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 kja Sat Jun 06, 2026 2:56 pm
I’m pretty glad they chose this approach, as the concert strings plug in already gives a very comprehensive string plug in for getting detailed strings, this gives big beautiful strings for leading and orchestral background sounds that you can build around with the other Akai plug in. This gets the job done for getting real emotion going and if they did the full experience it would have costs hundreds.. look at their prices on the spitfire website.. I’m glad we got the meat and potatoes for something we can all afford. The Akai plug in is also really good, the presets suck, however with careful twitching around, I have got some impressive strings from it.
By Certified Beatz Sat Jun 06, 2026 4:00 pm
Wul wrote:Don’t see them , is there no trial available?


I wanted them and just watch a few influencers test them and I bought both.. I like them but its your preference
By B-Wise Sat Jun 06, 2026 4:29 pm
kja wrote:I’m pretty glad they chose this approach, as the concert strings plug in already gives a very comprehensive string plug in for getting detailed strings, this gives big beautiful strings for leading and orchestral background sounds that you can build around with the other Akai plug in. This gets the job done for getting real emotion going and if they did the full experience it would have costs hundreds.. look at their prices on the spitfire website.. I’m glad we got the meat and potatoes for something we can all afford. The Akai plug in is also really good, the presets suck, however with careful twitching around, I have got some impressive strings from it.

Yeah, the preset for most of the plugs sucks, but don't judge a synth by its presets. The Slept on Organ plugin is really great once you start tweaking it.
By Certified Beatz Sat Jun 06, 2026 4:48 pm
B-Wise wrote:
kja wrote:I’m pretty glad they chose this approach, as the concert strings plug in already gives a very comprehensive string plug in for getting detailed strings, this gives big beautiful strings for leading and orchestral background sounds that you can build around with the other Akai plug in. This gets the job done for getting real emotion going and if they did the full experience it would have costs hundreds.. look at their prices on the spitfire website.. I’m glad we got the meat and potatoes for something we can all afford. The Akai plug in is also really good, the presets suck, however with careful twitching around, I have got some impressive strings from it.

Yeah, the preset for most of the plugs sucks, but don't judge a synth by its presets. The Slept on Organ plugin is really great once you start tweaking it.

Exactly presets do sucks and you need to tweak as why I dont see these plugin for gen 1 at all
By Wul Sat Jun 06, 2026 5:43 pm
B-Wise wrote:
Wul wrote:Don’t see them , is there no trial available?

Nope. Just buy them or move on.

Just a simple yes or no would suffice .
By Certified Beatz Sat Jun 06, 2026 6:13 pm
Wul wrote:Nope. Just buy them or move on.

Just a simple yes or no would suffice .[/quote]

Considered 3rd party and since there limited presets is probably why there isn't a trial
By JethroJethro Sat Jun 06, 2026 6:32 pm
Okay stupid question time:

Let’s say I download a demo of a plug-in and sample some sounds to make key groups or my own pads, my demo expires and I later go on to publish a song using the sounds I sampled. Do I have the rights to do this?
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By MPC-Tutor Sat Jun 06, 2026 6:43 pm
JethroJethro wrote:The strings demo sounds a lot like Fabric which offers a ton more. What am I missing?


There’s a lot of hype behind this release, the ‘gnarly’ video demo is just playing basic stabs which can be made from anything including any old orchestral one shot collection, hardly a showcase for the plugin itself. No doubt these are decent sonic quality, albeit from what is effectively a ‘basics’ series on the spitfire site.
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By MPC-Tutor Sat Jun 06, 2026 6:48 pm
JethroJethro wrote:Okay stupid question time:

Let’s say I download a demo of a plug-in and sample some sounds to make key groups or my own pads, my demo expires and I later go on to publish a song using the sounds I sampled. Do I have the rights to do this?


Depends on Akai’s license. In reality who would know? I suspect this is one reason why there is no demo, otherwise there would be a lot of autosampler action going on!
By Certified Beatz Sat Jun 06, 2026 6:49 pm
B-Wise wrote:
Certified Beatz wrote:
Considered 3rd party and since there limited presets is probably why there isn't a trial

That's too much info. The said:
Wul wrote:Just a simple yes or no would suffice .


No :-D :-D