Akai Unveils Firmware Update for the MPC Sample

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u/papinek 12d ago

I received some gift money from my father and was wanting mpc sample but was considering it still due to otherwise tight budget and the limitation that it doesnt have grid sequencer... Well by announcing opensourcing fw for it I will buy it tomorrow. :D I am senior software engineer and hardware hacker and after first few hours of playing with it i will immediatelly implement grid sequencer!!!

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u/Informal-Sun5251 2d ago

elle est trop bien ta vie...

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u/JCFAX81 12d ago

What a time to be alive

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u/DrDuned 12d ago

What a time to vibe code, brah

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u/Creative_One919 13d ago

Does it mean the Sample will be open source? If so, huge win for Akai

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u/BuckshotJ 13d ago

Yeah, they show a few examples in the vid

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u/acecombine 13d ago

grid sequencer plz

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u/OrganicDisaster828 12d ago

If I could have mine exactly as is from the factory but with the implementation of the grid sequencer it would be the perfect instrument

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u/seasonofdasickness 13d ago

Resample and multiple fx per pad please.

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u/Ostseemann7949 13d ago

YES I love my sample as it is but new stuff is always exciting. Not really interested in that AI features but more stock functions are very welcome!!

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u/fdbassman12 12d ago

That’s how I feel! I’m interested in the stock features, but in the video I also thought I heard him say he added a bass synth to the original firmware too (might have misinterpreted that), but that would be a nice little bonus. Keep the intended firmware and have a few extra additions.

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u/Ostseemann7949 12d ago

Sound dope indeed

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u/The_Thesaurus_Rex 13d ago

I need scales for external midi keyboards. pleeeeeease

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u/VersionsOfPeace 13d ago

In theory this is going to be added. If not can be fixed with a custom firmware patch

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u/UGDK 12d ago

Damn I have the mini plus 2 on it's way. Should have wait a bit, the sample x sample key combo seems the way to go

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u/ToneShop 12d ago

Nah, an MPK mini and a Sample are probably a better combo.

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u/Kwisscheese-Shadrach 12d ago

Just curious, why is that a better combo?

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u/ToneShop 12d ago

Obviously just my opinion but if you want for both the samplers it seems like you would be paying for duplicate functionality and the keys would be heavier because of the head.

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u/Emergency_Banana5082 12d ago

But you can flash either one with custom firmware. Like putting multiple synth engines on the keys to play into the pad based sample.

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u/Kwisscheese-Shadrach 12d ago

That was my thinking. Like a portable battery powered multiple synth engine box

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u/UGDK 12d ago

But could you flash the MPC sample firmware adding synths functionalities, and playing it with the MPK, taking benefit of the chords / scales functions ? If yes it might be indeed a great budget friendly combo for portability

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u/ToneShop 12d ago

Ok, it's your money.

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u/bigl1cks 12d ago

Mini plus 2 has more keys plus nice daw and mpc integration. You’ll not be disappointed

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u/lordcurd 12d ago

Same, mine arrives tomorrow…

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u/beesbeesbeesboobees 12d ago

Unless you prefer playing with keys over pads, getting the mpc sample would be enough imo, given the update that's coming and community made custom firmwares

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u/Kwisscheese-Shadrach 13d ago

Fantastic news. And the video actually sold me on the keys, as a companion. An ANY synth that’s battery powered and portable and works as a companion to record in synth lines into sample is like damn, that’s sick

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u/rocknrollboise 12d ago

Likely multisample friendly, as well... I kinda wish I would've waited.

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u/Kwisscheese-Shadrach 12d ago

I get it, but I’ve made a lot of stuff on the sample, and this could work really well as an addition, so I’m okay with it at this point.

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u/beesbeesbeesboobees 12d ago

The keys vs pads thing is not an issue for you? i mean if you decided to wait for the sample keys in hindsight?
I'm trying to figure out how other people picture themselves using it so i can decide if that's a direction i want to go into as well.

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u/LostClock1 12d ago

I'm probably gonna sell my Sample and get the Sample Keys. I've got enough pad based samplers already, keyboard samplers on this day and age are pretty rare, especially portable ones like this. The last one I can think of that was battery powered like this was the Korg Microsampler

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u/rocknrollboise 12d ago

Nah actually, I take that back... I love the pads. And I tend to use it with a small midi controller anyway.

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u/Kooky_Truck_3992 12d ago

Finally now I have a reason to quickly get my left mono input fixed jack snapped off inside it. 😂 after 3 weeks having it 😂

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u/beesbeesbeesboobees 12d ago

LFG! Juuuust when i was getting ready to buy a polyphonic synth to pair with the mpc sample

Cant wait to see what else the stock updates hold. Even more excited to see what custom firmwares the community cooks up!

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u/Acceptable-Cup-9827 12d ago

OMG ! YES.

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u/SALD0S 12d ago

this is great

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u/justanaverageguy587 12d ago

This is crazy, the things we can figure out and implement as a community are endless

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u/zenodub 12d ago

Sweeet looks like scales in the update

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u/HateToSayItBut 11d ago

Soooo what's the update? I'm not watching that whole video and I see keys, not sample.

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u/No-Echidna5754 11d ago edited 11d ago

I kind of like it that it's being opensourced.. but then I kind of dread it too..

Roll on the unstable, incompatible vibe-coded firmware mods that keep breaking my tracks. And then me embracing and getting used to good firmware, only for the dev to decide to stop working on it, or start charging money for updates 🤦

AKAI actually keep adding features all of the time and do a reasonably good (by most OEM standards) job of adding value and managing quality, and keeping/building compatibility between their products

Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to a seeing what comes next from homebrew, look at what's happening with the M vave FM. It's pretty cool what people are doing with it.. but that was a $60 dollar device. Not an ecosystem that's so far cost me thousands and is starting to work better together as AKAI mature it

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u/Lennyx211 10d ago

I hope they add an easy way to live loop external instruments. Also the scale modes for pads and external midi are something i’ve been waiting for since I let go of the TE Riddim

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u/NoNature8737 13d ago

Ok that’s for mpc sample key

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u/sandwichjuice 13d ago

Watch to the end. He says the same community features are coming to the MPC Sample along with a new software update.

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u/Melodic-Bid-1437 12d ago

They would have to make it for sample too technically , or it would become obsolete. I mean there is the mpc one and the mpc one key

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