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 Databomb Wed Feb 06, 2019 7:52 am
Any news on it? The words "wavetable, FM, etc etc" got me all interested. No good info in the Force manual. But good info about the upcoming effects.
Bymember04959388 Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:15 pm
Yeah Akai said its going to be on Mpc but not soon.
It has a huge library and there is no space on Mpc memory for it.
Maybe with disc streaming?
But when is disc streaming coming?
Nobody knows.
By rvense Wed Feb 06, 2019 4:50 pm
It'll just require a SATA drive to put the samples as I understood. Nothing to do with streaming.
Bymember04959388 Wed Feb 06, 2019 5:28 pm
rvense wrote:It'll just require a SATA drive to put the samples as I understood. Nothing to do with streaming.

Mmm how does it get the datas in real time from HD if there is no disc streaming?
Ram is limited.
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By Lampdog Wed Feb 06, 2019 5:37 pm
rvense wrote:It'll just require a SATA drive to put the samples as I understood. Nothing to do with streaming.


If there is media and data is playing from that media live then THAT is
the very definition of "streaming" isn't it?.
By Databomb Wed Feb 06, 2019 7:44 pm
Ah ok that makes sense. No wonder there's been no real info about it. I have hardware synths I should dig into in the meanwhile.
Bymember04959388 Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:18 pm
So Hype will come with disc streaming.
As for now, enjoy the new fx.
By rvense Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:49 pm
It runs on Force right now which does not have streaming playback of regular samples. So either it's loading the samples into RAM or it has its own method of playback that's not related to the way audio tracks and samples are handled. The former seems to make more sense.
Bymember04959388 Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:32 pm
rvense wrote:It runs on Force right now which does not have streaming playback of regular samples. So either it's loading the samples into RAM or it has its own method of playback that's not related to the way audio tracks and samples are handled. The former seems to make more sense.

Force has all Hype library on sd card, while in Mpc sd card there is not enough space because of the expansions.
This is why it needs an HD on Mpc.
But if Force reads the waveform, oscillators etc from the sd card, why Mpc cannot read them from HD?
That is the question since both Force and Mpc don't have disc streaming at the moment.
Ah ah now I realize I am just saying the same as you said.
Sorry.
So maybe the datas of Hype on Force are put on Ram?
And why that's not possible on Mpc?
By wavejockey Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:04 am
in 2.4 you can remove (user) expansions by deselecting them so you could free up space on the internal SD card?
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By justineastwick Fri Feb 08, 2019 1:29 am
MPC-Tutor wrote:As far as MPC is concerned you should just forget about it for the moment, it sounds like it's something that might appear eventually, but not in the foreseeable future.

I’d actually love to see a drum synth like Kong Drum Designer as a plug-in in a major update.
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By MPC-Tutor Fri Feb 08, 2019 7:14 am
TBH, given the MPC is a sampler at heart, I'd prefer to see them build on the sampler specs so we can perform more advanced synthesis directly within a keygroup program. Pitch envelope, pulse width modulation, second lfo, glide etc. Although I appreciate that from a marketing perspective, this is not as sexy as releasing a fancy plugin.

But if they are heading down the all-singing-all-dancing plugins route, it would be good to see them offer ways to bulk import patches so developers can offer 'add on' patch bundles.