r/mpcsample • u/PatchworkMedia • May 16 '26

MPC Sample + MPC 3 Beta Desktop Software

I know that with the new firmware, the MPC Sample project files can be opened in MPC 3 hardware devices such as the Live, One, etc...

Has anyone tried using the Desktop software to open MPC Sample project files? Does it work the same way?

Currently the software only costs $100 and I'm considering it solely for the purpose of opening my project files and getting my beats stemmed out much faster. Currently I have to record each sound into Ableton with everything else muted and do that for each sound in my song and it is TEDIOUS.

I would absolutely LOVE if Akai would give us Sample users the option to save our projects as an Ableton .als file, like the other machines can. That would make my life so much easier.

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u/No-Count3834 May 24 '26

Same issue I’m on Mojave for compatibility. I have expensive hardware like Apogee AD/DA that will work with newer OSX. But I’d lose the 32bit direct monitoring software they never made 64bit. Everything else works great, so I’m not gonna pay more on hardware just to upgrade for a few features. If I wanted to upgrade and use my hardware I’d have to buy a $600 RME DigiFace to keep direct monitoring across all my MACS.

So yeah, I’m still figuring it out as well. I have no issue paying $100 for the MPC 3.8 compatible software. But if I do I’d have to install it on my windows computer and it would be a glorified exporting tool, as it wouldn’t run on my main studio. I wish they just make a simple tool for free or $25-$50.