By Oraakkeli2000
Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:27 am
Hi you all,
First time starting a thread! Couldn't find a good answer anywhere on the web or this forum so let's try this way.
So I wanted to ask around the community of MPC users, if someone has found a proper workaround for the missing clips functionality after the big update?
I play bass guitar in a band project. I also do the drums via MPC and therefore my job is also to trigger drum loops while we play with the guitarist. We have found this kind of aesthetic quite fun (think 80's style machine drums with kind of post-rock grooves). With the clips in MPC 2 this works fine. I just launch a different part (Verse, chorus etc.) while playing the bass at the same time. This might seem complicated but is really not that much effort. Best thing about clips is that you can trigger them whenever you want and the launch is quantized to your preference. This way I can cycle between different drum patterns during a song while still being able to play the bass.
Now with the MPC 3 this workflow is destroyed. I updated just to try it, but noticed that in practical use I just cannot do with the new update. I tried to play with different sequences and switched them the same way I would do with clips. It is just much clunkier that way and if you make a mistake it ruins the flow of playing completely. Also switching sequences in this case only works if I have maximum two loops per song because switching the sequences while playing is feasible only between two so I don't need to skip over sequences. Thus, I need the clips.
Also, I don't like how the tracks and programs are the same thing in the new version, but that's another matter. Still, I would really really benefit from many of the new features, especially the arranger and disk streaming and what not, so it is a shame if I cannot update.
So the question is, can someone come up with a workaround for my use case? How to use MPC 3 as live clip launcher/looper without the clip programs?
Cheers and have a good day
First time starting a thread! Couldn't find a good answer anywhere on the web or this forum so let's try this way.
So I wanted to ask around the community of MPC users, if someone has found a proper workaround for the missing clips functionality after the big update?
I play bass guitar in a band project. I also do the drums via MPC and therefore my job is also to trigger drum loops while we play with the guitarist. We have found this kind of aesthetic quite fun (think 80's style machine drums with kind of post-rock grooves). With the clips in MPC 2 this works fine. I just launch a different part (Verse, chorus etc.) while playing the bass at the same time. This might seem complicated but is really not that much effort. Best thing about clips is that you can trigger them whenever you want and the launch is quantized to your preference. This way I can cycle between different drum patterns during a song while still being able to play the bass.
Now with the MPC 3 this workflow is destroyed. I updated just to try it, but noticed that in practical use I just cannot do with the new update. I tried to play with different sequences and switched them the same way I would do with clips. It is just much clunkier that way and if you make a mistake it ruins the flow of playing completely. Also switching sequences in this case only works if I have maximum two loops per song because switching the sequences while playing is feasible only between two so I don't need to skip over sequences. Thus, I need the clips.
Also, I don't like how the tracks and programs are the same thing in the new version, but that's another matter. Still, I would really really benefit from many of the new features, especially the arranger and disk streaming and what not, so it is a shame if I cannot update.
So the question is, can someone come up with a workaround for my use case? How to use MPC 3 as live clip launcher/looper without the clip programs?
Cheers and have a good day
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