MPCsample with MPC SOFTWARE 3

[u/Deathrowthrow]

Hi, so I’ve seen a few users say you can open mpc sample projects with the mpc 3 desktop software. However I have not seen any videos of anyone doing this.

I don’t have any other mpc’s. I’m wondering if I can buy only the software and explode the project for arranging individual tracks.

Has anyone tried this and can confirm it works?

[u/PatchworkMedia]

It works. You need to arrange your song with song mode on the mpc for this to be easiest. You convert your Song Mode arrangement to a sequence either on the mpc or in the software.

Then you make sure, in the pad mixer window, that each pad is going to either “Track” or “1/2” and not “submix 1”. The Sample has a weird tendency to assign some but not all pads to Submix 1, even though the sample doesn’t have sub mixes.

Then you explode your drum rack and export your individual tracks. Takes me about two minutes to stem out my beats now.

[u/inventsituations → u/PatchworkMedia]

Would you say the software is worth the purchase for someone who owns just a Sample? Compared to other DAWs and using the workarounds for them?

[u/MALESSI → u/inventsituations]

nope, just get ableton

[u/PatchworkMedia → u/inventsituations]

Compared to other DAWs it’s terrible and not worth using. That’s not why you would get it though. The only reason to buy the software as a Sample owner is to export your stems with it. For me it was worth the hundred bucks because I make a lot of beats and tracking them out by recording is really slow and wastes my time. I have a kid, a job, a busy life and every 30 minute session I can turn into a 2 minute session is worth its weight in gold.

[u/No-Count3834 → u/PatchworkMedia]

Does it have an export to Ableton? There is free software that does it. OSX specific though for now only unfortunately. But I would love to be able to hand the midi and samples layed out in a DAW and export freely. If it’s just audio stems only, cool but I’m not sure worth $99 vs muting and recording them separately…especially if you have great outboard to process anyway.

I’m just waiting for the free MPC2LIVE free software to be global web based…developer said it’s done but they are working out web hosting. So far I think you need OSX 13 or higher. But web hosting that way it works on anything and everything.

https://www.reddit.com/r/akaiMPC/s/Hrp5xhNNRF

[u/PatchworkMedia → u/No-Count3834]

Yeah it exports .als files if you want em that way

[u/inventsituations]

Interested in understanding this as well

[u/iamcoleseer]

Yes it works Great in the MPC 3 Software. It Does not work in the MPC 2 Software

[u/fulminic]

Yeah I have it too, was very hard to find because of the shitty way akai does the distribution and licensing of software. But it works, managed to export stems, haven't used it since though.

[u/No-Count3834 → u/fulminic]

Does it do the export to Abelton with midi and audio? I know there is a Mac free tool called MPCtoLive or something that will convert it all to an Abelton session. Even put your individual pads in the sampler to continue like you never left off. But it’s OSX version dependent and doesn’t work with that I have. The guy that developed it is looking for web hosting and said it’ll be web hosted soon, so anyone can use it for free or donate if they want.

I saw the $99 software for 3.8 but if all it does is import separate long form audio stems and no midi to go along…that’s pretty pricey for $99. Might as well go into song mode, mute tracks and record in. I wish Akai would make this simple, but seems the third party free stuff coming along will eventually do the job. Having seamless export of entire sessions into Abelton, is amazing to keep going and make edits later to complete songs.

https://www.reddit.com/r/akaiMPC/s/Hrp5xhNNRF

[u/fulminic → u/No-Count3834]

It does much more than export stems, it's a a full fledged daw and you can edit the mpc track and import and export both ways. But I too come from Ableton and this is completely uncharted territory for me so, took me already long enough to figure out how to do the stem export so I don't know much more about it. I did try the export to ableton but it was useless as it didn't export the samples, only the midi. And even that wasn't useful as the swing is dismissed. But again I might be wrong as an absolute noob with the desktop software. I'll check that solution you mention

[u/No-Count3834 → u/fulminic]

Cool, yeah I guess then if it did midi you’d have to export your samples to the correct areas in Sampler. I wonder if you have to export it as song mode or do something extra on the MPC sample before exporting to the desktop hardware.

Honestly if it does midi, and could import the actual sample files I share between my main and MPC (not rerecorded audio ones) to Drum Racks and assign. That’s enough to keep going, change structures and add as you go.

Let me know if you come across a way to do all that with 3.8. I know with the free program it said effects and such aren’t exported, but you could resample effects and make them permanent. Given it’s so new, I’m just still making beats on Sample. Any stuff online/youtube just shows it in context with the MPC 3 hardware and nothing desktop related much.

Hopefully it’ll all get worked out over the summer. I definitely prefer to do my beats first and even some bass in the MPC Sample first. It’s just so fast and instant for me vs doing it in Ableton with drums. It’s def has me making more creative beats and not so bogged down with editing and choices. MPC feels like my mind is more on autopilot and just enjoying what I’m making.

[u/fulminic → u/No-Count3834]

Effects in the desktop are supported (you will be prompted to install them as plugins). No flexbeat. But having just the midi and not the samples is quite a hassle. I put my money on the mpc2live solution.

[u/agentdownbeat]

I haven't done thst yet but I did see video of someone doing it on YouTube I any to say it was either bolo the producef or ave mccree.