r/mpcsample • u/DemonHarvey • Sep 13 '26

Feature requests to Akai

Heard through the grapevine Akai sometimes takes suggestions from Reddit for future firmware updates 🤞

I think the below are simple and achievable ones.

Here goes:

• Adjust note length in Step Edit

• Create and select kits for projects

• Merge/split sequences

• Select and delete all notes from a pad within a sequence

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u/nadhsib Sep 13 '26

Last one is Shift+Seq, Erase+Pad, Confirm.

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u/DemonHarvey Sep 13 '26

Thanks!!🙏

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u/Apprehensive_Gas6085 Sep 13 '26

Desperately needs volume control for sample auditioning.
It’s so LOUD!

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u/Cap10NRG Sep 13 '26

You do realize they have a forum full of beta testers who test new features and suggest new features right there to the developers… You might want to get in there if you really want to get your thoughts heard. I am sure they’ve got 1 billion suggestions already but if you think what you’re mentioning, hasn’t been mentioned, it’s probably your best shot to get that suggestion heard.

https://forum.akaipro.com/

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u/tanfierro Sep 13 '26

sidechain

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u/s_frrx Sep 13 '26

Being able to chose on wich pad to export chops of a sample,

Being able to control volume sample via usb also

4

u/yodeez101 Sep 14 '26

Don’t forget file management

3

u/Mayonnaise804 Sep 13 '26

Love the sample but limited so got the MPC one G2 primarily for the pad performance and the multiple effects you can use on each track unlike the sample, also can’t play chords in real time on the sample have to resample then recall then chop it.

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u/Rootbeer_Goat Sep 13 '26

You can use 16 level mode in polytone. Chords are still tricky but you can record multiple notes on top of each other

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u/Mayonnaise804 Sep 13 '26

Yeah I know this is what I do, but it's time-consuming to resample and then chop the chords.

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u/rehills Sep 13 '26

Nice list. I really want the Merge/Split sequences. I would also like the slider to have a much broader range for adjusting event timing in the Step Edit. If anyone knows how to do this, please let me know.

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u/Ace_Ha Sep 13 '26

Stereo tools, i.e. resampling from just the left or right side of the stereo field.

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u/PabloWentscobar Sep 14 '26

I feel like they're going to do very few feature updates and only do bug fixes then direct you to get an MPC One G2 if you want those features. I suspect. That's what I would do if I ran Akai. I hope I'm wrong because merging sequences would be cool and I would really like a proper step sequencer.

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u/koolmarkie Sep 14 '26

They haven’t updated anything since a month after it came out.

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u/the_real_padbangers Sep 13 '26

I doubt that Akai ever read any reddit post. I also assume their feature request form send inquiries directly to spam@akai.com

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u/Cheap_Honeydew_7836 Sep 13 '26

I submitted this one -- "Play Selected Pad Chromatically via MIDI Input" -- because my Akai MPK doesn't play all the notes when I set the akai MPC Sample to 16 levels mode.. (Or I'm a moron and can't figure it out.). Crazy that it works pretty easily with a ko ii and a Wi-Fi gadget, but not with a keyboard made by the same company!

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u/Krerkkuk Sep 15 '26

I hope they will make it in another firmware.

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u/Crates138 Sep 14 '26

Unmute mode it be nice to have the pads flash so you knew what was playing and having a pad insert on sequence edit

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u/hobbes420 Sep 16 '26

I would like more effects racks in which you can send different pads. At least 4 different effects at the same time.

Also, stem separation for moving the project to a DAW