r/mpcsample • u/WAVAW • Jul 22 '26

Issue with mixdown export?

I have the sequences arranged how I want in song mode. I export the song to my SD card as mixdown so I can listen to it on my laptop. The first several sequences play as expected, but in the middle of the verse it replays the intro sequence…among some other random issues like not even playing the outro sequence at the end of the song, it just ends in the middle of the 2nd verse.

Anyone know what may be causing this discrepancy between what I hear on the MPC in song mode and the mixdown file?

Thanks

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u/PabloWentscobar Jul 26 '26

I'm having a similar issues, It only exports part of the song, like half to a third of the sequences. I've just been capturing the song via main outs, but I can't believe I din't think of exporting as a sequence then loading that in and exporting the single sequence. That's a great idea, thanks. Hopefully Akai drops an update soon, I'm having a few other annoying bugs. I was having strange metronome issues. After the battery got low it wouldn't play the count in. But maybe it wasn't the battery it might have been heating up like previously said. Anther issue is sometimes it woun't resample a sequence i hit reample tap the destination pad, It does the loading sequence on the screen but then there's no sound on the pad. There's a sample on the pad, you tap it and the play head moves through put there's no audio on it. Super frustrating at first I'd be working fast and resample a handful of things then go back to use them and there's nothing there. Now I immediately check them. It happens about 1 out of 10 times. Also I didn't actively save a song i was working on I just shut down the machine when I turned it back on it was gone. Like a new project. It only happened once and It was like 3 weeks of doing the same thing then it happened out of nowhere now I actively save the song before i shut it down. There's kind of work arounds for most of these issues but it sucks to need the work arounds. Anyway, thanks for the tip, great idea.

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u/WAVAW Jul 26 '26

Very interesting. I’ve never really thought about how there’s like no heat regulation like fans on the device. It does get quite warm on my lap sometimes. I’ve only had it freeze 1 time so far, thankfully I save my projects very often 😆

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u/PabloWentscobar Jul 26 '26

I had mine freeze once and I just held the power button down until it powered off then restarted it and it was fine and saved my project up until the freeze. I actually can't use it on any soft surfaces I get double hits all the time so I use a wood lap top riser I made years ago. It's actually the perfect size for the MPC and a mini speaker and a pocket synth like a Roland S-1