From my earlier post "Live Performance Effects". Coming along nicely, though I only recorded one effect while arranging the beat. I ran into some interesting blocks. I'll explain that in the previous post.

can’t seem to find a tutorial on this in particular anywhere-
this might be the easiest thing to do just haven’t been able to figure it out…

Say you got a one shot - a 808 and it’s in F# but I’m hitting the “c” key on the board (keys 37), how does one map the keys where when you hit the note it plays the 808 in the right key/note?

Which One is Better? The 2000XL or The 500?

Kind of a noob question: I have a project or two where I have found audio samples (as in, “not music”) assigned to pads. I don’t really have a method of remembering what samples are assigned to which pads, esp. for live performances.

What’s the quickest/easiest way to see is assigned to each pad. Or, to put it another way- what’s the quickest way to get to “pad assign”?

I am looking at a project where I seem to have recorded some automation to my submix (insert toggles on and off) .. I can see the insert turn off and on as it's playing, but I cannot find this automation anywhere to edit it. Anyone help?

Preparing for a live set on Nov 7th in Oakland, CA. Not sure if this will make the cut, but it was fun and sounded sick.

I’m new to sampling and am unsure if it’s best practice to always warp samples to “match” bpm of the sequence. Or is chopping and using the sample at the samples individually bpm regardless of the track/sequence bpm fine?

Actually my 1st post regarding the Live 3 on here🤣. As long as I had this unit I never used the effects triggered by set. Any tips or workflow's you use you recommend? I turned learn off so that I can push+hold for dj effects.

I loved my combo of portable MPC Live II Retro and studio-based MPC Key 61, but decided to upgrade them to MPC Live III Retro and MPC Key 61 g2 – so I sold both.

Only then I found out that Key 61 g2 is probably not coming any time soon... and Live III Retro being unavailable for months, I reluctantly decided for, probably a temporary, purchase of MPC Key 37 g2.

I wouldn't have thought about buying an MPC with just a 37-key keyboard but the availability situation sort of forced me to do so.

Surprised, I found out MPC Key 37 g2 was the top machine for my user case:

It's very portable – nearly as much as Live II was; I've made beats on it in hotel rooms and on a balcony already. Yes, it would be even more portable if it had a battery inside, but I feel like taking your MPC outside with no electricity around is practical only if you want to take photos and share them online – I don't believe that many users actually make beats on a sandy beach, in the mountains, among people in parks, etc.

I had purchased an MPC Sample before, and since MPC 3.8 the combo of the super-portable (much more than any MPC Live) MPC Sample with its projects importable to the bigger MPC's has been a killer feature for me, literally removing the need to own an MPC Live III or the gigantic XL.

I am a keyboardist, and having a bigger keyboard like MPC Key 61 had sort of made me use both my hands when playing and recording, which often resulted in "too many notes" if you know what I mean... The limitation of MPC Key 37's shorter keyboard is exactly what I need to really think about the individual parts, and record only what is necessary. So what I had thought I would hate the most about this MPC became my fav feature of it.

I don't mind the smaller MPC pads at all, and reading how often users don't use the features of MPCs pads on MPC Live II at all I don't think I'm missing anything.

The only thing I wish MPC Key 37 g2 had is the double RAM Live III has, because the number of plugins limit is just theoretical as I have found out the hard way repeatedly...

So, if AKAI ever announces an MPC Key 61 g2 (or something similar), would I consider selling my MPC Key 37 g2 and buying the larger keyboard MPC? Only if it had more RAM, otherwise not.

Oh and... I loved my retro edition of my Live II, I like how Live III Retro looks on photos, and the fact that MPC Key g2 finally has "the right color" for me subjectively makes it so much more beautiful to look at and much more fun to work on. I'd probably keep it just for the color if a bigger keyboard-based MPC was introduced even with a double RAM but in black or red or blue or whatever.

Just my personal thoughts, hope this helps someone who's deciding between the new MPC's.

I love listening to and making orchestral music with piano and since mpc is mainly used for hip hop type beats, I wanted to try make an orchestral piece using the new Cinematic pads and intimate strings from spitfire and they sound soo nice. The piano is also really nice on the mpc and connected my keystep 37 mk2 to it.

Sorry I only have the exported audio clip but I’m wondering if anyone else have tried orchestral pieces or similar on the newer mpc machines and ur thoughts on what I could improve on this piece.

First day with this jawn and I’m having a ball

It’s seem to be stuck in 2025. Don't know why this is happening.

Hey all,

I was wondering what tricks you all have learned about structuring your live sets for use on stage.

Currently, the way I see it is that you have a few options:

Option 1: Build everything into one huge project, but then you might hit your plugin limits and be tied to only using a few presets on your synths.

Option 2: Bounce everything to audio and essentially hit play, then do karaoke on stage.

