MPC Sample - Rumours & Leaks

Guitar center had 5 reservations and 2 walk ins when i picked mine up...

Ultros wrote:And already, people want to make it a macro-mpc rather than respecting it for being a micro-sampler. if you want the big daddy sampler then why buy this?

It's the reduction of features and simplicity that makes it attractive. I hope they dont have any planned updates for it and it stays static in the way it comes outta the box. like any normal hardware sampler.

There’s already an update lol

J.O.BEATS wrote:There’s already an update lol

ffs.. lol thanks for the info. hmm maybe ill go download it and figure out how its constructed.

Ultros wrote:And already, people want to make it a macro-mpc rather than respecting it for being a micro-sampler. if you want the big daddy sampler then why buy this?

It's the reduction of features and simplicity that makes it attractive. I hope they dont have any planned updates for it and it stays static in the way it comes outta the box. like any normal hardware sampler.

People are never happy at all.. akai delivered an affordable sampler and now they want to tack on another thousand dollars requests

Ultros wrote:

J.O.BEATS wrote:There’s already an update lol

ffs.. lol thanks for the info. hmm maybe ill go download it and figure out how its constructed.

SSH access by tomorrow afternoon please

haha i'll try to see what i can do...

I am hoping all i need to do is extract the rootfs, patch it then rebuild the .exe

I'll be back in a little while with my findings.

**updates while snooping**

The device name is called the AC50 using rockchip,rk3568, and it appears to not be a classic raw rootfs image this time. instead this is a composite image with a bootimage and rootfs combined into one, i am going to have to figure out how to split the images from the file.

ah there we go... 7z x the .exe the 7z x the update.img derp de der... lol

ah shit they got a new image type.... now to learn how to extract this .fit stuffs.. (u-boot utilities)




**update i draw nearer**



tools need thus far:


I bet the akai-1 algo is some bullshit lame ass xor orrrr an adaptation of some common cryptographic library.. i doubt they are crafty enough to invent their own full-fledged crypto... i love that it shit out the sign value for me.. now its a matter of bruteforcing it and finding out what works.

Who knows maybe this akai-1 crap may and up opening doors on other systems as well. it's got my attention now.

now im taking a break lol... fkn uboot env is a lady's private parts to set up and im not motivated today. anyone else wanna join in? where's dustyslices... when we need him. he has the energy to go the distance.

Ultros wrote:And already, people want to make it a macro-mpc rather than respecting it for being a micro-sampler. if you want the big daddy sampler then why buy this?

It's the reduction of features and simplicity that makes it attractive. I hope they dont have any planned updates for it and it stays static in the way it comes outta the box. like any normal hardware sampler.

There is still room for them to do updates without making it too crazy. like simple sample modulations etc

emdog wrote:

Ultros wrote:And already, people want to make it a macro-mpc rather than respecting it for being a micro-sampler. if you want the big daddy sampler then why buy this?

It's the reduction of features and simplicity that makes it attractive. I hope they dont have any planned updates for it and it stays static in the way it comes outta the box. like any normal hardware sampler.

There is still room for them to do updates without making it too crazy. like simple sample modulations etc

true enough, and even if they do add a buncha shit i dont think it will get messy in the same regard as our current stuff.

i saw you were going to go pick one up @ emdog, did you order one or visit music world today or just gonna wait a bit and see what happens?

https://support.akaipro.com/en/support/ ... ne-project?

Oh good, it's 32 *stereo* voices, unlike the SP404 mk2 which is marketed as 32 voices... but really 16 stereo

Amazing how quiet it's been here the last 24 hours. Guess all the whining and moaning is going on at Gearspace

Oh there's a whole new forum!
My bad

jaymack wrote:Oh there's a whole new forum!
My bad

Yup saw your post

There's a handful of things that are fiddly here... but it's mostly a no nonsense experience where it either *does the thing* written on the tin or it doesn't.

* An xox/tr style sequencer might be nice... though for me it feels unnecessary
* The "step edit" needs some love to edit more than the velocity... slice/tune/length would all be nice
* "step edit" for note timing... struggling from the UI to figure out how to move a note...
* 16 levels feels like it needs a rework...
** tune needs to be able to specify the note... and adding root/scale options would be a welcome addition
** velocity/filter top half of the pads feel like they don't do anything...
** Adding in slice/start point would be a welcome addition (to me)
* Chops beyond 16 slices would open up a lot more workflows and make single pads have a lot more possibilities... though as is *does* work well enough
* Samples could use a *bit* more than just TRIM... some of the big brother MPC features like fade in/out, time stretch, normalize (though this *might* be in here), etc... would be welcome
* It'd be nice to have more than one Song slot... I think a lot of us will make multiple songs across the banks of samples... and we have plenty of sequences... I guess keep a notebook?

The list is mostly just little things... and we could see some of this land in a future update. Honestly a *lot* of the issues can be worked around by adjusting to the device's workflow and resampling... so I'm not even that worried about a lot of it.