By Pantalones
Fri Jan 30, 2026 4:14 pm
Hey there,
New to MPC world so thanks in advance for any help all you experts can provide. In short, I'm experiencing exactly what this topic title is: my MPC Software is crashing when I try to export an audio mix-down.
Backstory/Context:
I'm trying to bring the audio from an MPC2 project into Logic, where I'll add vocals and do a final mix.
In order to work in Logic, I've loaded up the MPC2 Plugin in Logic (I've seen another option is to just record the audio from the MPC directly into Logic using my Scarlet 2i2, but wanted to keep some of the midi files intact, and find it easier to work in the computer with the mouse, keyboard, bigger screen, etc). I'm using an MPC Key 37 as the controller, and am manipulating the MPC2 Plug-In using the Key 37 in Controller Mode. I'm using MPC2 because I read that the MPC3 Beta doesn't work as a Logic Plug-In yet.
At first I was trying to export the whole track (9 sequences), but that was crashing so I'm trying to export just ONE sequence. (also, when I say export, I'm in the MPC2 Plugin in Logic, go to file, export, as Audio Mixdown, stereo output .wav, 24bit depth, 44.1). I click save and it immediately crashes. Trying to save it to the computer desktop.
I'm running a brand new MacBook Air (M4), and watch the computer processor monitor during the process and it stays below 10% usage. The software and drivers all appear to be the very latest versions (2.15.1 64-bit).
The sequence I'm trying to export has 7 tracks (two drum tracks that I'm using sparingly, and 5 plug-in tracks). It's 8 bars long. The drum samples are coming from The Vault 2.0, and Sonic Boom, and the Plug-Ins are coming from Fabric and Jura. (One thing I can't figure out how to do is get The Vault 2.0 and Sonic Boom on my Key 37 when in Standalone mode, not sure if that's causing any issues).
I'm seeing some sites online that say "reduce plug-in usage" which seems to defeat the purpose... I wrote some pretty basic music (which is a fairly simple/not complex track, IMO), want to get it out of the program, but need to reduce the amount of sounds/instruments I'm using? That's ridiculous, and like someone else on another thread said, kinda makes the software useless.
What else... I tried to "Bounce Track In Place" to bring the MPC tracks directly into Logic tracks, and that's crashing too.
Any ideas? Should I just be recording audio from the Key37 in Standalone mode, directly into logic and walking away from the preservation of the Midi Files in MPC2?
Thanks again for any help you can provide!
New to MPC world so thanks in advance for any help all you experts can provide. In short, I'm experiencing exactly what this topic title is: my MPC Software is crashing when I try to export an audio mix-down.
Backstory/Context:
I'm trying to bring the audio from an MPC2 project into Logic, where I'll add vocals and do a final mix.
In order to work in Logic, I've loaded up the MPC2 Plugin in Logic (I've seen another option is to just record the audio from the MPC directly into Logic using my Scarlet 2i2, but wanted to keep some of the midi files intact, and find it easier to work in the computer with the mouse, keyboard, bigger screen, etc). I'm using an MPC Key 37 as the controller, and am manipulating the MPC2 Plug-In using the Key 37 in Controller Mode. I'm using MPC2 because I read that the MPC3 Beta doesn't work as a Logic Plug-In yet.
At first I was trying to export the whole track (9 sequences), but that was crashing so I'm trying to export just ONE sequence. (also, when I say export, I'm in the MPC2 Plugin in Logic, go to file, export, as Audio Mixdown, stereo output .wav, 24bit depth, 44.1). I click save and it immediately crashes. Trying to save it to the computer desktop.
I'm running a brand new MacBook Air (M4), and watch the computer processor monitor during the process and it stays below 10% usage. The software and drivers all appear to be the very latest versions (2.15.1 64-bit).
The sequence I'm trying to export has 7 tracks (two drum tracks that I'm using sparingly, and 5 plug-in tracks). It's 8 bars long. The drum samples are coming from The Vault 2.0, and Sonic Boom, and the Plug-Ins are coming from Fabric and Jura. (One thing I can't figure out how to do is get The Vault 2.0 and Sonic Boom on my Key 37 when in Standalone mode, not sure if that's causing any issues).
I'm seeing some sites online that say "reduce plug-in usage" which seems to defeat the purpose... I wrote some pretty basic music (which is a fairly simple/not complex track, IMO), want to get it out of the program, but need to reduce the amount of sounds/instruments I'm using? That's ridiculous, and like someone else on another thread said, kinda makes the software useless.
What else... I tried to "Bounce Track In Place" to bring the MPC tracks directly into Logic tracks, and that's crashing too.
Any ideas? Should I just be recording audio from the Key37 in Standalone mode, directly into logic and walking away from the preservation of the Midi Files in MPC2?
Thanks again for any help you can provide!