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 Fre$hBreath Fri Nov 09, 2018 9:32 am
What better way to stick it to Jack O'Donell than to hack his flagship MPCs than for a JJOS to hit the underground market. Agree disagree...
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By MPC-Tutor Fri Nov 09, 2018 9:38 am
Not sure it would achieve anything too bad for Jack as you'll be getting more people buying the MPC hardware so they can run the unofficial version. I would have thought developing a proper hardware competitor to the X/Live would be far more disruptive and ultimately better for the market as a whole.
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By zangetsu01 Fri Nov 09, 2018 11:29 am
I would say that both ideas are very welcome..

Because of the lack of compatitors Akai isn't urged to deliver the missing features.
But if there was a JJ-OS for the units you will see Akai copy the unofficial features to their own

Both would be an win for us as end users.
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By Lampdog Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:54 pm
Fre$hBreath wrote:What better way to stick it to Jack O'Donell than to hack his flagship MPCs than for a JJOS to hit the underground market. Agree disagree...

Disagree.

Just don’t buy the product.
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By SupremeSoulstice Sat Nov 10, 2018 12:17 am
zangetsu01 wrote:I would say that both ideas are very welcome..

Because of the lack of compatitors Akai isn't urged to deliver the missing features.
But if there was a JJ-OS for the units you will see Akai copy the unofficial features to their own

Both would be an win for us as end users.


Disagree. The Push and NI's Maschine are all good competitive alternatives. I loved Maschine, but hated the workflow hence why I came back to Akai. Everyone is looking for the best hardware/software combination. No one has quite dialed it in yet, with maybe the exception of Ableton being the closest to the finish line. I love my MPC Live but I hope Akai understands the goal to create this perfect combo. They're getting pretty close minus a few shortcomings.
By Fre$hBreath Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:28 am
MPC-Tutor wrote:Not sure it would achieve anything too bad for Jack as you'll be getting more people buying the MPC hardware so they can run the unofficial version. I would have thought developing a proper hardware competitor to the X/Live would be far more disruptive and ultimately better for the market as a whole.


I can't argue with you on this, but I would think having a JJOS version out there which outperforms Pete Goodliffe's version would get under their skin. I mean Pete has a team of software engineers and none of them thought of PDC, sidechaining, mixer presets, audio to midi conversion?
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By MPCWeapon1 Sun Nov 11, 2018 3:00 am
Fre$hBreath wrote:What better way to stick it to Jack O'Donell than to hack his flagship MPCs than for a JJOS to hit the underground market. Agree disagree...


I saw in the “Production Techiques” board That we have the legendary “JamesJeffrey” back in the forums. Maybe he can help you out.