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MPC One G2

— Software history

What’s new

The G2 runs the same MPC 3 software as Akai’s other standalone MPCs, so its history starts before the hardware does. Here is what each version added, linked to where the guide covers it. This guide follows Akai’s user guide for MPC 3.10, the latest version — update from Preferences if you are behind (see updating the software).

  1. MPC 3.10

    Arrange selection modes

    • Three selection modes in Arrange Mode: MRQ draws a free selection across tracks, TRK works on one track lane and ARR uses the loop brace across the whole arrangement. In the guide →
    • Arrange edits now work during playback, except Paste. Duplicate Insert joins the edit list, Delete becomes Delete Bars, and Loop to Marquee Selection turns a selection into a bar-aligned loop. In the guide →
    • The loop brace can take hardware focus: press it, then move it with the DATA DIAL or – and +, holding SHIFT to change its length. In the guide →
    • Arrange Mode remembers its zoom and scroll position when you leave and return, and saves them with the project. In the guide →
    • Channel Mixer is renamed Track Mixer throughout the software. In the guide →
    • CV port menus now list CV 1–16 on every device and mark ports your hardware lacks as unavailable. In the guide →
    • Advanced CV Track Edit shows all 16 ports and greys out the ones your hardware lacks; legacy CV Track Edit still shows eight. In the guide →
    • Track Settings can be opened from the Track Edit selector in Main Mode. In the guide →
    • Scripted support for the MPK Mini IV and MPK Mini Plus II, connected directly to the MPC or to a computer. In the guide →
    • MPC 3 Desktop leaves beta, and hardware needs 3.10 firmware to be seen by it. In the guide →
    • The headline 8×8 pad modes are for MPCe pads on the Live III and XL, so they don’t apply to the G2.

    + 94 bug fixes

  2. MPC 3.9.1

    Maintenance update

    • Internal maintenance and stability work, with no new features listed. In the guide →

  3. MPC 3.9

    Oscillators, Arrange edit tools and the G2

    • Support for the MPC One G2 and MPC Key 37 G2, including up to 24 channels of USB audio (USB Audio Channel Count in Preferences > Audio Device). In the guide →
    • The USB-C port works as host or device in standalone, for interfaces, MIDI controllers and storage without a computer. In the guide →
    • Any layer of a drum or keygroup track can use an oscillator instead of a sample, including your own single-cycle waves and wavetables. In the guide →
    • Oscillators are on keygroups too, and their parameters are Mod Matrix targets. In the guide →
    • Cut, Copy, Paste and Duplicate keys in Arrange Mode, all using the loop brace as the selection, plus a fuller edit menu from the pencil button or a double-tap on the brace. In the guide →
    • Insert Clip Row places Clip Matrix rows in the arrangement, with the Pro Pack. In the guide →
    • Time signature per sequence, and per clip with the Pro Pack. In the guide →
    • Two new low-pass filter models on drum and keygroup tracks: Jura LP and Iona LP. In the guide →

    + 37 bug fixes

  4. MPC 3.8

    MPC Sample link and five new effects

    • Five effects from MPC Sample, downloaded from Preferences > Activations: Color Compressor, Trigger FX, Vintage, Vinyl Emulation and Tape Emulation. In the guide →
    • Save a drum track as an MPC Sample file, and load MPC Sample projects. In the guide →
    • Advanced CV routing is now per track rather than global. In the guide →

    + 15 bug fixes

  5. MPC 3.7.1

    Maintenance update

    • Fixes for saving and loading, Sample Edit markers, Track Mute and dropouts when changing clip or sequence. In the guide →

    + 19 bug fixes

  6. MPC 3.7

    Slice modulation and pad presets

    • The Mod Matrix can target Slice on drum and keygroup tracks, so a source such as velocity picks the slice at note-on. In the guide →
    • Partial Pad Presets load a drum pad’s whole synthesis setup from the Preset field on the Samples tab, and you can save your own. In the guide →
    • Notes entered in the Step Sequencer follow the current Timing Correct swing. In the guide →
    • Next Sequence pads show unused sequences dim and active ones bright. In the guide →
    • A redesigned Activations page you can filter by type. In the guide →
    • Copy an arrangement row to a Clip Matrix row, with the Pro Pack. In the guide →

    + 46 bug fixes

  7. MPC 3.6

    A deeper drum engine and the Pro Pack

    • Drum Articulations: flams, paradiddles and other phrases per pad, with over 100 included, set on the second Effects tab of Track Edit and playable from 16 Levels. In the guide →
    • A 32-cell Mod Matrix on drum tracks, plus a second LFO, note counter, ramps and drift LFOs. In the guide →
    • Layer crossfading on drum and keygroup tracks, and Layer Play Offset to slide a framed window across a sample. In the guide →
    • Drum pads can send their own MIDI note, set in the pad channel strip’s I/O section. In the guide →
    • Tracks record each MIDI event’s channel and can play events back on it. In the guide →
    • A project-wide time signature, and Auto-Select Track per sequence, both from Main Mode. In the guide →
    • The paid MPC Pro Pack launches: clip launching, Ableton project import, Advanced CV, advanced Q-Links, Super Warp and four AIR plugins. In the guide →

    + 71 bug fixes

  8. MPC 3.5

    Keygroup engine refinements

    + 16 bug fixes

  9. MPC 3.4.2–3.4.3

    Maintenance updates

  10. MPC 3.4.1

    MPC 3’s full release

    • Tracks and programs merge into one track: Track Edit replaces Program Edit, and an import dialog brings MPC 2 projects across. In the guide →
    • A new Main Mode with Track and Arrange tabs and the dual XL channel strip. In the guide →
    • Arrange Mode, a linear timeline with locate markers and a pull-up track editor, plus tempo automation. In the guide →
    • The Advanced Keygroup engine: dual filters, four envelopes, four LFOs, unison and a 32-cell Mod Matrix. In the guide →
    • Drum and keygroup tracks go to eight layers, with Slice Motion and sample Repeats. In the guide →
    • Per-note modifiers for tuning, filter, mix, envelope and sample, each playing back as absolute or relative. In the guide →
    • Sample straight into an empty pad from Main Mode. In the guide →
    • Track Mute offers Event or Audio mute, and can keep a separate mute state per sequence. In the guide →
    • Disk streaming plays audio directly from a drive. In the guide →
    • Export drum pads as stems, and Explode Track splits a drum track into a track per pad. In the guide →

    + 24 bug fixes

  11. MPC 3.0 beta

    The public beta

    • Akai opens the MPC 3.0 beta, bringing the one-to-one track model and an arranger to standalone MPCs. The final release ships as 3.4. In the guide →

Full details, including every bug fix, are in Akai’s release notes and on Akai’s MPC One G2 page .