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 mizar001 Thu Jan 04, 2024 11:43 pm
I would like to know a straightforward way to install expansions (bought and free) onto mpc one.

I have an SD card used where I usually install plugins via 'Activate plugin' and that seems kind of easy (sometimes).

I dowloaded some expansions and they all extracted the .exe file into an akai/mpc/ folder, tried to follow many examples and videos on how to install from pc to the sd card, but they seems not updated with the recent software usage: for example I see an MPC software I can't seem to find. All I have is an "InMusic Software Center" and this software is not showing installed expansions, so I cannot select them for an export.
I tried to copy manually the files, but probably the file structure is different from the pc folder to the mpc one system.

I like MPC One in some many ways, but I begin regretting buying it: it has an overwhelming difficulty in integrating external files/samples even by paying, and I'm not kin to buy anything else because it could not be working. I'm an IT expert, I wonder how harder it could be for other people.
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By MPC-Tutor Fri Jan 05, 2024 6:45 am
If it only comes with an exe file, install it on your computer. Connect your MPC One SD card to your computer, open the MPC Software and go to 'File > Export > Expansion' and select the MPC disk as the destination.

That's the easiest way. There are more convoluted ways that don't require the MPC Software, but you don't need them if you just use the MPC Software to handle it all for you.

(Ultimately your expansions should come with an install guide to provide instructions for the specific type of expansions purchased).
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By MPC-Tutor Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:18 am
BTW you download the MPC Software from your account at akaipro.com (create the account, register the MPC One serial and you'll be given an authorization unlock code for the MPC Software). There should have been a 'quick start' guide included with your MPC that covers this. Setting up the account also gives you access to all the synth plugins and other additional content.

Once you have the MPC Software up and running then you can just install all your expansions into that and export them as I described previously.

And while you can instead use the free MPC Beats app I don't really see the point as it's just a cut down version of the MPC Software and it doesn't include the synths and has limited tracks. Your MPC One comes with a copy of the MPC Software included, so it's definitely worth setting this up.
By mizar001 Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:23 pm
Thanks.

I didn't have any quickstart guide as clear as this one you gave me here. I understood the difference between mpc software and inMusic Software center. Once installed the mpc software, all went straight (though I didn't like creating one more account with ilok).

Thanks everyone.