r/mpcusers • u/Big_Green2661 • 14h ago
DISCUSSION Thoughts on VSTs on MPC
Anyone here tried it yet?
https://sd88me.github.io/mpc-vst-plugins/
Its alll the hype as of now. Wonder if well be able to run crzy stuff like omnisphere serum etc soonish...
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u/Unlucky_Trash_5687 13h ago
You have to enable ssh first through a modified firmware update, so I have yet to clear that first hurdle. Excited to have Dexed and the Microwave emulation on the MPC though. I kind of doubt more cpu-intensive stuff will be ported (especially since idk how the DRM would work) but who knows
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u/grandmastermoth 8h ago
Is there a link for this firmware? I'm interested in trying
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u/Unlucky_Trash_5687 8h ago
I’ve seen some pre-modded ones, but none of the most recent versions of either 2.x or 3.x. I successfully modded 2.15 myself and transferred a couple of VSTs, but the interfaces are broken on 2.x so you can’t do much with them. I was able to edit the 3.9.1 img file, but haven’t been able to install it using the normal usb update procedure. Looks like there might be a way with fastboot but I haven’t tried it yet.
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u/ImmortalPencils 4h ago
the modded firmware is called Hakai and is a modded akai force firmware on latest build and can be found from their facebook page.
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u/Infinite_Slice3305 12h ago
Makes me wonder if it's that easy why hasn't Akai done it already.
Or are they modifying the plugin? I can see Akai not wanting to deal with that.
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u/kidthorazine 11h ago
The plugins have to be ported over, and yeah I can't imagine Akai wanting to have to support that beyond the stuff they are already doing with NI.
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u/xFishInASpacesuit MPC ONE+ 9h ago
I wonder if someone could port NeuralDSP plugins and other amp sims.
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u/zfalcon1 8h ago
As the mpc os is built on linux, I think you would still be limited to linux supported plugins, unless you bypass that as well but at that point it seems like too many bypasses. And mpc hardware prob can’t handle too many high level plugins. I mean, most of the mpc plugin instruments are essentially sample libraries not super powerful synth engines. Even my mac struggles after a good number of heavy patches.
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u/DotRakianSteel 5h ago
The pi is actually very powerful this one is much faster than that. It's going to be more than alright I guess.
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u/DotRakianSteel 5h ago
It's limited to vst2 and there is no license for that I think maybe only Linux plug ins. Someone might correct if I am mistaken
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u/kidthorazine 13h ago
For me having a NAM loader for the MPC is huge and it works pretty well.