Akai MPC 3 Software Desktop Version Coming Soon ! Public Beta in May 2025

LostInFoundation

I suspect they are trying to make Maschine improve ☺️

trusampler

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/212004#Comment_212004

I'm also a Maschine user and I'll post on both forums when I see either company make progress, You don't get to dictate what users post on forums. You understand that right ?

Beatsandmore

I tried maschine 3 times own studio for 3 years. Bought mk3 and maschine + and returned in 2 weeks.. I dont like the software and thr workflow is vastly different.. maschine + is nice solid but not worth the price ag all to me .. I still own kontrol 61 mk3 and trying my best to like it... everyone likes what they like but I was raised on the MPC and love the old and new workflow

djadidai

for you yes, for me, the mpc workflow is way too complicated and restrictive, one of the M+ biggest strengths is the workflow, the ease of use, it’s like an onion with so many layers, it’s easy to get started with and it’s a very deep and complicated instrument when you start digging, but workflow wise there is nothing that compares to the M+. As soon as one understands the structure and how everything is ”connected” there really are no limits.

Flexi

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/211665#Comment_211665

I have one on the desk for setting up projects, two with a DJ mixer for performing.

Flexi

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/212190#Comment_212190

Actually Maschine is very limited, that is the whole point, it is a groovebox with a very fast workflow for a reason, and part of that is the simplified feature set, MPC is much more geared towards the hardware DAW replacement, especially the Force.

MaikR

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/212193#Comment_212193

And here we go again…

iNate

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/212190#Comment_212190

MPC 3 does streamline the workflow to a decent degree, but at the end of the day it's like switching from Pro Tools to Ableton Live. Whoever gets you first will have a massive advantag because you have a significant familiarity bias when trying something after becoming comfortable with a competing - but quite different - solution. This is normal.

The big issue with MPC Software right now is the lack of VST3 Support. It's really a big issue. Also, Akai needs to allow us to set a different drive for installing content. Being forced to install 30GB of Expansion Content and Instruments onto your system drive is really bad for some users - who may only have 256GB SSDs in machines like MacBook Air/Pro Base models.

I did like the MPC Studio 2 as a controller for MPC Software (and the MPC Software had good Templates for Maschine Controllers and other 3rd party MIDI Controllers), but the workflow was a bit too "vestigial" and unnecessarily complicated.

A lot of this is due to MPC going form Hardware to Software, and not the other way around - as Maschine has (for the most part… since the Hardware was just a controller for the software).

The Akai Force will never really be able to replace Ableton Push because they don't have Ableton Live. The whole point of a Push is Live. Otherwise, you'd just get an APC64 and use it with whatever DAW includes mappings for it (e.g. Bitwig Studio, or whatever else exists).

Stephen Bish

As a long time NI user I gave up on Maschine a couple of years ago, moving to MPC Live mk2. My Machine Mk3 and Jam have been sitting in their bag unused since. I found this thread searching for an update on a release date for MPC3 for desktop and was quite surprised to find the info on a NI forum. I know there is a bit of collaboration going on and I hope it helps both platforms.I have purchased pretty much all the plug ins that interest me for MPC but have not bothered with the NI ones. I own them already for desktop.

Hence my big interest in MPC3 for computer. Also, while I never really understood or gelled with the MPC3 workflow, on computer, I managed to get stuff done with it in stand alone. MPC3 however, for a non traditional 'Beat maker" but more a DAW user, MPC3 is way way more useable. At least for me personally. I never even bothered to try to learn the computer version of MPC2. It just looks like a dogs breakfast to me. As such I would be really keen to get onto the MPC3 Betta test team. Give the perspective of someone new to the software, rather than someone changing from 2 to 3. I would be really interested to hear how to contact Akai to put my name forward.