NAMM 2012 Rumours and New Release Thread

[nem0nic]

I heard some rumors too but I can't say anything...

[rdej47]

There was rumours on the NI forum about Ableton and Akai teaming up for a Software MPC solution. This could be what they're talking about. I could see it giving NI a bit of a run for it's money, but if you ask me it's all about workflow and Maschine is pretty solid at that.

[oliosky]

fecking industry guys getting all "high school girlfriend who gives you a rager but won't go any further" like. Cunts.

[mostapha]

Damn.

There are a few small questions left to be answered, mostly whether it's a dumb controller or if it functions on its own (i'm guessing the former), how they handled IO for the plugins, why they said 8 banks and 64 tracks (it should be 128), and how (exactly) the sampling works…

And price.

If they got those things right, there's a very good chance my Maschine will be for sale when this drops.

[oliosky]

Plus its an MPC.

[Xonetacular]

And It's going to cost at least 5x Maschine.

http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/sho...098#post409098

[oliosky]

But its still an MPC. Its like stanton st150s and tech 1200s. MPCs will always have that credibility from the longevity of the series.

[rdej47]

Curious to see if NI has any response to the new MPC at all. I love the size of Maschine and Mikro but it'd be cool to see what a bigger version could do for the workflow, but again that could get messy from a business perspective. Managing 3 different units for the same software. DAMN NAMM

[padi_04]

I'd be happy enough with a release date for the K2.

[DJZILCH]

new mixers from rane - looks like the 68 but 2 channels

(found on serato forum)