By anickt...
Wed Apr 08, 2026 11:21 pm
I’ve only been able to update after loading files to the card by a restart.
By aes-one
Thu Apr 09, 2026 1:29 am
can someone help me figure out what's going on here?
I have the MPC Sample connected to my DAW (Reason) via USB C to use it as a midi controller. when I load an empty project (Shift+Project, New Project) into the MPC and press the Play button, for some reason the gain level in my DAW goes down to -0.90db.
You can see a video of it happening here: https://imgur.com/a/Lh4HpXp
Additionally, somehow on one of my other projects, every time I press the Play button the level in my DAW goes to +8.00db. I don't know what I could've done in the project to make the play button trigger a change in my level in my DAW via midi.
This doesn't happen if I load up one of the preinstalled MPC demos, it only happens when I load up a New Project. This makes me suspect this might be a bug with the MPC Sample, or maybe something wrong with the New Project template.
I wish I could tell what midi signals the MPC is sending my DAW when pressing play, or what signals my DAW is receiving that is making it go to -0.90db but I don't know how to figure that out with my set up at the moment.
Can someone else play around with this and see if they can reproduce it and figure out what's going on here? Sorry for such little information but I'm pretty sure some **** is going on here.
running version 1.2.1 btw
I have the MPC Sample connected to my DAW (Reason) via USB C to use it as a midi controller. when I load an empty project (Shift+Project, New Project) into the MPC and press the Play button, for some reason the gain level in my DAW goes down to -0.90db.
You can see a video of it happening here: https://imgur.com/a/Lh4HpXp
Additionally, somehow on one of my other projects, every time I press the Play button the level in my DAW goes to +8.00db. I don't know what I could've done in the project to make the play button trigger a change in my level in my DAW via midi.
This doesn't happen if I load up one of the preinstalled MPC demos, it only happens when I load up a New Project. This makes me suspect this might be a bug with the MPC Sample, or maybe something wrong with the New Project template.
I wish I could tell what midi signals the MPC is sending my DAW when pressing play, or what signals my DAW is receiving that is making it go to -0.90db but I don't know how to figure that out with my set up at the moment.
Can someone else play around with this and see if they can reproduce it and figure out what's going on here? Sorry for such little information but I'm pretty sure some **** is going on here.
running version 1.2.1 btw
By Zack Zerox
Thu Apr 09, 2026 11:22 am
On two or three occasions I've had major glitches with the Sample in the past few days. Hard to describe, but they seem like the unit having either a power issue or a general 'brain freeze'. Symptoms have included:
- samples showing playback on the screen when triggered, but no sound (they are not muted)
- battery light red when battery is charged (shows as green when restarted, without taking charge from USB - or no charge light lit anyway)
- other lights (eg level indicators) randomly lit and stuck on (eg just two of the amber ones near the top stay lit with no signal present), buttons unlit
- inability to shut down normally & hard shutdown needed (no normal response to power off button, until held for a long time)
I don't think I've been doing anything especially taxing. I have been running as a midi master for at least some of this time, but not as a slave.
Anyone else having anything similar? Obviously concerned in case I might have a unit with some kind of hardware issue.
- samples showing playback on the screen when triggered, but no sound (they are not muted)
- battery light red when battery is charged (shows as green when restarted, without taking charge from USB - or no charge light lit anyway)
- other lights (eg level indicators) randomly lit and stuck on (eg just two of the amber ones near the top stay lit with no signal present), buttons unlit
- inability to shut down normally & hard shutdown needed (no normal response to power off button, until held for a long time)
I don't think I've been doing anything especially taxing. I have been running as a midi master for at least some of this time, but not as a slave.
Anyone else having anything similar? Obviously concerned in case I might have a unit with some kind of hardware issue.
By handed
Sat Apr 11, 2026 7:23 am
I'm getting random audio glitching and crackling with kick drums and sustained bass sounds - maybe it's the related to the distorted kick drum issue others have reported. I've found that turning the master compressor Amount parameter to 0% or 100% stops the crackling. Anything in between and it returns.
This means the master compressor is pretty much unusable at the moment. Love to know if others are experiencing the same issues.
This means the master compressor is pretty much unusable at the moment. Love to know if others are experiencing the same issues.
By aes-one
Tue Apr 14, 2026 3:28 pm
aes-one wrote:can someone help me figure out what's going on here?
I have the MPC Sample connected to my DAW (Reason) via USB C to use it as a midi controller. when I load an empty project (Shift+Project, New Project) into the MPC and press the Play button, for some reason the gain level in my DAW goes down to -0.90db.
You can see a video of it happening here: https://imgur.com/a/Lh4HpXp
Additionally, somehow on one of my other projects, every time I press the Play button the level in my DAW goes to +8.00db. I don't know what I could've done in the project to make the play button trigger a change in my level in my DAW via midi.
This doesn't happen if I load up one of the preinstalled MPC demos, it only happens when I load up a New Project. This makes me suspect this might be a bug with the MPC Sample, or maybe something wrong with the New Project template.
I wish I could tell what midi signals the MPC is sending my DAW when pressing play, or what signals my DAW is receiving that is making it go to -0.90db but I don't know how to figure that out with my set up at the moment.
Can someone else play around with this and see if they can reproduce it and figure out what's going on here? Sorry for such little information but I'm pretty sure some **** is going on here.
running version 1.2.1 btw
just realized this is due to the position of the fader when the fader is set to control Kit Volume. If I turn the fader off all its good. so not a bug, I just didn't realize the fader was sending out midi too
By WAVEFR0NT
Fri Apr 24, 2026 4:50 pm
Hi Akai, again on a long sample I am having issues with the note being cut off before it finished. I've tried clearing the pad of any sequence data and also have tried different pads but my long not suddenly cuts out. This is also true when I hold the pad down (note on). Not mute groups and also mono/poly makes no difference. Release also makes no different. It just cuts out...
