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IMPC for iPhone App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ WhackLooks good but I think it's crap. So awkward to use, holding down 2 buttons to be able to start playing a beat in with remaining fingers. I suppose you want my socks off next so I have to use my toes as well. Probably made by some stoned hip hop producer who swears he's the next big thing but really only has 2 fans and they're both dead..Version: 1.0
✓ Great potential, but limited**Updating my review since the most recent app update. I lowered my rating to 2 stars. When are they going to listen to their customers!!! Still no interapp audio or Audiobus support. The exporting of beats still has dead space at the end of the beat making it loopable only if you trim it. This app is still no match for iMaschine....it could be...the iPad version is much better, but the iPhone version gets tossed...what a shame.** This app is a solid drum machine, second in sounds only to iMaschine. However, I wish iMPC worked better in the iPhone. They give the iPad version all these sweet updates and the iPhone version gets neglected. I contacted support for the app and they promise Audiobus and inter app audio is on the way, but time just ticks away...no cool update yet. All iMPC can do for the iPhone is work as a sketch pad...if you try to export a beat it does not export it as a loopable rhythm and if you export to AudioCopy the sound gets all distorted...they dropped the ball for iPhone use 😕🤔.Version: 1.4.6
✓ I love this app but...There seems to be a bug where the bpm are waaaaay offf. I have to use a metronome and compare the tempos in order to set it right because it can be up to 10bpm (give or take) off. I would use it for church rhythm loops, but the tempo issue is really wack. I don’t want to use iMPC Pro 2 because it can’t transition smoothly between sequences from different songs without having to exit out and load the next like an actual MPC1000, for example..Version: 1.4.7
✓ Nice App, Ruined By Lack of Audiobus!What the heck is wrong with Retronyms and Akai. Have they not seen videos of millions of musicians using Audiobus to allow various music apps to be used seamlessly together to create powerful music? Have they not realized that iMPC could exponentially more powerful (and popular) when combined with other apps. , especially the new ultra powerful synth. apps? I realize that they feel their Tabletop app. competes with Audiobus and they want it to be an all-in-one, self-contained app., but that is not a wise strategy. For one, the the standalone synth. and effects apps. are far superior to the ones in Tabletop, after all, they were developed by the likes of Korg, Waldorf, Propellerhead and Moog to name a few. Second, Tabletop itself would benefit from having Audiobus. It has neat features, is fun to use, but can't do everything. Audiobus integration would solve that. Finally, customers want to have a choice in how we create music. We don't want to be confined to the limitations imposed by a company's marketing strategy..Version: 1.0
✓ Not fit for purposeI wish I read the previous review. Just bought this and there's no sound. Useless..Version: 1.4.4
✓ AVOID!!!!!!!Does not work.Version: 1.4.2
✓ Good idea, few problems.I love: Being able to sample music that's on your phone + live sounds, the beat pads, 4 channel mixer, exporting, pitch shifting and sample library. I hate: Pressing the audio paste button makes the app crash immediately. This is a huge problem because even though I know, I still sometimes touch it, loosing everything I was working on. tracking in a song when sampling is very, very painful with the vinyl needle. Recording is just terrible; If you record and make 1 wrong note, on any track at any point, back to the start for you. There is no undo..Version: 1.0
✓ WorstApp downloaded fine- but no sound. Deleted and tried to re-download, and had to pay a second time for it to STILL not work. Not impressed!.Version: 1.4.2
✓ A disgraceThis has no relation to the workflow of an mpc, it is just drum pads with stock samples and a sad excuse for a workstation.Version: 1.4.6
✓ Middle of the roadGood preset sounds, nice nod to the MPCs defining features with the 16 step option and note repeat. Needs a half decent sequencer editor though - iOS devices don't really allow for tactile playability and this sometimes results in redundant note stacking on overdubs etc. plus it's just nicer to have that as an option. Retronyms make good sounding effects, but the included effects feel more like an enticer to check out tabletop than a real attempt to give the iMPC a self sustaining environment. Soundcloud integration is cool but should be optional. Seeing what people just uploaded can get annoying. Lots of audio artifacts when adjusting anything..Version: 1.0
