Akai Professional has announced a major firmware update for the the MPC Live and MPC X that delivers new features for audio warping and time-stretching on the individual drum pad level for manipulating loops and hits on each pad within a drum program, improved Program and Audio editing, Bluetooth 4.0 MIDI capability and enhanced support for storage expansion/external drives.
Oct 10, 2012 In this excerpt from chapter 6 of my MPC & Ableton Live Tutorial book, ‘Using The Akai MPC With Ableton Live‘,I’m going to take a look at a method for bringing your MPC MIDI data into Live as an imported MIDI clip, which is an alternative to the method of manually tracking MIDI data via MIDI sync (which is covered in detail later in the book). Is the content of MPC Essentials locked. I do not have any MPC hardware. I purchased the MPC Essentials software as part of the Advance Music Production Suite. I can insert the plug-in in Abelton and Pro-tools no problem, but do not have access to the content ie loops, vst's. Yes its installed on my Mac. Apr 18, 2017 Excel in your beat making and music production process with Ableton Live, MPC software, and Reason way faster than normal. Do you want to be respected as a music producer? By the ones that matter?
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- It’s USB-powered with low-profile knobs and brushed aluminum body, and includes MPC Software for Mac and PC with 128-track sequencing capability. With 16 backlit genuine MPC pads, legendary MPC workflow, MPC Swing, plus four touch-sensitive knobs providing enhanced MPC software control, you’ll be producing quality music in no time.
- Click on the EXT button in the top left hand corner of the screen. Press play on your unit. Ableton Live will now be slaved to the MPC software. Ableton Live as a Master In Ableton Live: Open Ableton Live Preferences: Macs: Press 'Command +,' to open Live Preferences.
Another huge new addition to 2.0.5 is Ableton Link support, the first time ever on a standalone hardware unit. MPC users can now synchronize and play back audio in real time.
Features:
- Ableton Link via Wi-Fi – Sync MPC with any Link-enabled apps and devices for cross-platform collaboration.
- Bluetooth 4.0 MIDI support – Controllers such as the LPK25 Wireless and LPD8 Wireless can now be used to control MPC instruments and kits
- Audio warping and time-stretching on the individual drum pad level within a drum program
- Improved Audio and Program Editing
- Enhanced Support for Storage Expansion – Hard Drives can now be formatted using the MPC
Ableton Link Demos:
Ableton 10 Mac
The MPC 2.0.5 firmware upgrade is available as a free download. See the product download pages for the MPC Live and MPC X.