The MPC is 16-voice polyphonic for its internal drum sounds, and each drum pad can be triggered polyphonically.Īkai have provided the MPC60 with a built-in 3.5" disk drive, a necessity as the machine loses its memory when turned off. The 16 velocity- and pressure-sensitive rubber drum pads have a substantial and comfortable feel, but are occasionally susceptible to double-triggering if you get overly physical with them. One thing is in no doubt: the MPC60 is a sturdy beast, yet manages to remain reasonably portable. Whether or not the MPC lives up to this name is something we'll discover in due course.
Realising this was a limiting designation, A DRum machine became a MIDI Production Centre (as for the numbers, who knows?). So could this be third time lucky for the drum-sampler/sequencer?ĪKAI'S ORIGINAL NAME for the MPC60 was the more modest "ADR15". One thing's for sure: there's no way that Akai are going to go the same way as Linn and Sequential. The MPC60 MIDI Production Centre (debuted at last year's BMF) is the first result of the Akai/Linn partnership, and, surprise surprise, it's another stab at the Linn 9000 concept. Only Sequential have tried something similar, with the Studio 440 - and look what's happened to them.įollowing the demise of Linn Electronics, company founder Roger Linn began collaborating with Akai. Three years have passed since E&MM reviewed the Linn 9000, and during this time the sampler/sequencer concept hasn't exactly been widely adopted. It was an ambitious product which unfortunately dragged Linn Electronics under.
In the annals of music technology, Linn Electronics met their Waterloo with the Linn 9000 drum-sampler/sequencer, which suffered from an over-inflated price tag, non-appearance of promised features and a reputation for crashing bettered only by Andrew Ridgeley. Take Sinclair and the C5, Henry Ford and the Edsel, or Robert Oppenheimer and the Bomb. SOME INVENTIONS JUST don't bring much luck to their developers.
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