AKAI Professional MPC One

Superb value for money, some bugs.

Bought this as the center of a small home studio.

Hardware feels good. Software has more bugs than other products i have used. Midi learn mode crashes the MPC often. Some other UI bugs used to be there but were fixed by Akai.

Other annoyances are no free running lfos on any built-in synth and a 5 minute hard limit on audio track recording. I work around this by disabling and enabling again recording in a small moment of silence on the source. Just press Rec twice.

The built-in synths and effects are pretty good. The included drum synth can easily replace a drum machine.

CPU power is plenty to run 4+ synth tracks and dozens of effects. Never used more than 30%.

USB midi hosting in it is solid. It's fun to connect Elektron boxes to it with a simple usb cable. You can hook up many synths at once this way.

Overall, i think it's one of the best boxes but i took a star off of Quality because of bugs and Akai support that almost never reply to my bug reports.

A bit more polish on the software side would be great.

It's also easy, quick and fun to use.

I really like it

I am very happy with my MPC One... It is my first MPC, I always fancied trying one out but back in the day and even upto the the live I couldnt justify the cost as a talentless hobbyist.

Today actually is the first time I set it up with my cheapo volca etc etc setup as an actual MIDI Control Centre and once setup its a total blast. I spend all day making Blipps and Beats then sample into the MPC. I then head for the sofa where I can muck about with them forever!!!

I particularly like taking it with me when working away from home.. It somehow feels more relaxing than sitting there tweaking on a laptop.

(Im not at all anti DAW by the way... I freakin adore BITWIG but I really like starting stuff on the MPC)

I just wish I had some talent but hey ho imy MPC makes me very happy.

Very useful instrument. Needs time to learn it. At the end you awarded.

Absolutely Love It

welll what can i say its a huge step up from the MPC 4000 which i still have but the integration is flawless in my opinion since im an avid Akai equipment consumer i will always put it ahead of other drums machines/ Groovebox.

Quality piece of equipment

Having come from Akai legacy samplers, the form factor of the MPC one was appealing to me. These machines do a whole lot, have great features and have the scope to create a 'sound' as you please. Great quality machine that is also fun to use.

best thing i ever had

thats was absolutely game changing to my music making and everything, i love it. I have made over 4000 beats after i got it, and more is coming all the time. I cant stop anymore! just buy it try it love it.

More than what I need but could be better

I only needed a simple sampler and maybe a sequencer. The MPC 1000 would have been a good choice, but it is very old by now and prices are almost the same as an MPC One anyway.

I wanted the MPC One to be my main device to send and receive MIDI data from my computer. In other words, I wanted it to be the first device out from my computer. MIDI Thru seems to not work out of the box. A workaround that I did was to create several MIDI tracks with the properly assigned MIDI channels and ports to let my other devices receive MIDI data from my computer. I saved this as a template, but this is too much fiddling for such a basic feature on almost every other MIDI device. Then I made the mistake of deleting factory projects. This disabled the start up dialog completely. There was no warning or message of any kind announcing the effects of doing so. I think this is a UI flaw. AKAI support has not responded to any of my inquiries. This means I can't open my MIDI template anymore. I now switched this with an Arturia keyboard as my MIDI out from my computer, making the MPC One strictly only a sampler.

Amazing

This machine is awesome. Comes with full mpc DAW and a packed library. Instruments and templates, effects powerhouse, constantly updated. Not just a sampler. A Midi Production Center workstation

Great compact unit

The only con is missing a dedicated footswitch input. Everything else is great, would be a long read to write all good things about it.

Grate box !

It is a fantastic music-groove-standalone box.