations in the creation, recording, editing, production,... you don't need anything else, neither computers, nor external instruments, just this wonderful keyboard!

Hey, can someone answer a question for me? When you're using these MPCs in software control mode can you still sample into the MPC and get audio out of the MPC, even if you're using more than 8 software synths or audio tracks? Or will I need another audio interface?

Yep I'm buying one. And I'm gonna go in

im such an akai die hard...this beauty will be in my collection

what's the name of the sound 2:28

The Apple of the production world marrying hardware and software. Got mine today.

amazing product and producer!

La vidéo qui me pousse à acheter le MPC Key ce soir ❤😊😊 . Ça sonne et c’est excellent 😊

Is this only for hip hop, rap music?

oooo and please make hybrid and xpand accessible for the key 61. Hybrid already comes free in the software. Wouldve been nice to have it on the keys

@akai_pro My Studio Black is still not working on my M1 MacBook even after I updated ? Is the product discontinued and please if so inform us I’ve been waiting for 2 years now.

If there would be a way to load Decent Sampler libraries or vst3 files, I’d buy it. But, I do admire AKAI taking a step ahead of competition with a sequencer and pretty much a self-contained music making environment.

everything is good, how much polyphony does it have ?? Does it cut off the timbre when changing the sound?

Does it have styles / rhythms like in Yamaha Genos ?

Hi,I've got a question about the latest update

He needs to drop an album. He will end DJ Khaleds career with one album.

Does it have a Fatar Keybed?

Scott Storch is the melody king. Everyone knows

I wish there was a way to map the envelopes of the adsr and cutoff/resonance/envelope of key group instruments to the Q-links- also wish they added key tracking for keygroups! Having each track with its own “sequence length” would’ve also been really great- for polyrhythms . But that might be a big re-design.

Does anyone know offhand if you can load your own samples (like .wav) and map them to individual keys on the board and be played live, and then not lose those samples or have to reload them upon next powerup? I'm just getting through the ads and email notifications about this new synth, but just wanted to see if anyone knew my ask. I'm a bass player that uses Studiologic MID pedals to trigger certain samples, but with a Korg Triton Le76 I had, you had to keep reloading the samples I wanted to use etc. I currently have a Juno DS76 and it handles playing samples better than the Korg did, but not really looking to spend 4-5k on aboard. Hope I'm making sense lol.

The instrument is already so inspiring, but the man and his words amplify that! Already am an Akai user, and this just reinforced it…. 😊

It’s I love Akai Day! Thanks for the update!!!

they should make a bio movie on Scott🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

hoping for a 49key or microkey version. Bigup Akai! Now to lower the latency with external soundcard and its game on!!

Hi! I want to see what this MPC can do without the Air instruments collection.

Beam me up Scotty!

Price?

Damn Akai & Scott done sold me on this joint. *heads over to Klarna to buy*

Dude is a genius

4giga internal ram ?

i need that track that is playing in the background🔥🔥🔥🔥

Good video. Good experience

An incredible keyboard. AKAI has always produced great keyboards!

Exciting piece of kit, this is top of my wish list now

When Scott takes that cigarette break, it's a movie 🎬 🎞 🎥

Oh yeah, finally a pro level synth from Akai🎉 The design is sexy too!! If the keybed is higher quality than on the Advance 61 i'm most definately getting one!

This was made in the mid 90's. Kurzweil K2500S. I still have mine.

how much is it and do I have to sell my MPC One now?

Akai is the ever king 👑💎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I gave him a CD before the MTV awards and my phone was off and I'll never know if he FW it lol. Not till I see him again. We could drop a sick EP

Damn this is a whole stu all in one. I still like Korg to mpc cause I like Korg sounds