Impc Pro 2 (bundle is live)

Samu

@ExAsperis99 said:
but I can see why that won't happen. So how do you export?

I just export the patterns to AudioCopy for now and from Audio Copy 'Open In...' and copy to Files.app and from there I just select a folder in BM3 as a destination

Works, for me...

[Deleted User]

@Samu said:

@Fruitbat1919 said:

@Samu said:
iMPC Pro 2 works quite well for creating loops for use with other apps and saves time from having to re-create the kits in other apps based on the content in AudioCopy.

I'll keep it installed on my iPad while it's bye bye to the previous version...
(Imported all my AudioCopy packs to iMPC Pro 2).

I might get a pack or to in case I run out of inspiration...

Got to say I’m quite liking some of their packs

The Vault has a Stripjoint kit or something that is quite neat

Yeah I like some of their kits. Not really keen on loops as they are not really my thing now, but some of the kits are better than when I make my own

stormywaterz

@Littlewoodg said:
Anyone successfully imported an iMPC Pro project into iMPC Pro 2? (I may be missing something, but I thought it could be done indevice...)

Nope no option for it

ExAsperis99

@Retronyms
How do we import our iMPC Pro (original strength) projects into iMPC Pro 2?

kobamoto

@Zen210507 said:

@Jumpercollins said:
It really needs Files app support. Or st least Dropbox.

>

So this is something over £20, and it doesn’t even have Dropbox.

How is this better than BM3?

like someone else said earlier they are worth having both because neither of them are trying to be the other. the impc doesn't have half of the features that bm3 has but if you need features like tempo automation, time signature automation, transient detection , independent mixer/automation per sequence etc... then you'd want to have impc in your toolbox because bm3 cannot do those things. the impc really excels at sample based production styles that involve allot of variation, time shifting kind of stuff, if you're into P.locking and elektron type shenanigans the impc doesn't have p.locks but it has a sequencer workflow that will allow you to do allot of those types of things with little hassle because you can switch between tempos and time signatures and whole mixes abruptly , add to this that you can automate the flux fx differently for each pattern and resample judiciously then quickly re-chop sequences up due to transient detection and you've got a little iOS sampling beatmachine with a very well to do workflow. The realtime time stretch and the AU features are just cherries on top, the real feature is the sequencer and how pliable it is.

Littlewoodg

@stormywaterz said:

@Littlewoodg said:
Anyone successfully imported an iMPC Pro project into iMPC Pro 2? (I may be missing something, but I thought it could be done indevice...)

Nope no option for it

There is indeed an option, upthread @Retronyms pointed to the “import project” button, lower left project page, for importing iMPC Pro stuff into iMPC Pro 2, but so far no go...

ExAsperis99

@Littlewoodg said:

@stormywaterz said:

@Littlewoodg said:
Anyone successfully imported an iMPC Pro project into iMPC Pro 2? (I may be missing something, but I thought it could be done indevice...)

Nope no option for it

There is indeed an option, upthread @Retronyms pointed to the “import project” button, lower left project page, for importing iMPC Pro stuff into iMPC Pro 2, but so far no go...

I think there's a way to export your iMPC Pro projects via iTunes, but that was too soul-crushing a task to take on during a workday when I haven't really eaten since breakfast....

Littlewoodg

@ExAsperis99 said:

@Littlewoodg said:

@stormywaterz said:

@Littlewoodg said:
Anyone successfully imported an iMPC Pro project into iMPC Pro 2? (I may be missing something, but I thought it could be done indevice...)

Nope no option for it

There is indeed an option, upthread @Retronyms pointed to the “import project” button, lower left project page, for importing iMPC Pro stuff into iMPC Pro 2, but so far no go...

I think there's a way to export your iMPC Pro projects via iTunes, but that was too soul-crushing a task to take on during a workday when I haven't really eaten since breakfast....

Yep, recourse to iTunes or iMazing I’m sure is working, but like you I’m not up for it today...was sure it was supposed to be an in-device import.