✓ Doesn’t work with iPhone XCan’t slide to change windows. Just sticks in the pre programmed beats window. Waste of money!!!.Version: 1.4.6
✓ IPhone X -constant crashesCrashes in the middle of playing, I can’t use this for a performance at all. Akai should be ashamed to put their name in this.Version: 1.4.6
✓ Needs immediate bug fixesIe; Yeah it's the crashing. I understand it's "optimised for iPhone 5, but if it says COMPATIBLE WITH iphone4 it should be usable on one. What is now suddenly causing this crash, almost immediate?.Version: 1.2
✓ Bluetooth IssuesThis app use to be so useful until suddenly I couldn’t use it with my Bluetooth. Can the developer please give us a solution to this problem?.Version: 1.4.6
✓ Dear akai,Why on earth wouldn't you make it possible to delete samples... Without being able to do so, I'm going to have a massive chunk of my phones memory dedicated to samples i will never use again..please make an update to correct this. Please. This app has so much potential to be amazing. It is a great app but things like not being able to delete samples make it impossible to fully appreciate. Also if this app had a chop shop for samples like a real mpc it would be the most amazing app ever.. So please akai review these problems I know experienced mpc users every where are asking the same thing and would be so thankful to see this app become the amazing interface it has the potential to be. Thank you.Version: 1.0
✓ What happened?Hold mode has stopped working since the last update. When I record it plays back the sample as if it’s set to one shot. Used to have a lot of fun with this but it’s pretty lame that hold mode doesn’t seem to work anymore..Version: 1.4.7
✓ Do not buyThe app does not work properly with the iphoneXs Max. It takes multiple tries to slide the tabs on the left and right. It’s pretty unusable, I wish we could get impcPro 2 ported to the the iPhone..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Waste of £3Can’t believe I actually wasted my money on this. I know it came out a while ago so I probably shouldn’t have had my hopes up but I was really hoping for this to be a fun to use app. Not only is it complicated beyond words, most of the features don’t work. The sample tool is broken and there are very few options for certain sounds like Hip Hop. Terrible app. Don’t buy it..Version: 1.4.5
✓ Fundamental problemSeems very responsive and sound great but the slide in from the top, sides and bottom to access menus is terrible. Sliding from the bottom on the iPhone 10 results in the app being closed. Stupid design. Giving up before I’m even discovering what potential this may have had..Version: 1.4.6
✓ No soundOn 8 plus.Version: 1.4.5
✓ No sound on iphone 13, ios 15.1.1Yup, no sound, tried both air-pods and speaker: nada.Version: 1.4.7
✓ Dont spend your money on this !What the heck Akai ?? Half of this app doesnt work 🤔 - note repeat, files transfert... ect... The app crashes a lot for nothing, its pretty useless ! You should fire you dev, and hire some new better ones 😂... Good luck with that....Version: 1.4.5
✓ Would Not RecommendGreat idea, flawed execution. The app is buggy, unintuitive, and crashes! My biggest issue with it is that you CANNOT DELETE ANY SAMPLES!!! This app desperately needs a Song Mode!!! Also, if the programmer can make it easier for the edge of screen swiping for those with certain cases to access that function. With my current case I have little to know issues accessing notification and control centre, but cannot access the side screens within this app. PLEASE MAKE THE SWIPE AREA LARGER!!! I would also appreciate better and more sample chopping options, such as grid chopping. I'd also like to see a Timestretch feature added. As of right now functionality is very poor. Would like iMPC to be beyond MPC 60 status! If all these issues get addressed soon, I see no reason why this couldn't be a 5 star app. Right now it's not even worth the sale price..Version: 1.0
✓ UPDATE!I need a fix on the app cause everytime It freezes or the slide out screen comes out while I try to make something.Version: 1.1
