iMPC Pro 2

Just bought an iPad Pro (12.9), I’ve been using hardware synths and drum machines for years, used to also own an MPC 1000. If I paid maybe €5 maybe €10 for this I wouldn’t be to pushed to write a review but for the money it’s a joke of an app, the work flow is dreadful, the affordances of basic UI design are incredibly poor. It’s a try hard application trying to bridge an iconic hardware product with a touch interface. It’s compatibility with wireless headphones is also very poor, I’m sure that will be updated in a later version. For any producer/enthusiasts out there. I wouldn’t go for this right now, it’s just our so I’m sure it will improve but for the money stay well away. Remember there is in-app purchases which is fair but to initially charge this amount is laughable. I will use it in the future with Ableton but I’m staying away from it for now, very frustrating.

So I guess this app is done updating they say contact to inquire about issues then never resolve issues and a producer had warned me that they are only concerned with only selling sound libraries @ this point is very disappointing,this app had promising potential But I guess it’s more about getting our money instead of giving us our moneys worth,I guess it’s to late to request a refund @ this point I’d rather just use GarageBand

This app works surprisingly well…. Until your ipad starts to go bad and you will discover there is no way to back up or save or transfer any of your owrk off the device so you can save it and work on it later on a new mpc or mpc emulating software! Also, the description in the apple store is incorrect. The developer is NOT akai software, it is some unpronounceable wors that starts with R and they have no information, no way to contact.

I have been using the app for some time but have not used in the past few months. Now that I'm back on it it continues to crash and not importing from Audio Copy. This is happening while using on a 4th gen iPad Pro. Please debug or update.

When are we getting a new update? Would love to keep working on the iPad then transfer the files over to the MPC X, Live II, or the new MPC Key 37 (would love to have one). Keep up the good work!!!

First off big fan of the Akai brand as a whole so I wont give this a terrible review. But is there any way to change the bpm of each individual sequence? I’m trying to incorporate this app into my live performances but unfortunately it wont be worth the money if I can’t have different sequences at different bpms similar to the original impc

It’s a bummer that an app attached to such a phenomenal name and that’s so aesthetically pleasing has to be such a worthless waste of space and barely work. I can’t have one session without a crash.. I’ll give up and try a completely new approach, CRASH, new project, CRASH. It wants to work but not that bad. They got all of our money already a few times and wouldn’t be surprised when they rewrite this same app exactly the same and slap a new price tag on the “new” MPCpro 3 app. I’m not falling for it again…

The app cannot be used to make full productions unless you’re ok with very basic editing and mixing abilities. This app would be much better in Cubasis, and I was using it inter-app, but that no longer works. None of my old projects that had iMPC in Cubasis load iMPC Pro 2 anymore. Please make an auv3 of this so it can be actually used to make music. This version is a toy, basically.

There are four possibilities here: 1) The user interface is so badly designed that someone with a music degree—and who’s been multitracking and editing digitally for 30 years—is helpless. The IMPC PRO interface is absolutely impenetrable. 2) It works, but the designers assume that purchasers of IMPC PRO already possess vast esoteric knowledge of this family of products. 3) It works, but the learning curve is just impossibly steep; see (2). 4) The functional model for this app is that it is composed of many separate modules—which you must purchase or “earn” through the useless IMPC “Academy”—without which the app doesn’t work. In either case, a giant waste of time. I’m deleting this app with prejudice.

Your app earlier didnt show measures in the song parameter. I freaked out. Sorry for the previous review. It is working now. Still wish i could access impc pro.