Excellent review, as always! I picked up an MPC One in January at the same price as this, but I’m happy. The memory upgrade is more desirable than wifi but I haven’t really pushed it very hard yet anyhow. Its a great platform, regardless!

Your music has been on repeat recently. Each track is better than the last. Can't wait for more. 💞

finally someone adressing the Hardware resources with comparisons to the X SE 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Have been a massive fan of my MPC One since I got it three years ago. The firmware updates really have made it worth sticking to the AKAI platform- audio interface support has literally changed how I've revolved my studio around the One. That being said, the One+ seems like a real missed opportunity for a proper "special edition" of this model, given that so many of the updates seem to merely revolve around wireless connectivity (which I've always found to just be headache inducing). Was hoping for some additional connections on the back panel, some backlit text, additional RAM, MPC X-like Qlink descriptors, an overhaul to automation functionality, and perhaps even an onboard battery, but alas. Hard not to recommend given its price relative to other products on the market, and the additional storage is nice, but can't help but feel that they could've really done more with this one. The One feels like the "jack-of-all-trades" in the current AKAI lineup that was really due for some special treatment. That being said, great review as always

i find your gear tutorials the best in business !

The sustain pedal on that teeny tiny, adorable, wee li'l baby keyboard is absolutely hilarious and brilliant, especially when played with dynamics and with that huge concert grand patch. I just love it so much!

A bit better than the original One, and priced really competitively. Of course, I'd love a battery, but I guess a Live 3 might be on the horizon. Wifi and Bluetooth very welcome additions. Great video as always.

Thank you for an excellent review , again , I consider this a marginal evolutionary improvement on the original MPC One. The Ableton Live control is the same functionality that has been available on the Force for a few years, I believe. The elephant in the room remains the absence of a song arranger. Maybe AKAI wants to keep that for the Force, which would be understandable: MPC for beats and loops, Force for songwriting? Not being able to arrange a song and for example record audio across the loop (sequence) boundaries just makes this device of little value to me. Maschine+ does it, and doesn’t cost that much more…

Still good value but more ram would be nice

For the Q Links, there is an alternative image which allows mapping of an EC4 from Faderfox.

Great overview as always. As a frustrated current MPC One user though i couldn't recommend buying into the platform until about they spend some more time and resources fixing the current software instead of shipping the same jank in a different colour box.

Excellent!!! Thanks for sharing WIDI #bluetoothmidi

Finally catching up with what an OG MPC Live can do... since 2018 :)

I've had my MPC one for about 1,5 years now, and I was a little worried when I saw this video pop up, that the MPC one+ would be a huge improvement, and would leave me unhappy with my lame old obsolete version. Luckily, that doesn't seem to be the case at all. Bluetooth and Wifi are nice-to-have extra options, but I can do without. I don't use ableton, so I don't care about the new linking options for MPC One+. More internal storage is nice, but I've got a 128gb memory card which is only about half full at the moment, and I've got a lot of crap on there I'm never going to use anyway, so that's never been an issue for me either. There's no added audio I/O, which would have surely made me sigh and reach for my wallet, because that is currently the only real limitation that I regularly run in to. But I'll solve that with a cheap and suitable external audio interface.*** *** Important note for potential buyers of the MPC one though: there's a thread I follow on the MPC forums where users report on audio interfaces that work or don't work with the MPC. Please be aware that a lot of them don't, or give all sorts of bugs and audio artifacts when you use them with the MPC, so if you're thinking "Great, I'll just plug in my old Focusrite audio interface, and I'll have all the I/O I could ever wish for", you might be disappointed. My trusty old RME Babyface certainly didn't work with it. ****Also: external audio interfaces don't expand the existing audio in/outputs on your MPC, they replace them, so if you want 2 stereo inputs, you'll need to buy an audio interface which has 2 stereo inputs. You can't use the onboard in and outputs alongside the ones on your audio interface. Or at least that's what I've been told, because I haven't been able to test this, as I currently don't have an audio interface lying around that works with the MPC. Other than the new connectivity features, everything that's available on the MPC One+ is already available for the OG MPC One, including the option of extra plugins you may choose to buy. (The standard ones included are Odyssey, Hype, Electric, Bassline, Mellotron, Tubesynth, and Drumsynth). As far as I can tell from the review, this will still be the case with the One+, apart from the option to choose a free extra one, but considering inflation, I expect the unit will ship at about a hundred dollars/euros more than the OG, and I believe these plugins are about 100-150 euros a piece, so that works out pretty similar to the original, at least when I bought it. So, this is mainly just good news for new MPC users. If you're a first time buyer, I can highly recommend it, it's an amazing machine, and it has been a great experience from the moment the unit came out of the box. Once I get that cheap and suitable audio interface with more ins and outs, it'll be an absolute powerhouse of a centre piece. For me, as an MPC One owner and synth player/knobtwiddler/weird fx guy in a band, who doesn't use ableton and does very little with wifi or bluetooth, this upgraded version doesn't scream "come and buy me" at me, and I think that is actually a good thing. Akai in this case chose not to saddle their existing customers with an almost obligatory new purchase to keep up with the Joneses, and instead chose to just add some minor improvements to incentivise the people who haven't got an MPC yet. Good on them. Plus, I like my gear to be black, so I'm quite happy with my non-red paintjob.

