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Akai introduced at Winter NAMM some interesting products, one of them is this drum machine specially designed for hip hop and R&B musicians, the Akai XR20 Beat Production Station. This device has the classic features of a drum machine but includes Chronic Music sounds, effects to improve your patterns and some more interesting options.
The specifications of the Akai XR20 Beat Production Station include about 700 sound of drums, percussion, synth and many more, built-in effect engine (EQ, reverb and compression), 99 factory patterns, 99 user patterns, pattern play (you can launch a pattern from one pad), drum roll and note repeat functions and backlit LCD. This beat machine can be controlled with 12 backlit pads, transport controls, real volume control, 1 jog wheel among other, and its connection include mic input, headphones, aux, main left and main right outputs, MIDI connections and footswitches inputs.
This drum machine can be powered with batteries or AC power adapter. The Akai XR20 Beat Production Station will be available this summer and its MRSP price is $500.
akai’s xr20 is the worst attempt at making a hip hop beat machine i have ever seen! The quantise was awful the sounds were generic and it was buggy as hell. Plus all the dudes trying to tell me about it were the oposite of hip hop. The xr20 is just another attempt by a rich greedy corporation to exploit our culture!
Dont Waste your money on the Akai xr20
I agree with Tony the XR 20 was really wack!!!! I played with it at Namm too. What a Joke!! I wont buy it either!
Tony needs to learn how to spell. It’s QuantiZe. Plus, opposite has two p’s. I have a hard time believing an opinion from someone who apparently can’t pass a 2nd grade spelling test. Next time you want to rant, please use spell check.
Best Drum Machine On The Market, PERIOD!!!
Those that knock it, can’t operate it! Simple as!
I got to agree with FACT! It’s the best drum machine out there. It’s affordable for folks that dont have mpc money. Simple to use. It’s just another way to make hits. Peace & Love
Who gives a shit that dudiss misspelled a word, who the eff are you, his elementary school teacher? Dick! You must really feel passionate about this little thing. And dudiss, come on!I’m pretty sure Hip Hop producers of your “culture” use Akai product. I want one. I think it looks pretty awesome for $300!
flat out great sounds,synths ans hits!
so unique that i have seen beat makers using this through the midi out to go through to their mpc. so if that doesnt say anything in itself then what other drum machine out there for this price has such a nice catalogue of sounds that you want to link it to your mpc.?
thats all…
i paid 175 for it on ebay!
best move in my life!