New Mashine Update Still no 1.7

are they new mods here ? if not salute for letting me speak my mind .. 4real i am at peace now .. and will chill for 3 more months keep up the good work and let every thread live for ever !!!!!!

MONSTA_UNO wrote:

thats like going in the booth and recording ya verse ..then hearing ya mans verse that came out better and then try to rewrite it [/quote]


and while writing and during and after the recording the Whole Time bragging, and lecturing the other, while he remains silent, until he drops his verse.....

MONSTA_UNO wrote:

This could very well be the case, since Pete stated that the software update is basically is being rewritten.

thats like going in the booth and recording ya verse ..then hearing ya mans verse that came out better and then try to rewrite it

It has been so since the days of old...

Chillin wrote:

MONSTA_UNO wrote:

This could very well be the case, since Pete stated that the software update is basically is being rewritten.

thats like going in the booth and recording ya verse ..then hearing ya mans verse that came out better and then try to rewrite it

It has been so since the days of old...

Why is Twitter such a ****' mind melt to read?!

Sounds like good news but how long have they been saying 1.7 is going to be amazing for?

My dilemma is should I just sell the ren now and get a mashine studio or should I wait till 1.7 to see if it improves things or wait till 1.7 because it might sell for more then .

aldred411 wrote:My dilemma is should I just sell the ren now and get a mashine studio or should I wait till 1.7 to see if it improves things or wait till 1.7 because it might sell for more then .

Do what your heart feel. If you feel its not working for you why wait? Its doing just fine for me so for me its just practicing patience for the next update.

SimonInAustralia wrote:

Pete Goodliffe
May 1
Today we welcome Lukasz to the team of excellent MPC developers. Be kind to him, he's going to work on some exciting stuff!

ValourBaby
Thats good to hear. He must be a good developer if you added him to the team. Cant wait to see what 1.7 has in store.

Pete Goodliffe
I can't wait to get it out. We still have some work to do, but it's going to be a great release and will set us up for many more

Cory
Can we get some type of info on what we should expect. Audio tracks, internal routing, new interface, etc?

ValourBaby
I think most of what’s going to be in 1.7 has already been said in the vid from namm. Maybe extra if they can.

ValourBaby
fx automation, multicore support, global mixer, looping indicator on hardware, n maybe track explode

Cory
Portamento/glide in keygroups and multi-core support will be awesome for my workflow!

Pete Goodliffe
May 2
That is a preview of what's coming. It's not all we're putting into v1.7…

Do you think any of this will make it in 1.7? I am a feature hungry hound I guess, I would love to see the Ren live up to its legacy. Glad to see they are adding more coders, welcome!!!

MPC Ren 1.8 Software Feature and Fix Suggestions

Akai MPC Renaissance Feature Request

1.7 - 1.8 Suggestions and Request

FIXES
1. Firmware Installation for Mac 10.8.5 and up is not simple enough, it would be great for it to work without the many steps it takes to see if it worked. I have tried almost 20 Times before I learned from the forums to install it on a windows machine.

2. Connection from hardware to the software is too fragile. Sometimes it loses connection mid session. Please improve the connection stability.

3. More Plug In Compatibility, many of the plug-ins I have do not work with the MPC REN so it forces me to change my workflow to ableton live while creating a beat. I would rather stay entirely inside the MPC REN.

4. Accurate AUTO SAVE FUNCTION - it should remember every step back to the time the session was last opened. Back and forth should only erase or add the next step. Sometimes this wipes out everything on that track.

5. Copy Bars can sometimes be really buggy - (Number of bars when deleting is inaccurate at
times.)

Requested Features
1. LAST UNSAVED SESSION - THE REN SHOULD HAVE AN AUTO SAVE BACKUP SYSTEM THAT SAVES UP TO THE LAST MOVE THAT THE USER MADE IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. AFTER A CRASH A SOFTWARE PROMPT SHOULD APPEAR ON SCREEN ALLOWING THE OPTION TO OPEN THE LAST UNSAVED SESSION. (ABLETON LIVE DOES THIS WELL).

2.Track Explode Function - Takes multiple sounds programmed and assigns each to its own new track.

3. Sample Audition Volume control.

4. Real Time Pitch Shift & Time Stretch - (keygroup) with very little artifacting.

5. Freeze To Pad - Freeze a sound or phrase to a pad. Freeze with or without effects options.

6. One touch Automation (ala Maschine).

7. Vintage Mode to individual tracks.

8. SYNCH ON - OFF Function - The ability to disengage the synch in plug-in mode to allow quick workflow offline mode.
then flow quickly back to the plug in mode by hitting a sync button.

