cclarry Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Akai Pro has announced that MPC Beats, the free fully-featured, beat-making software & plugin, will include 3GB of bonus content, including samples, loops, and AIR Virtual instruments / FX plugins, until the end of October, 2020. https://www.akaipro.com/mpc-beats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibbles Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) I'm trying to figure out if this is any different from the previous offering. 😕 Edited October 17, 2020 by Wibbles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telecode 101 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 i am going to guess the Akai MPK Mini integrates better with their software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan o driscoll Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, Wibbles said: I'm trying to figure out if this is any different from the previous offering. 😕 Looks like the same stuff TBH. Subscribed again, got the email: Edited October 17, 2020 by aidan o driscoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibby Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 I think it's got an "updated" version number... No I haven't installed either of them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telecode 101 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) I installed. All the links in the email to the extra stuff is the same 942mb file. Unless I am missing something. So I guess that same file installs all the extras? Edited October 18, 2020 by telecode 101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) Still waiting for Akai to update their VIP 3.1.1 software to include VST3... Clicking on the release notes from the help menu within the program takes you to 404: Page not found. https://www.akaipro.com/vip-release-notes/v3.1.1 And they have moved their Advance controllers for VIP to their "Legacy" products page... https://www.akaipro.com/products/legacy Abandonware? Edited October 18, 2020 by abacab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 3 hours ago, abacab said: Still waiting for Akai to update their VIP 3.1.1 software to include VST3... Clicking on the release notes from the help menu within the program takes you to 404: Page not found. https://www.akaipro.com/vip-release-notes/v3.1.1 And they have moved their Advance controllers for VIP to their "Legacy" products page... https://www.akaipro.com/products/legacy Abandonware? Yep, they seem to have struck up an exclusive deal with the button pushers union. I thought the advance was quite a nice controller, but lacked faders and like many a larger 76 or 88 option which seems to be almost essential to get the best out of Kontakt and Omnisphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, paulo said: Yep, they seem to have struck up an exclusive deal with the button pushers union. I thought the advance was quite a nice controller, but lacked faders and like many a larger 76 or 88 option which seems to be almost essential to get the best out of Kontakt and Omnisphere. Looks that way, based on the current list of hardware they are promoting. But they do still have the 25, 49, and 61 key versions of their MPK keyboard line as current, and VIP ready, although without the fancy VIP LCD display. I needed a new controller a couple of years ago, so I bought an Alesis version of the Advance (they packaged it in versions for Akai, M-Audio, and Alesis) that I got a stupid deal on at Musician's Friend, along with the VIP software bundle. It's an OK keyboard, but I do miss the sliders. I actually found the VIP software quite useful, even more so than the integrated keyboard. I would really hate to see Akai abandon VIP development, because there is nothing else quite like it for managing your instrument plugin library. I currently have over 20,000+ presets searchable from my VSTi collection, that I can quickly drop into a multi layer with up to 8 instruments. That's more fun than pushing buttons, IMHO! Edited October 18, 2020 by abacab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 21 hours ago, abacab said: But they do still have the 25, 49, and 61 key versions of their MPK keyboard line as current, and VIP ready, although without the fancy VIP LCD display. I forgot about them - probably because in my head I've already written them off as being too flimsy and toy like (like most of the other brands in fairness to Akai). The Advance just seemed more robust generally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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