I have my own MIDI files, and I have no Akai gear. Reading the Force documentation, I can load my MIDI files into MIDI clips to launch and play the Force’s various onboard synths (right?). Looking through the MPC documentation, though, I don’t see a way to do the same thing or soething reasonably similar. It refers to MIDI clips playing external synths, but can you use them convniently launcher-style with the MPC’s onboard synths?
Anyone have trouble with USB before? Plugging in my new mkii A4, and I get a pop up on thread MPC saying something like USB device not supported.
The Mki worked. Would be disappointing to have to use Din.
The MPC has loads of feature for the price. I can’t say I’ve been hugely bothered by any bugs. Certainly nothing unacceptable, whatever that means.
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Check what mode you have the A4 in.
Probably best to set it to USB Midi (not Overbridge or USB Audio/Midi).
This video is exactly where I am at with my MPC’s at the moment… I’m setting up for a live show in 3 weeks, with 2.11.
I keep getting weird behaviour from my external midi controllers mapped into the MPC… like one function set on an aux send on a Sub channel will start randomly controlling the master volume.
When I reboot it fixes itself, but can I trust it for a gig situation?? I have the first rehearsal this weekend with the 2 other performers I’m working with… if anything goes wrong I’m going to have to rethink it, and maybe use Ableton instead.
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Thank you, hadn’t considered that. All working now.
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MPC Live can open midi files, so pretty sure they all can. It loads each one to a new blank sequence, which is slightly convoluted, but it works just fine. I tried it the other night with some exported midi from FL which a mate sent over for a tune we’re working on. Just copied the opened midi from the new sequence to whatever track/sequence I wanted it on.
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To be fair, there’s might be a bunch of bugs, but they’re is a list somewhere of all the bugs they fixed in this new update, and it was literally a hundred or so… I wish I knew where it was I would paste it here… it makes you think… this thing is freaking complicated…
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Every piece of software I’ve written!
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Here it is:
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Just so I am clear: the synths in the new update are paid VSTs that work in controller mode. They are not functional in standalone, correct?
Good for you if your MPC works flawlessly, mine and many other’s do not
Akai MPC Forums - 2.11 Bug reports : MPC X, MPC One, MPC Live & MPC Key 61 (mpc-forums.com)
We all have our own standards when it comes to reliability, mine are just different than yours, right now I just can’t trust the new MPC series on stage, period.
The new synths do work in standalone.
Installing & Activating New MPC Instruments Tutorial - YouTube
There are no new synths included in the 2.11, update, but there are some new synths that you can buy separately (and those are included when you buy the new MPC Key 61), see https://www.thempcstore.com/mpc-plugin-instruments/mpc-instrument-collection.html
These do also work standalone!
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I never used them in controller mode…
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Come on people, be reasonable.
By complaining about bugs here people don’t necessarily mean that MPC is a bad device or it lacks features or anything like that.
It’s true that a lot of people here are actually hobbyists and they don’t care about reliability that much. But if you’re a bit more than a hobbyist and this becomes your primary tool, well, I totally understand that they’re upset. Actually, I wouldn’t even update in the first place until there’s another release focused only on bugfixes.
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Of course. People can complain all they want imo.
As long as we stick to facts, and for example don’t claim that the update didn’t have a single bug fix, when it had a bunch, or that the code is badly written, without being able to back it up.
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This honestly makes me appreciate this update more. They clearly are working on bug fixes too, I just haven’t dug deep enough to find those improvements.
This part made me curious:
Does anyone know what this means, is it a new UI for the plugins or what do they mean with a “plugin editor”? Also, does this mean you need to re-download Hype etc to get these updates?
Interesting. That’s a great question… had no idea you had to re-download stuff?
They might mean on the desktop software so it works like the new ones with a version for standalone and a version for the software. I’m not sure though.