It's a good improvement, but I still think adding an extra 2 gigs of ram would've made it a pretty killer product; especially with folks looking at the X SE with "mixed" reactions.

I would prefer wired connection. Wifi is too laggy for realtime midi- I actually use usb dongle for my oldie MPC live;) oh well, it’s progress, I guess…

Great video thanks

MPC one is a great machine love mine bought from your review back 3 years ago, but updating it and not giving it 4gb ram is a missed opportunity

thanks this was really helpful (as it always is!) - i was wondering if there is a way to split the sections - top part uses the ableton live clip launch mode (launched via touchscreen) and the bottom part uses live drum samples mode? would be great to know

Loopop will soon be able to open his own MPC Museum of how many MPCs he has already reviewed ;) thanks for vid :) According to the Sweetwater video, they upgraded the CPU to the unit available in the MPC X and Live 2

Good Video I think that I’m gonna order mine this week since I’m a beginner learning Ableton live lite plus I want to hear how it will sound connected to my Roland JV-1080 midi Sound Module however if….. I decide to buy any MPC expansion it will be the Quest Neo Soul & the Neo Soul sunset 🌅 other than that the rest of them are not worth the $39 price but I will be using the free Spitfire Labs Vintage Keys 🎹 VST so even if Akai gives me the option to get the free Juno Plugin I don’t want it because my 1080 is fully loaded with four expansion boards

I just purchased the Akai MPC One + (always wanted a MPC). For me the best part was to connect a USB controller at the back on the MPC...great idea. I have the MPK Mini Plus. Good review loopop. I forgot to mention on boot up my MPC One + keeps saying ...Download directory can not be found. Am i missing something here in which i need to setup in the pref menu?

I have the MPC One+. This thing unleashes massive creativity for me as a musician who is fully adept at making beats, but also an instrumentalist. Despite the creative boost, I can confirm that MPC software is broken. So broken that I almost cannot use it professionally. For one, the MPC ignores start and end points in long sequences if the start point isn't bar one. This is most evident when trying to string sequences together, which is integral to the workflow, that do not have start bars on the first bar. For instance in a 99 bar sequence with audio tracks, I may sequence copy and use bars 8-12 in one copied sequence, and bars 24-32 in another copied sequence. This does not work, and the alternative of tying to edit within the software to copy tracks to a new sequence so that the ranges start on the one is so tedious--the software sucks for traditional audio editing. The "delete bars" in a sequence function does absolutely nothing, as well. That's my main workflow issue. But I have experienced a ton of other bugs, as well. I really wish Akai would stop adding features and would just deliver what they are currently promising their users.

At least Myvolts will be happy with the no battery situation!

Thank you 🙏

Aw hell I just got an sp404 mk2 recently. This isn't that much more expensive, I had no idea they were upping the ram and dropping the price... I just can't keep up anymore.. It's pretty nice, and if it didn't so strongly overlap my 404 with ipad workflow I'd have been allllll over this

Hi Loopop you can map an external midi device however it stopped working over usb after 2.10 but still works over din 😉

thank you for this review!. is there a way to make pad-step-sequenser run pocket operator style? from top to bottom? - top left pad is step number 1

The looper interface, the sequencer layout, the song mode could be improve ...using the mpc on a live situation request a logistic strategy to make it work. A proper arrangement interface is now needed

@loopop, how would you solve having one or two midi-keyboards and multimple targets, like mpc, ipad , iphon, pc? as now i have to pull out the usb from my keylabs back and plug it into next machine... Cheers

Just got the Mac one plus., I’m new to it. I have a question for the experienced. I’m able to upload sounds etc via Wi-Fi ., Do I also have to upload the sounds from the website in order to use with the software and computer? Also if I do some uploading all those pack from the site, when I connect the Mpc to my computer will I be able to use those sounds from my hardware? Thanks

Not touching one until there is a session block view for arranging and playing!

