Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
By kday Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:32 pm
I want to save a program with my sounds in it, anyone know how to do that?

This owners manual is ridiculously poorly written and insufficient to the most basic commonly used MPC functions.

Thanks
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By Icepulse Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:30 pm
MPC-Tutor wrote:MAIN > pencil icon (PROGRAM row) > SAVE CURRENT PROGRAM

Check out my tutorial guide for the MPC Live/X, over 500 pages of in depth tutorials that teach you the ins and outs of these machines.

http://www.mpc-samples.com/product.php/ ... ive-bible/


Quick follow-up...

Can we load disparate sequences (from different projects) into one new project (in standalone)?

Thanks.
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By MPC-Tutor Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:54 pm
Yes, a couple of ways. Go to the BROWSER, make sure the 'MPC' filter is not active (far right of browser) and enter the 'ProjectData' folder for the project you wish to copy from; load any sequences you wish to import into the current project (however, sequences are not 'named' they are just numbered '1,2, 3 etc, so tricky to identify).

Otherwise, open the old project, save the individual sequences to a separate folder via MAIN > top pencil icon > Save current sequence, open the new project and load those saved sequences.

More about merging projects here: http://www.mpc-tutor.com/mpc-x-mpc-live ... s-lowdown/
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By MPC-Tutor Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:07 am
kday wrote:Anyone know how to delete a program? Will deleting program delete the samples associated with it? Or does user have to delete each sample individually?


It's on the same page as 'save program', as described above.

Deleting a program deletes just the program, sounds are left in memory unless you do a purge. Purge is covered at the end of the article I linked to above.
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By Icepulse Thu Mar 29, 2018 3:05 pm
MPC-Tutor wrote:Yes, a couple of ways. Go to the BROWSER, make sure the 'MPC' filter is not active (far right of browser) and enter the 'ProjectData' folder for the project you wish to copy from; load any sequences you wish to import into the current project (however, sequences are not 'named' they are just numbered '1,2, 3 etc, so tricky to identify).

Otherwise, open the old project, save the individual sequences to a separate folder via MAIN > top pencil icon > Save current sequence, open the new project and load those saved sequences.

More about merging projects here: http://www.mpc-tutor.com/mpc-x-mpc-live ... s-lowdown/


Will a loaded sequence recall and load the associated program, or do we have to manually re-assign programs to sequences?

Thanks a mil for the response.
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By MPC-Tutor Thu Mar 29, 2018 3:13 pm
A sequence won't load a program itself, but 'I think' if it's saved as an SQX it should remember the program name assigned to each track, so as long as the program is in memory it should get automatically assigned. However it does sound like something that might not always work as expected.