Akai Force Review and Demo
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- This is my honest review of the Akai Force controller. I really try to share what it's actually like to use it every day, what the device hardware feels like etc. It is the worlds first standalone music production studio and features everything you need to make music without connecting to a computer
Overall I love the device and think it's a huge game changer, I was happy to be asked to help out with the tutorial series on Akai Pro UA-cam and I look forward to hearing what producers and beat makers create on it.
I also want to highlight that while I said the screen "Isn't the same as a high end tablet" it is still the best and only touch screen technology being used in this industry and it is truly revolutionary, I didn't want anyone thinking it was laggy or buggy, it's razor sharp and great to use!
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One of the best reviews of a product. Look forward to more from you on other products. This Akai Force is just brilliant.
This is my honest review of the Akai Force. I really try to share what it's actually like to use it every day, what the device hardware feels like etc. It is the worlds first standalone music production studio and features everything you need to make music without connecting to a computer
What DAW is using for this controller?
Hello sir iam from india love your work sir...i need some help can you make video...if i have lyrics and tone of that lyrics and i know that its right,how can i put music in it and set the metronome and beats in that song...
@Nico just £ 1.469 :)
@@enpawang765 its for Ableton
@@fencefirst2722 This is NOT a controller ... It's a stand-alone machine with its CPU and SW, internal sounds and virtual devices, etc ... it works without connecting it to any computer !
One of the best reviews I've seen. No fluff. Straight to the point. Covers the basics nicely in a well thought out order. Thank you.
Excellent content. I especially enjoyed the demonstration of the reverb with the guitar at the end. Thanks!
I just bought mine, it is a 9/10 purchase for me. I no longer use Ableton since the Akai Force is my go to piece of kit. Excellent product.
I've just recently found your channel, and I must say, you've already helped me a lot with problems I'm having when learning about music production. I've just started my journey with mixing and mastering. I've been playing guitar/drums/bass for a while, but the process of making my own stuff from start to finish is relatively new! It seems like such a long road, yet I'm finding it all so interesting. I always thought 'if you want to truly have your own sound, learning to mix and master is the key to achieving that'. I was never happy when I went to studios. I never could fully achieve my own vision of a sound when someone else tweaked my recorded tracks according to their own taste. It seems like absolute ceative freedom when writing songs, only happens when you get into sound engineering. That's why I love the idea of it. Anyway, back to my main point. Thanks for being you, dude. You're an absolute inspiration, who I strive to be like someday. 😎😎
Wow thank you for the lovely words. I agree entirely! Have a good one :)
This is what i was always hoping from back then when i played live with Ableton crashing on stage more than once.
If you ever played in front of a crowd you start to value other things like VST plugs , you only need stability .
So, AKAI, keep it like that, do not listen to the free lech community, let us have a rock solid box to fire of clips , tracks and midi loops and you did the best thing ever to the live crowd :)
Sorry, but I don’t quite understand your review. Do you really recommend this device for onstage or is there something better out there to bet your $$$ on?
I love it please continue to put out more videos about force and tutorials. I truly appreciate your work.
This is the BUSINESS 🤓 return of the MPC 💪🏻
Like a breath of fresh air, one of the most gifted reviewers on the web, makes a bit more sense of this overwhelming product. I get the concept, but would definitely like a more in depth analysis.
Elvin Lewis I wonder if we can use third party vsti instruments with the Akai Force?
I’m telling you,, because of you’re easy to understand explanation I’m switching to the force. Anybody want to by a MPC Live?😂
i love your guitarplay at the end
Thank you, means a lot to me :)
Yo this was a great video. Love your editing.
Excellent video young man. Nice fast delivery, chock full of completely relevant details on this item. I'm certainly going to take a closer look at this unit. I'm interested in using it live, and would love to see another video from you that focusses on using it live. (i.e. - music already produced, but arrangements created on the fly.
Very good. Good that you make targeted and detailed videos. I'm just seeing your channel and I have to say you're great! Excellent tips and tutorials. I really appreciate that you have subtitles so those who have difficulty with English ( I hahaha) can better understand and translate the whole thing. Thank you so much and keep it up!!!
That’s a great sounding mic preamp
hey man. first of all great video. it was the one that brought me to the channel and I have loved watching your other videos. please make more videos on Force as I think it is a great thing and that you have a fantastic creative ability and skill in explaining things. thanks a bunch!!!
This channel is sooo underrated.
Also more videos on maybe automation and sound design or maybe explaining what the nobs do in fl plugins such as wet, dry, hold, delay, etc.
Nicely done! Great details. This device looks more compelling every day.
Try to make a tutorial about how you produced some of your own tracks! About how you made the chords, melody, drums...😊
Hey Akaï, don't 'Force' me into something i needed ten years ago.
ha! so true!
