Force update 3.0.4: Why song arrangement mode not there?

To my (and thousands other users' ) disappointment, the firmware update 3.0.4 contains wireless Ableton Live integration but the much-needed song mode is not there. Most of us bought Force to get rid of the computer, if we wanted to use Live we'd go and buy Ableton Live and Push, thanks very much AKAI - I am not keen on integration with computers the least & it doesn't take much time in these forums to see that many feel the same. It's about time AKAI listened and put all their energy and efforts into developing a well-functioning song mode so that we can start and finish tracks within the native Force environment.

Thanks for listening

They’re probably experiencing bugs that they can’t quite figure out yet.

Akai dropped the ball, beta testers on gearslutz have already said it’s in great shape and is ready to be released.

kaydigi wrote:Akai dropped the ball, beta testers on gearslutz have already said it’s in great shape and is ready to be released.

Fantastic to hear, thanks a lot for letting us know!

Confirmed here by a staff member:



If I understand correctly, 2.8 will come at the minimum with Drum Synth and Arrangment view (for Force users). And it will be released very soon (I guess this this month or early February), stated on what another staff member said in another video.

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That arranger view looks slick.

Cockdiesel wrote:That arranger view looks slick.

Too bad he spent zero time on it. Can’t wait for it though.

Just saw this floating around.Thought I'd share it.

That’s going to be sick on the MPC. You can basically do a live performance of your song and go back and edit things later. Stoked about this one but it may be some time for the Mpc... or maybe not last update they dropped ableton control for all the products.

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Thanks, looking like a great update.

Cockdiesel wrote:That’s going to be sick on the MPC. You can basically do a live performance of your song and go back and edit things later. Stoked about this one but it may be some time for the Mpc... or maybe not last update they dropped ableton control for all the products.

It sucks you have to wait until Namm to get this info. A lot of us would have been cool if this was shown off or discussed via one of akai’s social media pages presented the same way Namm video was.

Is anyone here know if the Ableton control work with the Arranger too?

Example: scroll the playhead of the arranger to bar 13, the playhead of Ableton Live automatically moves to bar 13, so that both Ableton and Force arranger keeps in sync. Hit play on Force => it also start Ableton, and vice versa.

You could have a drums arrangement on the Force and the rest of your song on Ableton Live and everything would play correctly.

It would be dope!

Hard to tell. I recall andy showing off how you can seem lesson go between ableton control and the force control.

Not sure if arranger moder can work in the back round but I would image while clips are playing you should have enough time to switch to ableton and launch clips on there.

Now it could be tailored to that work flow, come in a future update, or omitted as the arranger might only be work within the force,