I just stumbled on this video: that is the most comprehensive and well explained one I've seen on this subject so far: VERY GOOD JOB MATE. THANK YOU ! My Force/OP-1/Yamaha P-125 will be happy together :)
Hi, I received the FORCE a week ago and have had problems with the MIDI setup to this day. Thanks to your video, I was now able to complete the MIDI setup successfully. Thank you very much for the video that saved an investment of over 1000 euros. Thanks again.😍👍👏
This is exactly the video I needed. Your videos are awesome. I was trying to play my two Moogs together at the same time and was having a hell of a time trying to get them to play together. I can’t wait to get home and try this
@@MatthewStratton Yesterday I went out and got a couple more usb cables to connect my synths to my Force just like in your video. It worked so well. Thanks so much dude. I’m having a blast today playing these!
I have the Force in the mail arriving and day now. Bought a 16 channel usb hub. I have a DIN based midi rack but it is temperamental and am happy to get rid of it thanks to multimidi! I have a rack of synths I’m looking forward to having all work together without issues.
so with multi midi i could capture all 16 track of my roland FA06 seq or all 4 of my roland jdxi into the Akai force or if you had a few band members playing synths and electric drums... capture a band performance in midi. awesome!
Hi. I just had my Force delivered today but I can't make my Fa06 talk to it. I've upgraded to the latest firmware but I'm having a hard time determining the destination output port. I tried it with the stock firmware and I could happily route the midi out of Force to Midi in of Fa06 and have the audio out of Fa06 come into the Force with two separate channels; one for the midi and one for audio. But I guess I'm just a dumb hobbyist and whatever I do I can't make it work. Thanks in advance.
I was thinking of utilizing the progression feature of the Force with the sounds of the Fa06 (and in due process, effectively rendering the Fa as a sound module) however it would also be nice if I could record parts of the keyboard into the Force, especially the passages that are hard to reproduce on the 64 grid layout. Spoilt for choice but Still wet behind the ears in terms of standalone machines. A fix would be highly appreciated.🙏
@@pallavchakraborty6188 i don't think there's anything to 'fix' you just need to understand how midi works.. FA has track mutes btw..... you can also render separate tracks out to stereo wav files on it's SD card them import them into the force.. lot's of options out there. or you can mute some tracks on the FA then 'sample' the unmuted tracks into the force.... rinse and repeat for each part you need.
Hey man, I was wondering if the Akai Force also has MIDI Learn for controlling internal force parameters using a midi controller. The MPC's all have it and its a feature i really require
Hello, love your videos. I’m using my model 12 as an audio device and trying to do this with my behringer CAT and Model D but I’ve been trying to get it to work for several nights deep diving on TH-cam and I can’t figure it out. My M32 seems to be sending notes but I’m not getting any sound. Force forums have been no use either. I saw you had a model 12 in the background so maybe you would know. 😊
I have the new version 3.06. My question is about incoming midi to the Akai Force. After sending external midi to the Force by a sequencer, the Forcé will stop playing after a few minutes when using the Hype plug in and external sequencer. How do I keep this from happening? The Forcé is linked to Ableton link while this is happening.
Hi, I uploaded a midi song into Akai force it plays it I can mixer signal and the little key board but no sound coming out tell me what to do to get the sound out.
Soooo, I have a Yamaha QX3 that has midi data on multiple tracks. Is there anyway to send that data to individual tracks playing at the same time to the Force and have it record it?
I have the problem of wanting to use ableton as a power slave via midi clock, but it doesn't work, apparently I don't understand such a simple thing with other machines and with these power complications, if you can help I'm grateful
Hey Mathew great video! I always check out your videos when deciding what device I’m interested in. I saw how you used the keyboard with the force but I’m wondering how that works with the Tr8s ?
Hello. Thanks for this video . I need just one information. How i connect my audio if i don't have a mixer table . (I have one force and 1 minilogue xd and behringer 2600 . ) thank for u answer . 🙏
Hi I subscribed to your channel, please. I would like to ask you how do you connect akai force from an xprime1850 mixer to sample and how do you connect everything to keep the same bpm on the sc6000m and force?
Thank you Matthew ! Very good vidéo multi midi mode!!! Can you make a vidéo with the différents of the mpc one and the force ? I Would like synchronise with my model 12 tascam to make songs.
