Home 2023 Forums Digital DJ Gear Akai MPK25 or Midi Fighter 3D

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  • #37601
    Bojan Ljukovcanin
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    i’d go for the midi fighter my self,but that’s just my personal pref.

    #37640
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Have you already mastered your current setup? I mean you already have a lot of buttons to push, what do you expect to get more out of another unit?

    #37724
    Christopher Johnson
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    Terry_42, post: 37796, member: 1843 wrote: Have you already mastered your current setup? I mean you already have a lot of buttons to push, what do you expect to get more out of another unit?

    *sigh* Thats the kind of answer I’d expect from a father who tells his kids “We got icecream at home.” Can I hear from people who have either device?

    Here’s the thing; when Im playing out I will sometimes drop a Remix or Non-radio version of a song and most often people dont like it or look at me funny. Never will forget the night I played a Levels remix and a girl screamed, No not the Skrillex remix! It was funny but lesson learned. So in theory these devices are great but I have yet to see anyone use them in practice in a club setting where you’d normally here dance hits.

    Im not referring to a concert venue where multiple DJ’s are playing various flavors of Dub or DnB or Ean Golden’s CNTRL event. Just typical weekend bar with chicks and dudes is it wise/practical/whatever to drop samples over a song using an F1 or 3D or are these toys best left at home?

    I watched Phils YouTube video about the 3D and it was very informative but the question still remains.

    #37729
    Bojan Ljukovcanin
    Participant

    Honestly do what you think suits you man.Experiment at home and perfect it then take it out.It’s what everyone does.I my self am working on a home-made custom built controller that is my spinn-off of the midi fighter and is based on a joypad.There’s no right and wrong with such things,i’ve seen guys playing at clubs,regular averige every day clubs,with setup you’d expect to see from a big shot producer/dj at a major event and i’ve also seen guys do amazing things with something as trivial as the Hercules Air.Key to this is what feels good to you ergonomically and figuring how to incorporate it.And that,none of us can tell you,you have to figure it out for your self.As I said,I’d personally go for the Midi fighter,but thats mostly because i like the feel of the older styled spring loaded arcade buttons.

    #37739
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    I mainly wanted to point out that you have to tell us what you need it for.
    Like “daddy I want sweets, should I take ice cream or jelly beans”. Both are sweet but 2 totally different things.

    For example I had a midi fighter, because I bought it out of G.A.S. (gear acquisition syndrome) and while it was nice, it never actually did what I wanted to do.
    I then deeply thought about things and what I actually wanted to do and rented an F1, MPC and a maschine to see what I actually wanted.
    I ended up with the Maschine, because I can actually perform with it and integrate it in my sets and it does actually do what I want.

    From the things you told us: Both are good boxes with lots of buttons to push, but both cater to different things.

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