This is no time for a holiday Daniel. This is THIS.

In the YouTube comments, the poster said that the mono sound was due to a mistake on her part.

On the bright side, it looked easy to record into the Live.

It's also strange she recorded line level via phono! There is warning in the Akai manual (and on the spec page on its website) saying don't do this.

you can switch it phono/line

As long it samples in mono, I'm happy

Yea, I figured something was up. Since it seems that she recorded to a predetermined measure and had the sequence loop, was that considered an audio track in MPC world, a sample, a loop ? Was she using up an audio tracks with that workflow?

That's an audio track. You have up to eight of those kind of linear tracks.

I'm pretty sure that if you wanted to then use it as a sample you could assign the loop to a program, and then trigger it on a midi track, thus freeing up an audio track.

MacProVideo has a new tutorial up on the MPC Live. Haven't watched it yet but will do so in the evening.

https://www.macprovideo.com/tutorial...101-learn-live

/C

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsO5VlEO2nk

I am doomed. Gas hitting overdrive. Looks like a fantastic machine.

/C

that is a GREAT video. shows off exactly what you can do with the thing. all in standalone mode too. i think people have been a little too critical of it. wanting it to be something it's not. it's an mpc and behaves like an mpc. granted, akai had a long list of promises at launch. it's definitely a beta product but they appear to be actively improving and adding things. assuming the sales numbers are there, i don't see them abandoning this anytime soon. i think they have finally found the perfect balance of standalone and connected controller.

On that video where he's using the chord trigger option, are they samples or layered notes?

If he were to go back into grid view would that show the component notes of the chord?

It's actually midi that's​ triggering the samples in a keygroup and yes the midi shows up on the grid...

I'm assuming you can use that feature for midi sequencing other instruments as well? If so, that is sweet.

Man, I'm going through serious ups and downs with this thing. Seems great but then I read all the negative comments on MPC forums and it makes me seriously concerned. I'm not liking what I'm reading about Akai moving so quickly from one machine to the next or the hardware issues people have with their older products (lots of complaints about pad failure, etc). Erg.

just saw that the live's SD slot should support SDXC cards.

https://twitter.com/petegoodliffe/st...72595723124738

Then dont buy it..

Eh, the dissatisfied tend to be louder. Five years on, and Akai hasn't abandoned MPC Software and its controllers. The 5000 was left with some unresolved bugs, so that criticism is fair. But on the whole, I don't consider product abandonment to be a concern with the new MPCs. As for the pads, akai's sensor design has stood the test of time (and is essentially copied in most competing products, from Push 2, Maschine, and the MV on down to the Pad Kontrol and Trigger Finger etc). But like anything else, some will fail, which IMO is to be expected. Replacement parts are cheap, readily available (even for the 30 year old MPC60), and a cinch to install; that and a low failure rate are the hallmarks of sound engineering.

Sounds to me like a classic case of unhappy customers being the loudest. At the risk of downplaying their gripes, the reality is they haven't abandoned ship, and that says more to me than their complaints do, to be honest.

Or buy it and see if it clicks with you and if not sale it.......
Buy from somewhere like GC where you get a good 45 days or something to see if you really dig it and if you don't, take it back and get all your coins back minus re_stocking fee..

I bought the Macprovideo Elektron Analog Four tutorial when I first got my A4. The tutorial was very helpful. If they have one for the MPC Live, I'll def buy that tutorial as well.

External control based on the small number of CC's the Q-Link knobs are assigned to transmit is far too limited.

Why not implement NRPN in addition to CC? If NRPN is used a midi implementation chart would completely makes sense.

NRPN provides 16384 possibilities of parameters to control from an external device! CC gives 128 possibilities. Between NRPN and CC there should be more than enough to control virtually every parameter of the MPC from an external DAW or Sequencer.

Full NRPN implementation (transmit AND receive) would make the Live and X a POWERHOUSE!

Poor MIDI CC and NRPM implementation in my Akai Z8 is my biggest disappointment with it. MIDI implementation is is one of the main reasons I am considering a sampler upgrade. If full CC and NRPN are not implemented I am not gaining what I had been excited about. I really hope full MIDI implementation can be worked in to the new MPCs.

I see your assuming everyone is in the states.....

Thomann (Europe) got a "30 day money back" option, too

Just arrived today!



Desk is almost complete, now that I got the Live, I can get started on the wooden panels with metal grills for the side. Should take a day or two and it'll be finished.

You can peep the progress of the super-stand here: Akai MPC Forums - The MPC-Live Super Wood Stand Project : MPC Customisation & Studio DIY Projects

There are far more than 16384 parameters.

I wont need it lol. I will be buying, once I have made room, and sold a few bits of gear I no longer need or want...

Congrats you've been wanting it from the get-go! Let us know your thoughts after you dig in for a few days...

In what way?

If I put a drive in this and fill it full of sample libraries, am I able to audition the sounds straight off the disk or do I need to import it first?

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Thanks Smack!! Right now, from the 20 minutes I was using it out the box, the battery was at 9% and there were no signs of fatique at all. It was easy getting around the machine but I found myself a few times trying to find an Exit button on certains screens. I did find ways to get out, it seems like a new workflow for me to get use to, but feels slick and nicely done than older MPCs. I'm letting it charge, gonna dabble in tonight.