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 tobi77 Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:28 am
I downloaded the VIP 3.0 Trial and wondered if i can make use of the included Chord progressions with my MPC Touch :P

In the manual it says you can import chord progressions in 2 formats: .vprog and .progression. But you only can export in .vprog format :?

Unfortunately MPC touch cannot read .vprog but only .progression files. Is there a way i can convert .vprog files to.progression files?
By tobi77 Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:37 am
..i actually checked the files which are plain text files....

the .progression files looks like this:

{
"progression": {
"name": "Classic Major",
"rootNote": "C",
"scale": "Major",
"recordingOctave": 4,
"chords": [
{ "name": "C", "role": "Root", "notes": [ 72, 76, 79 ] },
{ "name": "F", "role": "Normal", "notes": [ 72, 77, 81 ] },
{ "name": "G", "role": "Normal", "notes": [ 74, 79, 83 ] },
{ "name": "Em", "role": "Normal", "notes": [ 71, 76, 79 ] },
{ "name": "Am", "role": "Normal", "notes": [ 72, 76, 81 ] },
{ "name": "Dm", "role": "Normal", "notes": [ 74, 77, 81 ] },
{ "name": "B", "role": "Normal", "notes": [ 71, 74, 78 ] },
{ "name": "Bdim", "role": "Normal", "notes": [ 71, 74, 77 ] }
]
}
}

.. the .vprog file look slike this:

{"chords":[{"chord":{"notes":[64,57,60,45],"text":"","velocities":[106,101,127,101]}},{"chord":{"notes":[66,38,50,57,62],"text":"","velocities":[96,94,84,108,127]}},{"chord":{"notes":[59,62,67,43,55],"text":"","velocities":[103,117,127,89,94]}},{"chord":{"notes":[59,62,64,67,40,52],"text":"","velocities":[107,122,127,127,79,87]}},{"chord":{"notes":[42,54,57,61,64,69],"text":"","velocities":[113,106,127,104,120,122]}},{"chord":{"notes":[66,57,63,69,47],"text":"","velocities":[110,110,127,116,118]}},{"chord":{"notes":[62,40,55,59,64,67,52],"text":"","velocities":[114,104,97,127,112,104,89]}},{"chord":{"notes":[56,44,62,64,68,59],"text":"","velocities":[104,82,118,118,80,127]}},{"chord":{"notes":[66,38,50,57,62,69],"text":"","velocities":[103,101,90,108,127,120]}},{"chord":{"notes":[37,49,57,61,66,69],"text":"","velocities":[118,111,127,118,109,111]}},{"chord":{"notes":[57,66,36,48,60,69],"text":"","velocities":[116,95,93,99,127,105]}},{"chord":{"notes":[47,57,63,66,69],"text":"","velocities":[127,122,109,98,118]}},{"chord":{"notes":[40,59,62,64,52,55,67],"text":"","velocities":[111,127,113,113,95,93,121]}},{"chord":{"notes":[59,38,55,62,64,67,50],"text":"","velocities":[127,100,106,120,115,111,95]}},{"chord":{"notes":[37,57,61,64,67,49],"text":"","velocities":[102,114,98,112,127,90]}},{"chord":{"notes":[57,61,64,69,45],"text":"","velocities":[113,115,127,111,89]}}],"factory":true,"id":2,"name":"Ballad Piano 02","rootNote":2,"scale":0,"tags":["Ballad"]}

If i were a coder it would be easy to convert the files with a script, but my coding skills are long gone :lol: