Is the MPC 3 update just a watered down DAW!?

Is the MPC just a watered down DAW now? And do we still need buttons and knobs, or can we just use the touch screen instead?

I get that old head mpc users wouldn’t like this, but I’d say 90% of users wanted and specifically asked for this. This update is a beast. I asked for this and so many of us did.

I think they need to introduce a third mode or page where you can go back to the old workflow at the press of a button

I FELL THE SAME SENTIMENT, AKAI CAN CREATE VINTAGE SCREENS ,AS YOU MENTIONED IE.1000,2500,2000XL, 5000,60 ETC,PERFECT FOR OLD SCHOOL PRODUCERS ,THAT CAME TO A SESSION AND COULD WORK IF THEY NEVER OWN A NEWER MPCs

I have no problem at all with the MPC becoming a DAW, as long as it leverages it's strengths, dedicated knobs, touch screen etc. It already was a DAW, but now it's hopefully more intuitive.

So im the only one here that answers emails on my guitar?

The MPC upgrading the workflow reminds me of Roland MV 8800 which I loved back then.

The current 2.15 firmware workflow is optimal for me. Song mode works perfectly for me until they partially broke it with how track mutes now work in 3.0. Also not wild about how you seem to be forced into defining what type of track it is in 3.0 and being able to change the type on the fly. When I start to compose, I sometimes temporarily use the built in plugins to play in notes. Once I get that squared away, I switch the track type from plugin to MIDI and use a Roland Integra 7 for more robust instruments. Then I auto sample that instrument in and change the track again to a keygroup. I think 3.0 inhibits that.

It would have been nice if Akai would implement the Atari Cubase kind of sequencer. They could have done this by just to rearrange the song mode into that kind of style. On the far left you see your instruments from to the bottom and your sequences horizontally in rectangular blocks (clips). Once you touch on a block (clip), it will take you to your midi sequences or whatever you call it. Akai have done this a little bit but it could have been way more less, direct and effective. This is all they had to do witg maybe a few color changes here and there but that's basically it. They have crammed the Akai Force into the mpc largely and have put a lot of mpc heads off guard. It's like you have to learn how to walk again.

Me being a Flstudio user for over 10 years. The reason I got the MPC is because it's more Daw-like now. So I like the MPC 3 software. They wanted to appeal to us Daw users and the newer generation too. But I'd like to still use the physical buttons etc. Because I finger drumming and keyboard playing using the melodic software for a while. And I like the new workflow of the MPC 3 software. But I understand the old software too but I like the MPC 3 software better. To me, there's no right or wrong way to make a beat its the end result the final product that matters because of the many ways and styles of making a beat. Im about to be 50 years old so I have nothing against the advancement of programming music. Im not stuck back in the time like most older people. Im a whole different breed over here.

I’m looking to buy one, and make beats for the first time. I would like to have more buttons for drums and other instruments.

Doesn't matter as long as it makes getting My ideas out of My Mind into reality easier

Its annoying... people act like theyre getting nike pop ups and reading emails on their mpc... and talk like the old mpcs with the limitations and upgrades arent available...but those are too hard for most complaining... why do the new mpcs have buttons? Why do people pick a daw then want a midi keyboard? Me.. i think u hit it.. this is a direct attack on the i made the beat on the mpc and exported it to studio one crowd... theyre attempting to have one not leave at all..

My answer is this because everybody is not the same. The beat maker and the piano player or the producer in general just people are all different it’s good to learn as many daws drum machines as possible it makes you more versatile. Listen every body is not the same . So pick what you want and feel. And end the day it’s your hard earned money you are spending. So no body’s business point blank

I would have to wait until the update beta drops to see how it goes

The Screen is Why These Things are Selling like Hotcakes, Besides, we old heads can see ah Lot Better When we Use The Screen Right and Once you Learn How to Go Through the menu... it Inspires.

Basicly fruity loops now

Sure. Kinda.

hate with the title..

This is the Force os. That makes sense because it’s a standalone DAW workflow. The MPC is supposed to be a very intuitive drum machine sampler. Why are they over complicating it? 😂