Great video! I had a question i was hoping you or someone else on here might be able to help me with. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Im trying to connect my JDXI to my akai force. I have all 4 tracks from the JDXI loaded as individual MIDI tracks on the force. The problem is that if i change the loaded program for one of the tracks, it changes the loaded program on all 4 tracks to different programs. Is there a way to change the loaded program on each individual track, without it changing the loaded programs of the other JDXI tracks? If that makes sense.... I know its probably a simple fix, but Im stumped at this point. thanks again in advance for the help
My poor tortured brain says the Force is the better way to go but Nostalgia (Amiga user back when Trackers were born) saying “Get the Polyend Tracker” looking at the workflow on the Force I think you could probably fake a Tracker like experience on the Force or am I seeing things that aren’t really there? Thanks Matthew.
how do i connect my Moog Mother 32 to the Akai Force? I plugged the midi In from the Moog to the Akai force but the settings options is what I am struggling with.
hey matthew ! do you have a video specifically for how I can connect my akai force to Ableton Live ? is there actually a way to be able to use my Akai Force as a midi controller instead of my MPK mini midi controller if I connect my force to my laptop ? I've been trying and trying and there's no sound coming out of my ableton live when I hit buttons on my akai force... but when I connect my MPK mini midi it works.
Hi , Matthew , I’m a brand new force user , I was wondering if you could help me out. When I audition one shot samples they play very very short , almost just clicks at times. I have to load them to a pad to be able to hear them fully and audition that way, it seems like maybe there’s a setting for this that I’m missing ? If you have any knowledge on this it’d be greatly appreciated ! Thanks 🙏🏽
why cant i use the 4 bank instead of having to use each bank for optional suff like velocity and tune i just want 4 banks of the record or the program i sampled
Hi Matthew and thanks a lot for your helpfull videos. Do you know how to assign Midi Drum Pad Notes to specific cc notes? I want to controll the Roland TR8 Drum Machine with my Force but its only plays back 6 Sounds from the Pads shwon in Midi Drum Track Mode. In clip Mode i can find the other sounds but i am not able to reassign the pads to the crrect Midi CC. Help appreciated! cheers Deniz
SImple question could I trigger and record in pads with a foot pedal like a Behringer FCB1010. So I could create a multi channel looper without using my hands? 🤣
HEY I HAVE WATCHED THIS A THOUSAND TIMES AND READ THE UPDATE MANUAL BUT WHEN I SET THE EXTERNAL MIDI SETTINGS I STILL HEAR NOTHING NOW AND WHERE YOUR MIDI SENDS TO THE AUDIO OR MIDI DEVICE VIA THE DROP DOWN WHERE YOU CAN MAKE THE SELECTION AND ULTIMATELY HEAR THE DEVICE. ON MINE WHEN I FOLLOW EACH STEP THOUGH IVE DONE THIS A THOUSAND TIMES AND A THOUSAND DIFF WAYS IN MY NEAR 50AGE, BUT WHEN I GET TO THE DROP DOWN MIDI SEND SELECTOR ITLL SHOW MY DEVICE BUT IT IS GREYED OUYT WILL NOT LET ME SELECT IT WHAT THE F IS GOING WRONGGGGGG???/1!1 PLEASE SOMEONE HELP OR IM THROWING THIS CRAP[ OUT THE WINDOW AND OPENING UP THE MACHINEPLUS BOX IVE BEEN HOLDING ON TO FOR WHEN THE FORCE FUMBLES SONG/ARRANGER MODE.
Hi man, i love your videos! They are a great help! I got my force today, but i am having some issues. It came installed with 3.0.5, but my force says Mpc Os where the firmware overview is? Is that normal? Also i have a issue with shutting down, when you dont save, you dont get the shutdown notification, then it acts all weird when powering up again..says you did not shut down correctly..or powers up, and then shuts itself down again..also the power button does not click good anymore (feels loose, does nothing, when i disconnect and connect the powercord, it works again) after that happened a few times, i suddenly got that shutdown notification if i want to shut it down (did not get that message the first times when i powered off) and now it seems fine. Can you tell something more about this? Is this normal behaviour? Always need to save and wait for the shutdown notification? Thanks!
