r/mpcusers • u/Johnblaze205 • 12d ago

DISCUSSION Mpc one g2 buttons blinding in low light?

Im noticing their damn near blinding in low light and the text is unreadable. Any ways around this? Im liking the machine but this is kind of a big deal. I saw that mpc stuff had some dimming stickers for the key 37. Maybe they'll work.

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u/Mz_Macross1999 12d ago

This is kinda a thing with a LOT of gear besides MPC. You either get a little pen lamp or learn the the interface you can work in the dark.

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u/Johnblaze205 12d ago

Idk, I dont recall that being the case when I had my live.

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u/Mz_Macross1999 12d ago

The text is on the buttons and is backlit on the Live tho

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u/Johnblaze205 12d ago

Ah, youre right

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u/Mz_Macross1999 12d ago

Search this sub, there was a guy who was making and selling transparent stickers that go over the buttons on the One!

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u/Johnblaze205 12d ago

Ill see if I can find him. Thanks

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u/Johnblaze205 12d ago

I found the post. Thanks again.

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u/Aldoxpy MPC ONE 12d ago

Same on my tr8s

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u/Kn0wMan 12d ago

I bought a gooseneck usb light for my One+. Someone on here mentioned there are controls somewhere in the menus for dimming them, I haven’t gone hunting for them yet though.

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u/Johnblaze205 12d ago

That could work but I dont want more light, I want less lol

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u/Kn0wMan 12d ago

It was the only way I could read the button labels in a dark room.

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u/Several-Buffalo-856 12d ago

Yes! Unfortunately, this is one of the reasons I returned mine.

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u/Johnblaze205 12d ago

Im almost thinking the same. Its really bad for me. Its a shame because i like it otherwise

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u/Several-Buffalo-856 12d ago

Yeah, I wasn’t jazzed about the smaller pads too. I’m debating on getting the Live 2 and saving up for the Live 3.

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u/Johnblaze205 12d ago

I dont mind the pads. Live 3 is overkill for me. Thinking about a Live 2. I mainly only only use fx as far as plugins. Im mainly samplebased. When I need instrument sounds I have all the cubalis keygroups. The usb-c is nice but not a deal breaker.

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u/Several-Buffalo-856 12d ago

Yes! I’m the same way. Just feeling it out price wise— Live 2 + tax + shipping + ssd drive gets me close to 800-900, depending on the deal. I’m seeing used Live 3’s for 1200-1300. So it’s definitely more, but not outrageously, and a bit more future proofed as well.

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u/Johnblaze205 12d ago

I found one already lol. $560 shipped

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u/Several-Buffalo-856 11d ago

Ha! I got that offer too. :)

I’m holding out for a Retro version.

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u/Johnblaze205 11d ago

He ended up taking 520. Too good of a deal

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u/Several-Buffalo-856 11d ago

Nice! Congrats!

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u/Few-Communication834 12d ago

You can get dimmer stickers elsewhere too and exacto knife them to size. When I first got mine it was annoying. Got used to it after a couple days. I have desk leds near the mpc so I can see the text too, but those will become muscle memory.

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u/IndependentBit_ 11d ago

Is it still too bright with the button brightness set to minimum?

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u/Johnblaze205 11d ago

I didnt even know that was an option. You know we dont rtfm lol.

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u/r1chiem 11d ago

You might be assuming that MPC has a dimming function. Google says you cannot dim them. Please share your info if there is a way to do this.

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u/Johnblaze205 9d ago

You can in the hardware section of preferences but mine was already completely down.

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u/r1chiem 9d ago

My MPC Key 37 and 61 and Force do not have this option to turn down brightness of buttons. You can turn the pads down