By WaterHead
Sat Sep 13, 2025 9:08 am
Hi everyone. I rarely post something here, but I discovered something the other day I wanted to share with you. This might be something well known, but I didnt know this before and didnt find an info about this here, so I‘m hoping it might help some people. Here‘s the thing:
I have been able to successfully open up Force 3.5 projects in the MPC 3.5 desktop beta. This helps my workflow because I can now:
1) Start Ideas on the Force in the Clip Matrix
2) Sketch out a rough arrangement in the Force Arranger
3) Fine tune and roughly mix the arrangement in the MPC 3.5 desktop software to finish a Full demo of the idea. Using third party FX and Instrument plugins if I want to.
4) Export single audio tracks for use in Ableton / Bitwig to complete a production
Upsides of this worfklow in my opinion:
- much faster audio track export in MPC desktop than on hardware
- Import to desktop software works with all settings and plug-ins and (to me) sounds exactly the same as in hardware
- unlimited audio tracks and Plugin count to bounce stems exactly as you want them
- ability to control the desktop software with MPC hardware while using it (if you have a hardware MPC or suitable controller)
Downside:
- when opening the project, you will lose all clips in the Force matrix, as the MPC 3.5 desktop Software does not support this. You will only keep sequences that you created in the arranger
- MPC 3.5 Software itself is still a mess regarding the UI
I am hoping that Akai are planning to include direct support for the Force in MPC desktop. All the groundwork seems to be done already and it‘s basically already compatible
I have been able to successfully open up Force 3.5 projects in the MPC 3.5 desktop beta. This helps my workflow because I can now:
1) Start Ideas on the Force in the Clip Matrix
2) Sketch out a rough arrangement in the Force Arranger
3) Fine tune and roughly mix the arrangement in the MPC 3.5 desktop software to finish a Full demo of the idea. Using third party FX and Instrument plugins if I want to.
4) Export single audio tracks for use in Ableton / Bitwig to complete a production
Upsides of this worfklow in my opinion:
- much faster audio track export in MPC desktop than on hardware
- Import to desktop software works with all settings and plug-ins and (to me) sounds exactly the same as in hardware
- unlimited audio tracks and Plugin count to bounce stems exactly as you want them
- ability to control the desktop software with MPC hardware while using it (if you have a hardware MPC or suitable controller)
Downside:
- when opening the project, you will lose all clips in the Force matrix, as the MPC 3.5 desktop Software does not support this. You will only keep sequences that you created in the arranger
- MPC 3.5 Software itself is still a mess regarding the UI
I am hoping that Akai are planning to include direct support for the Force in MPC desktop. All the groundwork seems to be done already and it‘s basically already compatible
