[OFFICIAL] - MPC X & MPC Live Photos, Specs & Pricing

starmanwarz wrote:When in standalone mode but connected via USB to the computer, it it possible to browse and use samples from the computer's drive? Anyone knows?

This is just a guess, but I reckon you either control the computer and browse it completely or not at all.
The machine can be equipped with a decent HD, so I'd be surprised if you could connect it to a computer to only browse your computer.

Just hope that the WiFi card will allow to browse network drives or cloud stockage

starmanwarz wrote:When in standalone mode but connected via USB to the computer, is it possible to browse and use samples from the computer's drive? Anyone knows?

This won't work because your computer will not go into slave mode for your MPC. Your computer will always want to be the Master.

zangetsu01 wrote:

starmanwarz wrote:When in standalone mode but connected via USB to the computer, is it possible to browse and use samples from the computer's drive? Anyone knows?

This won't work because your computer will not go into slave mode for your MPC. Your computer will always want to be the Master.

Ah, I see. A SSD/HDD is essential then.

When l get mines l plan on making vids boom bap a nd RnB And Pop music.

Icepulse wrote:Sorry, but that was truly awful. I'm not a fan of what the official vids show, nor Andy's demo set, but at least they were arranged w/ some display of competence.

Let's see a smooth sample and lazy chop session; the things that'll make this device a pleasure to have. Use some old library tracks (like the kind used in Sunny In Philadelphia theme) as royalty-free chop fodder, and deliver some ****'ing HIP HOP, for Preem's sake. Let's see the organization of the file system; tagging and searching.

This video above would make me rethink my pre-order, if I didn't already know how dope the Live will be, based on my experience w/ the Touch.

Ummm l don't think thats right. You have 3 USB ports one is to run the 2.0 sw. The other 2 are to transfer to your computer. For example when you export stems out of the Live/X in standalone mode you can send them to your desk top so you can drop them immediately into a DAW. You can use the 2 usb to connect 2 external drives also.

zangetsu01 wrote:
This won't work because your computer will not go into slave mode for your MPC. Your computer will always want to be the Master.

Danoc wrote:Ummm l don't think thats right. You have 3 USB ports one is to run the 2.0 sw. The other 2 are to transfer to your computer. For example when you export stems out of the Live/X in standalone mode you can send them to your desk top so you can drop them immediately into a DAW. You can use the 2 usb to connect 2 external drives also

I'm pretty sure the two matching USB ports are for controllers / thumb drives, and the one box shaped one is for all two-way data (and hopefully DA) to the PC / Mac.

In regards to PC/Mac being a master and MPC always being a slave, it doesn't quite work like that. The reason that the MPC will show as a drive and allow import of exported stems or the PC/Mac version of 2.0 being able to browse the MPC, but still have the MPC be controller is probably because of seperate functions of usb controller sending commands accepted by the computer as a midi human interface device like a mouse or keyboard is. You would not be able to browse the computer because all computer OS structures have special permissions applied to files and requires authentication of some sort by a user account with appropriate permissions to browse it. The MPC drives or a standard data drive has no inherent permissions unless there is accompanying software to create special permissions tied to user acoounts or machine accounts. The MPC wouod have none while your computer definitely has those requirements.

Unless installing the 2.0 software creates a special account which is granted permissions by the user account installing it, but that would be a huge security risk that would open a standard account used by MPC to all computers running MPC software. It leaves the only options is to browse the MPC with the computer and not vice versa. The software may know where to look as setup standard for exported stems or similar on an MPC drive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jDECfBkgA8

Ren vs X

what prices you guys been getting on x pre orders? may change my pre order from the live to the x if i can get a good price.

Fanu wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jDECfBkgA8

Ren vs X

Currently at work so can't watch, did he say anything about the build quality of the X?

Fanu wrote:Emailed Akai's international channel marketing manager (we've talked a few times) and asked how it's looking time-wise, and his reply was,
"Its looking like mid-april at the moment."

email him next month.......I recon it will be looking like mid-May at that moment....

Danoc wrote:Ummm l don't think thats right. You have 3 USB ports one is to run the 2.0 sw. The other 2 are to transfer to your computer. For example when you export stems out of the Live/X in standalone mode you can send them to your desk top so you can drop them immediately into a DAW. You can use the 2 usb to connect 2 external drives also.

He was asking if he could acces the internal hard drive of the computer while he's in stand alone mode. That would mean that the MPC becomes Master and your computer becomes Slave. I have never seen a device doing that.

Also if you look at the USB cable, the flat connector connects to the master and the square one connects to the slave.

Its only with special hardware that you will have a usb cable with flat connectors at both sides. And how is the MPC supposed to tell the computer that he's become it's master. Dont think that akai has got the knowledge to do that. It would also mean that they would have to write new code for your computers operating system windows+mac.

Regarding to the USB ports, The square port is to connect the MPC to the computer so you can go into controller mode (MPC becomes the slave). When your in controller mode the internal HDD of the mpc pops up on your computer just like your phone or any external hardrive does (This was explained in one of the NAMM videos).

The 2 other (flat) USB ports are to connect a external HDD or pendrives, USB sticks etc. The MPC becomes Master to those devices.

My Gotharman Little Deformer 2 sampler has a serial connected USB transfer box (serial from sampler to transfer box - 9 pin) that connects A side USB to A side USB (flat to flat) rather than A side to B side (flat to square) from transfer box to conputer, but still can never be master. No way to overcome permissions and browse security flagged files flagged by OS of the computer for special permissions by user or machine account.

If there was software on the sampler with ability to enter account credentials of your computer, then you could browse the computer.

I guess that should also read A type side to A type side or A type side to B type side for the flat or square connectors.

Exactly..