ExAsperis99

Although to be fair, it sounds kind of like a one-day affair, dumping in all the old projects and never opening iMPC Pro again....

Littlewoodg

@ExAsperis99 said:
Although to be fair, it sounds kind of like a one-day affair, dumping in all the old projects and never opening iMPC Pro again....

Your right, I’ll probably give it a go today.

ExAsperis99

@Littlewoodg said:

@ExAsperis99 said:
Although to be fair, it sounds kind of like a one-day affair, dumping in all the old projects and never opening iMPC Pro again....

Your right, I’ll probably give it a go today.

Did I guilt you into that? I hope not! But...if you could carefully note down your process — I mean, as long as you're doing it...

Samu

@Littlewoodg said:

@ExAsperis99 said:
Although to be fair, it sounds kind of like a one-day affair, dumping in all the old projects and never opening iMPC Pro again....

Your right, I’ll probably give it a go today.

I did todays 'lesson' and sampled Spotify

Will

@kobamoto said:

@syrupcore said:

@Retronyms said:
@syrupcore @johnnygoodyear Not at the moment, but we’d love to implement this feature. You can use the “Set Global” button in precision mode to set the value of a control for the whole song.

SAY WHAT?? That's fantastic.

isn't it, now that's the kind of feature that makes retronyms retronyms, they're like

Really is. Allows for best of both worlds. I haven't bought the upgrade yet but I'm prolly gonna, just because of this. Though maybe I should reinstall first and see if it's always been there! If so, force myself to make at least one complete (and listenable) beat in it before I go throwing more money at my lack of creative juice.

JohnnyGoodyear

@ExAsperis99 said:

@Littlewoodg said:

@ExAsperis99 said:
Although to be fair, it sounds kind of like a one-day affair, dumping in all the old projects and never opening iMPC Pro again....

Your right, I’ll probably give it a go today.

Did I guilt you into that? I hope not! But...if you could carefully note down your process — I mean, as long as you're doing it...

We're watching (and hoping to learn etc)....

Will

@kobamoto said:
like someone else said earlier they are worth having both because neither of them are trying to be the other. the impc doesn't have half of the features that bm3 has but if you need features like tempo automation, time signature automation, midi merge, transient detection , independent mixer/automation per sequence etc... then you'd want to have impc in your toolbox because bm3 cannot do those things. the impc really excels at sample based production styles that involve allot of variation, time shifting kind of stuff, if you're into P.locking and elektron type shenanigans the impc doesn't have p.locks but it has a sequencer workflow that will allow you to do allot of those types of things with little hassle because you can switch between tempos and time signatures and whole mixes abruptly and you are able to use the midi merge feature to great affect., add to this that you can automate the flux fx differently for each pattern and resample judiciously then quickly re-chop sequences up due to transient detection and you've got a little iOS sampling beatmachine with a very well to do workflow. The realtime time stretch and the AU features are just cherries on top, the real feature is the sequencer and how pliable it is.

What is this MIDI Merge feature you're talking about?

Edit: I did try to rtfm but Googling both of these turned up nothing.

"midi site:retronyms.com/impcpro2/docs/"
"merge site:retronyms.com/impcpro2/docs/"

yonhorizon

No reason to buy this when u have bm3. Maybe if u have mpc hardware cause it can export. Feels half baked and with the retronyms history of not updating the apps and not adding requested features i would say its just a tempting illussion. Buy bm3 and learn it. Its 100x more invested, future proof, smart and loved software, that will be improved. This will be forgotten like ALL retronyms apps, dont fall for their adds. You never hear from them unless they want u to buy a new app

hansjbs

@ExAsperis99 said:

@Littlewoodg said:

@ExAsperis99 said:
Although to be fair, it sounds kind of like a one-day affair, dumping in all the old projects and never opening iMPC Pro again....

Your right, I’ll probably give it a go today.

