Should I wait for MPC Live 3?

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Should I wait for MPC Live 3?

By ogasimov Sat Sep 02, 2023 6:18 pm
Hello folks,

An NI Maschine+ user here. Thinking about switching to MPC Live because of more frequent and meaningful updates, and I like the fact it has built-in speakers as I travel a lot and need portability.

However, 2GB RAM is too small for me. I am definitely not going to buy Live 2 because of 2GB RAM, but I am also not sure if Live 3 will come out and still have the speaker.

Could you please share your thoughts about any rumors or anticipated dates regarding Live 3? Is it going to happen this year?

Re: Should I wait for MPC Live 3?

By ogasimov Sat Sep 02, 2023 8:45 pm
I would like to have a drum group, bass synth, fx + leads (sampled instruments are fine). Not going to sample myself, need to create 8 or 16 bar loops using onboard instruments. Planning to buy the all-bundle plugins so that I can use various quality instruments and plugins.

With M+ usually not bottlenecks so far. I am just not sure if NI is a good onvestment at all. Wanna try MPC, but there is no rush. I can wait another year until next summer as I have everything I need. It’s rather a transition I want to take, so no urgency. Just started looking into it (a month ago)
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Re: Should I wait for MPC Live 3?

By Ill-Green Sat Sep 02, 2023 9:01 pm
Only thing I heard was about an MPC-Live Mini. It seems rumours have resurfaced again these couple of weeks. One youtuber thinks its a stand-alone MPC Studio, which concerning Akai's track record, just might be...

Re: Should I wait for MPC Live 3?

By robleighton22 Sat Sep 02, 2023 9:05 pm
If you are happy M+ is not hitting bottlenecks, then why do you need an MPC? I would say primary driver should be workflows. If you prefer the MPC workflow for sampling and arranging then it's worth it. Otherwise stick to Maschine which also has a great workflow.

Re: Should I wait for MPC Live 3?

By ogasimov Sat Sep 02, 2023 9:25 pm
I actually don’t know the MPC workflow. And yes, I like Maschine workflow. But I also like how MPC evolves, the instruments and effects available seems to be more standalone-minded. And I heard “flatten” feature is also good. Just don’t like how resampling works on Maschine :) not comfortable for me :) I am an Ableton Live user, used to Freeze function :)

Re: Should I wait for MPC Live 3?

By ogasimov Sat Sep 02, 2023 9:27 pm
Thanks for info. This works for now. I’ll wait until winter to see what happens at both AKAI and NI. All depends if Maschine+ will still feel abandoned and if a Live 2+ will come out… so I’ll gove it a try.

Re: Should I wait for MPC Live 3?

By jpeg Sat Sep 02, 2023 9:35 pm
Id say wait to Q1 2024 cos in winter Namm 2024 there is a strong possiblilty of mpc 3.0 software being announced and there is also talk of of an mpc live mini on the way but there is no info regarding Live 3

Re: Should I wait for MPC Live 3?

By ogasimov Sat Sep 02, 2023 9:49 pm
jpeg wrote:Id say wait to Q1 2024 cos in winter Namm 2024 there is a strong possiblilty of mpc 3.0 software being announced and there is also talk of of an mpc live mini on the way but there is no info regarding Live 3

Makes sense. Thanks!
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Re: Should I wait for MPC Live 3?

By Lampdog Sat Sep 02, 2023 10:00 pm
Buy whatever now, be happy.
Don’t like it, trade, return, sell, etc. Don’t need to wait.
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Re: Should I wait for MPC Live 3?

By Ultros Sun Sep 03, 2023 3:19 am
All the current mpc's have enough resources and bandwidth to make good music and pretty elaborate projects. 2gb, 4gb doesn't matter don't even get hung up on it you'd only notice it using fabric which is a crap plugin or using a zillion keygroups. Find the one that is the cheapest in best shape and buy that one.

Re: Should I wait for MPC Live 3?

By MPC_Maschinist Sun Sep 03, 2023 6:43 am
ogasimov wrote:Thanks for info. This works for now. I’ll wait until winter to see what happens at both AKAI and NI. All depends if Maschine+ will still feel abandoned and if a Live 2+ will come out… so I’ll gove it a try.


Are you making music or are you still waiting? :wink: :mrgreen:

I have both, M+ and Live II and I'm only limited by my not available time and skills but not by my gear.

These discussions remind me of photography forums where user discuss new camera bodies and lenses in detail. However if you look at their pictures ... oh meh. They would benefit from education and training not from new gear.
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Re: Should I wait for MPC Live 3?

By Lampdog Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:44 am
MPC_Maschinist wrote:They would benefit from education and training not from new gear.

Preach to da masses.

Re: Should I wait for MPC Live 3?

By ogasimov Sun Sep 03, 2023 11:18 am
MPC_Maschinist wrote:
ogasimov wrote:Thanks for info. This works for now. I’ll wait until winter to see what happens at both AKAI and NI. All depends if Maschine+ will still feel abandoned and if a Live 2+ will come out… so I’ll gove it a try.


Are you making music or are you still waiting? :wink: :mrgreen:

I have both, M+ and Live II and I'm only limited by my not available time and skills but not by my gear.

These discussions remind me of photography forums where user discuss new camera bodies and lenses in detail. However if you look at their pictures ... oh meh. They would benefit from education and training not from new gear.

Do you use both in parallel or o interchangeably?

In my case, I use already Ableton Live (software) as primary DAW, M+ standalone only. All this in studio. But I travel a lot. Like every 2 weeks I am somewhere around the world, and the back to home office again. So Live 2 with a speaker could be the travel device.
I do mostly synthwave-ish music.
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