#62

That’s right. The Akai firmware can handle cards up to 2gb but the JJOS firmware is supposed to handle much more. I’ve seen a demo with a 64gb card on YouTube.

I’m not sure if I have smaller cards but you’re right, I should try again with a smaller card, I think I’d be happy with 4gb after all :slight_smile: I’ll get a Transcend CF card.

I’m wondering if the problem comes from the file structure of the cards, or from the files themselves, or because it’s formatted by a Mac :thinking: Each card has its own set of faulty behavior, really strange: super long « wait » time when navigating between folders, lag when previewing samples or file not found or worse, and when it fails loading a sample there’s no way back -> reboot ^^

#63

That’s really weird — I got a full size SD card to CF adapter and it works really well with a 32GB card I had lying around! Sounds like yours is jinxed :frowning:

Edit: this might be a stupid question but have you actually formatted the cards with the MPC? (Mode+Load/Save > Format tab)

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#64

Yes I tried both. I formatted from the MPC and from DiskUtil on mac.
I just tried again to format the 32gb card from the MPC and this time it ended with the error message “Format invalid!”. Looks like it really doesn’t like these Sandisk cards or perhaps the adapter is damaged…

#65

So yes and no. I just checked on my 1k JJOS2XL and while it isn’t like a normal modulation value in the amp section there is still a way to do it. In your Program go to whatever pad/sample sample you want, let’s say A01. Get your cursor to the to the left and over the pad you want to edit, in this case A01, and select the Window cursor which should be lit. You now have the opportunity to layer up to 3 samples on a single pad and there should be an option towards the bottom of the dialog that reads, "Aftertouch>Xfade1-2: X " where X is the level you that you want the sample to fade up to. There are a few caveats:

  • If your sample is in sample slot 1 for whichever pad you’re working on and the aftertouch is set to 100 then you’ll hear the sample decrease in volume when aftertouch is applied. You will need to move the sample to slot 2 in order to get the effect you’re after where aftertouch controls the volume of the sound. The downside is that this pad will look empty from the program page when in reality there is a sample in there.

  • There’s a quirk where you may need to turn up your amp’s attack from 0 to 8-9 to avoid an audible click/pop that’s a byproduct of this function. Adjusting the attack will minimize this click/pop but I haven’t had much success in removing it other than inserting silence on the front of your sample. I’d imagine it is a nonissue for a pad sound since you probably don’t want the transient anyhow but it’s a weird thing.

I tested it with and without a sample of silence to see if it was required or if the click/pop went away but the outcome is the same. It doesn’t seem like there’s a good way to do this in INST programs though but you can control the filter with aftertouch but that’s definitely not the same.

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#66

thanks for the tips. i’ll try and mess around with it and see what I can do.
i’m starting to understand things better now.

even though my 1000 is one of the newer black ones it still had the old pads. i just ordered the pad upgrade from MPCstuff.com and am looking forward to more reliable triggering and sensitivity.

#67

It makes a world of difference. I’ve got the purple fat pads but I’m pretty sure they’re all fat anymore. It’s super night and day. MPCstuff also has a compatible adapter for HDD which I also think is pretty invaluable. Much faster load times and it’s just good to go. I’m pretty sure it’s a SCSI drive in there so definitely not the fastest but I feel like it’s less prone to funky stuff like the CF cards. I don’t remember much about the HDD because I lucked out and found someone on eBay probably 6+years ago doing an HDM-10 (I think that was the OG akai part) + an 80GB SCSI drive buy it now for like $70 - lucked out on that and haven’t looked back. Personally I need to get in my unit serviced a bit, lots of buttons not as reliable as they once were but overall the machine is still great. Also, glad I bought this 1k around about the time the OG Push came out because it was dirt cheap around the end of 2013.

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#68

MPC1000/2500 with the HDM-10 use IDE drives, not SCSI

#69

HERE WE ARE!!! firmware 2.9 brings Drum Synths to the Mpc (and force)!
just updated, let me tell you, i’m pretty snob about my drum sound design usually, but these synths are MASSIVE! many engines for each drum piece, very different sounds, a lot of parameters and tweakability! i mainly explored kick and clap and i’m just WOW!!!
next level shit, people!!
coincidentally, today i brought back to life my akai s950 so i have really the best of both worlds! ultra modern with the mpc, and the CLASSIC sound with the nine fifty! its punchy as hell and grainy as a winter day in northern italy (very grainy and grey lolz)

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#70

when was the firmware released?
how do you track them?

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#71

today perhaps, received an email from akai,

akai fans been waiting a while for the drum synth.

950/900 luv from scotland too :slight_smile:

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#72

well, multiple akai fb groups actually lolz, faster than akai’s emails ehehehe
the drum synths are real fun! being enjoying jamming along, plus i was in need of fresh inspiration for the drums on a track i’m working on, perfect timing :slight_smile:

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#73

i’m gonna finally upgrade it swapping the floppy with the usb thingy and putting some ram into the beast (its basic 750kb, been like that for 20+ years ehehhehe, now time to give back some love to the old machine)

#74

@hyena

thanks everyone…yeah i got the email after all just found out here before it arrived

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#75

I didn’t even know there was a new firmware coming until I saw it in this thread! So that was a nice surprise.

I installed 2.9 and explored the drum synth last night. It’s much more sophisticated than I’d expected: there are multiple models for each piece in the kit, and some good realistic models as well as ones you’d expect like 808 and 909.

The next thing I need is to put together some kind of breakout board and cable to get the CV and gate from the TRS sockets on the MPC One into a more convenient format and location, because Y-cables and long leads are hard to keep track of. I’m thinking stereo jacks screwed through a project box to make a kind of docking connector, and then maybe a DB-9 cable (fka modem cable) for the interconnection. Anyone done anything similar?

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#76

good idea! i envy your cv-gate outs :slight_smile:
i use a midi to cv (actually have multiple ones if i need more lines) but having direct cv\gate control from the mpc…wow! maybe i’ll swap for the live mk2 sooner or later :slight_smile:

#77

I’m not sure you actually gain a lot by having the CV/gate on the MPC over doing it via MIDI to CV. Each track can be assigned to up to four outputs (pitch, gate, aftertouch, modulation if I remember correctly, it’s not in front of me right now), but my big annoyance is that you don’t get a clock out. You can fake it with a track of notes, but it’s just a bit more hassle.

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#78

Yeah, my go to MIDI-CV converter is the CV.OCD:

It’s super well configurable and works plug & play after that. My Little deFormer 3 also has CV outputs, but I never really use them, because the CV.OCD is just so much more versatile. Of course it’s one more (small) box.

#79

The Hexinverter Mutant Brain is almost exactly a modular version of the CV.OCD, isn’t it?

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#80

yes they licensed the OCD for it

#81

cool, i have the goteks installed and helps a lot tbh.

also the ask 90 board for triggers :slight_smile:

loads of fun

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