Thoughts on the MPC XL

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Re: Thoughts on the MPC XL

By Lampdog Sun Aug 23, 2026 8:30 pm
”Need” mouse, no, “standalone” is the design and it’s also able to work with host of devices as an option, “want” mouse, many would say “hell yeah!”

“Need” on screen standalone manual, no, people won’t read it anyway, many mf’rs already don’t pay attention to it. Others might say get rid of it and add actual useful features instead.

“Need” manual to be included with purchase, wtf for, it’s free online.

Re: Thoughts on the MPC XL

By Elektrobolt Mon Aug 24, 2026 2:51 am
Lampdog wrote:”Need” mouse, no, “standalone” is the design and it’s also able to work with host of devices as an option, “want” mouse, many would say “hell yeah!”

Options are valuable, and the “mouseophobia” sentiment is amusing. A mouse doesn’t compromise standalone operation; it’s functionally equivalent to attaching an external MIDI device for input precision.

Lampdog wrote:“Need” on screen standalone manual, no, people won’t read it anyway, many mf’rs already don’t pay attention to it. Others might say get rid of it and add actual useful features instead.

A dedicated “Documents” directory would unify storage for the digital manual and plugin manuals, providing deterministic, in‑workflow access to all reference assets while remaining optional.

Lampdog wrote:“Need” manual to be included with purchase, wtf for, it’s free online.

I am not sure where this came from.
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Re: Thoughts on the MPC XL

By Lampdog Mon Aug 24, 2026 3:54 pm
Elektrobolt wrote:I am not sure where this came from.

And please don't think I was coming at you, I wasn't.

I'm just being "get off my lawn-ish".

Re: Thoughts on the MPC XL

By Shift Gorden Mon Aug 24, 2026 4:40 pm
Elektrobolt wrote:For automation, I’d like to see support for true envelope or curve automation rather than relying solely on discrete, manually placed events. A continuous curve with editable breakpoints—similar to note nodes—would allow the system to interpolate at a chosen resolution and output the resulting data as MIDI events. This would significantly streamline expressive parameter editing.


This. Adjusting continuous automation is such a pain on MPCs. I'd love to be able to draw a ramp, and then apply a curve like in Live. That would be huge.

Re: Thoughts on the MPC XL

By B-Wise Mon Aug 24, 2026 5:12 pm
Shift Gorden wrote:
Elektrobolt wrote:For automation, I’d like to see support for true envelope or curve automation rather than relying solely on discrete, manually placed events. A continuous curve with editable breakpoints—similar to note nodes—would allow the system to interpolate at a chosen resolution and output the resulting data as MIDI events. This would significantly streamline expressive parameter editing.


This. Adjusting continuous automation is such a pain on MPCs. I'd love to be able to draw a ramp, and then apply a curve like in Live. That would be huge.


You can make finer edits to automation data via the Step-Sequencer mode.

Re: Thoughts on the MPC XL

By Elektrobolt Tue Aug 25, 2026 4:48 am
MPC-Tutor wrote:Do you mean the left side shortcut panel that you can drag out into view? This can be switched off in preferences > general (except in the 'main' screen).

I checked it out just now, and I genuinely wasn’t aware that the toggle you mentioned even existed. The design is odd: the discreet panel—the one that hardly shows—is disabled by default, yet the large, permanently visible vertical panel can’t be turned off. For clarity, I meant the latter.

Re: Thoughts on the MPC XL

By Elektrobolt Tue Aug 25, 2026 4:51 am
Lampdog wrote:
Elektrobolt wrote:I am not sure where this came from.

And please don't think I was coming at you, I wasn't.

I'm just being "get off my lawn-ish".

No worries. And for the book, I mowed it, and I'm off it. Not a trace.

Re: Thoughts on the MPC XL

By Elektrobolt Tue Aug 25, 2026 3:02 pm
J.O.BEATS wrote:I thought you could save custom progressions :hmmm: Or maybe I’m not understanding what you’re saying

I found an older post providing a link https://liotier.github.io/AkaiMPC/AkaiMPCChordProgressionGenerator/ from where I took a bunch of .progression files and popped in a folder at the root of my added SSD named "Progressions" and voila!

I now have access to a bunch of neat progressions, organized by names that make sense.

A HUGE thanks to Jean-Marc Liotier who produced the software on GitHub. THANK YOU!!!

I need to organize the naming a bit since I am not familiar with how Akai expects the naming for splits and spacing, etc., and then perhaps I will post a zip (if possible) here. Just tedious fiddle with files, not hard.

Re: Thoughts on the MPC XL

By Certified Beatz Tue Aug 25, 2026 7:43 pm
Lampdog wrote:https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/

For years I've used this for bulk renaming, totally free.


Thank you I had this years ago and couldn't remember the name and the free version thank you :-D
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