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 researchintospeed Tue Oct 07, 2025 8:34 am
Having avoided the whole MPC firmware 3 shimozzle on my OG MPC Live, I'm interested to know if anyone has stress tested the MPC Live 3 w/ FW3.6?

I know how many plugins can be loaded...but what can it actually handle and still play without drop outs/snap/crackle/pops etc?

I can see me getting the 3 in a few months as it'll help to cut down my performance set up, and i remember it took until FW 2.9 for things to really settle in that run of updates...blessed be FW2.15.

Peace.
Cx
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By mrmarbury Wed Oct 08, 2025 8:14 am
researchintospeed wrote:Having avoided the whole MPC firmware 3 shimozzle on my OG MPC Live, I'm interested to know if anyone has stress tested the MPC Live 3 w/ FW3.6?

I know how many plugins can be loaded...but what can it actually handle and still play without drop outs/snap/crackle/pops etc?

I can see me getting the 3 in a few months as it'll help to cut down my performance set up, and i remember it took until FW 2.9 for things to really settle in that run of updates...blessed be FW2.15.

Peace.
Cx


There’s a Thefty video where he loads in the max number of 32 plugins and does something with it.
But why not get one, do your tests and send it back if they fail?
By researchintospeed Wed Oct 08, 2025 7:59 pm
mrmarbury wrote:
researchintospeed wrote:Having avoided the whole MPC firmware 3 shimozzle on my OG MPC Live, I'm interested to know if anyone has stress tested the MPC Live 3 w/ FW3.6?

I know how many plugins can be loaded...but what can it actually handle and still play without drop outs/snap/crackle/pops etc?

I can see me getting the 3 in a few months as it'll help to cut down my performance set up, and i remember it took until FW 2.9 for things to really settle in that run of updates...blessed be FW2.15.

Peace.
Cx


There’s a Thefty video where he loads in the max number of 32 plugins and does something with it.
But why not get one, do your tests and send it back if they fail?


Excellent thanks, I’d seen a few Thefty vids but not that one :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXfaOIN ... uecx1y0tGJ At about 14mins if anyone else wants to see. That’s loading 31 plug-ins, maybe not quite the same as running them all, plus insert fix, etc etc. Still, I’m positive about what I’ve seen processor wise.

The consumer laws in NZ don’t quite support “try and return”. Also the price here has a small economy premium of around +30%. The US/Euro retail price is approx $2900NZD, the retail price here is $3700NZD!

Herzlichen Dank :)
Cx
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By mrmarbury Thu Oct 09, 2025 12:03 pm
Oh, that’s crazy and also really sucks.
Yeah, sorry I shouldn’t assume everyone not me is from the US anyway or has our European customer rights. :roll:
There’s a law here that everything you order online must be returnable for full refund within 2 weeks. It’s different for shop bought things but most have a similar or even better return policy because they need to compete with online shops.
Not being able to return things would make me a broke fellow :Sigh:

Dafür nich :wink: