MPC Live III | Installing the Included Expansion Packs

The contents of this article cover setup instructions for installing MPC expansions from the inMusic Software Center. This is helpful if you have accidentally deleted content from your MPC Live III, or would like to put the content on another drive for use with another Standalone MPC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

inMusic Software Center
Method 1: Downloading Expansions To MPC 3 for Export from your Computer
Method 2: Downloading Standalone Expansions
Method 2 Installation - To The MPC Live III Internal Drives
Method 2: Installation - To Your Own External Drive
Further Support

inMusic Software Center

1. To download the expansions included with your device, first Download the inMusic Software Center

2. After the download completes, It will open up the inMusic Software Center

3. Click on Let's Go! and will then take you to a browser window to sign into your newly created inMusic Profile. Enter both your email address and password and click on "SIGN IN"

Method 1: Downloading Expansions To MPC 3 for Export from your Computer

The following information will demonstrate the steps to install your included expansions your computer and export them to your MPC Live III for Standalone use.

1. Click My Expansions from the tab on the left:

2. In the MPC Sound Packs category, you will find all of the included content for the MPC Live III.

3. You will see a Download button on each expansion. Click to download, then when completed click Install to install each expansion.

4. Once the download and install is complete, connect your MPC Live 3 to your Computer and enter Controller Mode, then open the MPC 3 Software.

5. Windows Users will want to click the 3 lines in the top right to open up the menu, then hover over Tools and Click Expansion Manager.

Mac Users will only need to click Tools at the top of the screen and then click Expansion Manager.

6. Locate the Export button in the bottom right to move from the Manager to the Export screen.

7. Select your MPC Content drive in the drive field, click Select All, then click Export.

When completed, take MPC out of controller mode and you will then have all the expansions on your MPC Live 3.

Method 2: Downloading Standalone Expansions

The following information will demonstrate the steps to copy the MPCe Expressive Kits Expansion from your computer and to your MPC Live III for Standalone use. The same steps apply for the other included expansions.

1. Click My Expansions from the tab on the left:

2. In the MPC Sound Packs category, you will find all of the included content for the MPC Live III.

3. Click the dropdown arrow to reveal Standalone - MPCe Expressive Kits and click Download - do so for each expansion.

Important: If a particular expansion does not have a 'Standalone' option, please Install the expansions and then refer to the following article to export the expansion through MPC desktop software: Akai Pro MPC Series | Accessing Your Purchased Expansions and Software

4. Once the download is complete, click Show in Folder

Note 1: If 'Show in Folder' does not appear... You have downloaded the expansion installer for desktop - Navigate back to step 3.

5. When you click Show In Folder, you will be directed to folder of the downloaded expansion. The expansion folder will usually be extracted/unzipped by default. In this example MPC_-B1PEQrl_x

Note: By default, all software downloads from the inMusic Software Center are downloaded to the following location:

Windows: C: > Users > [Name] > Downloads > inMusic
Mac: Macintosh HD > Users > [User Name] > Downloads > inMusic

Method 2 Installation - To The MPC Live III Internal Drives

1. Connect the MPC Live III to your computer.

2. Put your MPC into “controller mode.” by tapping the microchip icon in the Main Menu

3. Open the following location on your computer

Windows: C: > Users > [Name] > Downloads > inMusic
Mac: Macintosh HD > Users > [User Name] > Downloads > inMusic

There you will find your downloaded expansion. It will usually be extracted/unzipped by default. In this example MPC_-B1PEQrl_x

Double click/open the folder.

4. You should now see a folder titled after the extracted expansion. In this example MPCe Expressive Kits-1.0.12 folder.

Double click/open the folder.

You will see the main folder of the expansion. In this example MPCe Expressive Kits

Selecting a Drive & Copying the Expansions

1.You have the option to copy the content to the MPC Content drive (39.9GB) or the MPC User Drive (79.2GB)

2. MPC Content Drive: Copy the expansion pack's folder from your computer, to the inside the 'Expansions' folder on the 'MPC Content' drive

Make sure you copy the entire folder itself, not the content within it.

3. MPC User Drive: If there is not enough room on the MPC Content drive, you can use the MPC User Drive instead. Be sure to create a new folder called Expansions to the root (top-level) of the drive:

4. Wait for the files to copy.

5. Once the files have been copied, safely eject the drive from your computer.

6. Your expansion will appear in Browser > Expansions.

Method 2: Installation - To Your Own External Drive

1. Select the drive where you want to install the content (SD card, USB drive, SATA etc). Make sure that the drive has enough free space to hold the entire pack.

2. Connect the selected drive to your computer, and put your MPC into “controller mode.” by tapping the microchip icon in the Main Menu

3. Open the following location on your computer

Windows: C: > Users > [Name] > Downloads > inMusic
Mac: Macintosh HD > Users > [User Name] > Downloads > inMusic

There you will find your downloaded expansion. It will usually be extracted/unzipped by default. In this example MPC_-B1PEQrl_x

Double click/open the folder.

4. You should now see a folder titled after the extracted expansion. In this example MPCe Expressive Kits-1.0.12 folder.

Double click/open the folder.

You will see the main folder of the expansion. In this example MPCe Expressive Kits

Selecting a Drive & Copying the Expansions

1. Copy the expansion pack's folder from your computer, to the inside of the Expansions folder on your user drive.

Make sure you copy the entire folder itself, not the content within it.

Note: If one does not already exist, create a folder in the root directory (top-level) of the drive (not in any folder) and name it Expansions

2. Wait for the files to copy.

3. Once the files have been copied, safely eject the drive from your computer.

4. Insert the drive into your MPC Live III. Your expansion will appear in Browser > Expansions.

Further Support

See this video tutorial for further guidance on how to locate/use the MPCe expressive kit expansion in Standalone mode: Getting Started with MPC Live III | Creating MPCe Custom Kit