The Force runs the MPC 3 OS. That is normal. You should be able to shutdown with power button. If it doesn’t work then it needs to be repaired. If you unplug without shutting down you will likely get an error when powering up again. When you shutdown you should be given an option to save or not. You should contact Akai Pro support if you are having issues.
@@MatthewStratton thanks for your answer! I needed to pull the cord when the force is off, to make the power button work again..(the power button did not work correctly, when pushed it came back out immediatly) The first few times when i powered off, i never got that notification..later i did, and now it seems fine, however, i will monitor it untill after the weekend, if it persists, i will send it back to the store.
@@MatthewStratton i think i found the answer today. When i turned it off, i kept holding the power switch until it shut down. I found out today, that a light tap on the button will give you the shutdown notification, and when you press yes, it shuts down itself. Turned out i was doing a forced shutdown the previous times. Did not have the issue anymore so i am happy.
@@MatthewStratton can you help me with another thing? When i want to edit a sample in sample edit mode, and i slice it, and play it back on the pads in the lower left quadrant, the slices play back really loud when i hit the pads? Way louder then playing the original sample in a clip? Is this normal? I think the Force has a loud output anywas, have to really lower my master out for my genelecs. (The monitors are always fully open with the volume knob)
Most videoś like this don´t show the real show stop in the deepth. In Akai MPC you can use programm change on a track and use track mute. You use sequences in AKAI mpc and by changing the sequence the external synthesizer can be set to a different presets. I thought this would be equal on FORCE with clips, but it isn´t. You can only change the preset of an external synthesizer by automation line in your clip. Now the trouble starts, because the automation has a conflict with your first note in your clip, some synthesizer glitches and make weired sound like Virus Ti1, Prophet 08 Rev 2, Pro3. I would like to see a video with external hardware, using Force as a sequencer and using the clips. To setup up a live rig with a drum machine, 2-3 synthesizer.... Maybe I go back to MPC and use sequences and track mute, instead of clips on the force. I tried to use a midi controller to send programm changes is not working, and it doesnt send it to all tracks, only the focused ones....
@@MatthewStratton yeah man it really does. I’m in love with the unit. Made 6 beats. Then stopped cuz I got more into playing it live. Then I could not stop finger drumming. I even stopped writing songs. And I just got good at finger drumming. I’m yet to play a live set. But need a working unit to be able to do that. Was planning on incorporating it to a show my band has at the end of the month. But ima have to wait more to start performing live with a unit. I believe the force will be even better. But omg the mpc one is so amazing one day I’ll get one again. Because yeah. I didn’t even get to try it with my drumset. For triggering samples thru midi and those sensores. I had barely got my hands on an old Yamaha electric drum machine to use it with the mpc. Much love Matt!
WARNING: A lot of gear are NOT recognized by Force via USB: AIRA Gear, Korg keyboards (Minilogue, Prologue). So, the USB SOLUTION at the end is NOT a valid upgrade!!!!
Yea a few months ago my original fantom x6 wasnt recognized thru usb and its one of the first ever usb to midi keyboards ever so i was pissed. But used the 5din midi and it was seen as remote, now usb works and it recognized as remote still.
