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.
By natbuk Tue Apr 21, 2026 4:27 pm
Interested in getting another Akai MPC keyboard - already got a MPC live 3 - would be nice to have a key37 with the Live 3 engine - anyone heard anything about the possibility/timeline for such a beast?
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By Lampdog Wed Apr 22, 2026 12:27 pm
J-Fly wrote:AI oatmeal

I know, I was wondering if the thirst would have people believing it.
But, you, have common sense. Good :lol:
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By Lampdog Wed Apr 22, 2026 6:39 pm
chrisroland wrote:just need that MPC Two next

W/ 8 q-links at least?

If using the same OS, v3, then all they can improve on is hardware for that 1 machine I'm guessing.
By jpeg Thu Apr 23, 2026 3:07 pm
i dont see the key37 coming until 2027

before mpc sample was released I was expecting mpc two to drop next
that still might happen at the end of the year, but its rare for inmusic to drop more than two mpc's in a year
By dustyslices Fri Apr 24, 2026 9:03 am
key37 (ACVR2) will be released before that imho
there are few codenames which comes and go across different revisions of 3.x firmwares
ACVA3 (One Two), ACVM2 (Key61 gen2), ADA2S (Force 2) and ACVR2 (key37 gen2). Key37 gen2 is the only device which exists across every single modern fw update and have also "Open ACVR2 Hardware Emulation Window" attached to it.
You may even find everything in most recent MPC Sample update as well.
By B-Wise Fri Apr 24, 2026 12:29 pm
jpeg wrote:i dont see the key37 coming until 2027

before mpc sample was released I was expecting mpc two to drop next
that still might happen at the end of the year, but its rare for inmusic to drop more than two mpc's in a year

This makes since but Akai AKA the Mysterious Red Ninja don't care about what makes sense using past data. Also, since the mk1 models already exist & they know which sold the best/worse they may reorder the release dates, plus add new models like the Sample as you mentioned. It should be easier to design the gen² model since they're not starting from complete scratch.

dustyslices wrote:there are few codenames which comes and go across different revisions of 3.x firmwares
ACVA3 (One Two), ACVM2 (Key61 gen2), ADA2S (Force 2) and ACVR2 (key37 gen2). Key37 gen2 is the only device which exists across every single modern fw update and have also "Open ACVR2 Hardware Emulation Window" attached to it.

Yeah these are the codes names I was talking about some post before, but you had a post explaining how you found this from doing your "detective work" & it wasn't just some random info from nowhere.