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"Community"
Cloud seeder, "community", whatever - another word for unwanted ads in a paid app. Annoying. Please lose that "feature" guys, or at least make it optional.Martillo1
Crash?
The app doesn't open anymore. I've been using this app for over a year now, I absolutely love it. But starting last night, when I touched the app icon it opened for a second and then closed back to my iPad's desktop. I've tried 50 times since last night and I keep getting the same result. I've noticed a few glitches the last few weeks. When I would record a beat, it didn't sound as crisp as it should during the recording process. When you played back what you just recorded it sounded fine, but during the recording it didn't sound crisp like it always has in the past. The second glitch I noticed recently is when I left the app to go to another app or web page, a red line across the top of the screen(from where it says ipad to your battery life) would always be there. In the line it would say iMPC recording. To remove the line I would have to shut down my ipad then start it back up. This is really disappointing because I have tons of beats that I'd hate to lose.Show lessRichard Riccio
The best beat making App to date!
Akai really need to be given credit for what they have done with iMPC. Next to other beat Apps, this is far more powerful and professional. Granted, there's some things it cannot do right now (the most important of these being Auto-Chop), but looking at how quickly Akai are updating the MPC Studio and Renaissance, it shouldn't be too long before we see more advanced features added to this App. It's also good that there's both iPhone and iPad versions, something else that's sadly missing from its rivals! Well done Akai.Show lessRich Oaten
cool
this is a pretty cool app. works well on my iPad. sampling is easy. good preset sounds too.Jeerers er
Good but keyboard gets stuck
When you decide to share your sounds on soundcloud.. They onscreen keyboard stays docked and you have to leave and close the app. I don't even know if it gets uploaded.AutumnReign
Useless outside of Tabletop
Edited: There is indeed an audio copy/ paste feature but the way to do so is not as obvious as every other music app that utilizes this feature. In fact it seems that Akai intentionally done its best to hide the smallest little button to bring up the audio copy and paste which can then only he accessed by first "export to soundcloud".
Despite the fact that I can still work around this for the most part, its been a while since i have used this app, and due to bad customer service and lack of developer support for the IMPC( and Tabletop for that matter) they have since collected dust for a while now. I can only speculate why these two apps got so popular, but those opinions will be left for more appropriate channels. There are better drum machines and sequencers on IOS. I will just take the impc sample files and load them in a far superior drum machine and delete this subpar app to save space.
Original review:
This app, despite a very pro look and ok sound, is virtually useless outside of Tabletop, which is an already archaic dinosaur of music production. There is no audio copy/paste and no audio us support and due to the limited nature of its export option, you can only export to soundcloud or upload songs to the community board which is non professional in the slightest. Unless you utilize Tabletop, you won't get much out of this app. Once it can be used on its own, which won't happen I presume, then its not really worth the money.Show lessVanityVania
Very Creative Tool
This is a great app and a lot of fun to use
Very easy to pick up and stay focused on being creative at the same time
I'm not much one for being technical in this field as I can loose interest rather quickly if such aspires to head in that direction which for me is a creativity killer
But in saying so at the same time find this software just seems to draw you in and make you actually want to know more as you progress and learn more with real time results
Never having used an MPC ever before quickly found myself recording trimming and editing my own samples
Then just as quick Integrating them with other instruments and program's back into the software with surprisingly professional sounding results
I also have an electric drum kit and quickly banged out a quick 2 track demo to feel the mix down flow and integration on my digital 8 track just for laughs over the top of that same MPC track I had just experimented with previously
Which I thought was quite again surprisingly impressive as well as potentially and personally very inspiring prompting me for even further potential ideas ........ eg more instruments / tracks
I also have Logic Pro, Ableton Live, and Pro Tools installed on my computer along with NI plug ins installed on my iMac & mac book pro
As previously I had already put funds down on a NI Macshine Mk2 to control my NI products which wasn't an easy decision for me to make
But after comparing the work flow of the Macshine app on my iPhone in comparison to the flow of this MPC app have finally convinced my self to transfer what funds I had down on the Macshine Mk2 to the Akai Renniasence
And maybe even later the MPC Studio as a mobile alternative on the road
Especially if this keeps up
Just get this app for laughs and be your own judgeShow lessqwacked
Already Great / On The Verge Of Amazing
There is So much to love about iMPC: The contained samples are inspiring which is no small thing: Most beats apps have sufficient stock sounds - iMPC has KILLER stock sounds. As importantly as that there are a LOT of ways to be creative and get really deep editing beats here - the latest updates have added a new level of possibilities and if this continues to evolve iMPC could be an app in a category all its own. Looking forward: Audiobus support would turn iMPC into an even more expressive / flexible instrument. Attack / Release settings per sample if not full ADSR settings would multiply the personal touch possibilities of samples in general and Grid-edit with per-step data control would launch this into the same sacred realm as the physical MPC's that have inspired this app as well as a few generations of dedicated users. One small request for the UI now: the pencil icon for getting to the Pads / Program editing page is small enough that missing it when trying to tap it slows an otherwise great workflow - given that users are continuously switching between the Performance main page and the Pads Edit page to tweak samples and settings it would be great if the icon that swaps between the two didn't require a delicate aim to trigger. All said: a LOT of love for iMPC and huge hopes for further developments and features. Thank you Retronyms.Show lessNoUserErrorHere!
Audiobus
I am still patiently waiting for audiobus support... I would love to use iMPC more, but, tabletop has too many flaws. iMPC would be a heavily used component in my collection of used apps, but, it's been unused for months. 3 stars now.. 5 after audiobus.Joejoeyjoel
Nice!
If this app had 4 outputs in table top it would be the best drum sampler ever! It would be easy to put the little tape recorders on the outputs and get the tracks on your protools or other trackers.
I would be forced into buying the table top addons. It reminds me of my mpc60 more than a mpc2000. Really fun and easy. One of the best part is it runs great on iPad 1. Multi stereo out, and Attack decay release would Make it complete.Show lessTech10466
