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That sub factory background is just giving vintage CBC. So wild no one vetted that. Super useful and fun either way.
I forget itās there until I accidentally hit the button.
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Iāve owned MPCs for a long time. Iāve had the MPC3 since it came out but itās just now finally starting to click with me.
Iām going to go ahead and say itās more complicated to learn than the OT - crazy, right!?
ā¦thereās just so much to learnā¦
anyway, my first little jam with the MPC3ā¦
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its def deeper than a groovebox and i would say it prob sits outside of the category. some of the things i hate about a daw, e.g. losing focus as there are so many options and alternative ways of creating something. sadly i think Live 3 / OS3.6 gets us close to this. but i think its still more focused than a DAW due to being a tightly integrated system that doesnt allow you to browse the internet or open endless software. but iāve remembered why i actually hate Ableton session view and thatās because i come up with an endless changing set of ideas that results in far less creativity and even writers block. whereas starting with just a confined 4 bar sequence forces me to get it right and then arrange.
on MPC 3.6, the option of using the Matrix is leading me down similar rabbit holes. so i think i will revert to starting projects in sequence mode and using clips purely for adding longer length ideas. matrix is nice for pre-arranging tho. but i realise i actually like the old MPC way of sequencing. good you can do both!
i hope the next wave of updates focus on more things like midi fx and even more CV capabilities. but seriously happy with the machine as it is - dont really need any more features. its all nice to haves from here.
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This is my first time seeing it 
I usually just select it from the Track menu in the main view.
Yes, I think for now Akai can concentrate on bug-busting and small quality of life improvements. For example, many of the modal dialogs are styled from earlier operating systems and are clumsy to navigate and involve too much scrolling (eg the arpeggiator dialog or the FX selection). One weird thing since OS-3 is that you can choose colors for each track but many have paint store names like ātangerineā (bright orange) āflameā (red) āmidnightā etc., which seems very unfriendly to non-English speakers. I wonder why they do not just show simple blocks of color, especially given that there is already a good color selector tool for the pads. Just polishing the interface a bit without making any functional changes would make things much more pleasant.
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It warms my heart every time I find a new anti-session view league member in the wild 
Ironically enough, I love the clip matrix on the mpc. Maybe because I stick to my original idea and only refine it or slightly modify it (variations) within the context of the song, and thus I donāt end up with a mess made up of a bunch of disparate ideas
In other words, I start off with an idea, then start arranging it, then I create variations within the context of the arrangement, as the process goes. So o guess the key is: start arranging early once the core elements are there to avoid the disparate-ideas-and-no-song-clip-matrix-rabbit-hole.
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Tbf using the touch screen for the matrix is actually nicer than a keyboard and mouse in ableton. Obviously launchpad compatibility would make more sense.
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Great work, that looks even better 
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The option I use to avoid ending up with endless clips full of unrelated ideas ā which kills my focus and keeps me from finishing anything ā is āduplicate clip to the next empty slot.ā
I do it from the project page, not from the Matrix. This way I can add small variations, add or remove elements, add or remove automation, and build different sections of the arrangement.
Itās a workflow that feels a bit like using sequences, but itās faster and with the convenience of clips.
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Hi guys, I just received the Live 3 but I havenāt opened it yet, I just finished deactivating and deleting everything from my Live 1. Iād like to ask you a couple of small tips:
- I already got a second SSD and I plan to mount it before turning on the Live 3 for the first time, I did this with the old MPC, any problems proceeding this way? Is it better to mount it afterwards?
- After formatting this SSD can I directly create an Expansions folder on this SSD? Does the MPC feel bad? Does it get confused?
Iām only interested in this folder, I want to put the plugins in the main memory and I imagine all the folders are already ready. - I also have all the expansions for the plugins, flavor, hype, etc., where do these go? In the old Live they went in the secondary memory, in the new one can they be easily installed on the main memory?
I had my first crash today. And that was a shitty one too. Was setting up the clip matrix with follow actions to then record to the arranger. After a few rows of setting up, the touch screen stopped working suddenly. Not possible to save. Nothing. Thankfully i save a lot.
Will report this to Akai too.
I know the internal memory is bigger but I would still put everything on the ssd. You donāt know what they will have in the future and I would be on the safe side, you donāt want to end up with half your plug ins in internal memory and then need to start putting them on the ssd one day. That is how you run into problems.
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I have a post somewhere here [might edit and link later] about my MPC no longer seeing my LPP3 over USB after 3.6 upgrade, and Akaiās support informing me that the LPP is not class-compliant.
Then a week later [miraculously] it started back working as before over USB.
Just thought Iād mention in case u run into similar issues.
Anywayā¦ YES, Launchpad comparability with the clips would be absolutely great. Funny how they havenāt even made it possible on their own APC controllers
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Canāt even address the crossfader via MIDI IN, maybe they should start with that. Honestly, the pro pack isnāt the greatest deal all things consideredā¦ you literally have functions you canāt use (AFAIK there is no touch screen way to use the crossfader eitherā¦ you have to have a Force or a MPC with a touch stripā¦).
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One. One function you canāt use.
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2 actually for MPC Live OG owners who donāt have CV outsā¦
Imagine how Force users feel about the wack pro pack. We already have the clip-matrix, the advanced matrix & Fabric (if you purchased it). The PP deal wouldnāt be that much of problem if they also sold each thing separately or ar least let us build our own pack. I hope this was just one experiment to build off the release of the L3.
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im pretty sure theres already one in the mpce kits too