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@Buska said:
As an MPC Studio owner I was shocked to discover that they had not included the PGM/SNG export capability as that was one of the most useful features in the original iMPC app. It was also listed as a feature in all of the promo. literature leading up to the release. Really ironic seeing that the MPC Ren. was prominantly displayed in all of the prerelease marketing videos. For Retronyms not to even address it is even more frustrating.
I'd be massively surprised if akai were interested in blowing apart their hardware market by allowing every single feature within the impc pro or not. All this talk and nobody posting anything. This thread is miles long and it never even made my safari crash. Shame on you all!
+1 so much talk and no beats.
@supadom said:
What hardware market? They stopped making hardware a few years ago when they discontinued the MPC 5000. Are you referring to their controller market? If so, then it would benefit them to have an IOS app. that augments and complements their desktop software.
uhhh no they continued hardware production, with both the MPC line (Renaissance), and the controllers most certainly do count as hardware.
anyone tried the MPD18....looks like a good option....
@Trueyorky said:
Yes!
@CalCutta said:
Ok, so we're not talking about Akai's traditional standalone, self contained hardware MPCs. That's fine. We're talking about "hardware" with no CPUs, no RAM, no removable storage, etc. Gotcha. I guess in a broad sense it is a hardware peripheral.
But in any event I stand by my original assertion that having it work with the IOS App. would not cause a negative effect on that portion of Akai's market. I think it would help sales of the Ren. and Studio.
@skoptic nice n chunkafied beats
Here's a few sketches....
I wish you could tap into precision mode with the Amplitude & Filter ADSR's on the Program Parameters Page....it would really complement the current high precision options available with the other controls.
@DanWalton please can you add this to the feature request list
Good stuff guys ;-)
@Dham said:
The Renaissance is hardware, just like the computer it plugs into is hardware. The manufacturing costs negate the semantics.
I agree completely on the 2nd point. Would love to make programs/patterns in iMPC Pro and export to my 1000. Would make potential live sets much better!
Holy crap, tabletop eats up 1.2Gb, May have to delete GarageBand
Is there a manual for this beast? I want to know about settings in the timeline. Such as, what precisely does the tuning effect do? What key are the factory presets set at?
i have paid a lot more for a lot less......I like this app..and I know it will only get better
If the expressions of frustration with the app and Retronyms/Akai seems disproportionate, it probably doesn't help, in terms of critical perception, that they presumably have more backing--and a legacy brand affiliation--behind it ... not to mention the lead-up campaign, self-congratulating, etc., as others have noted.
Also, putting aside whether it should have the same features or price as hardware units, it's at least fair to measure it against competitor apps (including price, which they're competitive at) and against their own marketing promises, as well as how much they've delivered in past. Some of the responses from Retronyms suggest they're on the ball, but sometimes they sound a little clueless in terms of what iOS samplists have come to expect, given what we've seen done by others. So far, it's coming up short on what they claimed it could do, even if you don't count strictly 'bugs.' And the company has a spotty history (both Retronyms and Akai) on following up and delivering in the app/software world. If it were a single developer-individual behind it all, without the corporate support, marketing and the MPC brand, and if it weren't the second version in less than two years, some of us might be more impressed and would be more readily handing out As for effort.
The upside of this is that there presumably ARE the resources there to help lift it closer to what it promises. It can only be a real disappointment when the potential is obviously there in the first place.
As for feature and development comparisons to BM2 and other top music apps, it should be noted that the original iMPC came out AFTER BM2. This Pro version has the advantage of standing on some semi-giant shoulders in the app world. If you had dropout problems with a new high-speed internet service provider, you wouldn't let it off the hook because it took 'old provider X' so many years before they even got beyond dial-up. We're not judging this app against a 2009 iPhone app.
