Hi everyone,
The MPC ONE cannot use the Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 3rd Gen. as an USB sound card.
After reporting at length my issues to Akai (audio dropouts every 20-40 seconds on a brand new home studio setup, cables and whatnot,) here's their response:
Off topic:
This is an issue we have seen once before and appears to be specific to the 18i20.
This issue doesn’t occur on any other interfaces tested.
We believe the issue is occurring due to differences in bus speed/connection between the Focusrite and MPC. We’ve reported this behaviour back to our product teams to see if we can do anything to accommodate this interface, but the issue has been confirmed to be specific to this model/brand.
There is a work around, which would be to use the audio outs and not over USB.
I hope this helps.
Needless to say, this came as a major disappointment to me, as version 2.10 is what made me decide to finally acquire an MPC One Retro Edition after months of consumerist agony.
Should I hear anything back from their product team I'll drop a note here, as the work-around they offered isn't really a work-around to me.
Thanks for creating and maintaining this website!
Cheers,
El Domo