The competition - mpc 1.8

Joking , it was mentioned earlier , it's already been dismissed as gimmick ,lol

 

https://www.gearslutz.com/board/mus...inions-announced-native-kontrol-standard.html
http://www.native-instruments.com/forum/threads/musikmesse-2015-04-15.235236/page-2#post-1387406

 

Wondering if akai will adopt this for the mpc plugin

 

they look like they are going in whatever direction ni is not going in imo, honestly I think pretty soon I'll be going back to mostly hardware, around the time that one of these damn companies develops the next hardware option.
right now I'm about half and half, but the whole plug market has made it super cheap for me to get the synths I really love and with a few exceptions I don't need the plugs that much, just need to get this last round of beat machines sorted and them I'm good. gonna keep maschine and also grab an mpc studio but both just for sketching stuff out. hopefully more mixers like the aira will be on the rise, I'll cop some of that and then cop out

 

How can you say Akai are copying NI haha, Maschine is basically an MPC, you know Akai, And this new rubbish expecting developers to add support for native keyboards is in Response to wait for it AKAI haha

 

i didn't say akai was copying ni, I said that daniel haver said that he responds to the competition, and since akai has been implementing feature request that they found on this forum, ni looks like they are getting ready to respond.

 

I wouldnt call a custom "you need to recode your plugins because we are NI" vs "supports any plugin" is a response at all, personally it sounds like some kind of sick joke
And they sure have no interest in Maschine updates right now haha

 

I know they are going to get around to it, it might take until december 31 but somethings gonna happen this year

 

hey aldred411 how do you copy and move samples around on the pads from the hardware on the ren/studio?

 

why does it seem like ni is always talking about everything else other than maschine?

bottom line maschine is they're most popular product

 

Because with Maschine they have a captive audience, have you not noticed that 3rd party plugin developers can now add native support "crap akai advance has blown away komplete" yet NIs PAYING customers have to jump through hoops just to give their own samples an image in the browser, and you cant even do it with sounds/groups whatever !!
NI has shown one thing with this news, they give zero crap about current customers and only about new customers.

Also notice the lack of the usual suspect NI yes men in these discussions, even they are finding this silly rubbish hard to swallow.

 

we can agree on this unfortunately ni is using maschine as a pretence to sell other **** that no one gives a fucc about; we just wanna know wassup with maschine

 

1.8.2 has just been released:

New features

◾ The Plugin Manager is a new way of managing your VST/Audio Unit instruments and insert effects with MPC (See Tools>Plugin manager).

• ◾ View all scanned plugins in a detailed list
  
  
• ◾ Filter the list by plugin format, type, and whether it was scanned
  
  successfully or not.
  
  
• ◾ Type in the search field to quickly refine what’s shown in the list.
  
  
• ◾ Re-order the list by name, type, etc
  
  
• ◾ Re-scan individual failed plugins (this is really useful when your plugins do
  
  not scan because you’ve not got a copy protection key with you; at your leisure you can scan the plugins you want)
  

Akai Professional is continually updating and enhancing the MPC experience.

This document lists the new features, fixes and improvements made to your MPC software.

◾ “Use” checkbox provides the ability to filter out plugins from the list so you can hide plugins you don’t want to use.

◾ Favourite plugins option allows you to move your preferred plugins to a new section at the top of the new plugin dialog for rapid access.

◾ You can also launch the plugin manager from the “new plugin” dialog (use the “cog” icon)

◾ New sample loop types (see sample trim mode, or the pad parameters in program edit)

◾ Off - no looping occurs.◾ Forward loop - is the existing MPC loop behaviour. When playback reaches

the “end” point, it resumes playing forwards from the “loop” point

◾ Alternating loop - when playback reaches the “end” point, the sample will play backwards to the “loop” point, then forwards to the “end” point, and so on.

◾ Reverse loop - when playback reaches the “end” point it will continually play backwards to the “loop” point from “end”

◾ Sequence note duration recording enhancements (see Preferences>Sequencer>Truncate Duration).

• ◾ Select To Sequence Length to truncate notes when they go beyond the length of the current sequence. When a sequence loops you can be sure that the note will never “play over” itself.
  
  
• ◾ Select To Sequence End to truncate notes to the end of the current sequence. When the sequence loops round, the note will stop playing.
  
  
• ◾ Select As Played to record events exactly as they were played. The note events may overlap as the sequence plays back.
  
  ◾ Automation support for the pad offset and pad reverse parameters. You can now assign these parameters to Q—Links and record their changes in real time.
  
  ◾ The Expansion Manager allows you to manage your installed expansion packs. (See Tools>Expansion Manager).
  
  ◾ View a list of expansions installed into your MPC, along with their details.
  
  ◾ The “Use” field allows you to hide expansions you don’t want to see in the expansion browser.
  

◾ XPN-format expansions can be automatically uninstalled (select the XPN and press “Uninstall”)

• ◾ Master tempo allows you to lock your MPC to a unified tempo, regardless of the current sequence’s tempo.
  
  • ◾ In MPC GUI, click the BPM sync field on the transport toolbar to engage “master tempo”. The toolbar displays “MST” when master tempo is engaged.
    