Right now, BM2 is still a superior sampler (and I would add Samplr, but that's a little apples-and-orangesy), and this would be true even if all the bugs were fixed on iMPC Pro ... just look at BM's chop lab extensive functions and its disk streaming and generous handling of file formats (including MIDI and 24bit) and its interaction with other apps (and the cloud) in both MIDI and audio capacities. And the areas in which it excels in over iMPC Pro are 'deeper' in nature, making it easier for me to imagine Intua incorporating what we ultimately hope for from BM3 than iMPC Pro meeting its 'self-realization.' I hope Retronyms proves me wrong, but no need to be an apologist for them as if they're some non-corporate, mom-and-pop organization making their first app, with no brand affiliation or advertising or No. 1 sales at the store.
I'm intrigued by some of iMPC's improvements in GUI and effects and accessibility over something like BM2. But it's no longer enough to just be able to quickly make some music with some nice graphics. If that were all, then cheaper apps like Figure, iMaschine, TriqTraq, Launchpad and Yellofier can get us there and be done with it. And reliable sequencers and great preset/stock sounds are easy to come by, if that's mostly what you're after.
@Sinapsya said:
a year ago they told me they would fix the audio export bug, they told me they put two tickets in because I asked them about it two times, I don't know what the tickets were supposed to mean maybe that they take it seriously or what but they aknowledged it twice and did nothing about it and now it's in the new app… I've personally and publicly given retronyms credit where credit is due but I don't like stuff like that.
@kobamoto said:
What is the audio export bug?
I had some clipping when I first posted something to sound cloud,
Is that it?
@CalCutta said:
I realized a while ago that Akai already changed the"M"for "Music"instead of"Midi" but right now i saw on their homepage that they even call it"Music Production Controller".Bye bye good ol MPC...btw,in a "traditional" meaning a Midi Controller is NOT hardware but i guess you know that.
@parallaxobject: that was absolutely spot on,thanks!
@DaveMagoo said:
Maybe it's that the exported audio has silence at the end and you need to manually trim it?
Speaking of beats. Here's my third attempt.
I just noticed, that if you save a new program in order to use it on another track, when you go back and edit the program and save it again. It creates a copy instead of asking you to overwrite. Which is dumb.
@alexbuga said:
I kinda agree that it's dumb but it's also quite logical, think about it.
If a user uses a program on Track 1 and then uses the same program on Track 2 but make a lot of changes replacing samples, changing filter settings etc. in the program then the playback of Track 1 would suffer due to the changes made to the program.
This is not a problem if the user is somewhat good at housekeeping their programs and samples.
To play it safe the iMPC Pro could notify the user that the program is used on other tracks and projects and ask if they really want's to save the changes...
This is partly why i understand that deleting of samples used in programs and projects can be quite tricky to implement and i've not yet tested how iMPC Pro handles loading of programs with missing samples
Hi Samu, yeah I know what you mean, but give me the choice to replace the program at my own risk.
You can't test loading with missing samples, because you can't delete them from the app yet.
Also, the file structure of the app is kind of messy if you browse with iFunbox.
Apparently if you delete all user programs, and load a song that referenced them, it has them embedded
. That's nice. Just like on the old MPC1000 with JJOS.
@alexbuga @Samu I questioned this program saving thing with Retronyms support and they advised it was by design.
It could probably use a 'delete all unused program's' option.
@alexbuga said:
It's possible to delete the samples with iFunbox but I'll save that fun for later
I hope that Retronyms has already submitted the iMPC Pro update to Apple, but since there's no official word we can only hope...
@alexbuga said:
This irritates me also. Considerably. Just seems bush.
Edit: I do understand their own logic, just disagree with not giving me the choice in this case.
That's better, it is finally crashing
They could simply add a "loop mode" export ,with auto 1ms fadin in/out on beginning/end for using the exported audio as a free-clicked &perfectly synced sample...same goes for audiocopy2...
Just noticed this potential 'Easter egg' in the 'in-app' help section.....I like the sound of the comments in brackets.....maybe we will see this in a future update perhaps?
Edit Sound
Sound editing in iMPC Pro is all about getting sweet, customized sound onto the pads. Tap to open the editor which allows you to Trim and Chop the currently selected pad (if there are multi-sound layers, it will edit the currently selected layer).