How To Integrate Akai Force & MPC With Ableton Live - New Firmware Updates!
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Rob from Akai shows us how to integrate their Force and MPC units with Ableton Live, now possible with the latest firmware updates. Find out more about Force and MPC here...
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Download the latest firmware updates at www.akaipro.com
Once installed onto your device, the MPC 2.7 and Force 3.0.4 updates allow you to fully integrate these powerful units with Ableton live, allowing you full control over the software remotely, so you can essentially now use either an MPC or Force as the central controller in your studio. Once linked, you can control playback and recording, clips can be triggered, effects and devices can be adjusted and best of all, it's all done wirelessly over a Wi-Fi network, so the unit and computer don't need to be near each other.
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The key note here is around 2min mark “you can only have one at a time”, thats right folks not only is the network midi driver causing all your other midi surface controllers to not work (push2 cant coexist), but the akai network midi driver also stops other midi keyboards from working! I spent a grand on this to find it doesn’t work with my workflow. So going back to stand alone mode and just use ableton link to sync tempo instead and just use audio. Ableton Control mode is useless for me. Unless akai do something to allow the force ableton integration midi driver scripts to co exist with other surface controllers. I have proven that novation launchkey komplete control and push2 and akai apc 40mk ii can all coexist without issue. So why does force break all that?
I want to step sequence in Ableton using the Force or play the pads like an instrument, much like the push2 can.
I love that it's wireless and synchronises the internal sequencer via ableton link!
This video was great but missed something critical out when it comes to syncing Force (in Clip Matrix mode) with Ableton and the golden nugget that you should have mentioned at 05:41 was that you have to select 'Ableton Link' as the sync source in Akai Force and then in Ableton you will see the Link button reveal that there is a new device in the Link network. You can see what I man if you pause here and look at the grey header bar. Spent a couple of weeks struggling over this part and I found it poorly documented. But when setup correctly it locks the sync well.
Also, I have found that if I leave my studio for a couple of hours and then come back I have to restart the Force to re-establish the Link. So there is a timeout. I am using a router to connect via ethernet on a home network.
They should of had the links on this page for download
would love to see an updated video with all the new features in the updates for Force and MPC
Akai Force does not show up in the control surface for me....
do you need a mixer to combine both worlds? outputs from the force and laptop goes where ? please help
yeah yeah . its BS . we waiting for the real update for more then 1 year . since the Force was announced . and we got this ))) lol . now we can start and stop clips in Ableton . WOW
I cant :'( there is no Akai Force MPC control surface available in Ableton :'(
Once again guys I am lost... May I throw my thoughts here? Well I will... Could I use my ableton live with my audio interface my plugged guitar on it with all my vsts etc and record phrases live on clips on my force project? Also the wireless thiing here in my case is not really usefull could I do that? Could you guide me through that with 1.2.3. simple steps?
Downloaded the Network Midi driver and all I get is a blank screen. I’m using it on Mac OS Big Sur. Any ideas?
speaking much saying Nothing....so i still have the same Question: how to integrate force with live? You already have downloaded a tool you just open it from the bottom but you don't tell where to get it from
Thank you! I’m doing extensive research to find it. Some bs
Just so everyone knows, this doesn’t allow you to bang out drum beats on the AKAI force and record in Alberton. So not quite MIDI compatible in my eyes… ..😮
Where do we download the network midi
What about bitwig please?
I really want to take the musician make with the force into studio one five pro. Is there any direct way to do this without using an sd card?
How can I get the audio coming from my Force and MPC X and Ableton into one source, do I have to buy a special cable or do I just select the Force as my default audio device under preferences.
So they make Ableton control mode totally useless? And it can only work over WiFi? Come on Akai ?
There's no akai force in my control surface
THAT PART!!! Fam im losing my shit trying to figure out why this shit doesn't pop up.
Same here. Could you work it out ?
@@yapa5652 i don't even use my force anymore, it doesn't let me save a project and if i want to record a song i have to use my DJ software to record it. think i might put it on ebay for like 300
@@DJTechnoboom it doesnt let you save a project ? did u try to save it on external USB ? I had this problem once and it worked out
@@yapa5652 yea I tried everything someone sold me a messed up force on Ebay. Said it was open box I paid over 850 for that piece of shit, and it's hard as hell to use also.
so technically speaking, if we take the time to move every single clip from ableton into the force memory, we could perform our projects in the Force without a computer?
Force only allows for 8 audio tracks at a time, so depends on how big your sessions are.
On my MPCX, when I go to "LIVE CONTROL" - all I see is a message that says "Waiting for communication from Ableton Live:. Anyone know how to fix this?
Try going to Ableton > Options > Preferences > Link MIDI > Switch the Midi ports on and off and back on while running Live Control on the Force... works for me every time.
Is it true that the integration only works on MacOS or Win10? Can't get it to work on Win7
Can the Force and the MPC be linked to Ableton at the same time.
what about akai midi network and Big Sur???
Sadly it doesn’t work for me. I recently got the mpc live 2 but already upgraded my computer to Big Sur. Very disappointed
What about drum synth and arranger??????????????????!!!!
Will this update include the MPC one? I assume so, but just to check.
as far as i knoe the One has no wifi
Can anyone tell me if they have managed to setup "Midi clock start stop sync" whilst using Ableton Live link with the Force? I can use the Ableton Link function but I cant start/stop the Force from Ableton and visa versa.
Works perfectly for me in 3.1!
@@elissitdesign thanks for that tip. Not tried since the update
You must set 'Ableton Link' as the sync source in Force. Look closely at 05:41
Oh yeah, wireless! It does not work wirelessly now :)
I tried to do this but I can't work out what my IP address is for the force when it says to type it in manually.. Can anyone help please?
You can get your IP address on google
They should of had the links on this page for download
Dude foreal I cant find it!