it’s not 100% the MPC OS otherwise they would release it at the same time as the other MPC updates. There is always a delay between them as the OS on the Force is a slightly modified MPC OS that hosts the few extras of the Force hardware that’s why I called it Force OS.

there is no Force OS. The Force is running MPC OS and in the future Akai has to maintain onlyone OS.

In daily work with MPC3 the bugs do not disturb my productivity. I know there are some bugs, but I don’t see them. Sometimes it’s annoying that currently the system is fixed to a 4/4 time signature, that is a little bit frustrating.
However, the overall experience is great, there is so much you get with these products and the new arrangement view is really quite comfortable to work with, while I still have problems selecting events in the grid.

Currently I am A/B testing / comparing with Elektron Digitakt II and while there are some rough edges it is very impressive how much more you get even with a cheap MPC One. I am surprised about the high quality of the plugin synths and the very professional effects, missing that painfully on the DT. After a few days with the MPC it is quite hard to understand why a Digitakt II is more expensive and I am constantly feeling ripped off by the Swedish guys… 🙂 Very strongly missing velocity sensitive pads, the Elektron computer keyboard feels so very wrong. Velocity is such an important musical expression and it feels so stupid to cut that away from an already very limited user interface.

But I have to say that the strict uniformity of the Elektron gear makes it possible to get very fast and use it more like an instrument, this aspect Akai still has not fully understood, too much jumping around to different places and some plugins could be better integrated to the point that it’s just ridiculous, like Drum Synthesizer. Still sounds great.

Bringing MPC3 to Force is HUGE. If Akai keeps up with giving lot of love to developers and will fix the bugs and annoying things then it will be very hard for any other groovebox to compete.

I’m pretty sure the Akai team can only focus on one OS at the same time. The focus right now seems to be on the release of Force OS. The other one will surely be fixed in the near future.

its actually quite a horrible situation for users