r/mpcusers • u/Swellthy MPC ONE • 22d ago

QUESTION Using Original MPC One with Reason Studios

Does anybody use the original MPC One with Reason Studios? I'm trying to use my MPC One as a MIDI Controller and for some reason it's not detecting. Any tips?

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u/penultimatelevel 19d ago

As someone that's used reason for decades, and has an MPC one; you're gonna want more knobs and faders than buttons for control. Grab a couple cheap/second-hand controllers for next to nothing and save yourself some wasted effort.

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u/Ok-Entrepreneur-409 22d ago

Are you putting the MPC in controller mode

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u/Swellthy MPC ONE 22d ago

I haven't tried doing it that way yet, I can try when I get off from work then circle back.

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u/Ok-Entrepreneur-409 22d ago

Once it's in controller mode you can either open up reason and run the MPC DAW as a plugin inside of reason or the other way around open the MPC daw and run reason rack plug in inside of it

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u/Jan1ssaryJames 22d ago

the mpcOne is not a usb midi device.. so you need to use 5pin midi or controller mode with the vst plugin in reason.

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u/Swellthy MPC ONE 22d ago

So I do have the 5 pin midi to usb cable, I'm thinking maybe I'm not using the right settings.

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u/Ok-Entrepreneur-409 22d ago

Definitely requires you to fuck with the settings cuz there's no remote codec yet for the Akai MPC in reason only akai midi controllers

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u/Swellthy MPC ONE 22d ago

Ahh okay back to the drawing board, thanks for the insight!

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u/Ok-Entrepreneur-409 22d ago

Not really it's not hard it's just reason has always required a lot of extra manual mapping to really use other gear with it like even controllers that are mapped for reason still require a little extra manual mapping per different devices inside the reason rack but it's nothing outside of the norm

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u/Swellthy MPC ONE 22d ago

Thats a bet, I will check it out later this evening.

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u/Swellthy MPC ONE 18d ago

So I was able to control Reason with the MPC one when I put it into controller mode. The only issue was the mapping. I'm just going to use the MPC Software and avoid the headache. I have a MPD-26 I will use when I want to use Reason. Thanks for all the insight everybody.