Replacement mouthpiece for the Akai EWI4000S.
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Use this handy power supply when USB isn’t an option.
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Small but perfectly formed, the MPC1000 is a welcome addition to a now legendary product line which holds a unique position in the evolution of modern electronic music. Inheriting all the features which make the MPC so recognizable, the MPC1000 is not only a perfect compliment to its larger MPC siblings, but a powerful Music Production Center in its own right.
Price: $999.00 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
Well, the basic features are fantastic; THE SIZE, the tight and friendly sequencer, the separate outs, pads, great mac/pc compabillity etc. But the effect unit is really not impressive, it’sa not just very basic, I miss some essential stuff there, like why isn’t there a delay on board? Same thing with the filters, they sound very weak and digital. I’m also a bit disappointed with the envelopes and dynamic sample editing/manipulation in general. My EMU sampler from 1995 (approx 150
Tired of buying batteries? Eliminate them by using this power adapter designed for use with your MPD24 and MPK49.
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The Akai Professional MPC2500 Music Production Center combines a 64-track MIDI sequencer with a 32-voice 16-bit stereo digital sampler. The MPC is a rock-solid sequencing and drum programming machine with 16 velocity and pressure sensitive rubber pads. The unit allows you to sample more efficiently. This composition center is contained in one extremely powerful desktop unit.
Price: $1499.00 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
Its everything MPC and some. I like the chop shop and phrase sampling. The different quantize options are amazing, with note shifting, etc. The ‘swing’ on this machine is superb.
Quality:
Pretty well built, compact and looks very professional. Its got a nice tilt screen, and i like the clicky wheel. The pads feel great for programming drums.
Value:
For the money, you get what you pay for. Its solid, tight and delivers.
Desirability:
looks very slick on my desk next to my laptop. It blends in well with my other gear. Its beautifully designed ground up. The MPC logo on the back screen is a nice touch. The mpc 2500 looks like the mpc 3000le, but slimmer and slicker.
Sound:
What you put in, is what you get out. With the right drum samples, this thing sounds fat on the bottom and sweet on the top. Its a fairly punchy sound, with a nice thump on kicks. The sound is pretty focused, not muddy or lo fi like the old samplers.
Ease of Use:
Once you started playing with it, you get the hang of the main feature pretty quickly. Its a small learning curve.
Support:
I dont like Akai support, but who needs them.
Overall:
Great machine, excellent feel for drums, perfect for any studio.
Maximize your musical ideas on-stage or in the studio with the new Akai MPK49 performance controller. The Akai MPK49 ushers in a new era for USB/MIDI controllers by combining a high-quality, 49-key, semi-weighted keyboard with aftertouch and 12 genuine MPC drum pads.
Price: $399.00 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
It has great features and works with almost any program, however I’ve found that the keys and pads translate information too slowly to play fluently. For a person use to using a triton, this was a huge letdown.
Quality:
I h.ad it about two weeks, then one of the function controls bent somehow. The pads were also very soft. They say that they mimic the mpc pads, but they feel like something made by fisher price. I like the pads on Korg’s midi controller better
Value:
I would have been better off buying the m-audio 88 key controller which goes for the same price, but transposes information faster.
Desirability:
The sexiness of it was probably the final factor in me choosing to try this product versus others
Sound:
U can’t really rate something for sound if it doesn’t actually create sounds can u?
Ease of Use:
I found it very easy to set up the parameters and preset functions.
Support:
I didn’t have to call anyone except the company I brought it from to exchange it for a better and more reliable product.
Overall:
I wouldn’t want anyone to steal it, because then i couldn’t get my money back, but if they did, i’d take my insurance $ and spend it on the next thing. Akai tried, but they still have some improvements to make. I guess when everyone is making bs equipment for 1/2 ass musicians, u can get away with selling a piece of garbage like this. it was a huge waste of money.
Akai Professional’s MPD24 is the velocity sensitive pad controller for musicians and DJs working with sampled sounds. The MPD24 features 16 MPC-style velocity and pressure sensitive pads plus transport controls for interfacing with DAW/sequencing applications. With Akai’s MPC 16 Levels and Full Level features for ultimate pad control, four selectable pad banks totaling 64 pads, six assignable faders and eight assignable, 360 degree knobs for transmitting MIDI Control Change data, the MPD24 provides unprecedented creative freedom for manipulating sampled material.
Price: $169.00 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
Template Presets in it are good for guru and battery.
Quality:
sturdy, good so far.
Value:
really good. Considering i bought a crappy radium keyboard controler for the same price a few years ago. the radium is so fragile feelign sometimes im afraid to play it. This MPD feels like it can take a beating.
Desirability:
Looks nice. Practical. Fun. Cool dials that you can turn indefinatly (or until your wrist breaks)
Sound:
Well it doesnt make sound, its jsut a midi controller. I really have to beat it hard to get the right strength to my hits. Id like to just lightly tap but i guess you cant do that on this. Other than that it Responds well in Ableton live though. Used it with Guru, Battery and a bunch of other Vsti. Anything ive tried it with for that matter. Have yet to use it in Reason.
Ease of Use:
I find i have to drum harder on this than id like to. I set it up to be as sensitive as possible to my hits but it still wasnt enough so i curved my velocitys in Live to be harder hitting. i guess i jsut drum relaxed… or maybe my fingers are hollow. On a pc, i found it very easy to install if you know the basics about computers and are farmiliar with using a midi controller with your sequencer
Support:
N/A yet
Overall:
Good. I look forward to making some swingin beats with the quantitization off.
The perfect portable beat machine. Inspiration can happen anywhere. The XR20 is loaded with pro-grade, industrial-strength drum, percussion, bass, synth, sound effects, vocal and instrument hit sounds and has the ability to lay them in a groove wherever and whenever you’re ready.
Price: $319.00 Buy now!
Akai Professional’s MPC500 is the first truly portable all-in-one Music Production Center. Affording artists the ability to sample and create music on-the-go, the MPC500 offers many of the same features users have grown to love in the MPC line. From rock solid sequencing and programming to expandable memory and storage options, the MPC500 is only small in physical size. Compatible with other MPC products, the MPC500 extends users’ studios to fit in with their mobile lifestyles.
Price: $599.00 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
Find out for yourself before I make you bouncing off the wall so you can get it.
Quality:
You do not want me to get into talking about the quality so I will just say I give it a 10/10 – no actully I give it extra credit it’s 15/10
Value:
The price is expensive but I think it’s worth, people think it’s smaller so it must have less features – not true. It’s smaller with same features, people should be happy it’s this much because if they knew what the MPC500 had they would know it’s worth more than $2000.
Desirability:
Damn! This thang is sexy. This thang got ass. It got curves. The looks attracted me when I first saw it. Love at first sight.
Sound:
The sound is I should say number one. The sound responds even better than I imagined. It is a real easy device because it’s just the same as other MPC’s but smaller and portable. It has an incredible sequencer. It’s design is simple and sexy.
Ease of Use:
Real easy, it is the most easiest MPC I have ever worked with. It’s just like a PSP because the real PSP system is PS2 and the MPC500 is just like MPC2500/MPC4000 but same quality and same sound just smaller, the PS2 might have better graphics than PSP but that isn’t how the MPC500 is, this MPC is the same thing as it’s brothers.
Support:
Real nice company real friendly.
Overall:
This my baby I ain’t never gon’ break up with it.
EWIUSB is the most flexible EWI because it harnesses your computer to generate its sounds. Its USB interface means that all you need is nearly any Mac or PC and the included EWIUSB software, and you