akai professional mpc live standalone sampler and sequencer

Akai professional mpc live standalone sampler and sequencer install#
Akai professional mpc live standalone sampler and sequencer portable#
Akai professional mpc live standalone sampler and sequencer software#

Anything you’d want to manipulate with a mouse is available on the multi-touch display, while Q-Link encoders and dedicated buttons put all the important functions you need at your fingertips. The design philosophy behind the MPC Live is so simple it’s pure genius. Measuring roughly 8.5″ x 16″, the MPC Live is by no means a large gadget, yet Akai Professional managed to use that space so well that you’ll never feel like you’re producing on a compact workstation. Brilliantly simple yet totally flexible layout A set of 16 amazing pads, four Q-Link encoders plus a master encoder, dedicated buttons, and a 7″ multi-touch display deliver an impressive amount of control, so although this MPC is more complex than any old-school model, you’ll never find one that’s easier to learn than the MPC Live.

Akai professional mpc live standalone sampler and sequencer software#

Like its big brother, the MPC Live actually runs the MPC 2.0 software platform for completely standalone operation, but you can also connect it to your computer.

It includes most of the key elements that make the MPC X freakishly cool, trading a share of surface-level control, the extended I/O, and some screen size for a lightweight and compact body that can run on rechargeable battery power.

Akai professional mpc live standalone sampler and sequencer portable#

I may be wrong but I doubt it.Akai Professional’s MPC Live completely redefines the portable sampler workstation.

Which I highly reccomend because I think this ends up in the X for use on stand alone mode.

Akai professional mpc live standalone sampler and sequencer install#

I have not messed with the software side of it other than to download and install the 30+GB of material they give you for free. I wish it had a battery too but I found a work around. Sampling is quick and easy and just pain free as you would expect. I’ve had this thing for close to 2 weeks so I’m still learning the workflow. No issues saving projects, renaming projects, creating new projects, creating templates, importing samples, the q links are just amazing, especially on plug ins. The touch screen is great, however in the piano roll going back and forth with the drawing tool and the screen zoom tool is somewhat cumbersome. And with multiple midi devices this could get old real fast. Maybe I’m missing a shortcut? Seems unpolished. The whole procedure to asign the pads on midi notes needs way more work. Asigning pads to a slave device is a pain and although I have tried to save the settings I end up having to reprogram everything. Basic stuff I know but I’m sure it will help someone. The note repeat sustain can throw you off as it stays on until you turn it off (easily done) this can lead to the perception of lag as you jump to a different sam ple. Although you must adjust the sensors to your liking. Akai (unlike other companies) does respond to user feedback. There are some new features which seem a bit unpolished and can be extremely frustrating but some updates based on user feedback should clear those things up. There are many changes to the workflow and a quick read through the MPC Bible will guide you to the new way of doing things. If you know MPC’s then you will quickly navigate through the basics. Coming from the MPC 5K which is an amazing MPC (after the update) I craved for something with a little more ease of use and some futuristic features.