If the force could do OT style scenes with the crossfader…then I would buy it in a heartbeat and never think again about how ugly it looks
It can do those, now. Sorry for posting my own video off-topic, but wanted to show you:
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I thought most sound cards where capable of various clocks ? At least mine were.
Nice track and interesting video. I haven’t looked at the force at all really.
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Nice one! Looks promising. Now I’ve got gas, thanks 
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So does the crossfader have its own programmable and recallable scenes or is based on the q-link assignments? Cheers
Edit: just watched the also video. Neat 
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yep, and it looks better the dirtier it gets lol
You’re right, they are. However, in this case, it seems the class compliant audio devices that can be used with the new MPC update are capped at 44.1 khz.
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So I’ve slept on it. The MPC is way too overwhelming for me. I sat down with the Blackbox yesterday and with just a bunch of existing samples, I built a track in an evening, ready to go for my upcoming gig. I’m not gonna trade away that flow right now.
Which also means, for those of you who have followed my (in this context off topic) re-explorations on the Toraiz, I’m putting it away for the benefit of using the Blackbox with the SSL SiX instead.
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Just ordered a knurled metal jog wheel and a set of the clear Fat Pads from MPC Stuff. Hopefully they are decent.
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Crosspost from the MPC Live / X thread (which it would be useful to merge with this one, I think):
Update tip: despite changing the LFO setup & page, the S&H LFO for drum and keygroup programs still has a fixed value for the first cycle - so unless the LFO speed is very high, it has no audible effect on short notes. I’ve no idea why it would be designed this way but presumably it is a design choice. It means you can’t apply a different cutoff value for each note played, which is something I like to do quite often.
However! The new random tab on the Samples page (the fourth tab, it doesn’t have any kind of label to show its function) has random filter cutoff & res controls on the far right, which apply to all layers of the current pad / group. Using these you can get a different filter value for each note played. It’s a shame you have to apply it to all layers at the same time (moon on a stick), but it’s a definite improvement and fixes one of my chief frustrations with the MPC.
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I realize this is a One thread but the Live sports 6 outs and plays real nice with the SiX.
Edit: I guess this is moot now with the 2.10 update and an added interface.
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Is it correct that the MPC One can’t be used as an audio device by software other than the MPC desktop? That seems like a huge and shocking limitation if so.
I tried to get it working in a few different windows apps but it won’t even show up unless it is in that dumb controller mode.
The MPC’s are unfortunately only propagating themselves as an audio interface when in controller mode. The luxury of how the elektrons behave as a compliant soundcard while they can still be fully operated does not exist (yet).
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Thought so, thanks for confirming.
What an annoying limitation though, I wanted to record my MPC over USB direct into my PC, thought that was a pretty standard thing, apparently not.
When the MPC’s are in stand-alone mode, they act as a USB host as you can connect all kinds of hardware to it, like controllers, USB drives and since 2.10 also audio interfaces. When you connect it to a pc so it will be a sound card itself as well, so then the MPC would be a USB host and client at the same time. That would be technically very challenging.
So it makes kinda sense in a way (the elektrons are clients only).
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Yeah, I’ve had this too… since the Digitakt 1.30 update I’d had it set as my main laptop interface, doing all kinds with it thanks to the latest features… Ableton, standalone, sampling inputs, grabbing audio from YouTube, etc… then swapped it out for my Live 2 to check out 2.10 and lost all that functionality (and had to grab a minjack-2x 1/4" lead to be able to play along with non-MPC tracks).
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Yeah I can work around it in this case by resampling, then exporting to the PC, so not a big deal. Just odd given the fact that you can easily add USB controllers and drives to your PC, without needing the MPC to do that.
Also really dumb and odd how closely the desktop software apes the hardware, unnecessary things like having to use the eraser tool etc instead of just hitting delete key. It is like they are limiting the DAW to be like the hardware on purpose, limitations included, yet it need not be like that to maintain compatibility.
I am using my MPC One with a Keystep 37. I am using the Keystep as my sequencer, the MPC is in slave mode, receiving midi. Here’s my Problem:
I want to assign the MPC to an individual midi channel, right now it receives midi from all channels, feels like it in midi omni mode.
Is there a way to assign to an individual midi channel?
Not really. Both standalone and desktop versions of the MPC software share the same codebase for a big part (with the JUCE C++ platform), so actually you are using the same software. That’s also why projects on stand-alone are 100% compatible with the desktop version and is it possible to use your MPC as a controller for it.
See “Help → Keyboard shortcuts” for an extensive list to make the DAW a bit faster to use (eg, “E” enables the eraser tool for example).
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