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MPC One Review + Patreon exclusive multisample download
🕑 Added 2020-02-09 18:53:01 +0000 UTC
Hi!
The MPC One is the newest member of Akai's standalone MPC line (following MPC X, MPC Live and Force).
Akai Force aside, all three MPCs run the exact same firmware - the only difference between the three is the hardware configuration (controls, ports, storage etc). So, really the only things that are "newsworthy" here are the hardware configuration and price - $700, competing head to head with other standalone instruments in the all-in-one sampler/sequencer/synth category including Deluge, MC-707, Octatrack, Digitakt and Blackbox.
MPC One comes in with a feature list so long it seemingly overwhelms any competitor. However, it's not all about the most features, but rather does its workflow make them accessible.
What's the bottom line in my opinion? While I found many "first world problems", it's an extremely fun box at a highly competitive price point.
In this video I walk through practically every available feature and explore how it works. Hopefully this is helpful/interesting!
My favorite feature in the MPC One (and its bigger brothers) is the built in autosampler - that quickly and easily creates a multisample program (preset) out of any hardware or software synth. Of course, when autosampling a synth you're "freezing" its settings, so it's only a sliver snapshot of what's possible, but still, it's a ton of fun IMHO.
Attached to this post are two multisamples of Moog's Sirin - one created while shooting the video and another very similar and yet slightly different one made in the practice run. The multisamples are in the MPC Keygroup Program format, but all the samples are included in the directory.
Do you find these multisamples valuable? I thought it might be fun to do this to synths I review every now and then - obviously, it's just a small taste of a synth, but if it's valuable to you, let me know!
All my best,
Ziv (trying not to let multisampling become an obsession on the youtube channel "Loopop"...)
Comments
Hi Mark, I don't remember... I'm heading out to Superbooth otherwise I'd check now. I'll get back to you Sunday and recreate what I did...
Mark McCubbin
Question for you on the pad sensitivity. I know you mentioned turning it up. Did you adjust the pad threshold or just the pad sensitivity? I'm struggling to get a wide range of velocity out of my pads and sustained notes on things like electric piano sounds. I like after hitting a pad on a piano sound I have to really press it down further for a sustained note, if that makes sense.
Thanks very much! No, unfortunately, you can't offload processing to the MPC One in any way that I know of, but you can, of course, put it in the signal chain when in standalone mode and offload that way
I’m grateful for your videos. I’ve been learning the landscape of the synthesizer world the last six months and your videos have been the most valuable resource. I have a question. When used as an audio interface, does the MPC One function as a DSP? Will it share the load of signal processing?