brotha could you please. do a video on signal flow. how you route the Akai force with Logic Pro X. to make the Akai force slave to Logic Pro x, please. no one ever shows this not even Akia. I've been playing with gear for over 28 years and went to Los Angeles recording School. the one thing that they all miss year after year, tutorial after tutorial, school after school is how to hook the gear up. can't even hire people from guitar center. Come on brotha, looks like you been doing music just as long as me. I know you know how hard it is when you get a new piece of gear to learn how to connect just to make it sync correctly and play. Theres only two videos ever made and its always how to slave everything to the Akia force but what about having my daw control it all. Please brotha, please could you make a video just showing how to connect the Akia force and slave it to Logic Pro X. The company never even does this. again, you know how hard it is to get new gear to sync all in unison. I've read the manual 12 times now. went thru every step, watch the only video on youtube that shows how to sync Akia force with Logic Pro x. and he fails to ever show what to click to get this to work correctly.. The Akai syncs but then when you changed tracks in Logic Pro x. t o like edit a wave form, or choose another midi track in the box. the sound on the Akia tracks no longer make a sound. I can create a new track on the Akia and choose a sound but if I choose another track in logic or try to edit a track in logic, then go back to the Akia, it no longer will trigger the sound on the pads. the sound is loaded nothing has changed its just that the track shows like a ghost signal but not a real signal makes a sound any more. I don't know why. The day I learn how to hook the midi up correctly I'm doing a video for every DAW. logic, pro tools, and Ableton. Ive had the force for 2 months and still can't get this to sync to where I can record. please Akia make tutorials how to sync your gear with the most popular DAW in the world. just a thought. a website that shows how to do this with new gear that comes out would be golden. no one had ever done this yet around the world. not one site. new gear, go to website that show you step by step how to sync it with your daw. new mini Moog, show how to sync with your daw, new Mpc, show how to sync with your daw, new Roland keyboard, show how to sync with you daw. how do you slave these to your daw. so you can do the simplest thing and record. why does this site not exist. im so confused. its soooooo need. no one can denie it. everyone has bought new gear and the companies completely forget to tell us how to slave it to your daw. even when adats came out, you have to lean by your self how to sync that brc with midi. it was a bitch if you didn't have someone to show you how to do this. no youtube back then. and its still just as difficult. do you know how many people must be lost like me, and im very familiar with gear. all Ive been is doing music my whole life. and I have a degree. and its still very difficult to sync these two. My father who's a musician has always had to hire people to hook his new gear up for decades. I know everyone knows this. midi is a bitch. no way Im the only one with this problem. unless no one wants to slave there akia force with there DAw. but everyone in the comments acting like they got this to work seamlessly with syncing and signal flow. no way. there all lying no way they got it to work perfectly. just noway. I've Called all my studio friends everyone is at a loss. If there's a website for people to come to your house and hook up your T.V. and Modem. You know it is well over do to have a business that when you buy New gear someone will come to your housed hook it up and show you how to use it. Studio Rats have Wished for this for over 30 years but still isn't a business for it.
Stop makes play cue stop where it is. Play starts play back at the beginning. Shift + Play starts playback where your play cue is. Stop = Pause. Shift + Play = Unpause.
One of the best features with the 3.0.5 update. Thanks Matthew for showing!
Yeah man, there is a lot of good stuff in this update.
Thanks for showing this Matthew, this is what the wait has been all about for me, and you made is a little easier to understand.
You're welcome. Glad it is helpful.
I just stumbled on this video: that is the most comprehensive and well explained one I've seen on this subject so far: VERY GOOD JOB MATE. THANK YOU !
My Force/OP-1/Yamaha P-125 will be happy together :)
Hi, I received the FORCE a week ago and have had problems with the MIDI setup to this day. Thanks to your video, I was now able to complete the MIDI setup successfully. Thank you very much for the video that saved an investment of over 1000 euros. Thanks again.😍👍👏
Nice. Glad you were able to save some euros! Have fun!
Nice video Mathew. Your channel is blowing up. I just learned something new.
Mathew did you check out the Waldorf Iridium. I know you love Waldorfs stuff.
Looks cool. Bet it is fun to make sounds on.
This is exactly the video I needed. Your videos are awesome. I was trying to play my two Moogs together at the same time and was having a hell of a time trying to get them to play together. I can’t wait to get home and try this
Did you get it to work?
@@MatthewStratton Yesterday I went out and got a couple more usb cables to connect my synths to my Force just like in your video. It worked so well. Thanks so much dude. I’m having a blast today playing these!
Awesome video, I'm comparing the force vs mpc one as a hub for dawless sequencing in my synth studio. This was extremely helpful.
Another dope video my fellow radiology tech
💯 shooting some images today. Thanks man.
I have the Force in the mail arriving and day now. Bought a 16 channel usb hub. I have a DIN based midi rack but it is temperamental and am happy to get rid of it thanks to multimidi! I have a rack of synths I’m looking forward to having all work together without issues.
Right on.
That’s a cool mustache man serious suits ya
Thanks Mat
You bet!
Thumbs up man, thumbs up!
great help, thanks!
Thanks for this Just helped me to work out why I couldn't get te midi to work from my Hapax
Looking good matthew love the beard!
finally :) thanks!
WOW The Force is like really REAL!
The software has been heavily upgraded.
awesome!!!👍🏻
Yeah man.
So I see you are loving that Akia Force.
I'm exploring it. It was a needed update.