Is there a way to properly submit a bug reports for the MPC Sample?
My sequences in song mode are also incorrectly displaying BPM after the first sequence but the tempo doesn't change?? So tempo changes are bugged currently too.
All the best, thanks for making such a good sequencer so far! Hope to see lots of updates
Is there a way to properly submit a bug reports for the MPC Sample?
My sequences in song mode are also incorrectly displaying BPM after the first sequence but the tempo doesn't change?? So tempo changes are bugged currently too.
All the best, thanks for making such a good sequencer so far! Hope to see lots of updates
By WAVEFR0NT
Fri Apr 24, 2026 4:51 pm
WAVEFR0NT wrote:Hi Akai, again on a long sample I am having issues with the note being cut off before it finished. I've tried clearing the pad of any sequence data and also have tried different pads but my long note suddenly cuts out. This is also true when I hold the pad down (note on). Not mute groups and also mono/poly makes no difference. Release also makes no different. It just cuts out...
Is there a way to properly submit a bug reports for the MPC Sample?
My sequences in song mode are also incorrectly displaying BPM after the first sequence but the tempo doesn't change?? So tempo changes are bugged currently too.
All the best, thanks for making such a good sequencer so far! Hope to see lots of updates
By WAVEFR0NT
Fri Apr 24, 2026 5:13 pm
OK so regarding the note cutting off it's because I'm running out of avaliable voices on the MPC and is losing priority. I assume this a processing power limitation of the MPC sample? 
OK so I resampled it with the decays and now I have more voices
IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW THAT I HAVE HIT THE LIMIT (a lil popup would be good like flashing red) 
OK so I resampled it with the decays and now I have more voices
IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW THAT I HAVE HIT THE LIMIT (a lil popup would be good like flashing red) 
By Lampdog
Fri Apr 24, 2026 8:38 pm
32 voice polyphony.
A stereo sample uses 2 voices.
Be mindful of your samples.
A stereo sample uses 2 voices.
Be mindful of your samples.
Stop getting automatically offended when you see gold letters!
By Zack Zerox
Sat Apr 25, 2026 8:53 am
I'm hitting an 'insufficient space on drive' error when I try to resample a sequence (I'm making copies of seqs, muting all parts except the target, and bouncing them in order to then load it all to my DAW or Force). The projects are on the SD card, which is only half full.
I should say that the sequences are song length (Whole flow: Seq > Song > New Seq, then copy the new Song seq multiple times and mute the parts for export as above)
Anyone else finding this?
I should say that the sequences are song length (Whole flow: Seq > Song > New Seq, then copy the new Song seq multiple times and mute the parts for export as above)
Anyone else finding this?
Last edited by Zack Zerox on Sat Apr 25, 2026 9:03 am, edited 1 time in total.
By Zack Zerox
Sat Apr 25, 2026 8:58 am
And another thing, which might be user error:
When I look at the SD card on a computer, the [ProjectData] folders are available, so I can grab samples without needing to load the project.
When I've popped the card into the Force, they only show the xpj files.
Am I forgetting an option on the Force here? I'm hitting the 'show everything' tab. Is there a hidden pref somewhere I need to reset?
When I look at the SD card on a computer, the [ProjectData] folders are available, so I can grab samples without needing to load the project.
When I've popped the card into the Force, they only show the xpj files.
Am I forgetting an option on the Force here? I'm hitting the 'show everything' tab. Is there a hidden pref somewhere I need to reset?
By MPC-Tutor
Sat Apr 25, 2026 4:50 pm
Zack Zerox wrote:Am I forgetting an option on the Force here? I'm hitting the 'show everything' tab. Is there a hidden pref somewhere I need to reset?
This is the MPC Sample bug report topic (and yes you need to go to gear icon in the browser and unhide projectData folders).
By MPC-Tutor
Sat Apr 25, 2026 4:54 pm
Huge Bug (IMO)
Polyphonic pads in 16 LEVELS and CHOP mode only 'play' polyphonically in real time, while any recordings you make with them are entirely monophonic.
So, for example:
Load a break to a pad
Set pad to POLY play
Chop the break into individual hits
Play the chops like a real drum kit, with hats and cymbals overlapping your kicks and snares
Seems to work fine - drums overlap each other as expected.
Record your performance as a sequence
Play back sequence - all drums revert to monophonic playback, no overlapping slices.
Same store with 16 LEVELS: Tune with a 'poly' pad, it always records monophonically despite playing/performing perfectly polyphonically.
Polyphonic pads in 16 LEVELS and CHOP mode only 'play' polyphonically in real time, while any recordings you make with them are entirely monophonic.
So, for example:
Load a break to a pad
Set pad to POLY play
Chop the break into individual hits
Play the chops like a real drum kit, with hats and cymbals overlapping your kicks and snares
Seems to work fine - drums overlap each other as expected.
Record your performance as a sequence
Play back sequence - all drums revert to monophonic playback, no overlapping slices.
Same store with 16 LEVELS: Tune with a 'poly' pad, it always records monophonically despite playing/performing perfectly polyphonically.
By Zack Zerox
Sat Apr 25, 2026 8:22 pm
MPC-Tutor wrote:Zack Zerox wrote:Am I forgetting an option on the Force here? I'm hitting the 'show everything' tab. Is there a hidden pref somewhere I need to reset?
This is the MPC Sample bug report topic (and yes you need to go to gear icon in the browser and unhide projectData folders).
Ah - sorry/thanks!