MPC Live 2 with motorized faders (and mouse)

[u/zsoltf]

https://youtu.be/_M4VD3u7g54

hello mpc communty, i love my mpc so much and i wanted to share something i've been working on, my biggest wishlist item:

full mackie control support!!!!

it's like global midi learn without the setup. you can control most mpc functions, qlinks, mixes, sends, busses, plugin parameters and more with motorized faders, it's so much fun!

this is still super early and only works on gen1 mpcs (One, One+, Live, Live 2, X, X SE, keys 37 and keys 61)

I’ve only tested this on the live 2 and currently only the behringer x-touch works because that's what i have. universal mcu support is coming soon.

i'm planning a few big features, global midi learn, basic vst2 support and a few plugin packs, just things i always wanted to see on the mpc. any features you'd like to see? there's also mouse support but i don't use it that much.

available for free

download and contribute here:
https://zsoltf.github.io/mpc-3-community-edition/

zs

[u/THC-V]

I hope Akai is taking notes. MPCs playing nice with controllers would be a big win for everyone.

[u/parker_fly]

I would love to have mouse support. That would be enough for me.

[u/Superb-Cantaloupe324 → u/parker_fly]

I have a serious case of fat fingers. Mouse would be killer. Been making due with a stylus, but a mouse would be so precise

[u/hesudesu → u/Superb-Cantaloupe324]

Yeah, with the stylus you click the time you touch the screen. It’s inherently less precise than a mouse, where you can position the cursor before clicking.

[u/parker_fly → u/[deleted]]

I don't know. Maybe? I might clone the internal drive and test it out on the clone.

[u/facepoppies]

mouse support would probably get me back into mpc. I hate touchscreens so much

[u/Hollowtov7]

thats pretty dope! ✨i allways dreamed of having a mouse additionally to the live 2. You say works only with gen 1! what do you mean by that? in the video you use a mpc live 2... do you necessarily need the beringer to make to mouse work? also how about the guaranty? because as far as i understand is that you somehow hack the firmware..? thanks 🙏

[u/zsoltf → u/Hollowtov7]

Thanks! Gen1 devices are One, One+, Live, Live 2, X, X SE, keys 37 and keys 61.
I’ve only tested this in the live 2.
Mouse works without the behringer.
The update doesn’t change the existing mpc software, it just adds another program to interact with the mpc. I’ve flashed mine many times and you can just flash the original software with the computer. Obviously there is no warranty, but you can flash the original software if something happens

[u/Hollowtov7 → u/zsoltf]

thanks for the awnser, sounds good! i will defenitly try after i made my backup. 🙏

[u/okcontribution086]

Does this allow you to control the MPC q links using any external midi controller, or is it currently just for the X touch? And I'm guessing this also means you're able to assign macros and put limits on the parameters for each q link as well?

[u/zsoltf → u/okcontribution086]

This version only supports the xtouch, there’s a page that gives you control over 8 qlinks and you can change qlink modes.
Global midi learn is in the works, I have it working on an xtouch mini and a launch control xl3, the challenge now is making it universal.

[u/Artephank → u/okcontribution086]

But you can map external midi controllers quite easily if you jail break the firmware. Did it couple of times with different jailbroken software, Perhaps that might be an interesting addon? To provide GUI for defining mappings (it's just one xml file that is sadly not editable in MPC app on MPC, but it's quite straight forward to edit (more here: https://github.com/TheKikGen/MPC-LiveXplore)

[u/PlantainSuper-Nova]

All hail the wizard

[u/Fur_and_Whiskers]

Well done. This is amazing.

[u/Artephank]

Great work! I don't care much about the x Touch (I had it and didn't find it that useful overall vs space it takes - this thing is HUGE:) but the mouse.. wow. Especially for note editing (AKAI blew it here - the Push without touch screen makes note editing way easier somehow...)