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 Mike Boogie Thu Oct 02, 2025 2:28 pm
EnochLight wrote:Post the link!


It's in the User Guide for 3.6 on the page linked above.

Updates in v3.6
MPC Pro Pack

MPC v3.6 provides support for the MPC Pro Pack. This is included automatically for all users of MPC Live III and can
be purchased as an upgrade for users of other MPC standalone hardware that supports MPC3.
To purchase the MPC Pro Pack, visit thempcstore.com / akaipro.com. You can unlock the Pro Pack on up to
three supported devices.
To unlock the Pro Pack, use the Activations tab of the Preferences.
The MPC Pro Pack includes:
• MPC Clip Launch: New Clip Matrix and Clip Edit modes.
• Advanced CV Track Edit.
• Advanced Q-Link Edit, including Envelope Follower and LFO.
• Super Warp algorithm
• MPC3 Pro Pack Plugins: AIR Fabric Select, AIR Visual EQ4, AIR Reverb Pro, AIR Utility
• Import Ableton Live Projects
See Addenda > MPC Pro Pack to learn more about these features.


Project Time Signature Support
You can now change the time signature of your MPC project to suit your creative needs. Changing the project time
signature updates all sequences to use the new setting. Sequences will retain their length in bars. If Clip workflow is
enabled, clips will retain their length in pulses.
Project Time signatures can be changed in Main Mode. You can also set the default time signature in the Project Defaults section of the Preferences.

Track Edit Enhancements
MPC now includes an enhanced Track Edit mode for Drum Tracks, including:
• A powerful Drum Articulation Engine, allowing you access to typical drum articulations and rudiments like flams, paradiddles, and dynamic drum phrases which can be added to individual pads. You can also trigger and record different articulations using 16 Level, and Modifiers (editable in List Edit Mode) include an Articulation parameter.
• A 32-cell modulation matrix, for extensive routing options for complex modulation setups.
• New modulation sources, including an upgraded dual LFO, a Note Counter, dual Ramps, and Global and PerVoice Drift LFOs.
• The Layer Play Offset parameter lets you shift a framed sample window—defined by Start, End, and Loop
points—across the sample without altering their relative positions.
• The Global tab now includes a Pad Tuning parameter, altering the tuning of all layers on that pad.
Both Drums and Keygroups have the following additional enhancements:
• The Modulation Matrix now supports a hierarchical menu of sources and targets.
• Layer Play – Crossfade: This new setting allows you to crossfade between sample layers using modulation
sources like Envelopes and LFOs in Drum and Keygroup tracks, enabling wave-sequencing or vector synthesislike effects.
• Random Seeds: When Layer Play is set to Random, the Random Seed field displays a value between 1–999,999.
This number can be copied and reused to reproduce the same random sequence across sessions or projects.
See Operation > Modes > Track Edit Mode > Drum Tracks or Keygroup Tracks to learn more.

MIDI Improvements
You can now configure individual pads within a Drum Track to send specific MIDI notes for triggering external gear, lighting, or video sources.
We’ve also expanded the MPC sequencer’s MIDI capabilities with full per-event channel recording and routing. This update unlocks more flexible workflows for multi-timbral instruments and external MIDI gear.

Other Improvements
You can now input automation bounded by the length of a step in the Step Sequencer.
When using Pad Copy, pad colors are now copied.
In Main Mode, tapping and holding the Sequence field opens a new pop-up with the following settings:
Use the Name field to rename the Sequence.
Use the Auto-Select Track field to specify which track is selected when switching sequences. Select None to
keep the current track selected when changing sequences, or select a specific track from your project.
By 40Beatz Thu Oct 02, 2025 2:34 pm
Looks Like You Time Signature Bozos Should Be Happy Now :lol: :lol:
By Certified Beatz Thu Oct 02, 2025 3:00 pm
I'm impressed I like another of the features.. the best one is usb c aduio out to a daw.. when the knew X comes out definitely will buy it... anyone know how much the pro pack cost?
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By Jean-Marc Liotier Thu Oct 02, 2025 3:01 pm
Mike Boogie wrote:Layer Play – Crossfade: This new setting allows you to crossfade between sample layers using modulation sources like Envelopes and LFOs in Drum and Keygroup tracks, enabling wave-sequencing or vector synthesislike effects.
Hmmm... Would that work between multisamples - keygroups ? I would love to layer two keygroups and crossfade between them. Well, now that I think about it, I might already be able to to that with two keygroup tracks, two volume automations assigned to the same know (one with a flipped axis) and sending MIDI from one to the other to keep them in sync.
By instrumental Thu Oct 02, 2025 3:10 pm
Still so many questions..

