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 semar Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:02 am
What the title says.

Mpc Key 61 with 3.6 here.
In my workflow I often need to record on a pad a riff or a chord sequence which is no longer than, say, 4 bars.
As far as I know, we can set the sample recording time only using minutes and seconds.
So the question: is there a way, a setting somewhere, that allows to set the sample recording time using bars and not minutes/seconds ?
I'm aware that I can set a longer recording time in order to "cover" all the bars I need. But then I have to cut the sample each time, which slows down the workflow.
Calculating precisely the recording time based on the tempo and the bars - which varies depending on the purpose - is also not really an option - at least for me ;-)

Regards,
Sergio
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By Lampdog Wed Jan 14, 2026 5:47 pm
wavejockey wrote:still constrained to 16 bars - even with a petaflop processor and 165 TB RAM :smh:

You aw’ready know people have made greatness with much less.
We know you know we know.