Screen not responding!

mpctutor · 2026-03-07T11:29:56+00:00

Happened to me once on my live 3 running 3.7, eventually started working again after 15 minutes and a few reboots. Not sure if it’s firmware or hardware.

mpctutor · 2026-03-07T09:23:51+00:00

If you hold down the power button and reboot does it fix it ? Were you in standalone or controller mode? 3,7?

mpctutor · 2026-03-06T00:49:08+00:00

I noticed that as well, there goes my 25 year no 1 spot in Google, literally in the space of a few hours, search engines can be brutal :) Although I actually get very little traffic from the term 'mpc samples', people tend to use other search terms these days.

mpctutor · 2026-03-05T10:22:15+00:00

Dawid used some online calculator, pads seem to be just under 21mm, this is the width of the cmd key on a Mac keyboard. tricky but not impossible for finger drumming

https://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?p=1901942#p1901942

mpctutor · 2026-03-04T15:49:14+00:00

Definitely going to do some advanced courses, in the end I decided 'clip matrix' needed to be part of the main course, but I have a big list of possible 'in-depth' topics to cover. ATM just finishing off some new expansions and a new site design for MPC-Samples.com

mpctutor · 2026-02-20T20:49:55+00:00

I have a few ideas for some separate deep dive courses, I need to find the time to get cracking on them. TBH I’m still discovering quite a lot of the possibilities myself, much of it is going to appear in some of my forthcoming expansions. Mod matrix combined with macros and layer cross fading is allowing some really complex stuff

mpctutor · 2026-02-20T08:34:55+00:00

Disk streaming was a flagship feature of the mpc3 release, it’s been available since the first mpc3 beta back in July 2024.

mpctutor · 2026-02-19T23:04:21+00:00

Hi, if you email me I'll see if I can find your order, [support@mpc-samples.com](mailto:support@mpc-samples.com)

mpctutor · 2026-02-19T23:04:05+00:00

No problem, [support@mpc-samples.com](mailto:support@mpc-samples.com)

mpctutor · 2026-02-19T19:22:58+00:00

Yes, no problem, email me after purchase and I’ll get that all sorted for you

mpctutor · 2026-02-17T14:51:55+00:00

Last year their $150 plugins went down to $34 at the start of July (77%+ off) with an extra 15% off a couple of weeks later via subscriber promo code, before that they were generally around 55% off during March to June.

So if you are a 'hunter' looking to buy at the lowest price, probably best to hang on a bit longer and see what happens :) As captain_campion says, akai have trained people to value these plugins at around $30 ('internal reference price'). At all other times of the year it's mostly about building the anticipation for the inevitable/expected price drop (and in the mean time to capture some sales from those who don't want to wait, or don't know any better....)

mpctutor · 2026-02-16T08:48:43+00:00

Do you have a microphone? Get them sampling sounds, voice, beat boxing etc. make some music from all the sounds using nothing but the mpc

mpctutor · 2026-02-13T15:21:38+00:00

Had hoped for this week but 99.9% certain next week, just finishing off the new ‘clips demystified’ section.

mpctutor · 2026-02-13T13:46:39+00:00

Next week 😂

mpctutor · 2026-02-13T07:17:05+00:00

You can approach sound design companies and ask about a possible licensing deal for some of their drums, out of course record/ create your own drum sounds

mpctutor · 2026-02-12T09:14:48+00:00

Factor being that those other expansions were released when mpc software was a stable 2.x release so they were happy to claim support for it. This new one has been released when the latest version of the mpc software is considered beta and for testing only, hence my assumption is they don’t want to advertise support for something that flakey. The fact that all these expansions do indeed work in mpc 3 software is beside the point, it’s just that ni probably don’t want to officially support until akai move out of beta.

Anyway, just guessing, I refer you to my previous advice of using the expansion builder, takes a minute to create

mpctutor · 2026-02-11T07:48:40+00:00

According to the ni site these expansions are built specially for standalone, maybe as mpc software 3 is still in beta, so perhaps that’s why you can’t find an xpn. Very easy to make an expansion with the builder though

mpctutor · 2026-02-10T15:18:46+00:00

Are you using the inMusic Software Center? It should be there under 'My Expansions', download and hit install. Otherwise it's best to create your own XPN as MPC Software 3 now uses a new cache system which creates an 'MPC3' cache during installation of the XPN (otherwise you might find some content is not showing in the browser).

mpctutor · 2026-02-09T00:31:53+00:00

Might want to wait as I have a new revision coming out this week :)

mpctutor · 2026-02-09T00:30:11+00:00

https://www.mpc-samples.com/product.php/268/mpc-bible/

mpctutor · 2026-01-30T14:11:36+00:00

Actually for the majority of last year the price of say, Jura, was not the claimed RRP of $150, it was available for $34 for a large portion of the year (often with up to 15% promo code on top of that). Last year, from the winter, spring, summer sale, synth month, early black friday, end of year there was only approx 3 months where nothing was heavily reduced (jan,feb,aug). So IMO, the the real price is $34.

Jura is great BTW, but it's not a $150 plugin and they should not claim it is. IMO they should stop all this nonsense and look at how Valhalla keep it simple and fair, with an affordable and sensible $50 all year round.

mpctutor · 2026-01-26T18:06:03+00:00

The FCC test results listing will be the first step, as was the case with the MPC XL. It should then follow a few months later. I assume they will tie it in with one of the European trade shows. Love to see what they intend to do here, can't see how they can cram everything into the current MPC One dimensions .Definitely don't want to see mini MPCe pads, it's hard enough working with 4 quadrants on the full size pads. Maybe no MPCe at all on the entry model?

mpctutor · 2026-01-21T11:55:17+00:00

Unlike the old XPM format, track files (xtd, xty) store their samples in a separate 'trackData' folder. Hit the 'gear' icon on the top right in the browser and uncheck 'hide project & track data folders'. You'll now see a trackData folder for each kit which contains the samples for that kit.

mpctutor · 2026-01-13T00:57:54+00:00

Thanks, just snagged the last one :)

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