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 JrTMoney2 Fri Sep 20, 2024 9:00 pm
Manu B wrote:Tout à fait, et c'est tellement plus logique ;)


I guess it depends on your mindset. I know I'm a old head after using an MPC for 20+ years, but there are times where the new workflow isn't so seamless.

For example, you lay down a track but you want to see how these MIDI notes sound with different sounds/programs. I laid it with a piano, but maybe it sounds better with strings or a lead, or whatever. I would just go down to PGM and cycle through my sounds to experiment with it.

I can technically still experiment with different sounds, except this time I need to go back into the browser each time and load a new PGM. Not huge but it is more time and more friction. Like I said, technically speaking it works but that workflow adds more friction into the process.

I don't know if somebody has a workaround for that. I know Akai is doing their best to appeal to everybody and give everything to everyone, but the fundamental shift of having the sound "database" to the tracks sometimes adds friction.