NPC ONE (Bad Gear)

Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Akai MPC ONE. Is this groovebox, music production platform and successor to legendary instruments like the Akai MPC 60 and MPC 2000 and sibling to the more upscale models Akai MPC Live and Akai MPC X on par with its competitors like the Elektron Octatrack and even software solutions like Ableton Live or FL Studio? Is it NPC ONE??? Chapters: 00:00 Intro tune 00:55 Overview MPC ONE 01:57 Is it still a real MPC??? (Old School Workflow) 02:09 Sampling 02:16 Ratchets 02:20 Keygroups 02:28 MPC Structure (Sequences, Tracks, Instruments) 02:50 Midi Out, CV, Audiotracks, Timestretching, Looper 03:09 AutoSampling 03:14 Software Instruments, Limitations 04:02 Midi, Arpeggiator, Step Sequencer, Piano Roll 04:31 Many, many Windows... (Tracks, Mixer, FX) 04:53 More Limitations 05:10 Differences to other MPCs 05:22 What else??? (Pricing, Thanks) 05:41 Hate 06:04 Jam 1 (Dytopian Beat) 07:02 Jam 2 (Hardware House) 08:08 Finale (Rave'n'Roll) 08:40 Verdict NPC ONE (Bad Gear)