@@MatthewStratton can’t wait to get my hands on mine. It’s on back order. But will be on your back. Great stuff dude. Keep up the great work.
interesing video!
😂People sleep On this tool. Thanks for this tip, much needed that info, keeping up Matt💯🙏🏾
Thanks bro.
so with multi midi i could capture all 16 track of my roland FA06 seq or all 4 of my roland jdxi into the Akai force
or if you had a few band members playing synths and electric drums... capture a band performance in midi.
awesome!
Hi. I just had my Force delivered today but I can't make my Fa06 talk to it. I've upgraded to the latest firmware but I'm having a hard time determining the destination output port.
I tried it with the stock firmware and I could happily route the midi out of Force to Midi in of Fa06 and have the audio out of Fa06 come into the Force with two separate channels; one for the midi and one for audio. But I guess I'm just a dumb hobbyist and whatever I do I can't make it work. Thanks in advance.
@@pallavchakraborty6188 are you trying to get USB audio to work?
Sir yes sir am I doing something wrong?
I was thinking of utilizing the progression feature of the Force with the sounds of the Fa06 (and in due process, effectively rendering the Fa as a sound module) however it would also be nice if I could record parts of the keyboard into the Force, especially the passages that are hard to reproduce on the 64 grid layout. Spoilt for choice but Still wet behind the ears in terms of standalone machines.
A fix would be highly appreciated.🙏
@@pallavchakraborty6188 i don't think there's anything to 'fix' you just need to understand how midi works.. FA has track mutes btw..... you can also render separate tracks out to stereo wav files on it's SD card them import them into the force.. lot's of options out there.
or you can mute some tracks on the FA then 'sample' the unmuted tracks into the force.... rinse and repeat for each part you need.
Interesting!
For sure.
Hey man, I was wondering if the Akai Force also has MIDI Learn for controlling internal force parameters using a midi controller. The MPC's all have it and its a feature i really require
sounds like a start of a playstation 1 intro chime :P 6:00
Great video. what about triggering synths with DIN MIDI plugs?
Hello, love your videos. I’m using my model 12 as an audio device and trying to do this with my behringer CAT and Model D but I’ve been trying to get it to work for several nights deep diving on TH-cam and I can’t figure it out. My M32 seems to be sending notes but I’m not getting any sound. Force forums have been no use either. I saw you had a model 12 in the background so maybe you would know. 😊
Thank you. How would I connect a Nord Electro 3 and a Roland SPDSX - so I could play the onboard sounds but also trigger the Force's sounds as well ?
4:08 We are the Robots do doop e doo.
I have the new version 3.06. My question is about incoming midi to the Akai Force. After sending external midi to the Force by a sequencer, the Forcé will stop playing after a few minutes when using the Hype plug in and external sequencer. How do I keep this from happening? The Forcé is linked to Ableton link while this is happening.
Hi, I uploaded a midi song into Akai force it plays it I can mixer signal and the little key board but no sound coming out tell me what to do to get the sound out.
Soooo, I have a Yamaha QX3 that has midi data on multiple tracks. Is there anyway to send that data to individual tracks playing at the same time to the Force and have it record it?
I noticed your midi splitter is getting external power. Can you power a midi splitter from the midi out alone?
hi, do you know how to connect akai force to the AUM iPad application?
I have the problem of wanting to use ableton as a power slave via midi clock, but it doesn't work, apparently I don't understand such a simple thing with other machines and with these power complications, if you can help I'm grateful
Hi Matthew nice one thanks! Can we map the knobs from the M32 to control Force with 3.05?
Can I go from keyboard to component (in my case the deepmind 12d) then to the Akai force?
Hey Mathew great video! I always check out your videos when deciding what device I’m interested in. I saw how you used the keyboard with the force but I’m wondering how that works with the Tr8s ?
Hello.
Thanks for this video .
I need just one information.
How i connect my audio if i don't have a mixer table .
(I have one force and 1 minilogue xd and behringer 2600 . ) thank for u answer . 🙏
Can the Force be triggered by an outside sequencer or keyboard?
Hi I subscribed to your channel, please.
I would like to ask you how do you connect akai force from an xprime1850 mixer to sample and how do you connect everything to keep the same bpm on the sc6000m and force?
