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offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2008-04-08 13:03 [#02192449]
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has anyone messed w/ one of these yet?

are the pads velocity sensitive or what man? no youtube
video, online review, or spec-sheet, not even the mother
fucking instruction manual which is online from akai's
website mentions if the pads are velocity sensitive, and it
is pissing me right off because i want one of those drum
machines really badly, unless the pads are not velocity
sensitive, thank you very much, i love you.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2008-04-08 17:40 [#02192529]
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While it's never safe to assume, it would be overwhelmingly
stupid for pads to lack velocity sensitivity in 2008. I
would think Akai would be considerate/smart enough to
include sensitivity, but if the manual doesn't say one way
or the other, I suppose you should assume that it
doesn't have it.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2008-04-09 00:01 [#02192616]
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If they are the same as their other pads they are velocity
sensitive. They didn't mention either way for those, so its
a safe assumption to think that this does have velocity
sensitive pads.

Don't buy something new you can't try unless its under 100.

 

offline avart from nomo' on 2008-04-09 00:43 [#02192618]
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never buy anything with fixed and non-exchangeable
presets/samples!


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2008-04-09 12:37 [#02192730]
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Wrong answer. You fail.

 

offline sheffieldbleep from Sheffield (United Kingdom) on 2008-04-09 12:40 [#02192731]
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that's crazy talk

 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2008-04-09 14:44 [#02192782]
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the pads aren't velocity sensitive. i tried one out today at
guitar center. what a joke. i guess if you just need the
bare minimum it's a good toy but jesus christ, what the
fuck? are you serious?


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2008-04-10 04:37 [#02192923]
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Well, it is a drum machine. Vast majority of them don't have
velocity sensitive pads.

It just doesn't really work for your needs. In all honesty,
90% of the time I am doing something in my mpc I have the
pad sensitivity set to 100% so that they aren't velocity
sensitive either.


 

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