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 personM Sat Jan 31, 2026 8:24 pm
hey,

for those of you exporting audiomixdowns from the mpc: which settings do you use? format, bitdepth, samplerate?
By 40Beatz Mon Feb 02, 2026 2:43 pm
Depends on what I'm exporting for.

MP3's for Project Previews or Emailing Tracks

44.1khz, 16bit WAVs for Projects, Submissions, Clients,...etc
By moonlake Mon Feb 02, 2026 7:36 pm
.wav 16 bit 44.1 kHz

cause its lossless and the most versatile / compatible

after export I normalize to - 14 dB lufs in an audio editor
but my mixing routine is so that this often hardly changes the file

I keep both files

I've set audio tail to 1 second but thats not reliable, one of those unfixed bugs in 2.x
By Masi Mon Feb 02, 2026 7:52 pm
If I import the files into my DAW I go with 32FP WAV at 44.1kHz.

I guess that if my tracks don't go into red I don't need FP, but why take a chance with 16bit.
By J.O.BEATS Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:58 pm
40Beatz wrote:Depends on what I'm exporting for.

MP3's for Project Previews or Emailing Tracks

44.1khz, 16bit WAVs for Projects, Submissions, Clients,...etc


Same except 24 bit WAV to clients