Reviews and questions about the entry-level MPC500
By bedouin Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:57 am
I was curious what MPC-related software might be available for Mac, so I just typed "Akai" into Macupdate. I found a neat program that converts Recycle .REX files to MPC program files. This pretty much eliminates the need for Chop Shop on the MPC 500, and lets me use all my drums and samples from when I was still using Reason on my MPC. Just tried it out with some drums and it seems to work fantastically.

I wish I found this before I rechopped a bunch of old breaks a couple weeks ago :)
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By Avene Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:48 am
Blue Box software for PC can convert .AKP files exported from Recycle to the MPC1000/2500/500 pgm format. So rather than saving them as REX, export them as AKP and convert them.

Still I don't trust the sample start points you get when chopping in Recycle. It's good for stretching though.
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By kneebone77 Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:03 am
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By Dramatix04 Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:47 pm
uhh I just bought this. Its great except for the most important part (for me anyways): creating an MPC sequence from the rex loop I created. It can't do this?? really??

I exported a midi file, and this didn't work either. It wasn't compatible with the pgm created by rex2mpc/played the wrong sequence... ****.