Would love to see more Akai force in depth tutorials 👍
Im glad you mentioned what the word standalone means. A independent device that runs its own processing unit. People seem to confuse that word with battery powered mobile device alot
Seems like a decent peace of hardware from akai! Thanks for the sweet review :)
Do a video making a full song with the Akai Force whilst showcasing as much features it has. Then you can make more tutorials for FL studio.
Go make me a sandwich , then you can wash my car.
Good man for mentioning what your motivations are . Good review aswell
That drum sequencer blew my mind
Good job with the guitar! Know you haven't played it so long, yet you're doing really well.
Thank you, yeah I'm pushing myself to play on camera as a challenge!
Thanks for all your videos. You have a subscriber for life
Good work mate. Informative video 👍🏼
OH YES MORE PLEASE! GREAT VIDEO - 5 STARS!
Just wish it had a Battery. still gonna get one though. looks like a beast. hats off to Akai for always pushing the boundaries. you know third party plug-ins are coming to Akai's standalone devices in the future sometime. its looking good.
Awesome review! Can you please upload more tutorials I'm definitely purchasing one. Thanks 🤙
This guy is perfect ... Perfect reviews talented musician excellent sound engineer perfect voice he's like a robot that really looks human the best AI specimen so far 😎 by the way the Force looks amazing 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
so stoked!
Best instrument purchase of my life. This thing is wonderful. Deep, and a lot to learn, but wonderful.
Also, can we control how *bright* the pads are, please?
Not actually bothered about this box of tricks - but I really liked your review style, very thorough. Easiest subscribe I’ve ever done.
Fabulous introduction, thanks 🙏
With this instrument, I could be a radio man with immediate one stop / all gadgets around with me. Woow . THANK you for the Info here, watching from ROMA con AMOR!
Great review, enjoyed how you covered the Force! Wishing for that 4th synth, cleaner looking UI and track mixer on my MPC Live! Subbed!
Love this.Need more video on force.
excellent overview of this device.
Amazing video !
Nice review, thanks for posting. I think want one...
I've been trying to build my setup to what this is lol. Nearly copped an mpc live to pair with my push. This is perfect 😢💚
YES SO SICK MORE VIDS PLEASE !! ALL THE VIDS !!
Good video mate, appreciated it.
Thank you for this excellent review
That's One Bad Ass Machine 😍😍😍
Nice video BTW 👏👏👏
You've made me want one 😂
For me this is a game changer! I use hardware only for my LivePA Techno set. This year I had planned to move away from the laptop. This device makes that very clear now!! Thank you Akai!! ;)
The freedom of working standalone sold it for me to be honest
was a bit short...was hoping to see the midi working and cv gates...also is it limited to steptime on 2 bar loops?
great use of the force,i tend to use more as an audio sequencer
Nice video i really enjoyed it
Ableton push and mpc live had a baby 🍼
Put a diaper on it 😂
haha
Inside of a hyperbolic time chamber 💪
Leoo Pokat 👶🏼😂😂
Regression rather ...
Hi, can it do multitrack midi recording of several midi channels on different midi tracks at once from external midi instruments? Thanks
Great, professionally rendered review. Many of us FORCE users would surely appreciate more detailed views of using this amazing device exactly the way you do it! When the FORCE was new to you, you surely met some situations that may have confused you or slowed down the same way us users. I know your time and effort put into making such videos is really demanding and so, please take this comment only as a humble asking that aims to make our occasional FORCE frustration unnecessary...
Marvelous.
That ending is inspiring.
Would you make a video on learning instruments such as the guitar? (Maybe a few tips n' tricks)
Or maybe a video that talks about your background with learning your instruments?
Super cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bravo tuto
Great video thank you
Do the AIR Effects bundle have an amp & cab sim?
I really wish they include those effects into the MPC Live also since it's basically the same OS
Oh and the mixer view. That's amazing. I really want that on the MPC Live.
Fantastic Demo on this instrument. I’m a Dj and could see this as an addition to my equipment.
I think Just Blaze is dropping a video soon showing how he uses it live to DJ. It's so easy to connect
Awesomely Played Guitar Men......
Awesome
It would be really cool if you made a couple of videos of you making a complete song from start to finish. Producing, mixing, mastering, all of it. It would be really informative!
Wasn’t tryna spend more money but I had to pre order 😩 great review
Very nice presentation. Very well !
thanks, I do want to know more about the Akai force
Oh god i need this!
Tsong YT saaaaame!
This looks sweet!! Quick question - do you know if it can do side chain compression? 😀 👊
Wouldn't be awesome if FL studio came out with a stand alone hardware unit like this that can do everything you do on the pc in FL within that one hardware unit with drum pads like this one ?... I'd grab one in a heartbeat...
OH man thats such a good idea
unfortunately we will have to be happy enough with the Akai Fire and the new FL keyboards comming out
great video, ty
This is so dope!!! Why are people acting like they can't run the sound from their laptops/computers through this? I see so many people have no creativity in real life. So many solutions to your problems are already there. Modern producers are largely their own technicians. Signal flow principles should be in every modern producers repertoire. How can y'all not see how dope this is?!?!
