Exactly.
I havenāt dove into MPCe too much yet, but can you at least map the various plug in parameters to it?
That should be THE essential warning before checking out a shopping basket that contains a new synth!
If you could have saved the MV 8800 and SP-16 from an early death by buying soundpacks would you ? I know I would .
Itās the cost of doing business
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tldr; no, I donāt think thatās possible.
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oh is there no cure for this?
perhaps its an instant return to cexā¦
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Iāve seen user take the rubber coating completely off. Other than that itās not if but rather when it starts to go.
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Just our of curiosity, but where can you buy the pack fĆ¼r ā¬ 80,00 
? At the MPCStore I get them āofferedā fĆ¼r ā¬ 119,00.
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Akai rewarded 30% off code to users who participated in a survey. Iām not sure the link/survey is still active but I think it was @Poetic-Noise who shared it upthread somewhere
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Ah, OK. I took part in the servey some time ago, but never got any further news on the subjekt.
How unfortunate. ā¬ 80,00 would have been a good price, ā¬ 119,00 I donāt know, if I willing to pay.
Does anyone know a good tutorial for loop mode on the Sample? I found one on Akais page but I canāt find it again. Basically my loop points donāt seem to work the way I want. I had this working in the past but canāt figure out what I did.
If press loop it does loop the entire clip but I want to do smaller loops inside it.
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Despite all the sympathy you might have for the presets, ā¬120 is probably not worth it. If youāve read the entire discussion, youāll have realized that these are three very similar plugins that can be reproduced in other ways. The survey is now over; they sent a 30% discount via email, and itās a never-ending discount. If you search a bit, you might find it sooner or later.
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Yeap $28 each was good. Premium sample packs can cost a lot more than that and arenāt nearly as flexible. Theyāll be available for even less than that in the coming days. Summer sale or whatever other theme.
Akai knows they arenāt worth full price which is why they frequently discount all of their expansions and plugins.
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Thatās going away until further notice.
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will see what happens when i take it out the box
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Haha. Now you see why I feel that at $399, Sample is pound for pound the best MPC value available right now.
Donāt get me wrong, I do love L3/XL alot but thereās def a list of things not fully fleshed out yet like MPCe plugin implementation that are missing and fairly criticized. Itās just not a huge issue for me because Iāve never been a big MPE guy and for now Iām content with the overall upgrade to the pads and its quadrant uses on samples/expression/pad fx duty.
I love all the other new stuff, power boost, seq, perf fx etc a lot more than I miss the stuff missing.
My biggest gripe of all with the big new units is that with all this additional power Iād like to have more fx slots. Def have the juice for it.
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Sticky or not, at least see if you vibe with the workflow! Also make sure itās up to date so you get the new OS.
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Itās the best MPC but only the second best SP.
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Heads up folks the Sample seems to be available from Amazon in the UK right now from the Akai store at the normal price. Not sure how long for but some units must have slipped into stock.
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delivery date is next month mate.