    
  • ◾ On the MPC LCD, select the “seq” field beside the sequence BPM, and press +/- to select “mst”.
    
• ◾ Real-time track transpose allows you to adjust note pitches as the sequence is running. This does not affect the recorded events shown in the event grid. Adjust from the GUI parameter panel in main mode, or using the custom track parameter display on the LCD.
  
  
• ◾ Real-time sequence transpose allows you to transpose MIDI the pitch of all notes in every track at once. Adjust from the GUI parameter panel in main mode, or using the “Tran:” field on the LCD. You can combine real-time sequence transpose and real-time track transpose.
  
  
• ◾ Audio VU meter on LCD main page shows the current level of the master outputs.
  
  
• ◾ MIDI activity indicator displays on the LCD main page.
  
  
• ◾ Ability to Convert a sequence to progression (accessed via the Tools menu).
  
  • ◾ You can now construct your own chord progressions and map them to pads in Pad Perform Mode.
    
    
  • ◾ Record a chord sequence on a plugin, MIDI or keygroup track and open the conversion dialog. All chords will be detected from your sequence, and the chord name will be automatically detected. Choose a name for your progression and hit Do It.
    
    
  • ◾ The progression is saved in an individual file on your hard drive (on Mac, this is: /User/<your name>/Library/Application Support/Akai/MPC/Progressions, on Windows this is: C:\Users\All Users\Akai\MPC\Progressions)
    
    
  • ◾ You can share these progressions with other MPC users.
    
• ◾ Advance keyboard and VIP software integration. Enjoy using VIP as your
  
  instrument host within MPC.
  
  
• ◾ The looper gain can be adjusted via Q4. This allows you to adjust the mix of the looper with your sequence.
  

◾ An LCD Window (see the Tools menu) that displays a large GUI representation of the LCD display on your MPC Renaissance or MPC Studio.

Improvements

• ◾ New MPC “pattern” file format (with extension “.mpcpattern”). These files are a snapshot of the events on a single track.
  
  • ◾ You can export an mpc pattern file using File>Export>As Pattern.
    
    
  • ◾ MPC patterns can be loaded from the MPC file browser or dragged into the
    
    MPC window. (They appear under the SEQ and NO FILT file filters.)
    
• ◾ The Expansion Browser supports “categorized” expansion packs.
  
  • ◾ Expansions in this format present a hierarchical view of their contents rather than a plain alphabetical list.
    
    
  • ◾ Look out for new categorised expansions available in the MPC expansion pack store.
    
    
  • ◾ You can use the Expansion Builder to build your own categorised expansion pack.
    
• ◾ The Expansion Browser supports MPC pattern files.
  
  • ◾ MPC patterns in an expansion pack will load into a new empty track in the
    
    current sequence.
    
    
  • ◾ They auto-load the relevant program (unless you hold down shift).
    
• ◾ The plugin scanner is more robust and will not re-scan failed plugins with you select “Scan New”. The result display of the plugin scanner has been made clearer.
  
  
• ◾ Improved MIDI input handling. Issues with hanging notes when changing tracks, using sustain, etc have been resolved.
  
  
• ◾ Improved waveform scrolling/focusing in the sample editor.
  
  
• ◾ Vintage mode moved into LCD’s “Effects” page.
  
  
• ◾ Updates to file save/export dialogs.
  
  
• ◾ Looper and sample record settings are stored for ease of use.
  
  
• ◾ Improved compatibility with UAD plugins.
  
  
• ◾ Bug fixes and stability enhancements.
  

 

cant help but notice the lack of samplepack and free sounds references

it seems to be a very functional/ purposeful release, which is in stark contrast to the fluff and filler that ni has been dishing out to maschine users as of late.

I am just saying compare this list to the upcoming 2.3 release

 

Alternating Looping is what I have been waiting a long time for in a new MPC. The Plugin Manager is long overdue..glad ti finally have one. And while not directly related to music...glad to have the option to display the hardware LCD window on my computer monitor. This will allow me to easily share tips on how to use the MPC.

 

@skizm: So you disliked @JAHROME's post because it was informative about a piece of software that this thread is about?

 

Note duration options was an old MPC staple that needed to return. Funny Maschine has it on by default but the Ren did not. Nice update.

 

In the MPC Software, you can drag n drop pads to re-arrange them. You can CMD + drag n drop pads to make copies.

From the hardware, you can use Pad Copy function to copy one pad to one ore more pads. You can also use Program Edit's Multizone Edit to assign a sample to all 128 pads simultaneously or selected pads.

Regardless of the method you choose, it is very quick.

 

maybe i will post all of the features of the Maschine update on the Akai Forum and see how they like it

but the list does make it easier for non MPC users - like myself - to compare features.

sowari

 

This is just one legacy MPC feature that needed to return. There is still quite a few legacy MPC features missing from the Ren / MPC Software,

If you are referring to the MPC Forums, there is an entire forum dedicated to comparisons.
The Akai Community forum that isn't as popular has many feature request threads to include features found in Maschine.