Is the MIDI note bug fixed?
Can I use this fancy new XY pad functionality in keygroups?
Does the machine still get all weird when swapping out/writing to the internal drive? (I assume it's M2 and not SD now?)
Does the SATA drive still have slow read write times considering the ROK bottleneck is still part of how it functions by default? (I understand it's faster overall, but always looking to improve.)
Does the OS still do that annoying vertical/horizontal layout thing when mapping Q-links, and now the touch strip?
For the love of everything beautiful, did they fix the activation issues?
Is there still a lag when routing external audio into the MPC?

I want to love this. So far so good, but these questions are nagging me.

*edit* I'm already seeing reports of people having issues with buying the Pro Pack, so it seems activations are still an issue.
Last edited by instrumental on Thu Oct 02, 2025 4:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
By Certified Beatz Thu Oct 02, 2025 3:16 pm
instrumental wrote:Still so many questions..

Is the MIDI note bug fixed?
Can I use this fancy new XY pad functionality in keygroups?
Does the machine still get all weird when swapping out/writing to the internal drive? (I assume it's M2 and not SD now?)
Does the SATA drive still have slow read write times considering the ROK bottleneck is still part of how it functions by default? (I understand it's faster overall, but always looking to improve.)
Does the OS still do that annoying vertical/horizontal layout thing when mapping Q-links, and now the touch strip?
For the love of everything beautiful, did they fix the activation issues?

I want to love this. So far so good, but these questions are nagging me.

*edit* I'm already seeing reports of people having issues with buying the Pro Pack, so it seems activations are still an issue.


Only way to know is to download, asking myself similar questions also...
By suntan Thu Oct 02, 2025 3:21 pm
40Beatz wrote:Looks Like You Time Signature Bozos Should Be Happy Now :lol: :lol:


Nope.

A single time signature per project. Yeah that's not bringing time signatures back. It's barely a step up from only 4/4.
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By EnochLight Thu Oct 02, 2025 3:24 pm
Mike Boogie wrote:Track Edit Enhancements
MPC now includes an enhanced Track Edit mode for Drum Tracks, including:
• A powerful Drum Articulation Engine, allowing you access to typical drum articulations and rudiments like flams, paradiddles, and dynamic drum phrases which can be added to individual pads. You can also trigger and record different articulations using 16 Level, and Modifiers (editable in List Edit Mode) include an Articulation parameter.
• A 32-cell modulation matrix, for extensive routing options for complex modulation setups.
• New modulation sources, including an upgraded dual LFO, a Note Counter, dual Ramps, and Global and PerVoice Drift LFOs.
• The Layer Play Offset parameter lets you shift a framed sample window—defined by Start, End, and Loop
points—across the sample without altering their relative positions.
• The Global tab now includes a Pad Tuning parameter, altering the tuning of all layers on that pad.
Both Drums and Keygroups have the following additional enhancements:
• The Modulation Matrix now supports a hierarchical menu of sources and targets.
• Layer Play – Crossfade: This new setting allows you to crossfade between sample layers using modulation
sources like Envelopes and LFOs in Drum and Keygroup tracks, enabling wave-sequencing or vector synthesislike effects.
• Random Seeds: When Layer Play is set to Random, the Random Seed field displays a value between 1–999,999.
This number can be copied and reused to reproduce the same random sequence across sessions or projects.
See Operation > Modes > Track Edit Mode > Drum Tracks or Keygroup Tracks to learn more.


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By jaymack Thu Oct 02, 2025 3:26 pm
suntan wrote:
jaymack wrote:3....2....


Nope.

A single time signature per project. Yeah that's not bringing time signatures back. It's barely a step up from only 4/4.
By jahsoul Thu Oct 02, 2025 3:31 pm
MGoolas wrote:Is there any need for the mpc desktop software anymore?
I can't speak for everybody but for me, it's most definitely needed, and I don't understand why they can't give us a new modern controller. I get why some people use standalone but for me, who is always tied to the computer, spending $1700 on a standalone device is a waste of money, since I will never use it that way. I wish Akai just give us a Touch 2, Ren 2, or a Studio MK3 that is designed like the MPC One. That's said, my Touch is still working without a hiccup and I wish they actually do something with the desktop software so I can go ahead and pay for it..lol