Why do people hate the force? The force has done most of this for a long time. Yet no one talks about the force. That said these are all cool features but I’ll keep my MPC 1. I already made solutions for wireless using Cme widi w Bluetooth. Great video. Thank you

Can you do a deep dive on the Tascam Model 12 and this MPC(or any MPC) along with the other devices that the Tascam can control.

@loopop great reviev and you are right. Akai can make an external Q-Link Controller. I would by one for my MPC One. Please tell it Akai.

Can you please check if the warping is improved? Can we pitch down complex melodic samples like in Ableton and have it sound good?

I would have been into this at this price but I will wait for another color release.

Red is just another gold to me. I'll keep the retro. It's too classic.

Is Nord involved?

20:42 Yes, AKAI, please listen to this!

MPE has been my major motivator for rediscovering electronic music tools. I'm not finding any mention of MPE support in this demo or the MPC specs and literature. Is there anything of MPE support options in the midi input or controls??

AKAI, take note... "AKAI maybe sell one with little oled screen, so we can have a little mini MPC_X here" loopop said it here first. 😁😁😁

How is it compared to the Polyend Tracker. They are approximately the same price. Are they close and would you recommend what would you recommend for who? Thanks for your great vids…always helpful.

Hi I would like to connect to eg loopcloud or tracklib would I be able to do that with the new mpc one plus? Thanks

You can also use the key group instruments that are inside of the Expansions that use little cpu.

What was the app on the ipad you were using during the ableton link part of the vid ?

I don't understand why I can't seem to find the Akai Professional network midi app anywhere.

Hi there excellent overview! I just purchased one and I’m unable to find or download the Akai Network MIDI application you mention at 9:02. I assumed it would be available from my Akai account but I can’t find it anywhere including the Akai website or some other third party download link. Do you know where I can find it please? Thank you!

Hi Loopop! I noticed that u spoke on a bit of latency when using a wireless feature.. but, dont u think it would be prudent to emphasize that when you use the MPC hardware to control MOC software on ur computer, you're basically still in the standalone experience but your MPC now has the processing power and RAM of ur computer available to it? Not to mention, the ability to use all ur 3rd party plugins? None of the influencers seem to be making this info clear! I had to deep-dive to actually get a clear answer it myself. In thus situation, ur still dawless,.. but ur MPC is a monster. Still, GREAT content as always! Ur the most knowledgeable, absolútement!

What app was that on your iPad when you were showing the Bluetooth options?

20:36 20:40 as long as I won't have issues using big plugins like Fabric XL I'll be ok with a workaround such as making a melody then bouncing it to save ram. I should be ok? What do you think Loopop?

Great Tutorial,are u loading samples from Vinyl or an Akai sample library.....Thanks

Great to see an updated version of the MPC One but I HATE the colour.

I’m starting to come around on these newer MPCs. For a hardware device, worrying about CPU usage, RAM, managing storage, buying plugins, etc. is usually a big turn off to me. Moving away from those is why I tend to like more limited dedicated hardware. However, if I look at this era of MPCs for what they really are…portable music computers, it’s a very good deal. I can see how someone that wants a lot of features without a lot of setup would base a studio around one, as opposed to a laptop with a bunch of stuff connected or going all in on touchscreens with an ipad. A lot of developers (Maschine, Push 3, etc) seem to be going this direction: attempting to replace your computer with a smaller linux-based computer/controller/interface hybrid that runs a version of their pre-existing desktop software. Something for me to think about when it’s time to upgrade my studio desktop or dedicated music laptop.

"We want more RAM. Wifi? :) NO MORE RAM. Okay we will give you Wifi and make it red. 🥰 NOOOO MORE RAM."

In the pros and cons section is stated, "at this price nothing comes close." Well, from a certain point of view IF willing to go used a live 2 (live 2+ may be on the way?) can be had for less than $100 more...

Synth newbie here. Do I use this standalone or have to use with a laptop/program?

Being as AKAI means Red, I’m not surprised by the new paint job….

I just got the mpc one + two weeks ago but my samsung phone connect for 2 or 3 secobds then it disconnect and tells me to check my device. Do i need to change a setting in midi/sync or something

What was the Juno synth plugin?

i see you have the 2.12 beta and it has the air vocal distortion plugin! I bought this because i heard it was coming to standalone and i can't get my mpc one to even recognize it exists but i'm on 2.11.9 so hopefully i get the new update soon! *just updated* So air vocal distortion still doesn't even appear on my list of plugins but it says i do have it registered on my account. I see you see it in your activate plugins list! I am really confused by this, I can use it as a plugin in my DAW but i can not get it to show up on my mpc and that's why i bought it.

