![]() ![]() ![]() Plenty of good drum sounds to get you started and with more available on Akai's website when you register the MPC. Once you get used to the workflow, it's really nice to work with and it's relatively easy to whip up something nice pretty quick. That's not necessarily a problem though, but I think it's worth mentioning. ![]() Note, however, that you can't have audio tracks longer than whatever segment you're working on, so it's less than ideal for programming a few segments, putting them together and recording live instruments on top of that. Other than that, though, it's a nice stand-alone sample-based DAW. So yeah, if you're planning on using this in a setup with MIDI sync, don't. I'm not talking "slightly different BPM" out of sync, but "4 deaf and tired drummers playing in 4 completely different tempos and in different time signatures" out of sync. When I finally did manage to make something happen via MIDI-over-Ethernet, everything was wildly out of sync. It just can't do MIDI time codes over USB because. ![]() All my other gear can use USB for MIDI, but Akai has elected to use MIDI-over-Ethernet (via a custom driver) or the old-school 5-DIN plugs from the '70es - and this is in spite of them actually putting the USB-B connector in the unit and having it register as a MIDI device over USB. This is usually a no-brainer thing but Akai has made it exceptionally difficult and cumbersome for seemingly no good reason. So I've just spent most of the day trying to get my DAW and the MPC One to sync through MIDI. I'll still deduct a star from features because they simply have elected to not send MTC over USB despite the device supporting USB midi. Update: I caved and bought a DIN-5 to USB midi cable/device and that makes syncing between the MPC and other midi devices a lot easier. ![]()
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