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I'm not an Akai Professional developer, so I really couldn't say. What I can say is that modern libraries and compilers are pretty good about cross-platform development and intelligent tweaks based o ...

I think that you may be confusing the respective missions of the Force and the MPC.

The MPC is designed around working with patterns. This is why beatmakers love it, and why if you want to do a wh ...

To the very best of my knowledge, there is no such tool. The closest equivalent would be exporting the MIDI, editing it separately, and then re-importing it, or using an external device or computer t ...

The Force and the MPC aren't really running on the same software. They have a similar base, but there are substantial differences; they don't even get the same updates. For example, the Force now ha ...

After much research and thought, I bought a Krome rather than the Kronos, knowing full well what the Krome's limitations are compared to the Kronos. At the time it was the only serious hardware devic ...

I'm pretty sure I've heard other numbers, something more like 192? Over 100, to be sure.

But again, when the device is also a MIDI master that can drive other devices hard, that's a very artificia ...

Mike: In my opinion, the Force doesn't quite match the Kronos as a synthesiser, but it's not at all bad. I can get very good results with a little patience. Its effects model and internal digital mi ...

Any idea what is the polyphony for MPC Key? (128, 256, etc.). I don't see it in the Akai specs. The video says you're limited to 8 plugins per project. Does each plugin have its own polyphony?

I ...

If I wanted the traditional keyboard workstation experience (beyond what I already have) my choice would still be the K2700, or if strapped for cash the PC4.

What I really wanted this whole time wa ...

I could totally see an MPC Key X, with an 88-key weighted keyboard, polyphonic aftertouch, the tilting 10 inch screen from the MPC X, and more performance controls.

They could probably charge $2500 ...

In the end which one is better to bay AKAI MPC 2 Live or Force, from beginners perspective?
Thanks for all.

I'd say that it largely depends on what you want to do.

If you are a beatmaker, and ...

Not to be too off-topic on a KORG board ... (who am I kidding, this whole thread should be a gigantic wake-up call to KORG)

The Force and MPC lines both enable us to multi-sample other sound source ...

I didn't get an MPC, but a Force instead.

It doesn't have a keyboard, but its pads are good quality, and provide aftertouch. The software updates have been regular and monumental - it now does str ...

Have you checked out the Zoom R20? It's not a complete stranger to MIDI, and it will suck in audio with conviction. I'm not sure how much MIDI control it offers, because I tend to coordinate things ...

The Force at least will stream samples from SDcard, so that's a bit less of a limitation.

I'm really interested to know what Casio has up its sleeve, because they've been on a slow-but-steady recon ...