MPC One - limitations of 2x analogue out

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MPC One - limitations of 2x analogue out

By astral_Signal Tue Jan 31, 2023 6:54 am
Hi all,

I'm looking at jumping back into music production. Used to own a MPC 1000 for years which was fantastic and integrated perfectly into my system in terms of I/O connectivity. The 6 total assignable analogue outputs were utilised for every project, recording into Pro Tools via a 8x8 audio interface. Simple multi-tracking.

The MPC One I have been interested in since its release, as is reminds me a lot of the MPC 1000 aesthetically. It's lack of I/O however is disappointing, as I would like to multi-track out with the unit but it would take twice as long wth only two analogue outputs. My audio interface is not class compliant so I couldn't take advantage of this feature. I suppose the alternative is the Live 2, but there is a hefty increase in price for additional features that I don't really need.

So I guess my question is for people current utilising the MPC One for multi-track recording, are the two analogue outputs enough to work with? Are there any alternative methods to expanding I/O on the One? Any rumours of MPC TWO??

Re: MPC One - limitations of 2x analogue out

By robleighton22 Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:55 am
Yeah get a cheap audio IO or mixer and you've got way more than your MPC 1000. Have a model 12 and seems to work fine for me. Only got my MPC One the other day but coming from a Live 1 and a Force in the last, I like the form factor of the MPC One the most. The workflow is massively improved with the additional buttons and no loss with less physical outputs.
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Re: MPC One - limitations of 2x analogue out

By NearTao Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:38 pm
Ignoring the USB audio interface details... the MPC One/Live/X have a crazy amount of effects, busses, etc... you have 4 fx per pad/program/send/master... so you've got a lot more space to mix/master and play with effects inside the box than the 1k's limit of 2fx. Plus similar to the limited "per pad" effects that the 1k with JJOS had, each pad also has another (albeit more limited) selection of slots that you can use that don't add much overhead to the overall MPC such as LPF/HPF/Crush/etc...

So while I get the concern about wanting to track out of the One... you can also consider if it is really necessary or not since you can do so much inside the MPC.
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Re: MPC One - limitations of 2x analogue out

By hyena Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:29 pm
i suggest you just buy a second hand mpc live mk1, they are pretty cheap nowadays, and have all a live2 has except the integrated speakers, the cv\gate outputs and some other minor bonus. cpu power, ram and all other important features are absolutely identical.
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Re: MPC One - limitations of 2x analogue out

By Lampdog Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:52 pm
NearTao wrote:....really necessary or not since you can do so much inside the MPC.

This is me all day er'y day. I can do everything inside the MPC, then again I'm not in the business of
selling or mastering so my needs aren't big at all anyway.
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Re: MPC One - limitations of 2x analogue out

By cocosushi Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:22 pm
hyena wrote:i suggest you just buy a second hand mpc live mk1, they are pretty cheap nowadays, and have all a live2 has except the integrated speakers, the cv\gate outputs and some other minor bonus. cpu power, ram and all other important features are absolutely identical.



mpc live mk1 never had cv/gate outputs
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Re: MPC One - limitations of 2x analogue out

By NearTao Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:52 am
cocosushi wrote:
hyena wrote:i suggest you just buy a second hand mpc live mk1, they are pretty cheap nowadays, and have all a live2 has except the integrated speakers, the cv\gate outputs and some other minor bonus. cpu power, ram and all other important features are absolutely identical.



mpc live mk1 never had cv/gate outputs


From what Hyena said... I believe he agrees with you.
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Re: MPC One - limitations of 2x analogue out

By Lampdog Wed Feb 01, 2023 3:35 am
cocosushi wrote:mpc live mk1 never had cv/gate outputs

It was a separate sentence and I think you read it wrong.

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By Kilowax Tue Oct 07, 2025 7:02 pm
MPC-Tutor wrote:You can also export all your individual tracks as wav stems and just import into your daw as audio tracks.


Hi here !
I was just trying to export that way but I experienced some issues.
I converted my song as one sequence and then exported all tracks. But when opened in the DAW it systematically missed the end of the song.
Did someone else notice that?

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By jamos Tue Oct 07, 2025 8:27 pm
Kilowax wrote:Hi here !
I was just trying to export that way but I experienced some issues.
I converted my song as one sequence and then exported all tracks. But when opened in the DAW it systematically missed the end of the song.
Did someone else notice that?


I've never, in 5 years, been able to get export to work correctly.

Re: MPC One - limitations of 2x analogue out

By Kilowax Wed Oct 08, 2025 1:06 am
jamos wrote:
Kilowax wrote:Hi here !
I was just trying to export that way but I experienced some issues.
I converted my song as one sequence and then exported all tracks. But when opened in the DAW it systematically missed the end of the song.
Did someone else notice that?


I've never, in 5 years, been able to get export to work correctly.


Too bad, this feature would have been great considering the output limitations of the One…
I thought I was doing something wrong at first.
Thanks for answering !
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Re: MPC One - limitations of 2x analogue out

By mr_debauch Wed Oct 08, 2025 8:39 am
what is the problem exactly? I have never had problems with the export. I also make a separate pattern for the end of the song that lets the tails from the fx end..

Re: MPC One - limitations of 2x analogue out

By Kilowax Wed Oct 08, 2025 12:04 pm
mr_debauch wrote:what is the problem exactly? I have never had problems with the export. I also make a separate pattern for the end of the song that lets the tails from the fx end..


First I forgot to mention that I’m running os 3.5

The problem is that I have a song of 98 bars converted in one sequence. I have tried several times to save with All Tracks or Track as Audio modes.
When importing the tracks in a DAW, all the tracks but the BD’s track stopped at bar 93…
The BD continues to the end of the song, sometimes!
I will try later today with an other song containing less tracks and see what happens …
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