BRING BACK PAD MODE!!!!

blippo wrote:I wasn´t aware of the padmode thing bfore..

But il get in to it..
Seems to me that this feature is great when going live.

It's the best thing I've ever seen implemented in an mpc for live use.

CommanderRobot wrote:but i don't see why he didn't kick spash screen instead of pad mode.

I'm guessing that the splash screen feature doesn't use up a whole lot of code space, so he wouldn't have gained much space by eliminating it.

I'm curious, what are all the folks who are not using pad mode using instead of pad mode to do what pad mode does cause it seems like some folks love it and others think it's so unecessary?

i don't/didn't use pad mode because it doesn't offer any more sequencing prowess. it is mostly a live tool and a shortcut tool. you give up certain pads in order to instead assign "hotkey" functions to your pads. since i need pad real estate, i never had much interest in Pad Mode.

i will always be more interested in sequencing ability than live manipulation, especially since all it would take to emulate Pad Mode is to resample the output, chop the sample, and assign the samples as such onto the pads.

my advice - don't sweat it for now.

Can anyone say fo shure that they really need splash screen??
That they are depending on it?

Just received from JJ HQ:

"Since it deleted in order to increase OS memory domain for which it was insufficient to correct a bug, though regrettable, it is
impossible for it to be again included in the present OS.
In addition, since the memories currently used for this function are few even if it deletes the function of the splash screen about
which it argues by the forum, a memory does not increase so much.

Probably, pad mode is contained in future new OS.

Thank you.

Site janitor Murai"

"all it would take to emulate Pad Mode is to resample the output, chop the sample, and assign the samples as such onto the pads."

Not really. Pad mode lets you control transport globally, but still retain track separation. This is very useful for routing separate outs to external effects but still having the flexibility of controlling any/ all tracks in your sequence as you choose. ...plus you're still working with individual hits as opposed to resampled loops which can be much less flexible (can't speed up/ slow down tempo, ect.).

My advice- sweat what you want to sweat.

King_Vitamin wrote:Probably, pad mode is contained in future new OS.

BOOM!!!

now that's what i'm talking about! a whole new JJ OS optimized for different needs! and we heard it straight from the horses mouth!

i got a response from JJ a couple weeks ago. i had made a request to increase the range of tempo change via the q-link sliders ( to be able to go from 0% to 400% ). JJ replied the standard response that there was no room for new features, but he wanted to know more about why i wanted that feature 'for the future'. when i heard that, i had the feeling he was working on something new & this confirms it.

you can tell by this forum that there are 2 classes of MPC user: studio users & live users (and of course some people do both). so far the akai & JJ OS has been mostly geared towards studio use. it seems the majority of people use it that way. i personally am much more of a live user. i want to be able to jam on the MPC like an instrument and have more freedom to improvise things with it. that means more pad control, more slider control, more fx, more abilities to transform a sample in realtime, etc. i'm hoping that this new OS is more geared for live use.

close, but you've only got half the cigar...

though i definitely do believe that there is room/market for a "performance OS" this is not what i predict coming (YET?). no, my prediction is that we're going to see the same old JJ os...but let's just agree that this particular ride is not yet over.

sooty, i DEFINITELY hope that one day there will be an OS based on the JJ os which is solely a "performance mode" os.

edit: and of course, i may be completely off the mark altogether. one never really knows--rather, one knows, and that is jj...


goddamn i am excited.

Sooty_G wrote:
i personally am much more of a live user. i want to be able to jam on the MPC like an instrument and have more freedom to improvise things with it. that means more pad control, more slider control, more fx, more abilities to transform a sample in realtime, etc. i'm hoping that this new OS is more geared for live use.

co sign

Antonym wrote:close, but you've only got half the cigar...

though i definitely do believe that there is room/market for a "performance OS" this is not what i predict coming (YET?). no, my prediction is that we're going to see the same old JJ os...but let's just agree that this particular ride is not yet over.

hmm. well, now you've got me more curious.

maybe this new os is going to totally toss out the old akai codebase & be 100% JJ. as much as the JJ OS kicks a$$, he has been building on top of & patching the original akai code. judging from akais history of incompetence, that code is probably a mess & has been holding JJ back to a certain extent.

either way, i look forward to seeing what he's up to. i requested a 'performance os' when i replied to his email last time. also, myself and others have brought it up on this forum a couple times so i'm sure he's aware some people would be into it. i'll keep my fingers crossed.

Guess i'll be patient then. I may plot and occasionally scheme though...

King_Vitamin wrote:scheme...

don't you dare

fine!