It's quite sad that they can't overcome small challenges. It makes us all look bad!
Hahaha that is what separates true artists from these posers. I haven’t owned a computer for making music since... I started making music.
This is amazing I still create on my MPC 2000XL and have been waiting for AKAI to merge both worlds. I've used Maschine for a while but went back to my MPC because it's I can do much more with it. I can't wait to add this to my studio.
@@spizal what about mpc live
i just bought an octatrack and im really happy with it! so i stick with that one
i love your smooth voice
Great introductory video. How does it work streaming long audio clips i.e 4- 5 minute ambient backing tracks to jam shorter clips over ? and is there patchability to send to external effects unit, again for live dubs etc ? thanks .
Looks pretty cool.
This was a good video and it helps. When you get a chance could you make a video on the basics of recording?
Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, it looks like it might be quite fun, but on the other it's hard to think of a good reason to use this and not just a laptop. Plus not being able to use third-party plugins seems to make it quite limited.
This may be everything I would need to take my productions to a much higher level.
I’m subscribing just to see if you do some more in-depth review/tutorials with the Force.
This is my first video of yours (I went searching for reviews the second i got the release email).
If this is a good example of your content, I’ll likely stay subscribed regardless.
But I am dying to see more of the Force.
I really want to know more about it’s real world use case before I make an investment that large.
Also considering waiting for used units to start hitting the market.
But if it’s as useful as it looks, I may want a brand new one just to peel the plastic off myself . . .
Hey there dude. So, did you buy this device and are you still working with it? Sorry about me asking you a whole year later. I’m just starting out on a journey into this kind of music making and I literally have no clue which thing to buy that is stand alone and won’t crash on stage.....Any suggestions?..
Very good video. Thakyou.
MORE OF THIS, Please, 👌
Thank you ☮️❤️
Excellent introduction video. For some reason your video (compared to others I've watched) made this beast look less intimidating.
Amazing! So am I able to put on Akai sample of kicks and leads and vocals ect. And putting the like in a DAW and start producing right?
I think it looks really cool.
Unfortunately it has a very limited RAM spec. 2 gb isn't enough for some complex projects, and knowing Akai it probably isn't upgradable.
Great video by the way.
My mv8800 sampler has 500mb ram and that equals 50 mins of audio. So i wouldnt be too bothered
Thanks for your help. Can the Akai Force's note repeat function be used when in ableton link mode? In other words can the sounds from Ableton in Link mode be Note repeated from the Force?
Excellent video thank you Michael. I have some question would really appreciate if you can answe for me, thanks:
1)I use VSTIs (Arturia, Spectrasonics,etc.) with my laptop in Ableton. Is there a way to do this from AF so that I don't need my OSX with Ableton on stage?
2)Can I send a metronome to my drummer via headphones from AF without it being played on the master track?
THANKS🙌🏼
Love the video!! So does this work as a controller instead of standalone like my push 2? I'm curious if it's basically a push with a built in audio interface and standalone capabilities.
It is completely standalone. It can do everything a push can do with ableton integration but it also has it's own computer and IO
@@inthemix wow this is amazing. Thanks! Great videos I love the channel!
Greetings,
Thanks for all you do to help us producers/engineers. What is the Note repeat/Arp range of this new product (Ex:1/4, 1/2.....1/256, dotted, triplets, etc). Can you punch them in on separate buttons as well as dual the value in on a knob?
good eyebrow action :)
Great device 👌💯
Oh - - and one other question - - pardon me, but I've never seen a 1/4" input labeled "MIDI" before. Can you or anyone explain? Thanks
More.. whole vid just on sample based production.
Also I'd like to see how the pads respond to different time signatures. & Using the crossfader for more turntablist style applications..
Good stuff.
Does it do the clip mode like the MPC live? I want to be able to have a set list of all the songs I’ve made before hand and put all the loops on to the until and be able to turn the loops on and off with by loop format, four bar countdown, or single shot mode.
Hi great video as always,have you tried using it with any analog synth,if yes any issues ?
Thank you for a great short review.
Is there a arranger? Can you record your performance in one take (pattern changes included automation, faders, mutes, filters, fx etc.)?
Unfortunately not. This is something I really wanted to see on the device but it's just aimed at a different user, o thought that would kill it for me but it sort of made me produce in a different way, not necessarily ideal for everyone's needs but when I arrange I just bounce out and pull into my DAW
concerns about processing power in this and work arounds to an 8 stereo audio track limit. Also, is the pad layout of scale mode the same as Live?
Struggling to record guitar into my Force. If I try and record direct to a clip it seems to limit me to 2 bars and if I record into the looper and then export the loop it seems to speed it up.
Very impressed by the A/D converters of this machine, club-ready quality, it sounds like a million $ ... I choosed it over the MC-707, which sounds good too but the sound's less fuller in my ears than Force