The MPD32 looks nice but it isn't up to my standard by any means.
Akai has always made the best drum machine IMHO. I mean, you can program samples and put feel into your tracks like no other I know of. If you are at all familiar with MP3's you can fool the most experienced engineers into thinking you recorded a real drummer, and I don't mean with bought loops. Keys are the worst so anything is better for certain. Pads are quicker so that definitely helps but I fear you are very limited beyond that. Pads on a keyboard are only just that from what I understand.
So, it will be very familiar right off the bat because I have always used the MP3. I was almost ready to get the Korg Pad controller but see the new Akai's are modeling around the MP3 more and more. Dedicated drum machines seem to have those extra things that make it easier to accomplish high end programming. I treat them like an instrument so I really want the best, which has always been the MP3's. To me it would be a compromise but I think it comes down to what you are used to, also.įor me though, a drum machine is as important as a guitar or keyboard on its own.
