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 Seizo Sat Aug 30, 2025 2:12 pm
Hello all!
i noticed something new with my MPC Live, before it used to be that could only make a selection for outputs from 1 to 6, but now i am seeing the options for outputs 7 and 8, and that makes me think that it might be possible to somehow get those 2 outputs to work, does anyone knows something about this?
why now i see outputs 7 and 8 when before i was only seeing from 1 to 6? can i get those 2 extra outputs to work somehow?
By mpc_fan_2022 Sun Aug 31, 2025 3:56 am
It's because the MPC Live uses the exact same OS as the MPC X series which have more I/O. So no you can't use "outputs 7 and 8" on a MPC Live, obviously.

It's like the CV tracks, you can see the CV tracks on the MPC Live original but you can't use them, because the MPC Live original doesn't have CV/gate outputs.

You can however buy a USB class compliant audio interface with more outputs and use them as a replacement for the internal I/O, but it will disable the latter.
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By hyena Sun Aug 31, 2025 8:00 am
i have mpc live mk1 still on 2.9 os and i assure you i was always able to see and select outputs 7 & 8, which came in handy multiple times when i was doing weird routings for eqing the sidechain signal , to give you an example.