SD Card Speed

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.
 Reply Share on Facebook

SD Card Speed

Bynameless138337 Sun May 22, 2022 8:14 pm
Ive been using the MPC one for some months now, great machine just some real frustrations though, and its small details like this are annoying. Why is a top fast SD card on amazon (ie Integral 128GB SD Card 4K Ultra-HD Video Premium High Speed Memory Card SDXC Up to 100MB/s SDXC V30 UHS-I U3 Class 10 SD Memory Card). Why is this absolutely dog slow on the MPC, I can sit there waiting some seconds before the card loads the instruments each time, so frustrating !!

Re: SD Card Speed

By SakisX Sun May 22, 2022 8:33 pm
USB2 access speed, no need for super fast sd card , reliable is more important
also the 100mb/s spec refers to long sequential file access
User avatar

Re: SD Card Speed

By Lampdog Sun May 22, 2022 10:48 pm
[email protected] wrote:Ive been using the MPC one for some months now, great machine just some real frustrations though, and its small details like this are annoying. Why is a top fast SD card on amazon (ie Integral 128GB SD Card 4K Ultra-HD Video Premium High Speed Memory Card SDXC Up to 100MB/s SDXC V30 UHS-I U3 Class 10 SD Memory Card). Why is this absolutely dog slow on the MPC, I can sit there waiting some seconds before the card loads the instruments each time, so frustrating !!


This type thinking is wrong without knowing some of the architecture of the inside of the mpc.

Exactly what SakisX !!

The mpc sets the speed at which it communicates to devices, not the card.
User avatar

Re: SD Card Speed

By NearTao Sun May 22, 2022 11:31 pm
The SD Card reader on the MPC isn't a direct connect, it runs over USB, and as a result is stuck at the USB bus speeds. This is also the case for the internal drive, so getting high speed storage for the MPC will take the bottle neck away from the storage itself, and hoist it upon the USB bus.

Is it a bummer? Sure, but I guess I've learned to live with it :D

Re: SD Card Speed

By technonsia Fri Jul 11, 2025 9:45 am
v90 u2 speed spec should solve the speed issue for streaming. v30 is to slow. minimum v60. u 1 is slower. then theres class 10. thing

Re: SD Card Speed

By Elijah Fri Jul 11, 2025 10:42 am
It’s unclear whether it’s due to the connection bus or internal code, but using a high-speed SD card with the MPC does not improve loading speed.

Re: SD Card Speed

By Skeeter_Woo Fri Jul 11, 2025 5:06 pm
I work in IT Support and people like you drive me nuts. That ish is not THAT slow fam. Are you sitting there for 2 hours waiting for a single sound to load, or is it just 30 - 45 seconds? Think about that out of the course of your life how short a period of time that is. If you're 40, you can calculate (it will be a pita) how many 35 second intervals you've had since birth and it would be a crap ton. Be realistic, stop being overly critical, and understand that the machine is not going to be instantaneous. I deal with people like this all the time in IT!
User avatar

Re: SD Card Speed

By NearTao Fri Jul 11, 2025 5:36 pm
Skeeter_Woo wrote:I work in IT Support and people like you drive me nuts. That ish is not THAT slow fam. Are you sitting there for 2 hours waiting for a single sound to load, or is it just 30 - 45 seconds? Think about that out of the course of your life how short a period of time that is. If you're 40, you can calculate (it will be a pita) how many 35 second intervals you've had since birth and it would be a crap ton. Be realistic, stop being overly critical, and understand that the machine is not going to be instantaneous. I deal with people like this all the time in IT!


Who are you angry at? The OP who had their account deleted and no longer exists on the forum, or the person who replied that the speeds didn't really matter that much?

Either way, it's alright man. There's literally nothing to rage about in this thread.
User avatar

Re: SD Card Speed

By Lampdog Sun Jul 13, 2025 11:15 pm
Wow.
 Reply
Return to MPC X, MPC One, MPC Live & MPC Key