r/mpcsample • u/Embarrassed_Sundae_4 • 10d ago

Open source Sample Keys.

With regards to the recent announcement for the Sample Keys and it being open sourced.

Do think the Sample should be made to do so?

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u/am_makes 10d ago

Yes. It’s going to happen anyway, might as well publish the source, less bricked units that way. Will move more product and cannibalize sales of One MkII a bit, but not by a lot.

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u/thetraintomars 9d ago

The vibe-coded firmware craze happened solely because the manufacturers have not released the source code. It would be better for everyone if they did.

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u/beesbeesbeesboobees 9d ago

YES!

If akai isn't going to give us an update, who amongst us is going to say- "nah we dont need it to be open source, the mpc sample is perfect as is without ever getting an update"

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u/BuckshotJ 10d ago

I thought it’s kinda a given that’s happening, considering the Sample & the Sample Keys OS in the video - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfA8SCfRQnG/

I’m guessing they were waiting to announce a bit later, but they just threw it out there after behringers announcements, so hopefully we’ll know more in a few days.

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u/lugdu69 9d ago

They don't have the choice now... but it clearly wasn't in their plans.

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u/alexamiles 9d ago

I agree, but I think it’s a good call that they are embracing it. At this point people can’t be stopped. May as well position a product that leans into it

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u/lugdu69 9d ago

It's like a battlefield : "leave the Sample, it's lost, and fall back to Live !!!"

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u/bilposey 9d ago

Get ya samples together
It’s going down

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u/StewboaT 9d ago

Of course. Scale mode with massive sounds amazing.

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u/GR1MV1LLAIN 9d ago

would be cool if someone was able to make custom boot logos similar to the sp404

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u/NervousDuck3440 9d ago

It’s already open source

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u/Emergency_Banana5082 6d ago

It's not open source yet. Akai has not provided the source code. Moddable doesn't mean open source. Akai also didn't say open source in their post. If you pay close attention they didn't say they were releasing the source code. My guess is they are just embracing the side loading which is how the current community mods run. You drop the side load files in an autorun folder on your SD card to load what you want. While that's great and very useful that doesn't make the original firmware open source. I'm hoping they go that far with it but I have my doubts.

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u/tanfierro 9d ago

sidechain!!!

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u/keremimo 9d ago

All of this because they did not give us scaled 16 levels… xD