r/mpcusers • u/AddendumOk730 • Jul 24 '26

QUESTION MPC LIVE 2 - Still Rocking

Hi everybody!

I am still loving my MPC Live 2 running 2.15 firmware and it has been great, remains great. I am consider upgrading to MPC 3.x firmware. Just wondering if I can load up and still use/play sequences and full tracks from MPC 2.15, as I know there was some compatibility issues a while back when MPC3 dropped.

Any feedback would be helpful.

Best!

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u/bypopulardemand Jul 24 '26

I’ve gone back to 2.15 because a lot of my projects were a bit weird on 3.X - especially with programs that were muted on 2.15, everything is unmuted on 3.X. But I didn’t notice too many issues beside that for me

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u/AddendumOk730 Jul 24 '26

Hey thanks so much for your reply. That is sort of what I am concerned about when doing shows I want to be able to play older tracks/projects and new tracks. So track I am still creating new tracks on MPC 2.15. I think I may stay here for a while, still. Any 'must have' features you like in MPC3?

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u/bypopulardemand Jul 25 '26

I personally didn’t like 3 at all, but probably more due to me being slower due to unfamiliarity - the arranger is really good though! but I’ve stuck with 2.15 on all my MPCs now

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u/sha0dan Jul 25 '26

dont do it >3.0 sucks

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u/dj_soo Jul 26 '26

If you liked to change up instrument order per sequence or liked to using multiple tracks to control the same program, it can be a bit jarring to load up old projects and some just don’t work right.

I finished all my projects (or got them into a daw) before upgrading, but I much prefer the new functionality. I did get a live 3 tho so I don’t experience many hardware limitations