New Akai products

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New Akai products

Post by flogistox » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:35 pm

http://www.akaipro.com/contentmgr/showd ... /id/200002
apc 20 (ugly indeed!), new mpd18 and mpd26
an iphone controller too......
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Re: New Akai products

Post by 3phase » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:53 pm

oh my god..what a stupid product..its really not so much about function theese days? or am i missing something?

with this units the faders do 8 different functions? but they are no motor faders? how practical 8-/

akai would heve been better off making a 10 rotary encoder version instead a 9 fader 1 rotary...



and because the unit is intended to build customized setups i guess here is an usb hub included? is it?


who designs such products? and who frees budgets for them?

the peter principel in action?
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Re: New Akai products

Post by Khazul » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:15 pm

Fugly!
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Re: New Akai products

Post by Shillelagh Law » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:17 pm

3phase, someone with a high-function autism has been in charge of AKAI design for quite some time.

What is really flying over my head is this whole itouch-keyboard thing. it looks too big to fit in with the portability ethos of the itouch. the LPK25 usb keyboard, and a decent netbook is the same price-point and just as portable with a better OS.

oh well, they'll probably sell hundreds of thousands, if not gazillions.
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Re: New Akai products

Post by SubFunk » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:22 pm

Khazul wrote:Fugly!
yup, village design... urgh.
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Re: New Akai products

Post by SunshineLui » Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:07 pm

wtf akai we want led ring encoders on the mpd!
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Re: New Akai products

Post by Lazos » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:22 pm

Wait. How is the APC 20 any fuglier than the APC 40 (or the Launchpad, for that matter)! I'm sure this is blasphemy to some, but they all look really crappy and plastic-like to me.
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Re: New Akai products

Post by SubFunk » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:24 pm

Lazos wrote:Wait. How is the APC 20 any fuglier than the APC 40 (or the Launchpad, for that matter)! I'm sure this is blasphemy to some, but they all look really crappy and plastic-like to me.
who said the others are pretty?
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Re: New Akai products

Post by Lazos » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:29 pm

Fair enough. :)
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Re: New Akai products

Post by djsynchro » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:54 pm

launchpad looks great what's wrong with plastic? What would you have made it of? Wood & steel? :mrgreen:
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