Akai Rhythm Wolf Review [10 MINUTES GUIDE]

This Akai Rhythm Wolf review looks at the Akai Rhythm Wolf Analog Drum Machine to help you understand the pros and cons of the Akai professional Rhythm Wolf.

This analog drum machine is lightweight and highly portable which we loved.

The Akai Wolf is two machines in one. it is an analog drum machine and analog modeling synthesizer. There was a lot of buzz about this machine when the release was first announced about 5 years ago.

It is offered at a great price point which makes it a very attractive contender as a drum machine. We wanted to investigate further to see if it really could offer a good value.

The Look and Feel.

This is a decently made machine that looks pretty good. Frankly we were surprised after further investigation that the “wood” ends on the box are not actually wood.

The metal chassis feels solid. The board is well laid out and back lit. Unlike other machines, the Akai drum machine does not give you that overcrowded feel that has you grabbing the wrong knobs all the time.

The rotary knobs are tight and a surprise we did not expect at this price point. We expected something a little less solid. It was a pleasant surprise.

The interface is logically laid out which adds to ease of playability.

The Important Parts.

Of course, the important part of the Akai Rhythm Wolf is the playability. We found that the playability was also a nice surprise.

Let’s face facts at certain price points you just learn to not expect a lot, but the Akai drum machine delivers! We were expecting this analog beat machine to leave us wanting more, but it left us wanting to play around with it more.

The MPC pads are nicely sensitive and each control a different instrument. There are 6 pads that control the snare, kick, high hat, closed hat, percussion and synth.

The result when you connect to MIDI out can only be described as MIDI magic!

Each drum pad has a three dials and a control knob to perfect the sound that you are looking for. For example, the kick has decay, tune and attack while the percussion as high tune, low tune, noise.

You can create an unlimited number of analog drum sounds with a few dial turns.

We did find that the kick was a little lower in the volume range than we would have liked and there are a few other things that Akai might want to tweak for their next gen but overall when it came to playability we have to give it high marks.

We did notice that you cannot trigger both the closed hat and the open hat at the same time but it did not affect what we were doing and likely would not affect what you do either.

We also found that tuning controls were not as sensitive as we would like.

One of the most important things when it comes to analog drum machines is of course the electronics and Akai has a hit when it comes to their solid circuitry. We also were happy with the intuitive layout of the board.

With some models, even the costlier ones, the layout is something that requires some learning to get used to but not with the Akai

Rhythm Wolf, you can get right on and start right up.

The Akai synthesizer did its job for us, there is not a lot to expand on here. It is a decent synthesizer and it works well.

Overall.

This is as solid analog drum machine. It would have been nice if we could have run the sounds through the bass filter, but you just cannot have it all at this price point.

It does a good job of delivering solid beats and it also brings some great mod abilities to the table.

Our verdict is we like it and we think you will too. You can learn more about the Akai Wolf by watching the video. You will get the honest assessment that you need to make buying decisions and learn a few things along the way.

Please leave comments or questions in the comment section below and enjoy the video!

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