@djst was too excited about the news to read the whole thread, @Poetic-Noise , you see?
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Very encouraging news indeedâŚ
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I see. I just wanted to save anyone from being disappointed.
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For those who use a lot of field recordings with the MPC, what is your workflow for getting samples from your recording device to the MPC? Do you record them in? Upload to computer first? Have a recorder than can be used as a usb storage device and upload directly to your MPC?
Recorder â Wavelab / Spectralayers (crop, clean, batch rename) â Samples Folder (cloud, global storage / backup) â MPC (and other samplers)
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See, you cats gotta have some faith.
Have I ever lied to you?
At any rate, there you go @djst, sometimes those of us in-the-know are simply bound by professional courtesy, or not otherwise at liberty to say more.
I tried to quiet the angry mob, but they werenât having it.
And, for the record, Akai absolutely did state this publicly at the outset.
Cheers!
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Ninjas are know for clearing their tracks.
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Akaiâs latest communication and plans for the nearish and longish term have me intrigued, but I am tempering my enthusiasm.
I guess we will just have to see how much they actually deliver. And when.
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Indeed, the did state it.
Also, why would they drop MPC3 Desktop right after releasing Stems, a paid plugin thatâs way more powerful and effective in its Desktop version compared to Standalone?
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Bingo!
Just like like I was saying why would they drop the Force after giving the MPC a bunch of its features. Obviously itâs successful & still better desiged to work with MPC3 than even a MPC X, but working on 2 separate OS is time consuming & costly.
It made sense to me that since the Force was already ahead OS wise to focus on merging the MPC to let it catch up, add new things & fix bugs then merge the Force into MPC3⌠then BAM!
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I see a bright future when they do (merge)
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You can just connect to the 'net via wifi on your MPC, login to your account, and download and install directly.
Hey John, I totally respect your moral compass of wanting to abide to NDAs and professional courtesy towards Akai Professional. However, I feel you miss the key point here and itâs honestly a little frustrating that you claim that the information was out there all along but you were held back by a sense of professional courtesy. Those arenât related at all because an NDA doesnât apply to information that has already been stated publicly.
The key point here isnât about dropping unreleased details of future plans for when the VST/controller/desktop mode will be released. The key point was that it was unclear whether there were any intentions to release it, period.
The FUD was then amplified by people like Sarah2ill (whoâs presumably way closer to Akai than most) openly suggesting that Akai has abandoned desktop mode altogether.
If this info was truly out there from the outset, the obvious solution to end all discussion would have been to bring back (quote, link, etc) that original public statement. Yet, no one was able to find any trace of it. I wasted way too much time going through all of their public web content, email newsletters, promotional videos etc to try to find it.
Arenât we all glad the rumours were fake? Thatâs just reason to not trust those 2ills and bollows of the world who jumped on the hype to the spread of fake news.
Appreciate your investigative work trying to find clues, @djst did you ever find that video where the guy allegedly mentioned the software coming the year after the standalone beta? Someone mentioned their name in this thread, I donât want to write it down. I didnât want to go back and watch that particular influencer again due to their open support of horrible actions towards a particular group of people, but I know I heard it somewhere and it could have been him.
Regardless, I heard it, turned out to be true, and thatâs awesome cause the alternative didnât make sense.
Fuck yeah 
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I am very interested to see the new MPC Software, with all the OS3 features it will be more like a full DAW!
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Hey, no worries.
All I can tell you is that Iâm not the only one who heard it. Indeed, several other people in this thread concurred. Most of them, community members that weâve come to know and trust, not unlike yours truly. 
Moreover, I make it a policy not to speculate, and I never pontificate about what I donât actually know for a fact.
The NDA/professional courtesy part comes into play when I say âHey, Akai said itâs comingâ, in an effort to cool some jets around here, and people respond with âOh ya, prove it.â
Sorry, folks, but Iâm not about to waste my time scouring the Internet for some 10-second snip of NAMM footage (or whatever) to prove something to you that I already know to be true.
Never mind that it wouldnât make it happen any quicker, anymore than it would convince people to stop arguing about it around here, in this forum run amok.
And donât even get me started about what the so-called âinfluencersâ say.
To that end, I honestly donât remember where I first heard Akai say it publicly. But I heard it more than once, and took note of it for my own interest, long before I had any tangible proof.
To which end, the software beta has been announced right on time, based on what myself and others recall hearing, whenever and wherever that was.
Anyway, sâall good, no?
I mean, for all the grumbling weâve endured, youâd think the naysayers would just be happy to be wrong.
Cheers!
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Well, it did seem absolutely insane that the plugin could possibly be dropped, so itâs not a shock that itâs been announced.
None of which changes the fact that not announcing it at NAMM - presumably so it wouldnât steal some of the limelight from the âcontent storeâ - created the vacuum that speculation flowed in to. And whose fault was that, exactly?
If they can announce a beta for later in the year today, they couldâve announced it 3 weeks ago. It just goes to show where their priorities are.
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Oh yeah, Iâm thrilled that itâs finally been cleared up! And as I said earlier, Iâm more than fine with waiting another 3-4 months for a beta, as long as I know itâs coming. 
Right, and thatâs more than fair enough, I wouldnât have done it either if I were certain that I had heard/read it somewhere and just couldnât find it again.
The problem is that if you put yourself in my shoes of not having heard or read those official statements, then itâs very difficult to compare the relative trustworthiness of someone in a forum saying âitâs coming, theyâve said it in the pastâ against someone like sarah2ill saying âI donât think there is a MPC 3 software famâ. 
That was never part of my frustration that it might be a while. The key question was whether itâll come at all. Even if they had said it will be another year out, just knowing that itâs coming would have been enough for me.
Iâm sure they are. For the record, I was never part of the naysayers. I even said Iâm fairly sure they will build it. My frustration was regarding their complete lack of public communication about it, and I still maintain that it was really poorly managed by Akai Professional to drag it out like this.
Yes. Letâs hope they can communicate more clearly from here on out.
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This is exactly my point. 100% agreed.
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Were you seriously entertaining an idea theyâll never update the Software to 3.x? 
Also, maybe 3 weeks ago they were not yet able to say theyâll have a beta available in May, so for whatever reason they preferred to stay silent, instead of giving a vague promise? I mean the partnership with NI was such a huge news that it could carry the show by itself. And if youâre a smart company youâll want to spread the news over time to keep the interest constant.
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