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 Cockdiesel Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:25 am
Keygroups all run dry, minus the d-05/other ambient stereo patches I find or make into the mixer and use a h-9 on the sends and everything on the mixer runs into the analog heat. Maybe a delay here and there.

Excited to see what I ca do with a more modern/vintage “professional” set up using ableton, my sound card and some dope racks.


:lol: :lol: :lol: Akai should make that rack they made for the 2000 and the mfc filter for the live....
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By EnochLight Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:42 am
Cockdiesel wrote:Nope. I might get a track or two on them but nothing significant. Electric keys ain’t really my bag although of them they sound the best, tube synth very rarely when I want to be lazy and not sort through a shot ton on keygroups


Right - and that's what I'm talking about. These are the only 3 standalone instruments we get - and to be frank - they kind of all suck, IMHO. Having Hype in standalone will help quite a bit, me thinks.
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By CharlesRandolph Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:42 am
Cockdiesel wrote: :lol: :lol: :lol: Akai should make that rack they made for the 2000 and the mfc filter for the live....


I been saying that, especially for the MPC LIVE. Just found this unit by called American DJ DB Display MKII. I don't usually buy their gear but this meter may work.

It's powered by 5 VDC, 500 mA and it comes with 5V to USB. So in theory you can power it via your MPC LIVE/X usb port. Then all you have to do is rack mount it. It's 75 dollars, I'm going to give it a try tomorrow.

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By CharlesRandolph Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:44 am
EnochLight wrote:Right - and that's what I'm talking about. These are the only 3 standalone instruments we get - and to be frank - they kind of all suck, IMHO.


You must remember you have a MPC SAMPLER, with auto sampling. So you can get any instrument you want into the MPC and create key-group.
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By EnochLight Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:46 am
If Akai would partner with Music Labs ELK and get a variety of plugins on standalone, that would truly be groundbreaking.

https://elk.audio/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ljZ6v3VzIA

The fact that they stick to only Air as their plugin partner is disappointing. Such a mediocre company that is way past its prime.
By CharlesRandolph Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:55 am
EnochLight wrote:If Akai would partner with Music Labs ELK and get a variety of plugins on standalone, that would truly be groundbreaking.

https://elk.audio/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ljZ6v3VzIA

The fact that they stick to only Air as their plugin partner is disappointing. Such a mediocre company that is way past its prime.


In MUSIC own's air, so it keeps the price down. Also how are effects past their time, when people are still using Yamaha SPX90 and Alesis Quadraverb. LOL My goodness, you even bought the reissued 1980 Roland drum machines. With those same old sound and same old effects. More cowbells please. :lol:
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By EnochLight Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:02 am
CharlesRandolph wrote:
In MUSIC own's air, so it keeps the price down. Also how are effects past their time, when people are still using Yamaha SPX90 and Alesis Quadraverb. LOL


I'm not surprised you think that Air has relative plugins that anyone cares about these days. :lol: :roll: Step outside your bubble, man. Air's plugins are garbage.

You keep engaging with me. It's adorable.
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By Cockdiesel Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:02 am
He’s right though Enoch. Keygroups are everything compared to those plugins. With just a few more features you have a robust digital synth/sampler which means any and all synth types all in one.

I’ll give you 5 grand if you can recreate a single patch I throw at you with those synths . You’d have to document it but I will. It has to be **** spot on. You can pick which synth I pick a preset with.
By CharlesRandolph Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:04 am
EnochLight wrote:I'm not surprised you think that Air has relative plugins that anyone cares about these days. :lol: :roll: Step outside your bubble, man. Air's plugins are garbage.


Actually I don't use AIR EFFECTS but if I did they would sound good. If you can't get this list of effects to sound good. It's not the effects, it's you. KEEP IT 100.


AIR Distortion: Instantly adds color to audio signals with multiple modes, and scalable amounts, of distortion.

AIR Enhancer: Enhances the low and high broadband frequencies of an audio signal.

AIR Ensemble: Applies fluid, shimmering modulation effects to the selected audio signal.

AIR Filter Gate: Highly-acclaimed plug-in that chops an audio signal into staccato rhythmic patterns with variable filtering, amplitude, and panning.

AIR Flanger: Applies a short modulating delay to the selected audio signal.

AIR Freq Shift: Shifts the audio signal's individual frequencies, creating a unique effect.

AIR Fuzz-Wah: Adds color to an audio signal with various types, and varying amounts, of transistor-like distortion.

AIR Kill EQ: Instantly mutes the Low, Mid or High broadband frequency range independently from an audio signal - a popular effect with DJs and is commonly heard in contemporary electronic music production.

AIR Lo-Fi: Bit-crush, down-sample, clip and rectify the selected input signal.

AIR Multi-Chorus: Applies a thick, complex Chorus effects to an audio signal.

AIR Non-Linear Reverb: Applies a special gated or reversed Reverb effect to the audio signal, creating a synthetic, processed ambience.

AIR Phaser: Applies a phaser to an audio signal for that much sought-after "wooshy," "squishy" sound.

AIR Reverb: Applies Reverb to the audio signal, creating a sense of room or space – perfect for Effect Send inserts or Main Effects inserts.

AIR Spring Reverb: A faithful emulation of the classic spring reverb sound.

AIR Stereo Width: A useful plug-in that creates a wider stereo presence within the source audio.

AIR Talkbox: Instantly add voice-like resonances to selected audio signals.

12 All-New Plugins

AIR Channel Strip: Specially written for MPC this channel strip combines multiple sections with a super-fast interface for getting incredible results. The equalization section features a high-pass filter, low shelf, high shelf, and a fully parametric mid-band. The dynamics section includes AIR compressor and gate algorithms, which are perfect for achieving hard-hitting drum sounds.

AIR Compressor: A production mainstay. Use this Compressor to change the dynamic range of a signal by automatically reducing its gain if it exceeds a certain level.

AIR Delay: A classic stereo delay featuring a feedback path that has a filter within it to shape the tonality of the repeats. The Ratio and Width parameters enable you to a achieve a wide range of stereo delay effects.

AIR Diff Delay: Delay line effect that is synchronized to the session tempo and uses an adjustable amount of diffusion, thus emulating the dissipation of echoes in reverberant space.

AIR Filter: Applies a filter to an incoming audio signal and then applies a selectable type of distortion and reduction to the filtered signal.

AIR Maximizer: A limiter specifically developed for professional mastering.

AIR Noise Gate: A classic gate effect with a dedicated denoise section to achieve a smoother gate effect with less audible chatter.

AIR Para EQ: Four-band parametric equalizer with four independent EQ ranges.

AIR Pitch Shifter: Transpose the pitch of incoming audio; a range of pitch shifting algorithms gives you a variety of flavors to experiment with.

AIR Pumper: Pumper creates a rhythmic pumping effect, similar to that of sidechain compression, with an assignable speed, depth and envelope shape.

AIR Transient: Add more attack to drum sounds, reduce the level of reverb or increase the sustain level a bass guitar.

AIR Tube Drive: Emulates the sound of the signal being played through a mildly “overdriven” tube amp, creating a warm, smooth-sounding distortion.
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By EnochLight Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:04 am
Cockdiesel wrote:He’s right though Enoch. Keygroups are everything compared to those plugins. With just a few more features you have a robust digital synth/sampler which means any and all synth types all in one.

I’ll give you 5 grand if you can recreate a single patch I throw at you with those synths . You’d have to document it but I will. It has to be **** spot on. You can pick which synth I pick a preset with.


You're suggesting sampling any synth is better than having the actual synth? I mean, I get that romplers are cool and all, but come on...