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.
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By Oscar South Wed Jul 30, 2025 5:58 pm
Switched over to reduce the form factor and weight and I don't know if I'm just enjoying a new object, but the pads on the ONE + feel really nice -- dynamics feel consistent and MUCH less double triggering than I'm used to.

There any community discourse on this?
By J.O.BEATS Wed Jul 30, 2025 6:40 pm
One + is a piece of shit if you want to use it in standalone with storage device attached. Also real fun to not have the touchscreen work every 10 or so times you turn it on. But yes the form factor is perfect.

Worse mpc nukai has ever made outside of the fly
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By Oscar South Wed Jul 30, 2025 6:45 pm
J.O.BEATS wrote:One + is a piece of shit if you want to use it in standalone with storage device attached. Also real fun to not have the touchscreen work every 10 or so times you turn it on. But yes the form factor is perfect.

Worse mpc nukai has ever made outside of the fly


Haha, yea I just need an MPC that has the same hardware specs and comparable I/O to Live II without being comparable in weight and form factor to a 1980s modular synth rig. Imagine how many extra pairs of clean underwear I can fit into my flight carry on now.
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By Oscar South Wed Jul 30, 2025 6:46 pm
Have to say as well after jamming for a bit -- the button layout and functionality is so much nicer than the Live II. Thought I loved Live II, but it turns out that I was in love with the idea of being in love with it, and actually there were a lot of workarounds and concession to necessity involved. This time it's real (I promise).
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By MPC-Tutor Fri Aug 01, 2025 7:47 am
i don’t think there is such a thing as an ‘mpc one + pad response’, just the pad response of your particular unit. Very hard to find any mpc with great pads in my experience, they are often quite insensitive, double triggering etc. Yet all three of my maschine models have the exact same, super sensitive, lush pad response
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By Oscar South Fri Aug 01, 2025 12:16 pm
Lampdog wrote:Dedicated buttons > touch screen.
I still love touch screen tho and I’m glad they made it.


yeah that's what I'm loving -- I have quicker access to the functions I need on the buttons on the ONE + and the ones I need are sitting really well under my fingers

on the Live II, I'd gotten everything revised down to physical workflows, but it wasn't always intuitive and required more finger gynmastics

also, I didn't anticipate this but I love the clicky buttons -- I used to gig a lot with an MPD32 so I guess it's taking me back
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By Oscar South Fri Aug 01, 2025 12:17 pm
MPC-Tutor wrote:i don’t think there is such a thing as an ‘mpc one + pad response’, just the pad response of your particular unit. Very hard to find any mpc with great pads in my experience, they are often quite insensitive, double triggering etc. Yet all three of my maschine models have the exact same, super sensitive, lush pad response


after working with it more, I think what I'm noticing is a greater consistency in response to the pads being smaller -- less area available to hit is resulting in less variance in the areas that are actually being hit, thus a more consistent feel
By B-Wise Fri Aug 01, 2025 4:31 pm
Oscar South wrote:after working with it more, I think what I'm noticing is a greater consistency in response to the pads being smaller -- less area available to hit is resulting in less variance in the areas that are actually being hit, thus a more consistent feel


This what I like about the Force pads. I thought the small rectangular pads would be a issue after using the MPC 2500, but once I got used them I love it & they let you move across the pad range faster. Now, I feel that the big pad square pads are kinda unnecessary, keep in mind I don't have fat fingers, so YMMV.
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By Lampdog Tue Aug 05, 2025 7:21 am
Oscar South wrote:also, I didn't anticipate this but I love the clicky buttons -- I used to gig a lot with an MPD32 so I guess it's taking me back

I like the clicky buttons on X and I like the soft click buttons on key61. Clicky buttons on key61 would seem out of place imo.
By BackOnDaMPC Sat Aug 09, 2025 12:18 pm
J.O.BEATS wrote:One + is a piece of shit if you want to use it in standalone with storage device attached. Also real fun to not have the touchscreen work every 10 or so times you turn it on. But yes the form factor is perfect.

Worse mpc nukai has ever made outside of the fly
Really? That's exactly how I use it. No issues!
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By Oscar South Sat Aug 09, 2025 12:44 pm
BackOnDaMPC wrote:
J.O.BEATS wrote:One + is a piece of shit if you want to use it in standalone with storage device attached. Also real fun to not have the touchscreen work every 10 or so times you turn it on. But yes the form factor is perfect.

Worse mpc nukai has ever made outside of the fly
Really? That's exactly how I use it. No issues!


Yeah I'm having no issues so far -- enjoying working with it. Only minor complaint is that the browser has a minor lag in opening while on the Live II it's instant. Not an issue though.
By Komatos Records Sun Aug 10, 2025 8:09 pm
Right, for some stupid reason in Controller Mode the SD Card or external drives attached to the MPC One/One+ USB ports aren’t viewable.

So you can’t transfer files directly while connected to your computer. I usually just connect my external SSD to my Mac Mini and transfer files directly that I think I need, then eject the drive from the Mac and plug it into my One+, then power the MPC on. Minor inconvenience.