by Pierre Boisvenue. April 9, 2008
After thinking about the difference between these two products I have come to the following conclusions.
First let’s talk about cost. The Akai MPC 2500 currently sells for about $1600 US and the Kontakt 3
for about $350 US. Both products are considered samplers. One is done in hardware while the
other in software in the case of Kontakt 3. However can one really sample in Kontakt 3?
The answer is no while the AKAI MPC provide input for sampling external sounds.
OF course all PC sound cards can record or sample and the sample use in Kontakt 3, I am being thorough in defining terms...MORE...