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 StreetLife20 Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:01 pm
Live 2 recently started randomly just turning itself home. Like I’ll go eat, come back and it’s on. Shut it down, starts up again. Tried holding button till it shuts down. That work’s temporarily, but it will eventually power back up when least expected. Never experienced this mess with any other MPC.
By Baqca Sanke Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:48 pm
StreetLife20 wrote:Live 2 recently started randomly just turning itself home. Like I’ll go eat, come back and it’s on. Shut it down, starts up again. Tried holding button till it shuts down. That work’s temporarily, but it will eventually power back up when least expected. Never experienced this mess with any other MPC.


unfortunately the MPC live mk2 has a "soft" power switch. Meaning it's a push button that is tied to a small daughter board, which senses the button press, and tells the mpc to turn on.
A "hard" power switch would be a switch that physically disconnects power by interrupting the path of electricity.

because its a soft power switch, there could be a number of problems. There could be gunk that got into the mpc case and is shorting out the contacts, it could be the push button is faulty, a soldering joint could have come loose, or the daughter board could have gone bad. Any of these could give a false signal to the MPC to turn on.

Because of this it could be really hard to diagnose/fix yourself, unless you're relatively handy and brave with a soldering iron.

Maybe try reflashing/updating the OS. If you have a warranty, send it back to get fixed. If not, maybe try finding a place that fixes MPC's.

Good luck
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By Ultros Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:56 pm
you cant *power on* a unit via ssh. the reply about the soft switch and the mechanical switch that triggers it being faulty seems logical. time to pull it apart and test resistence with a multimeter. if it reads anything above 0 ohms with the button not being pressed its likely a fault. who knows maybe theres something bridging it. wont know till they look or send it to be looked at. could be something as piddly as a wire bur dangling off touching a near by joint.