9. Effect Gesture Plug IN - (applied globally & individually) like on the Akai’s INPC FLUX PRO reminds me of Stutter Edit. (Tape Stop, Beat Repeat, Filters Turntable, Effects and Gestures).

10. Song Mode Scroll Position - Scroll to song position with jog shuttle and double click on location to play from that position.

11. Save Used Function - Save only sounds used in the sequence or song.

12. Browser Assignment Improvements - Custom Options on how the browser behaves, example:
Last Folder Positions - all folder locations stay on the last sessions positions.
Project Folder Positions - all folder locations are saved within the project.
Favorite Folder Positions - all folder locations can be set to be pulled up on start-up as a default.

13. Pad Swap Function - Swapping sounds from one pad to another.

14. REX FILES - Reading of REX files and apple loops.

15. Patch Phrase Folder Function - Samples can be dropped into a folder and the system will automatically begin to analyze in succession each sample only prompting the user to set the bar length.

16. A-Z Sample Listing within a program.

17. Mixer Channel Size Options - Thin, Med & Large. Selectable Channel Width Sizes the track width should be adjustable to fit more tracks in view (a minimum of 24 - 32 viewable tracks).

18. Mixer Channel Order Option- Drag a Mixer Channel to any location to reorder the channels as desired.

19. Buss Channels - to save on processing power summing mixing using busses would be a great addition to the MPC software.

20. Sample Edit Double Click Function - Double clicking on a sample in the loaded project takes us to the sample edit screen.

21. Select Mode or Draw Mode Default Option- Allows the user to choose select mode as a default.

22. UNLIMITED UNDO - The user should be able to undo every previous move from the last time the session was opened.

23. 16 TUNINGS Default Option: Option to set the 16 Tunings to be the first option instead of velocity.

24. AUDIO TRACKS

25. VISUAL TIME STRETCH (Drag the sample end to to time stretch or time compress) - IMO Nuendo has the simplest way of time stretching with an on screen view of the sample that the user can click on select time stretch and drag the sample end to a longer or shorter position on a grid. This should be visible while playing the sequence versus typing in numbers speed and tempo.

26. Drag and Drop Midi Files Into The Ren

27. SAMPLE FILE ORDER - Ability to sort samples alpha-numerically

28. NON-DESTRUCTIVE SAMPLE CHOPPING

29. LOCK SLICES ( see RECYCLE)

30. DRAG & Drop A SAMPLE CHOP- In sample edit mode develop a method of showing the target program on the same screen and allowing the user to drag to the preferred pad.

31. SAMPLE BPM INDICATOR - Shows the BPM of each sample

32. MIDI CHANNEL INSERTS - for midi fx such as stutter edit etc..

33. 32- 48 Virtual Outputs to a DAW.

34. PLUG-IN COPY FUNCTION - the ability to copy plugins from one track insert to the next.

Thanks for all the hard work Dan, Pete and all others involved in the development of this product. Keep the updates coming please!!

aldred411 wrote:My dilemma is should I just sell the ren now and get a mashine studio or should I wait till 1.7 to see if it improves things or wait till 1.7 because it might sell for more then .

All NI Maschines are 200.00 off right now. NI is feeling confident with their product.

aldred411 wrote:My dilemma is should I just sell the ren now and get a mashine studio or should I wait till 1.7 to see if it improves things or wait till 1.7 because it might sell for more then .

dont sell ren, you'll lose $$$ on it..might as welll stick with it now and pick up maschine if you like..the update will hit soon enough

yeah I wouldn't wait for some magical update to happen if I need to get stuff done and there's a piece of gear to help me get my stuff done.

See if it actually does what you need it do by reading feature specs, manuals, reviews etc. to get as good a view you can without any assumptions. Go for it then and keep using it forever and ever if it does. If it doesn't, scrap it and try something else.

easy...

GedaBlaq wrote:+ Multitimbral or whatever the **** it's called to record Ren's MIDI info into a DAW's sequencer... PLEASE!!!!!

As an MPC Ren user you get free access to the MPC Elements software which you can use multiple instances of in a DAW FYI. You just have to register on the website and then you can download it. This way you just load a new version of MPC Elements for each "track" you want in your DAW.

Hardware wise the Ren is on top. IMO. It's just the software that's catching up.