Did I guilt you into that? I hope not! But...if you could carefully note down your process — I mean, as long as you're doing it...

There’s word of an iMPC Pro update that will allow export to iMPC Pro 2. Hoping it comes soon. Unless you have access to the folders (can’t from iTunes) it’s gonna be hard.

kobamoto

@syrupcore said:

@kobamoto said:
like someone else said earlier they are worth having both because neither of them are trying to be the other. the impc doesn't have half of the features that bm3 has but if you need features like tempo automation, time signature automation, midi merge, transient detection , independent mixer/automation per sequence etc... then you'd want to have impc in your toolbox because bm3 cannot do those things. the impc really excels at sample based production styles that involve allot of variation, time shifting kind of stuff, if you're into P.locking and elektron type shenanigans the impc doesn't have p.locks but it has a sequencer workflow that will allow you to do allot of those types of things with little hassle because you can switch between tempos and time signatures and whole mixes abruptly and you are able to use the midi merge feature to great affect., add to this that you can automate the flux fx differently for each pattern and resample judiciously then quickly re-chop sequences up due to transient detection and you've got a little iOS sampling beatmachine with a very well to do workflow. The realtime time stretch and the AU features are just cherries on top, the real feature is the sequencer and how pliable it is.

What is this MIDI Merge feature you're talking about?

Edit: I did try to rtfm but Googling both of these turned up nothing.

"midi site:retronyms.com/impcpro2/docs/"
"merge site:retronyms.com/impcpro2/docs/"

oops sorry Syrupcore I was typing too fast got my mpcs mixed up.... it doesn't have the midi merge feature of the other mpcs, that feature and the 1 bar length are two of the things that I've been really waiting for... finally they put the 1bar length in there, now I wanna see the roadmap so I can see when the merge feature will be implemented.
also want to know how good the archive project/ import to mpc hardware feature is working for you guys out there that have both?

stormywaterz

@Littlewoodg said:

@stormywaterz said:

@Littlewoodg said:
Anyone successfully imported an iMPC Pro project into iMPC Pro 2? (I may be missing something, but I thought it could be done indevice...)

Nope no option for it

There is indeed an option, upthread @Retronyms pointed to the “import project” button, lower left project page, for importing iMPC Pro stuff into iMPC Pro 2, but so far no go...

I went and looked and no way to do it. Help me if I’m wrong. Don’t want to have to wait for future updates to get something usable today. This is app is the same price as furthers on launch day and not near enough quality and structure to say I want more. I Never learn tho.

ipadthai

Do I have to make hip-hop if I buy this?

Samu

@ipadthai said:
Do I have to make hip-hop if I buy this?

No, but I think it will help...
Don't remember who it was but long time ago some one called the MPC a 'Rap Machine'...

Dham

@mireko_2 said:
Is Bm3 really so difficult to learn though? > @Littlewoodg said:

@Samu said:

@Littlewoodg said:
@Samu
I wanted to check with you about the issue u identified re: meter for sampling, and sampling the AUx tracks.

I’m finding on the resampling screen that I have a meter for whatever source I’m sampling, and that I can select AUx instrument to play and sample from that screen

The 'meter' is there when recording/sampling sounds to pads but you can not 'hear' or even 'select' the source.

On the other hand when you add an audio track to the project you have the 'input selector' where you normally choose 'programs' for banks or 'presets' for AUv3's and on the 'perform' page you have the option or monitoring the input.

But again, these options are not preset when you do the actual sampling to pads from a Mic/Line source.

Honestly iMPC Pro 2 feels like it's intentionally 'engineered' towards using AudioCopy Store content / ripping from iTunes/Spotify rather than sampling external sources, but this is just cynical me...

Gotcha.

