Yo Mpc heads!
I´m very blessed with my Mpc and pleased to be a part of our Mpc family. I have Mpc live which i work with. I think it´s an one bad ass machine and very capable of doing many things. But, still.. there are some things i would like to see updated.
Example:
1. LOOPER NEEDS AN ARM FUNCTION, like sampler does! I really don´t use the sampler much, looper is much more usefull, because of the overdub function. But looper definetly needs arm fuction too. So i can arm record in looper, set the db. Then grap my guitar and start playing, without need to push record, when my hands are already on guitar. The absence of arm function in looper is really a workflow killer. Please update that Akai!
2. The Grid screen. I feel that Akai should definetly update the tools in Grid screen. It feels so hard, rigid and limited to work with the midi notes. I can´t be without comparing it to Fl Studio, because that is where i moved from to Mpc. Fl Studio is so much more flexible to work with midi notes.
2.1 I think you should be able to pick all the midi notes without using the select box tool.
2.2 Secondly you should be able to stretch all of the selected midi notes at the same time. I don´t mean changing the end of the notes, but stretching them over the grid like Fl Studio does in piano roll mode. It would be so usefull feature.
2.3 Also it is very slow to nudge notes on the grid. It would be usefull if there were shift function in nudge mode. So pressing shift and then nudge the notes they would move more rapidly. That shift function could be usefull also in browser, when you are choosing samples from your very long list. So you could move more faster down and up on your file list.
2.4 Then there could be a slicer(scissors) in Grid window too. So you can slice your long notes if you want to.
2.5 Then lastly but not insignificant, one thing that really bothers me in Grid window. If i example have 8bar sequence, and example 4beat drum track, then i go to Grid window and zoom in my 4 beat drum track to work with my midi notes. It is so annoying when the play head follows the sequence and not the track which i´m working with. The play head should be looping my 4 beat drum track and not the whole sequence!
IT DEFINETLY SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOP THE SEQUENCE AND STILL HAVE ONE PLAY HEAD LOOPING YOUR TRACK IN GRID WINDOW! I so so much wish that kind of updates on the Grid view.
3. In mixer it would be so usefull to be able to change fx order. And, maybe more usefull would be "mix" knob for every fx, where you can specify how much wet signal there are. That knob should be in the insert main screen beside the fxs. That should already be there!
4. Then still one cosmetic thing. It would be so nice for the eyes to have ability to change the color scheme. Especially the colour of the midi notes. They could be the same colours as the pads. It would be much easier to follow in Grid view, when your different samples shows up in same colours like your pads. The other colors in the whole layout could be changeable too. That one would be more important in the Mpc software in my computer.
NEES ONE BUG FIX ALSO! My Q-link knobs are acting very weird. Sometimes they don´t respond, and sometimes they move randomly. It is very annoying and make working difficult.
So there are my major concerns for the workflow right now. I hope Akai will do updates like those i mentioned.
I apologize my english, i´m not native speaker. And i thank all of you for keeping community up and helping each others!
Cheers!