Thank you Matthew ! Very good vidéo multi midi mode!!! Can you make a vidéo with the différents of the mpc one and the force ? I Would like synchronise with my model 12 tascam to make songs.
Great video! I had a question i was hoping you or someone else on here might be able to help me with. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Im trying to connect my JDXI to my akai force. I have all 4 tracks from the JDXI loaded as individual MIDI tracks on the force. The problem is that if i change the loaded program for one of the tracks, it changes the loaded program on all 4 tracks to different programs. Is there a way to change the loaded program on each individual track, without it changing the loaded programs of the other JDXI tracks? If that makes sense.... I know its probably a simple fix, but Im stumped at this point. thanks again in advance for the help
Do you need power over USB if your external synths are already plugged in to a power supply?
So, can you assign usb Foots switches to control certain parameters such as a looper now???
Not that I am aware of. I think someone hacked it to make it work though. Really needed for live instrument work in my opinion.
Hey what’s better the push 2 or the mpc force ?
My poor tortured brain says the Force is the better way to go but Nostalgia (Amiga user back when Trackers were born) saying “Get the Polyend Tracker” looking at the workflow on the Force I think you could probably fake a Tracker like experience on the Force or am I seeing things that aren’t really there? Thanks Matthew.
how do i connect my Moog Mother 32 to the Akai Force? I plugged the midi In from the Moog to the Akai force but the settings options is what I am struggling with.
hey matthew ! do you have a video specifically for how I can connect my akai force to Ableton Live ? is there actually a way to be able to use my Akai Force as a midi controller instead of my MPK mini midi controller if I connect my force to my laptop ? I've been trying and trying and there's no sound coming out of my ableton live when I hit buttons on my akai force... but when I connect my MPK mini midi it works.
Hi , Matthew , I’m a brand new force user , I was wondering if you could help me out. When I audition one shot samples they play very very short , almost just clicks at times. I have to load them to a pad to be able to hear them fully and audition that way, it seems like maybe there’s a setting for this that I’m missing ? If you have any knowledge on this it’d be greatly appreciated ! Thanks 🙏🏽
The Force can so USB MIDI?
why cant i use the 4 bank instead of having to use each bank for optional suff like velocity and tune i just want 4 banks of the record or the program i sampled
Hi Matthew and thanks a lot for your helpfull videos. Do you know how to assign Midi Drum Pad Notes to specific cc notes? I want to controll the Roland TR8 Drum Machine with my Force but its only plays back 6 Sounds from the Pads shwon in Midi Drum Track Mode. In clip Mode i can find the other sounds but i am not able to reassign the pads to the crrect Midi CC. Help appreciated! cheers Deniz
I am deciding between Akai force and Mpc One? Any suggestions?
SImple question could I trigger and record in pads with a foot pedal like a Behringer FCB1010. So I could create a multi channel looper without using my hands? 🤣
Quick question @1:18 does the hub have to come from the force? can it be to my computer with everything just plugged into?
Didn't try it to the PC but I don't see how you would be able to send and receive and information if you do not have a cable connected to the Force.
I am trying to do that. because that is exactly what the readme on the update says.
Hi, can you also post to Odyaee as I'm de-googling. And let me know when you've created a channel there so I can subscribe and show support. Thanks.
Will the Multi Midi feature work with Ableton?
Can I hook up my midi Motu interface? It’s USB.
HEY I HAVE WATCHED THIS A THOUSAND TIMES AND READ THE UPDATE MANUAL BUT WHEN I SET THE EXTERNAL MIDI SETTINGS I STILL HEAR NOTHING NOW AND WHERE YOUR MIDI SENDS TO THE AUDIO OR MIDI DEVICE VIA THE DROP DOWN WHERE YOU CAN MAKE THE SELECTION AND ULTIMATELY HEAR THE DEVICE. ON MINE WHEN I FOLLOW EACH STEP THOUGH IVE DONE THIS A THOUSAND TIMES AND A THOUSAND DIFF WAYS IN MY NEAR 50AGE, BUT WHEN I GET TO THE DROP DOWN MIDI SEND SELECTOR ITLL SHOW MY DEVICE BUT IT IS GREYED OUYT WILL NOT LET ME SELECT IT WHAT THE F IS GOING WRONGGGGGG???/1!1 PLEASE SOMEONE HELP OR IM THROWING THIS CRAP[ OUT THE WINDOW AND OPENING UP THE MACHINEPLUS BOX IVE BEEN HOLDING ON TO FOR WHEN THE FORCE FUMBLES SONG/ARRANGER MODE.