It just occurred to me that maybe Akai is the once limiting these apps and not Retronyms?
Maybe they don't want the app to be as feature rich as the touch/live etc

I had that same thought:)

Holy Native Instruments iMaschine Flashback Batman! Lol

Dham

@telecharge said:

@mireko_2 said:
Akai is a sub-brand of Numark these days, wouldn't surprise me one bit if that was the case TBH

They're both under a bigger corporation -- inMusic Brands.
http://www.inmusicbrands.com/about

If you have feedback about the app you want to communicate, I suggest contacting Akai.
http://akaipro.com/support/contact

They are on social media, if you prefer.
https://twitter.com/akai_pro
https://www.facebook.com/AkaiPro

If you're not satisfied with the response you get there, take it up with inMusic directly.
http://www.inmusicbrands.com/contact

There is one problem with regards to communicating with Akaipro about the app.: They will quickly direct you to Retronyms if you have the slightest bit of criticism, even though it may be constructive. A bit of a Catch-22.

kobamoto

@Samu said:

@ipadthai said:
Do I have to make hip-hop if I buy this?

No, but I think it will help...
Don't remember who it was but long time ago some one called the MPC a 'Rap Machine'...

if you can't make hiphop without it I don't think it will help

Samu

@kobamoto said:

@Samu said:

@ipadthai said:
Do I have to make hip-hop if I buy this?

No, but I think it will help...
Don't remember who it was but long time ago some one called the MPC a 'Rap Machine'...

if you can't make hiphop without it I don't think it will help

True that, It's just 'another tool' that also happens to be popular within certain genres of music.
One still needs to know how to operate the tool to produce the desired results

Littlewoodg

@stormywaterz said:

@Littlewoodg said:

@stormywaterz said:

@Littlewoodg said:
Anyone successfully imported an iMPC Pro project into iMPC Pro 2? (I may be missing something, but I thought it could be done indevice...)

Nope no option for it

There is indeed an option, upthread @Retronyms pointed to the “import project” button, lower left project page, for importing iMPC Pro stuff into iMPC Pro 2, but so far no go...

I went and looked and no way to do it. Help me if I’m wrong. Don’t want to have to wait for future updates to get something usable today. This is app is the same price as furthers on launch day and not near enough quality and structure to say I want more. I Never learn tho.

Yep, fought the good fight in iMazing, iTunes, no luck with transfer from one to the other.

If as mentioned above the needed update to iMPC Pro is in the works I can wait...

Dropped a ton of samples folder into AudioCopy with iMagic,

Very pleased to see that AudioCopy and iMPC Pro 2 do 24bit now. AudioShare (which is still using ACP 3’s SDK) thinks ACP won’t deal with 24bit, for Open In purposed...

AudioCopy’s “(Paste All)” feature is nice for quickly laying all - user - samples from a folder across the pads, to be saved as a new program. (I had thought this only worked with stuff from the shop)

u0421793

@Samu said:

@ipadthai said:
Do I have to make hip-hop if I buy this?

No, but I think it will help...
Don't remember who it was but long time ago some one called the MPC a 'Rap Machine'...

Damn autocorrect.

Proppa

@u0421793 said:

@Samu said:

@ipadthai said:
Do I have to make hip-hop if I buy this?

No, but I think it will help...
Don't remember who it was but long time ago some one called the MPC a 'Rap Machine'...

Damn autocorrect.

Harsh.

So very harsh.

ExAsperis99

@Proppa said:

@u0421793 said:

@Samu said:

@ipadthai said:
Do I have to make hip-hop if I buy this?

No, but I think it will help...
Don't remember who it was but long time ago some one called the MPC a 'Rap Machine'...

Damn autocorrect.

Harsh.

So very harsh.

Sounds like my father in 1981.
“Rap? They should call it cr—”
“Um, Dad, can I have the car or not?”

anomieholiday

I feel like BM3 is more of a production tool while this appears to be great for live performance.

I have a show coming up soon so I'll have to report back.

The one thing I can't figure out right now - when you're on an AU track, the pads will play notes. But I can't figure out how to designate which notes they play. Some more experimentation may be in order