Mpc Studio Black m1 Mac & Akai support problem

I had an old silver mpc studio
As I upgraded to a new m1 macbook, it was no longer supported.
I read Akai mpc2.10 release notes
It says mpc studio black big sur and m1 supported.
So I bought mpc studio black.
But mpc studio black does not work on m1 macbook
When I contacted Akai, there was no response.
I tested it on MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and iMac.
anybody mpc studio black running on m1 Mac?

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According to various reports here on the forums, the MPC Studio Black is NOT actually supported on M1 macs, no one has confirmed it working, I have no idea why it's listed on those release notes, perhaps listed in error, or maybe the driver just not tested properly.

Personally I would not choose to buy any discontinued MPC, especially a 'controller' like the Studio or the Ren which rely entirely on Akai continuing to produce updated drivers - without the driver they are paperweights. Better to look at a current supported model like the MPC One, which will also run 'standalone'.

could you check with the last update released for the mpc studio? they say that the mpc studio black work on M1 mac under rosetta...

mishra747 wrote:could you check with the last update released for the mpc studio? they say that the mpc studio black work on M1 mac under rosetta...

I'm about to test now myself on my M1 Mac Book Pro

Edit

Just tested it and it still doesn't work on the M1. Tested it on a intel Mac Book Air and Intel iMac both running Big Sur and they ran it flawlessly.

That s a pity, I m sure that it would be a quick development to make the ren and studio compatible with m1.
As for now there is no equivalent of the ren in the current mpc line up, i don t need a standalone mpc, just a controller that has the same layout as a full featured mpc so the ren is perfect for me…

mishra747 wrote:That s a pity, I m sure that it would be a quick development to make the ren and studio compatible with m1.
As for now there is no equivalent of the ren in the current mpc line up, i don t need a standalone mpc, just a controller that has the same layout as a full featured mpc so the ren is perfect for me…

There definitely should have been a controller stripped down version of the MPC X.

When the next version of the Mac Mini M1 or M1X comes out I will have to retire my Renaissance.

Software wise I haven’t had any issues with my daw setups on the M1.

Maybe Akai had the name wrong in the changelog and meant the new Mpc Studio MK2 instead black, for M1
(the fact that the new Studio has the same name as the original Studio (silver) , remains mystery)

SakisX wrote:Maybe Akai had the name wrong in the changelog and meant the new Mpc Studio MK2 instead black, for M1
(the fact that the new Studio has the same name as the original Studio (silver) , remains mystery)

I now believe this as fact. The only thing that would make me doubt it is that the driver doesn't throw an install error/warning like it does for the Ren/ Silver Studio.

The original studios designs are nice , they could have put a tilt screen on it and sold it again.....

mishra747 wrote:That s a pity, I m sure that it would be a quick development to make the ren and studio compatible with m1.
As for now there is no equivalent of the ren in the current mpc line up, i don t need a standalone mpc, just a controller that has the same layout as a full featured mpc so the ren is perfect for me…

It's exactly the same with me... The Ren is just the perfect MPC for me. I would have loved to replace my 2013 MacBook Pro (it's becoming too slow for mixing...) with the upcoming M1X, but probably now I will stick with it 2 or 3 more years and hope for a next MPC that fits my needs...

Yeah, it is sad…
I love my Ren. I‘ll keep using it with an old MacBook from 2009, just for MPC use. Maybe I will upgrade that one day to a cheap Windows Mini-PC.
I probably will buy a newer MPc one day, but for now I‘m set.

I called Akai today to remove the mpc studio black from my account. I did ask them again about the M1 support. According to the tech there are no plans to make the MPC Studio Black (old version) compatible with the M1.

It's very weird they would not consider doing it as it does NOT involve that much really.
it's just an Usb controller, that's all.
The weird thing is that the older Silver version IS supported while the more recent Black version isn't.
It's truely a shame !

Tried it today with the latest updates (been a while for me) and still NOT working !!

Really really weird that Akai doesn't have the decency to update their drivers .... It's not like they have to completely remake the MPC Software.

P.s. Working fine on my Mac mini running Catalina but still not on my MBA M1.


Akai, get your shit together !!! This is 2022 dammit

Super pissed about this! I've had the grey MPC Studio for 10 years and was about to install it on my M1 and it wasn't showing up. Crazy that they did this to the Studio Black too

Is it still not working? I have a old MPC studio silver and thinking about to buy a M1.