Bug reports & end-user support for Akai's MPC Software 'controllers' including the new MPC Studio 2, the MPC Touch, MPC Renaissance & original MPC Studio and MPC StudioB lack.
By daslicht Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:28 am
Hello,
since I am mostly into electronic music which builts alot of filter modulation,
I am very curious how responsive the qlinks are.

Anyone please just like to create a audio example while tweaking the MPC Filters and some VSTPlugins Filter , slow and fast, so that I can hear how smooth you can modulate the filter using the qlinks.
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By konc3pt Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:01 pm
question you should be asking is if that features even works :wink:
By daslicht Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:09 am
konc3pt wrote:question you should be asking is if that features even works :wink:

I doubt that you cant tweak the Filter of a Keygroup with the qlinks ? Am I wrong?
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By konc3pt Sun Apr 07, 2013 3:23 am
You are probably right, otherwise jahrome would be already in here having false information seizrues
By haze3000 Sun Apr 07, 2013 6:03 pm
they blocked you from having an avatar too eh?
By labcoats Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:39 pm
Q links is half arsed. It requires numerous coding changes to make it a viable go to tool. That will never happen with this software.
By labcoats Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:48 pm
daslicht wrote:Hello,
since I am mostly into electronic music which builts alot of filter modulation,
I am very curious how responsive the qlinks are.

Anyone please just like to create a audio example while tweaking the MPC Filters and some VSTPlugins Filter , slow and fast, so that I can hear how smooth you can modulate the filter using the qlinks.


Im not recording anything for you.
But I can tell you - Zipper noise - for example on a filter its very noticeable. Generally parameter changes with this software are not smooth if your going to try and automate fast changes. Chances this will be addressed in future updates are very slim.
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By JAH Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:59 pm
"Never happen" or "chances are slim"? You know something we don't?
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By Airyck Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:35 pm
I also write electronic music with the Renaissance.

I can tell you that if you use the filters on the Renaissance sampler to do live tweaking you will hear very obvious stepping and if you do fast big sweeps you even get horrible popping sounds. I made a video showing this but I can't access Youtube at work to give you a link to it.

This is not a problem with the Qlinks but a problem in the MPC software sampler, they have not implemented any kind of controller smoothing.

If you sweep their filter "plugins" you don't get this stepping but then you can't automate them yet.

Using VST instruments you can sweep "and" automate filters (for e.g.) without stepping from the Qlinks, since they have taken into consideration controller smoothing within the VST instrument.

I've given up on using the internal sampler until they fix this because IMO it's broken and unusable. The problem is that the filters actually sound good but you can't sweep them :/

So there you are, they only thing you can automate without audible problems are VST instruments currently. Once they add FX plugin automation this will solve all kinds of problems for us electronic guys.

Hope that helps
By daslicht Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:46 am
Airyck wrote:I also write electronic music with the Renaissance.

I can tell you that if you use the filters on the Renaissance sampler to do live tweaking you will hear very obvious stepping and if you do fast big sweeps you even get horrible popping sounds. I made a video showing this but I can't access Youtube at work to give you a link to it.

This is not a problem with the Qlinks but a problem in the MPC software sampler, they have not implemented any kind of controller smoothing.

If you sweep their filter "plugins" you don't get this stepping but then you can't automate them yet.

Using VST instruments you can sweep "and" automate filters (for e.g.) without stepping from the Qlinks, since they have taken into consideration controller smoothing within the VST instrument.

I've given up on using the internal sampler until they fix this because IMO it's broken and unusable. The problem is that the filters actually sound good but you can't sweep them :/

So there you are, they only thing you can automate without audible problems are VST instruments currently. Once they add FX plugin automation this will solve all kinds of problems for us electronic guys.

Hope that helps


Thats sound less good,
If I buy a MPC-R I will use it mainly as "Sampler" to resample and Sample anything , even VSTs.

Just found:
http://community.akaipro.com/akai_profe ... _smoothing

I have noticed that you use the Model3 Filter Type in the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpT2vjbzA38

This Filter Type is even broken when tweaking it with the Mouse.

How about a regular LPF ?
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By Airyck Fri Apr 12, 2013 4:19 pm
It's been a while since I've even thought about messing with those but I'll give it a go and get back to you.
By daslicht Fri Apr 12, 2013 4:26 pm
Airyck wrote:It's been a while since I've even thought about messing with those but I'll give it a go and get back to you.


When Tweaking the regular Filters (except the Model Filter) with the Mouse, they are perfectly smooth :)
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By Airyck Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:20 pm
daslicht wrote:
Airyck wrote:It's been a while since I've even thought about messing with those but I'll give it a go and get back to you.


When Tweaking the regular Filters (except the Model Filter) with the Mouse, they are perfectly smooth :)


If I remember correctly it did it with the others from the Qlinks as well but once again it's been a while and I guess I need to give it another go.