Can u midi the mpc one or live thru the usb...
In controller mode? I cant seem to make it work.
@@hardtakeoff u mean when its hooked up to cpu or external gear
Hi man, i love your videos! They are a great help! I got my force today, but i am having some issues. It came installed with 3.0.5, but my force says Mpc Os where the firmware overview is? Is that normal? Also i have a issue with shutting down, when you dont save, you dont get the shutdown notification, then it acts all weird when powering up again..says you did not shut down correctly..or powers up, and then shuts itself down again..also the power button does not click good anymore (feels loose, does nothing, when i disconnect and connect the powercord, it works again) after that happened a few times, i suddenly got that shutdown notification if i want to shut it down (did not get that message the first times when i powered off) and now it seems fine.
Can you tell something more about this? Is this normal behaviour? Always need to save and wait for the shutdown notification? Thanks!
The Force runs the MPC 3 OS. That is normal. You should be able to shutdown with power button. If it doesn’t work then it needs to be repaired. If you unplug without shutting down you will likely get an error when powering up again. When you shutdown you should be given an option to save or not. You should contact Akai Pro support if you are having issues.
@@MatthewStratton thanks for your answer! I needed to pull the cord when the force is off, to make the power button work again..(the power button did not work correctly, when pushed it came back out immediatly)
The first few times when i powered off, i never got that notification..later i did, and now it seems fine, however, i will monitor it untill after the weekend, if it persists, i will send it back to the store.
@@MatthewStratton i think i found the answer today. When i turned it off, i kept holding the power switch until it shut down. I found out today, that a light tap on the button will give you the shutdown notification, and when you press yes, it shuts down itself. Turned out i was doing a forced shutdown the previous times. Did not have the issue anymore so i am happy.
@@Funky1ismcool. glad you got it sorted. Yes, it is just a push and release, there is not click into place type of power button.
@@MatthewStratton can you help me with another thing? When i want to edit a sample in sample edit mode, and i slice it, and play it back on the pads in the lower left quadrant, the slices play back really loud when i hit the pads? Way louder then playing the original sample in a clip? Is this normal? I think the Force has a loud output anywas, have to really lower my master out for my genelecs. (The monitors are always fully open with the volume knob)
If I make a full song on mpc one and save it to a USB flash drive could I open it up in fl studio?
Yes. You can export your audio stems and load those into the fl studio.
Most videoś like this don´t show the real show stop in the deepth. In Akai MPC you can use programm change on a track and use track mute. You use sequences in AKAI mpc and by changing the sequence the external synthesizer can be set to a different presets. I thought this would be equal on FORCE with clips, but it isn´t. You can only change the preset of an external synthesizer by automation line in your clip. Now the trouble starts, because the automation has a conflict with your first note in your clip, some synthesizer glitches and make weired sound like Virus Ti1, Prophet 08 Rev 2, Pro3. I would like to see a video with external hardware, using Force as a sequencer and using the clips. To setup up a live rig with a drum machine, 2-3 synthesizer.... Maybe I go back to MPC and use sequences and track mute, instead of clips on the force. I tried to use a midi controller to send programm changes is not working, and it doesnt send it to all tracks, only the focused ones....
Man my mpc pads stopped working. Ima turn it in and get me a force. :)
That sucks. The MPC rocks.
@@MatthewStratton yeah man it really does. I’m in love with the unit. Made 6 beats. Then stopped cuz I got more into playing it live. Then I could not stop finger drumming. I even stopped writing songs. And I just got good at finger drumming. I’m yet to play a live set. But need a working unit to be able to do that. Was planning on incorporating it to a show my band has at the end of the month. But ima have to wait more to start performing live with a unit. I believe the force will be even better. But omg the mpc one is so amazing one day I’ll get one again. Because yeah. I didn’t even get to try it with my drumset. For triggering samples thru midi and those sensores. I had barely got my hands on an old Yamaha electric drum machine to use it with the mpc. Much love Matt!
Will we get the arranger on the mpcx?
IDK, One would hope so.
