Akai MPC Key 61 - Honest Review - Is it Worth Getting?
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2022
- How does the Akai MPC Key 61 stack up to the competition and is it worth getting? In this video I walk through my likes and dislikes of the MPC Key 61 and provide some my thoughts on how the keyboard stacks up to other keyboards. I highlight some of my favorite things about the keyboard as well as one big gripe...the keybed!
What do you think? Is the Akai MPC Key 61 worth getting? How do you like the keybed, am I crazy to not like it?
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I finally had the chance to play one of these the other day, and walked away even more convinced that this is really just a BeatMakers keyboard, and not the “workstation” it’s being advertised as. I’ve been a pianist and a keyboardist for just over 40 years now. My first workstation was the M1, and I’ve owned many over the years. I honestly don’t see or hear anything groundbreaking with the Key61. I’ll say it again, and that is some of my now dated workstations are still just as capable, and in some cases more capable for live and true workstation use. Everyone is gushing over the spec list for the Key61 like it’s groundbreaking, but have forgotten about monsters like my Fantom G. Hell even Alesis had a workstation doing midi and audio years back. I owned that too, it was a complete failure IMO, but on paper it was ok. Nothing in the Key61 interests me enough to use it live or as a workstation because of the limitations it has. I used to make beats, and this keyboard IMO makes sense should I choose to take up beat making again.
I have no complaints about this keyboard. However, I did at first did not like the stiffness of the key bed but it was because I was subconsciously comparing it to another key bed. After spending more time with the 61 Key, I fell more in love with everything and it wasn’t an issue at all because I got so caught up in all that has to offer. I had a lot of workstations in the past and this one just leaps and bounds ahead of all of the others. No workstation will satisfy everyone s needs & it’s subjective in my opinion. I love it more the more that I play it…
Thank you for your explanations, I have been using the mpc method since the release of the 2000XL for more than twenty years, the KEY 61 is really in the same spirit intact, having a lot of ideas and being able to put them in place quickly.
AMAZING review! I bought the key 61 a few weeks ago and have yet to take it out of the box, but doing alllll my research before diving in. Your vidoes are VERY helpful and informing, and just wanted you to know I appreciate the time and effort you put into educating fellow musicians!
Thank you! Very informative for someone like me who is thinking of the key 61.
thanks for doing this review, it was really useful!
The key 61 clickiness is a dream compared to the bang clankiness of the fantom 6 i owned
I think the keybed is actually ok. I also have a Nord 88 and obviously it’s not as good as that but it’s easily as good as my Roland Fantom 6 keyboard.
Thanks a lot for honest insights.
This may be the most productive workstation keyboard I’ve ever owned. Definitely increased my productivity by 75% real talk!
I've had it for 2 months too now, and I have to agree - the keybed is not great. Mine had the velocity bugs (meaning velocity always on/too high on a few keys) but they got better the more I used it so I've not returned it for that reason yet. My Montage literally wipes the Akai to the floor with the quality difference.
Just ordered one. It's for home use to try and make songs. I am not a trained musician. But in the past was able to sequence tracks into songs with an old S700 sampler, Juno 106, DX10, TX81z and 8 track with mixing desk. Even took some stuff into professional studios and put out vinyl in the 90's. After a long time away from music production this seems like my dream keyboard as I hate sitting at a computer to make music. Thanks for the videos as it helped me decide between this and the Fantom 06.
I love the 61! Traded my X for it, I think that's been fixed with the keys
speaking of the 8 plugs in limit : youcan actually use the bounce to sample function once you are done with a midi track and always come back to adjust as it holds the midi data ...
No Complaints still have my Live2 took back my X for the Key61! Love that I don’t have to go to my Komplete Kontrol S49Mk2 but I still do for the integration with Native instuments!! I do find the work flow almost in comparison to machine almost being able to get sounds spread out across the keys with one button something I’ve been waiting for for a long time from them instead of having to go to a menu and set it up to do that whereas Native instuments any sound on any pad is automatically stretched across all keys.
Great honest review. Portability is a real plus for me. The keyboard weighs next to nothing but gives you a full studio in a box. Now I've renovated my motorhome, the 60W power draw of the Key 61 is nothing and will allow me to compose for hours every day with it in the motorhome.
Great video. Agree they should have put dedicated L/R Q Link bank buttons. They could fix that issue by adding Shift + Q Link function to bank left. I’d be satisfied with that option. Been a gripe of mine since the original MPC Live.
I'm sorry...... but did he somehow miss the $2700 difference between the MPC KEY 61 and the NORD Stage 3?
@DSoundman, How is it as far as polyphony? I've heard complaints about it being really underpowered as far as the processor goes. Could I really load this up with plenty of instruments using all of it's 16 channels?
I think this is just as you said, a great way to develop a song idea and then recording into a computer DAW.