JJ OS Feature Requests (ARCHIVE)

OS2 & XL, seq edit......"realtime event replace"

say you've just dubbed a load of qlink stuff in, say tune, and now u want to try exactly the same movements instead with LPF,

i'd like an edit procedure to switch any realtime data types around, tune to filter etc, filter to sstart etc....

it just replaces one type with the other, and uses the same 'slider position values' with the different effect.

arebee wrote:OS2 & XL, seq edit......"realtime event replace"

say you've just dubbed a load of qlink stuff in, say tune, and now u want to try exactly the same movements instead with LPF,

i'd like an edit procedure to switch any realtime data types around, tune to filter etc, filter to sstart etc....

it just replaces one type with the other, and uses the same 'slider position values' with the different effect.

YES! cosign.

i highly doubt we'll ever see this but i would LOVE it!

especially in OS 2 with the 2 different types of note variation data available simultaneously.

to be more accurate , i think note variation isn't really available simultaneously,

realtime IS available on 2 qlinks at once, and realtime and note variation are simultaneously.

i cant even remember if akai's OS allowed for simultaneous note on qlink 1 & 2, if it did, i suspect because it was for a pad, not a track as a whole, somehow that was possible.

i might brave akai os for the evening, to remind myself just how far JJ's really pushed it!

arebee wrote:realtime IS available on 2 qlinks at once, and realtime and note variation are simultaneously.

that's what i meant. i guess technically 1 is 'realtime' & 1 is 'note variation'. i kind of consider them both 'note variation'.

either way, it's better than the XL way of only one type of variation (realtime OR note on) being allowed period.


i gotta say these are all great requests but i don't think we're ever gonna see them in the MPC.
truth be told at this time i'm hunkering down with OS 2 and biding my time until:

1. Elektron releases a sampler (and it's really good)
2. the Linndrum 2 comes out (and it's really good)
3. Roland releases one of their MV line in a more compact form factor (and it's really good)

at least one if not all of those should come out this year and i have a feeling that one of them will meet my needs better than the MPC does currently. then it will be time to switch.

maybe i'll still keep the MPC around. i like the sound of it's filters and it's easy / fun to work with, but ultimately that CPU is stuck in the dark ages and JJ can't get blood from a stone.

you can find and MPC1000 in every place you go pretty easily. but not with that proper OS.

if you travel alot for gigs there's always an unfortunate chance that your gear gets lost or smashed (mostly by airlines...)

it's easy to have a backup of your data on CF. also stash the latest jjos' in it. but fact you HAVE to have jjos1 password before you can install os2/2XL makes it impossible to get a replacement machine to help you out.

i wonder if there is a solid reason not to make it so that you can install 2/2XL even if OS1 password is not purchased? it could be still needed to pay for OS1 first before you can activate save for OS2/Xl too.

having the possibility to use (load & playback programs & sequences) OS2/XL in an emergency situation on an replacement MPC would make me feel safer. propably sounds like not very useful for most users but i'm talking with real experience of such situation, so it's not just hypothetical

I was in the USA, and came from uk.......my buttons broke inflight handling, i had to get a replacement MPC.

i switched the ram upgrade, and i had JJOS1 off my CF backup, and loaded it, (its only save thats disabled), and i didnt need that function, just needed to run what seq's i had set up at home.

so in that sense portability's not an issue. but it would have been different if i'd been visiting a studio and needed to save my work.

arebee wrote:I was in the USA, and came from uk.......my buttons broke inflight handling, i had to get a replacement MPC.

i switched the ram upgrade, and i had JJOS1 off my CF backup, and loaded it, (its only save thats disabled), and i didnt need that function, just needed to run what seq's i had set up at home.

so in that sense portability's not an issue. but it would have been different if i'd been visiting a studio and needed to save my work.

yea, with OS1 it's no problem, but to get OS2 installed to open files & play them you need to get the password for OS1 first. so only OS1 users are safe...

fukinell, 'eezabastid JJ, that would have killed me had it been OS2.

also think about a person who wants to get his akai os changed to os2/xl but wants to TRY it before purcahsing - won't happen unless he pays for the os1 password. i would guess jj should think this from business perspective too

Yeah JJ OS is great! I use the free version on my mpc2500 and will soon buy the OSXL if it is stable.

A Feature I really really miss on MPC is:

Set the Start and End Points in the Trim Mode by hittin Pads!
There should be a Play button where I can start playpack of the sample and during that set start and end point of the selection by hittin pads.

yess that would be so usefull!! because the data wheel makes my crazy!
Peace Fletsch

before dreaming... in mode pad 9 (midi)
i really wish to save note asignments as defoult.
olnly this

"mpc self destruction feature"
you know, when aliens are comin, you enter a combination of keys and you got 30secs before mpc blows up killing the enemy..

A couple of things i thought would be awesome when playing out with the 1000.

1) It would be great if you could save your footswitch preferences. So rather than the strain of doing MODE>>PAD10>>F3>>CHANGE FOOTSWITCH 1>>CHANGE FOOTSWITCH 2; you could just press numeric and then footswitch preference 1-16.

2) Double/Triple strokes on pads would be nice, going off the current tempo and using the footswitch to select the quantize (time correct value).

3) The ability to either have more than one sample on the pad, each triggered at

a) different velocities making real use of the pad senstivities
b) in a cyclic manner so for example one of two samples are triggered every other time you hit the pad

Come on JJ do your thing bruv

Another thing i was thinking was that since the MPC is such a versatile machine in that it can cater for both the home producer and live performer, I was kinda thinking it would be cool to have different branches of JJ to meet those demands. Would be dope if I could chill in the day time and make an awesome tune with all the functions on my Home Edition JJ then save it and install Live Edition JJ then become an animal drummer for tonights gig!!!!!

Have some thinks me thinks

I would like to see a double tempo mode (for doubling sequencer resolution).

In other words, when you go to this mode the MPC would basically double the tempo. However, the numbers would remain the same as if you were in standard tempo. The Tempo value would read as if you are sequencing in your intended tempo so instead of 160BPM (as if you are doubling tempo the way things are now) would read out on the main screen as 80BPM.

Likewise, the timing correct values and time code values would compensate their numbers accordingly as if you are reading your MPC in standard time. Your metronome values would also compensate, so the click would still hit on the quarter notes as if you are playing in standard time.

Tap Tempo would also have to be tweaked with in the OS, so that when tapping the tempo it would read correctly on the main screen.

Furthermore, in grid edit, step edit, and when shifting steps on the main screen, it would also be cool to be able to make finer edits and tweaks based on a 192 PPQN sequencer resolution and still have it read accurately on the time code. So when shifting notes according to pulses it will read out to 191 before going to the next quarter note.

So with this Double Tempo Mode we would also be able to have 1/64 Note Timing Correct value.

Along with the newly acquired Strength % option in OS XL we would be able to have more flexibility in creating unique grooves with Timing Correct and better accuracy in recording a performance without having to alter our perception of music notation and timing.

I also think Triplet Swing might be kinda cool to have as well.

Alot has already been said, but MORE EFX & MULI PADS with EFX's ON.........