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 Tinkah Thu Dec 16, 2021 3:05 pm
Hey community!

I just got a brandnew MPC Live II [OS 2.10] - after 7 happy years of MPC 1000 [JJOS2XL]
Feels great so far! While transferring my workflow, I stumbled over sth:

On my MPC 1000, I used to assign a Q-Link Lowpass / Highpass Filter to tracks via track mute screen with 'active track' selection. This affects all of the used samples triggered on the track without changing pad settings.
That's a very cool feature vor live sessions to bring in tracks slowly or getting creative with automation.
It is even possible to record track automation as well as pad automation in JJOS2XL.
AND the cool thing is when you deactivate the the q-link, the pads flip back to their own filter settings.

I'm searching for sth similar in the new MPC Live II and just can't find it. Like being able to put a filter on a whole track, tweak it with the cue link and record the automation if needed. I tried routing some sads into a submix and put a filter on the submix but found no way to record a submix fx automation.

This was a big part of my live set with the MPC 1000
See example here -> https://www.instagram.com/p/CThehRbsoH5/

Can anyone help? Highly appreciated :nod: