MPC 3 - Is The “1-Sequence Only” Workflow a deal breaker?

Wanderer wrote:I originally bought it because I can [in amongst other things] use it in gig situations to sequence external synths. The ‘live’ aspect is very much dependent on my use of Clip Tracks to launch prepared audio loops and one shots in an improvisational manner. [I know that I can put audio into Drum Tracks and trigger with notes on the sequencer grid but Drum Tracks don’t have the facility for quantised manual launching afaik]
Is this a thing with anyone else?
It seems a great loss [to me at least] if Akai are determined to ditch the Clip Track permanently.

They might be preparing MPC3 to use the Force clip-matrix as an optional sequencer. The thing is, the MPC has 128 sequences per project each can have a different tempo & separate song mode, but the has Force 999 scenes/sequences which doubles as one huge song mode but no tempo changes unless you using an ext sequencer.

Merging the 2 may be more difficult to do then what we expect. Their an GearSpace Force user that got a job w Akai & told us that changing/fixing something on the OS can new introduce bug. But who knows.

Wanderer wrote:It might be somewhat off topic but it is related:
I am not experimenting with the v3 beta. I am still using my MPC Live 2 with v2.15.
It does a great job.
I originally bought it because I can [in amongst other things] use it in gig situations to sequence external synths. The ‘live’ aspect is very much dependent on my use of Clip Tracks to launch prepared audio loops and one shots in an improvisational manner. [I know that I can put audio into Drum Tracks and trigger with notes on the sequencer grid but Drum Tracks don’t have the facility for quantised manual launching afaik]
Is this a thing with anyone else?
It seems a great loss [to me at least] if Akai are determined to ditch the Clip Track permanently.
I have emailed them with my thoughts but I wondered if there was a way to make them aware of the numbers of users for which the loss of clip tracks would be a backward step. I am no coder but I would have thought that it might be doable in MPC v3 to have clips associated with the audio tracks – just as in the Force – simply map them to the pads as they are in MPC v2.
Yes, I can stick with 2.15 but I worry that at some future point Akai might make it increasingly more difficult to maintain that practise as updates and activation requirements change. It will be a lot of hard work down the pan if I have to move to v3 with no Clip Track.
Let your thoughts be known.
Is there a way to instigate some sort of poll of members that the Akai team could be made aware of?

Sequence your drum tracks then bring them in and out with track mutes. Instant quantised loops
If you slice your loops and convert to program you can increase the resolution to suit.

"Sequence your drum tracks then bring them in and out with track mutes. Instant quantised loops
If you slice your loops and convert to program you can increase the resolution to suit."
Thanks for that. A good idea/workaround - and not just for drums [I do techno and electro].
I will try it but I will still miss Clips!