Comments on: Akai Intros XR20 Beat Production Station

By: R.E.B.

R.E.B. — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:20:17 +0000

The sound sets in the XR20 are great. The pads feel good. The box seems to be built good enough. Plenty of sounds to create your own beats. You can get these in perfect condition off ebay for about $150.00. Great little drum machine. This is a trick pony but it does that trick well and the sound sets are plenty enough and good enough to add to any ones stables of sounds. I use this in a small DAW (Mac) home studio. Its used to create beats and as a midi trigger. Main instruments are rolland and yamaha workstations/keyboards, Ibanez and Hamer Guitars, Onyx interface various effects and sound canvas’s. I’m having very good luck with this beat machine. I have owned Alesis 15 Roland 707 and DR 5, I still own the 707. I will never sell the 707 or xr20. For the used price the sound and controller are well worth it.

By: D-Rilla

D-Rilla — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:18:22 +0000

i want buy one but not sure how to get the music i create on to a computer or cd????? im thinking the mpd 24 not suer tho. i got some creativity and i be able to bring my vocals to a beat to a cd. please let me know which one to buy.? the mpd 24 is 200 dollas and the xr20 is 300? very confused

By: Hmmm?

Hmmm? — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:17:45 +0000

Thanks but no thanks. Akai must be trying to get beginners on a budget with this one. No usb or flash card????? No way to update the O.S. or the sound set????? Sounds like a updated Alesis HR16, or Boss Dr. Rhythm… Ummmm…. I’ll pass

By: Charley Hine

Charley Hine — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:53:43 +0000

I think I’m going to pick one up to replace my old DR-5. It has better sounds for making crunk beats and a more usable interface.

By: Ike

Ike — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:43:41 +0000

This beat box is awesome! Portability, sound quality, with a few MPC traits thrown in for good measure… It works for me!

By: hiphop4life

hiphop4life — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:52:00 +0000

I agree the xr20 was pretty bad. I wasn’t impressed with the new mpc 5000 either. It seemed really buggy!

By: synthhead

synthhead — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:57:57 +0000

kann – what do you hate about it?

By: kann

kann — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:26:30 +0000

Dude the Akai xr20 is wack as hell!! I cant believe they would put out such garbage!! I thought Akai put out quality!!