I have wished for years Akai would make a stand alone Q-Link controller

ram and 8 plugin limit per project is still the biggest bummer of mpc, the workflow and possibilities you could have with lets say even only 8 plugin per SEQUENCE, would litterally transform the mpc in the ultimate standalone production machine i would love to have.

You can have a session view grid over WiFi with Ableton, but not standalone with your own samples? Why?

I don’t think anyone who recently purchased an MPC One is going to be upset by this, especially if they bought the Retro Edition which is still the best looking MPC.

Additional LINE outputs would have been nice

Weird that I can't update the expansion packs wirelessly.. still need to export to SD card and move around manually 🤨

Weirdly limited changes, unless they're planning on releasing an MPC Two soon - you'd think they'd have at least made it lighter and more ergonomic, like a PS4 Slim edition.

Do you think we can pair bluetooth monitors with MPC one+ in the future? It's weird that we can't do it now.

Can you record audio from your phone or tablet over bluetooth?

Does splice work well with this? I heard they had problems

RAM occupation at idle is informative, but CPU occupation at idle isn't: measuring CPU occupation must occur while executing - when calculations occur.

Nice review. Anyone know if they made Jura incompatible with the original MPC One? AIR site says compatible with MPC Hardware running firmware 2.11.9. But AKAI firmware download page says latest firmware is 2.11. But when you click the download it says 2.12. I assume it should work, seems like no reason they would, apart from maybe trying to force people to 'upgrade'. I'd like a Juno style synth to go with OP-X. Hate the new colour. Since they were changing the connectivity, wouldn't have killed them to make it 2-in, 2-out. And at least doubled the number of q-links, and RAM. I don't know why Akai don't pick up on the fact that they are really starting to pi55 off their user base. At the same time as Ableton have leapfrogged them with a next generation product. Maybe now Akai will finally wake up and smell the competition.

Ok how do I get Jura to run without pc connection works brilliantly if I use it via pc mode. can I use a external ssd plugged in usb or sd card. Don’t shoot me down I’m new to mpc 😅

Can I browse the web with this unit / download sounds from the web ??

Can the MPC One+ work wirelessly with a Korg Microkey Air?

It is possible to map external midi controllers to the qlinks , but akai have chose to disable it. You create the mapp in the desktop software and copy it to the Mpc . Needs the Hakai firmware though.

My biggest complaint is the lack of modulation options. Like lfo controlling more envelope points ect. A great way to make synths, samples and drums feel more human. So simple to program and yet left out.

very-very-very-very weird decision - memory cards or sticks are so cheap nowadays so i literally never heard any complains about internal memory space on mpc one. what really would be a good upgrade is: 1) normal q-links like on X or Force, 2) and potentially more RAM (so they could sell those new optional heavy plugins to more people ;) )

Jura Synth huh.....niiiice

I hope Akai implement the Mixer and the Sequence Editor of the Akai Force into the MPC standalone workflow. Together with more RAM it will be an Investment into the future of the MPC lineup. As only Ableton controller the MPC is to pricy and there are much better Ableton Controllers out there. That's the reason why the Akai Force isn't the huge successor. It's not a full functional MPC and it's not a very good Ableton controller. An MPC must be the best standalone solution with the best user experience to be on the market for the next years.

Man, where is my force one with battery? Lol yea it's nice to dream

what program is that on the ipad?

Can you hook it up to a bigger flat screen tv?

Can the pads trigger the drum rack in Ableton mode?

The network midi driver for windows (probably Mac too) is totally flawed for control mode (even worse with only Wi-Fi option). I had an akai force and logged a ticket with akai about the network driver knocking out all of my numerous usb midi devices from Ableton detection due to a bugged akai audio device monitor service. Still have an open ticket today. Don’t waste your time with control mode until it’s fixed.😂

I'm unable to install plugins into the onboard internal storage, it says drive not located. Everything else works fine. Is something borked?

Seems like something bigger is coming..

is this more preferable for live sample mangling than the Octatrack?

Confused now. Mpc 1+ or push 3?

Expansions of mpc one can work here?

Can I hook up Bluetooth to my phone to send files to the MPC ?

Can MPC One be powered by external powerbank?

What’s that Juno style synth your using on the mpc? I have an original mpc one and never saw that synth

Great review! Feels a bit Underwhelming to me.

It’s to be hoped the printed circuit boards are of better quality than the original. Button presses pushed the solder pads off the board resulting in disconnecting the button rendering it useless . Akai would do fuck all about it.

The colour is stylish , tired of black,white and silver

it also changed the power supply from 19 to 12v???

What plugin was that… looked like a juno

Is it worth buying if I already have an MPC one? I'm not seeing much here to justify spending the same amount of money again and the value of my current MPC one is now going to drop.