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 Preset Tue Jul 02, 2024 7:26 pm
Hello I would like to sell my mpc live but I have several plugins, including Jura, OPX- or Fabric collection that I would like to keep. Is this possible? Thank you !
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By MPC-Tutor Tue Jul 02, 2024 7:30 pm
They are separate licenses to your MPC serial, so when you sell the MPC you should open a support ticket and ask Akai to transfer only the MPC serial to the new owner, keeping the plugin licenses in your existing account. Just be aware that once you transfer the MPC your MPC Software license will be (in theory) deactivated, so you'll only be able to use them in VST/AU hosts.
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By K. Rah Wed Jul 03, 2024 7:18 am
I have a similar question: I know you can use up to three machines and use the plugins on the account, but soon I’ll be selling my X and replacing with a ONE which will take the place as the third akai machine on the account. Is it possible to transfer the plug ins using the new serial number? Or, if it’s a used ONE I’m buying, am I screwed if the previous owner doesn’t deactivate their account or transfer the serial themselves?
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By MPC-Tutor Wed Jul 03, 2024 9:33 am
Before selling your MPC X go to 'PREFERENCES > ACTIVATIONS' and deactivate your plugins on that machine, probably worthwhile doing the same in the MPC Software.

You should then register the MPC One in your account, so in the first instance try entering the MPC One hardware serial in your account and see what happens. If it's used you might get an error ('already registered') in which case you'll have to contact Akai to have it manually added to your account.

Once rthe new MPC is registered, log into your inMusic account on the MPC One and activate your plugins. Do the same in the MPC Software - you might have to first re-activate the MPC Software as Akai might have assigned you a different iLok serial (as the old serial is linked to your previous MPC X), but I'm not sure if they bother with this.

It's not normally a problem, other than potentially having to wait days for Akai to get back to you, so I would suggest you provide as much info as possible in the first instance to avoid having to go back and forth with support.
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By Lampdog Wed Jul 03, 2024 11:22 pm
K. Rah wrote:Or, if it’s a used ONE I’m buying, am I screwed if the previous owner doesn’t deactivate their account or transfer the serial themselves?

This happens, alot.