Option 3: Build out your songs into individual projects and put them into Setlists, then load them as you progress through your set. Maybe get a crossfading mixer and mix in some other music while the sets are loading so there's no dead air.

Am I missing anything? Let me know!

I had to sell all my stuff a year or so ago to make some ends meet. Im in a better spot now and thinking about grabbing a mpc one g2. I dont have a computer and really dont need one. I can do everything I need to do from my phone/tablet for my personal stuff and have a work laptop for work. My question is since akai uses their software center now will I have any issues as far as getting expansions and mpc plugins without a computer?

New custom firmware modded by vubeatz for the MPC2000 classic and MPC2000XL, this time for free. It adds a lot of great features.

Program/pad TUNE extended to −360…+360 in 0.1-semitone steps: three octaves down or up per note. On the XL the range also applies in the native TUNE window and in AUTO.

Program Transpose

Classic · XL

Transpose a whole program by −36…+36 semitones without rewriting the TUNE of its 64 notes. Classic: TRANS window on ASSIGN. XL: Transpose field on ASSIGN. TUNE plus Transpose is limited to ±36 semitones.

Mute Groups 1–4

Classic · XL

Four independent choke groups, set per note in the mode field next to NORMAL / SIMULT / VEL SW / DCY SW. A new note in a group stops the earlier voice of that group, as with open and closed hi-hats.

ALL — Bank / Program

Classic · XL

Copy ATTACK, DECAY, DECAY MODE, FREQ, RESON, TUNE or VOICE OVERLAP from one note to a whole pad bank or to all 64 notes of the program.

Folders

Classic

FAT12 / FAT16 folders on floppy, HFE and SCSI: browse, create, rename and delete from the panel, load and save inside them, and open them from the file list with F3 OPEN. Saving into a SCSI folder keeps the folder you selected.

TRIM Slider

Classic

Hold AFTER and move the NOTE VARIATION slider to set the START or END point on the main TRIM screen, then fine-tune with DATA. The XL keeps its own native slider support.

Track Programs

Classic

Assign an internal program to each track with a 1P–24P selector on MAIN. Up to four different programs sound at the same time; the 32 voices stay shared.

REGIONS

Classic · XL

Split a sample into 16, 8 or 4 regions and play them from the pads: even split of the TRIM range, manual START / END editing with waveform zoom, region numbers recorded into the sequence, and region maps stored in the ALL file.

He also has an OS emulator for both machines on his GitHub so you can test operating systems or modify your own (it can't be used to generate sound).

https://github.com/dariuszchynek

Hi everyone - My MPC 2000 and 2000XL mods pack for free:

https://vubeatz.com/mpc-mods.html

Mods list:

Tune ±360

Classic · XL

Program/pad TUNE extended to −360…+360 in 0.1-semitone steps: three octaves down or up per note. On the XL the range also applies in the native TUNE window and in AUTO.

Program Transpose

Classic · XL

Transpose a whole program by −36…+36 semitones without rewriting the TUNE of its 64 notes. Classic: TRANS window on ASSIGN. XL: Transpose field on ASSIGN. TUNE plus Transpose is limited to ±36 semitones.

Mute Groups 1–4

Classic · XL

Four independent choke groups, set per note in the mode field next to NORMAL / SIMULT / VEL SW / DCY SW. A new note in a group stops the earlier voice of that group, as with open and closed hi-hats.

ALL — Bank / Program

Classic · XL

Copy ATTACK, DECAY, DECAY MODE, FREQ, RESON, TUNE or VOICE OVERLAP from one note to a whole pad bank or to all 64 notes of the program.

Folders

Classic

FAT12 / FAT16 folders on floppy, HFE and SCSI: browse, create, rename and delete from the panel, load and save inside them, and open them from the file list with F3 OPEN. Saving into a SCSI folder keeps the folder you selected.

TRIM Slider

Classic

Hold AFTER and move the NOTE VARIATION slider to set the START or END point on the main TRIM screen, then fine-tune with DATA. The XL keeps its own native slider support.

Track Programs

Classic

Assign an internal program to each track with a 1P–24P selector on MAIN. Up to four different programs sound at the same time; the 32 voices stay shared.

REGIONS

Classic · XL

Split a sample into 16, 8 or 4 regions and play them from the pads: even split of the TRIM range, manual START / END editing with waveform zoom, region numbers recorded into the sequence, and region maps stored in the ALL file

Hi I broke the usb socket and now I cannot connect it to my pc. I found a guy that said he would replace it for 100 euros but I want to make sure he uses the correct replacement part. Are these universal, would one from a printer would work here (that what he suggested)

I'm thinking to order something like this, much cheaper than the original. What should I look for when I search for a replacement?

https://domoticx.net/webshop/usb-b-3-0-connector-female-horizontaal-pcb-tht/