@@MatthewStratton I'm praying they do and maybe throw the hype synth in too.
hi .. ;))) with only one external synthesizer, do i need a usb midi hub? best Kolbi
No. You can plug the cable directly into the Force from the synth.
@@MatthewStratton
hey .. I bought the USB hub anyway;) so more space for my external hard drives .. thank you and best greetings
i do all the same things and still nothing
WARNING: A lot of gear are NOT recognized by Force via USB: AIRA Gear, Korg keyboards (Minilogue, Prologue). So, the USB SOLUTION at the end is NOT a valid upgrade!!!!
Yea a few months ago my original fantom x6 wasnt recognized thru usb and its one of the first ever usb to midi keyboards ever so i was pissed. But used the 5din midi and it was seen as remote, now usb works and it recognized as remote still.
@@SuperQuazemodo the answer is: Force MIDI USB is still not working well with all gear.
brotha could you please. do a video on signal flow. how you route the Akai force with Logic Pro X. to make the Akai force slave to Logic Pro x, please. no one ever shows this not even Akia. I've been playing with gear for over 28 years and went to Los Angeles recording School. the one thing that they all miss year after year, tutorial after tutorial, school after school is how to hook the gear up. can't even hire people from guitar center. Come on brotha, looks like you been doing music just as long as me. I know you know how hard it is when you get a new piece of gear to learn how to connect just to make it sync correctly and play. Theres only two videos ever made and its always how to slave everything to the Akia force but what about having my daw control it all. Please brotha, please could you make a video just showing how to connect the Akia force and slave it to Logic Pro X.
The company never even does this. again, you know how hard it is to get new gear to sync all in unison. I've read the manual 12 times now. went thru every step, watch the only video on youtube that shows how to sync Akia force with Logic Pro x. and he fails to ever show what to click to get this to work correctly..
The Akai syncs but then when you changed tracks in Logic Pro x. t o like edit a wave form, or choose another midi track in the box. the sound on the Akia tracks no longer make a sound. I can create a new track on the Akia and choose a sound but if I choose another track in logic or try to edit a track in logic, then go back to the Akia, it no longer will trigger the sound on the pads. the sound is loaded nothing has changed its just that the track shows like a ghost signal but not a real signal makes a sound any more. I don't know why. The day I learn how to hook the midi up correctly I'm doing a video for every DAW. logic, pro tools, and Ableton. Ive had the force for 2 months and still can't get this to sync to where I can record. please Akia make tutorials how to sync your gear with the most popular DAW in the world. just a thought. a website that shows how to do this with new gear that comes out would be golden. no one had ever done this yet around the world. not one site. new gear, go to website that show you step by step how to sync it with your daw. new mini Moog, show how to sync with your daw, new Mpc, show how to sync with your daw, new Roland keyboard, show how to sync with you daw. how do you slave these to your daw. so you can do the simplest thing and record. why does this site not exist. im so confused. its soooooo need. no one can denie it. everyone has bought new gear and the companies completely forget to tell us how to slave it to your daw. even when adats came out, you have to lean by your self how to sync that brc with midi. it was a bitch if you didn't have someone to show you how to do this. no youtube back then. and its still just as difficult.
do you know how many people must be lost like me, and im very familiar with gear. all Ive been is doing music my whole life. and I have a degree. and its still very difficult to sync these two. My father who's a musician has always had to hire people to hook his new gear up for decades. I know everyone knows this. midi is a bitch. no way Im the only one with this problem. unless no one wants to slave there akia force with there DAw. but everyone in the comments acting like they got this to work seamlessly with syncing and signal flow. no way. there all lying no way they got it to work perfectly. just noway. I've Called all my studio friends everyone is at a loss. If there's a website for people to come to your house and hook up your T.V. and Modem. You know it is well over do to have a business that when you buy New gear someone will come to your housed hook it up and show you how to use it. Studio Rats have Wished for this for over 30 years but still isn't a business for it.
No value to me this video because I don't own a Akai Force, only thing I own is the M32 Hahahahaha
NO PLAY PAUSE on Force Arranger, can we PAUSE on playback? Stop always brings the arranger back to measure 1? Anyone know how to pause playback?
Stop makes play cue stop where it is. Play starts play back at the beginning. Shift + Play starts playback where your play cue is. Stop = Pause. Shift + Play = Unpause.