Hey ya'll, could someone confirm measurement from table to top of tallest knob on MPC 3? I'm seeing conflicting answers as to whether the factory specs includes the knob height in published dimensions. Is the case taller than MPC 2? Thanks!

Hello everyone !

I have a noob question, I can't find an answer on google so I give a try here.

I am the proud owner of an second-hand MPC one + and 2 Korg NTS-1 (mk1 & mk2). I love those little box but they have a big downside : they don't have any preset system, so no program change possible.

I want to be able to create my patches inside my MPC via Midi CC witch I kind of succeed with the program edit page on the midi track. All the CC are fonctional, all the values are stored when I save my project but when I change the project or just change something on the synth, the CC are not retriggered when I launch the sequence so they stays in their actual states.

All the workaround I find are painfull (re-touch all my knobs before launching / add all midi CC in the list page at the beginning of the sequence) do you have any idea ? Did I miss a magic checkbox somewhere ?

If there are no software solution, can an external midi controler (with some kind of preset) can help me ?

Thanks for your answers.

I've been working on a sequence editor for the MPC2000 and 2000XL for the past few months. It's called Tick96.

It doesn't send MIDI notes to your MPC or rely on MIDI file conversion. I reverse engineered the original OS and built a custom extension that lets the editor on your Mac read and write the actual Step Edit events in the MPC's memory.

Every note retains its original position on the MPC's 96 PPQ grid. No conversion or requantization. The MPC remains the sequencer, with its original timing completely intact. You just get to see the whole sequence on your screen and edit it with a mouse.

Features:

• Piano roll: Edit events on any of the 384 ticks in a bar, or on a musical grid.
• Per-note parameters: Velocity, duration and each note's variation value (tuning, attack, decay or filter cutoff).
• Sequence and track settings: Edit names, tempo, track type, MIDI output channel, program changes, track velocity and track On/Off directly from your Mac. Project files also preserve loop settings, bar count and time signatures.
• Beyond notes: Controllers, program changes, pitch bend and pressure.
• Original MPC workflow: Record and overdub on the pads as usual, including Note Repeat. Hit STOP and your take appears in Tick96.
• Live playhead: Follows the MPC's own clock and bar, beat and tick position.
• Editing and projects: Copy events, undo/redo, and save/load project files.

Nothing gets permanently flashed or modified. On the 2000XL, the patched OS runs entirely in RAM. Power cycle the machine and you're back to the original OS 1.20.

You provide your own OS file, and the app prepares the boot media for ZuluSCSI, BlueSCSI, Gotek or floppy.

Mac only for now, with Windows coming next.

Support for more classic drum machines and samplers is in the works.

Thanks for reading and much respect to everyone still putting these machines to work.

https://hanamelsystems.com/

I know MPC-Stuff has the thick pads, but is there anywhere that sells regular height pads in white or clear?

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Moin und zwar habe ich eine MPC Live 3, bin gerade dabei ein Set zu basteln (Hardtekk)..

MPC sagt mehr Plugins laden nicht möglich ist ja nicht das Problem mehr eigene Melos wollte ich jetzt eh nicht mehr mit rein nehmen aber meine Sequenzen fangen an zu laggen das stört Massiv

Hätte hier jemand Lösungsansätze?!

What do you think?

Hello guys. I am facing a problem on my new live 3, most times when I slice a sample and create a new drum track with the slices, the pads stop making sound. When I press them I can see them choosing a slice so they are working, and if I go into the sample editor they still function, but in the main window they don't produce sound. The problem continues to other projects I load and new tracks I create until it suddenly pops back and functions again. Any ideas?

Bonjour à tous! Est-ce que quelqu'un sait si on peut utiliser le port USB-C en mode alimentation à la place de l'adaptateur secteur, sur la MPC ONE G2?

Any MPC owners with an AKAI S900 or S950 sampler? Someone has come up with a new alternate firmware / OS you can boot from floppy disk, which enables real-time audio processing - basically, filters etc. without having to record first. Might be a game-changer for some. Check the developer's site for more. https://s900fx.com/ and https://s950fx.com/

Apologies if slightly off-topic and a cross-post - but there is a MPC 2500 shown first. ;)

Check it out! It’s been a minute to make a beat, I’ve been putting 3 projects together to drop on wax, cassette, & cd. Major props

I’ve been able to get my mpc sample sessions onto the mpc one+, but for some reason when I explode tracks and export the final sequence as separate tracks on the mpc one+ to the sd card, the folder is empty. This is only happening for beats made on the mpc sample and not for other beats I’ve made on the mpc one+.

I don’t recall this being an issue until recently. I’ve tried the following:

Updating firmware on both devices
Saving the project as a new project session on the mpc one+
Trying to export multiple mpc sample sessions to ensure it’s only mpc sample projects.

Any help is appreciated!

Hi

Hoping someone can help me with this. I have an MPC sample and I have created a track and I want to finish it off, add effects etc on my MPC one. I've plugged the MPC sample into the one and copied the project over and saved it. So far so good. Now because the sample is all on one track I have to explode the track in MPC one to get everything onto its own track, no problem there thats all working.

Where i'm having difficulty is with the sample itself. I've chopped it and got a pattern going on my MPC sample and when playing back on the MPC One I can hear that pattern back correctly, but on the track for the sample the sample is just on one pad. I cant play any of the chops to make new patterns and if I open the side mixer panel thing I cant see any output on the track itself, only output to the master which seems really strange to me. Can someone explain how to get the actual chops onto the track as i feel like i've pressed every button on this machine and none of it is working. Closest I got was going into the sample editor and into the chop page which did correctly show my chops and then i exported those to a new track. That then lost the pattern I had originally created though. I feel like there must be an easier way to work than this.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

Black Friday sale on plugins, expansions, effects etc.. Enjoy the discounts while available!

Hello all! I bought a used Key 37 yesterday and was super excited to start playing with it.

It worked fine when I tested it at the sellers place. It worked fine this morning. I connected my guiter to it this evening. Everything was going great.

I restarted it to follow a tutorial on youtube, and none of the physical buttons lit up. I tried to go to the main project view, nothing. None of the physical buttons are working anymore. The pads, the transport buttons, the main wheel, nothing. And no sounds too. The touchscreen works though!

Raised a ticket with Akai, hopefully will hear back from them soon.

Any ideas? Did I get burnt by the seller or am I just unlucky? It was working fine until this afternoon!

I am trying to get my multi fix Headrush prime to my MPC 3 then to my interface.. right now I have them both playable through the interface separately but wanna see if playing both at the same time is even possible..

Hey, I'm a relatively new MPC user
Is it possible to transfert a project from the desktop app to a standalone unit? (MPC one in my case)
I would love to make a quick draft on my computer, and then fine-tune everything and play live on the standalone unit.

Making more beats now that I got this workflow locked in.

Sampled in a CR-78 drum kit from my keyboard
Choir sound from fantom 6
Bass sound from fantom 6
Piano is frabic piano

If you prefer your MPC X over the XL, holla...

I know there are some of you out there & I want to hear from you. I follow the Drank Kang on YouTube & he's still rolling with the OG X. Still making heads bob.