Okay, the final numbers are in. The MPC Sample weighs less than 9% of the MPC60 and costs under 3% of the original's (inflation-adjusted cost) -- with over 10,000 times the original sample storage.

This concludes your pointless statistics for today. Updated:

https://cdm.link/akais-mpc-sample-vs-original-mpc60/

Akai's MPC Sample is compact, $399 - let's compare it to an original MPC60! - CDM Create Digital Music

It's real, it's adorable, it's an MPC you can hold in your hand, and it costs just $399. Tiny desks now accommodate whole studios. But now that Akai has shared the full specs for MPC Sample — why not compare it to the original 1988 MPC60, spec-for-spec?

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