My recommendation would be if you do not care about the battery, speaker or having a hybrid workflow of doing standalone/controller mode then just buy the One. However if you don't care about that then you can still expand the One's storage out through a SD card or USB stick.

These parts include Custom Parts, LCD Screens, Buttons, PCB Boards, Casings, Faceplate Skins, Tutorials, Manuals, Sample Kits, Memory, Expansions, and much more. We offer many things that can be found below. The MPC Live was introduced in 2017 as the first ever wireless hardware/software based MPC. Im looking for the machine thats most intuitive, easy to navigate, and just overall faster better workflow. I have a MPC Live II Retro on backorder right now but can cancel before Dec 29th. I want only 1 sampler and Im thinking its between the 2 in the title. This makes it a LOT easier to seamlessly move between working standalone and working in controller mode on a PC, which is something I do quite frequently. Akai MPC Live Spare Parts and Accessories. I stripped down my studio completely & sold all of my gear. Neither MPC will allow you to mount your internal storage drive and access it when you have it connected to a PC, but it will mount your additional internal storage. The extra storage is nice but it really only becomes absolutely necessary when you want to switch between working on a PC with the MPC and working standalone.

However there are shortcuts you can utilize on the Live such as holding the menu button down and then pressing the pad which corresponds to the menu you want to go into, I don't think a lot of people realize this. With the Live you need to go into the main menu to go into Program Edit. The nice thing about the One is that it has a lot more dedicated buttons on the device for things such as Program Edit. There are differences in the layout but I wouldn't call them drastic.

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