The first truly tangible evidence we had of the forthcoming MPCs were from documents Akai submitted to America’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Now, those reports should have been hidden from public view but for a short while the FCC made them public, giving us some juicy details on a forthcoming MPC (all that is left of that original submission is here: ).

In this article I try to piece everything together and give you a breakdown of everything we know (or think we know) so far. Well, 2016 has been and gone and MPC Software 2.0 did not appear, and neither did any new MPC – however with Winter NAMM 2017 just a couple of weeks away, it does seem that matters are reaching an inevitable boiling point thanks to a combination of third party leaks, customer guesswork and cryptic comments from various Akai sources. KORg is like the only company still kicking with hardware.We first learnt of Akai’s plans for MPC Software 2.0 way back at Winter NAMM 2016 almost exactly a year ago, at which time we were told that 2.0 would be released in 2016, and that the MPC Touch ‘ was not the final MPC’. Maybe they are super cheap to make and they are appeasing their investors this way. Who the hell works at AKAI/Numark? A bunch of dudes in suits with their jeans too tight and haircuts like Skrillex trying to make the next best controller. People still rocking 2000XL’s for a reason. They aint selling 4000.00 Moogs because they cant sample those sounds into a multisampled patch, its because of the maschine. I think computers have advanced us so much they no one realizes that hardware is still a thing. Imaging the landfills in 20 years full of MPC controller gear. I mean dam, do we need another keyboard controller and pad controller. They have made so many controller, you would think they would pause for a second. Those things are filling up the used section of Guitar Center to the point you have to scroll a bunch to actually find what you were searching for “MPC”. Ya, did the renaissance do so bad they they thought “hey, lets make another one”.

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