✓ Could be better!10 second sampling ain't no good, you need to be able to chop samples from the whole song, not just 10 second snippets. It's 2013 not 1980s don't feel nothing like an mpc!!.Version: 1.0
✓ Thought more from akaiJust purchased this only to find out edit track causes app to crash every time..Version: 1.4.2
✓ Not that greatI don’t like that it keeps running in the background and you have to manually close it. No way to string sequences together either..Version: 1.4.7
✓ There is something wrongThis app became useless. The sound is glitchy and it crashes..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Disappointed...2 things stop this becoming a great 5 star app... 1/Serious bug when turning off bit crusher on channel 2, instant crash. 2/When i have a tasty drum groove playing on track 1 i would then like to record a sound in from say Animoog or Sampletank....the trouble is when i open the app for recording it stops playing my drum groove!!!! Epic Fail, renders the app useless. Gutted as until i discovered these flaws i thought it was awesome... 😬.Version: 1.4.2
✓ Cool app, but it doesn’t work with my bluetooth headphonesOutside of this problem, the app is alright, but the fact that i get this weird sound when and only when my bluetooth headphones are connected is really disappointing and annoying. does anybody have a solution? this is beyond frustrating..Version: 1.4.6
✓ No noNot good. Lacks almost every feature you need to make serious music. Akai... I love my MPCs... Seriously, why would you release this useless app? Why would you ruin your reputation like this? Where is the company that once built the MPC60, MPC3000... and also the 2500 and 1000? Now you just release things like this app. It's sad :(.Version: 1.1
✓ Fun but VERY buggySo many bugs and glitches, especially when switching between pages or menus. Still a fun app and enjoyable when it works. This app definitely deserves more love from the developers, but I doubt we will see any more updates for it. Too bad since it has great potential to be a good MPC on the iPhone. Keeping my hopes up though :) I will still mess around with it until I get fed up from all the bugs... I'm glad i also have the IMPC Pro on my iPad which recently got updated and became lot more stable. Hopefully a pro version will make it to the iPhone with less bugs than this one..Version: 1.4.2
✓ What a jokeI’d call this app garbage but that’s an insult to trash. I bought the app and I can’t even delete the stock sounds that are wack as hell. I want to scrap everything on it and sample all my sounds. Why is that so unnecessarily difficult? lewl 1 star since I can’t give zero.Version: 1.4.7
✓ Do not buyThis app crashes constantly when editing programs. If you are going to use this to make music think again. You’ll spend half of your time saving and reloading. Steer clear and just buy a MPC..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Hasn’t been updatedThis is vastly out of date. UI is very bad..Version: 1.4.7
✓ Absolute garbageI loved the mpcs & I have owned the mpc1000 when I was a kid. I used to like Akai. When I saw this app, I thought it would be an opportunity to make some great music on my phone. How wrong I was. It’s buggy, unresponsive complicated & cant even do the basics like create programs that can be sliced to all 16 pads. I feel like I’ve been conned out of £3. This app is a joke Akai. Shame on you..Version: 1.4.7
✓ DissatisfiedThe app would not allow me to overdub in real time. The action and response of the app is very poor..Version: 1.4.7
✓ IMPCI like it but it could of been better but my favorite is the sampler but need to learn how to control it.Version: 1.4.6
✓ A great appA great app but seems to drop rhythm. When sharing to Soundcloud parts of the sequence gets dropped as well. Be great to be able to compile a song and share it instead of sequences..Version: 1.1
✓ ...Not working.Version: 1.4.1
✓ AwkwardFor one of the best workflow hardware devices in the biz this feels incredibly awkward. Bizarre and unimaginative layout with key functions on separate screens brought on through a website style menu. There is no note repeat and swing available on the same screen for example. Why is there a bass drum four-to-the-floor that cannot be removed when recording? Really? Sounds are good but with smarter better apps out there this feels stuck in an early 90's VCR..Version: 1.4.5
✓ Impc proCan we get an updated app....please.Version: 1.4.6
✓ Its good but needs fixingPLEASE CAN U FIX IT? 😤 This was a waste of money but at the same time its good but plz fix it.Version: 1.4.7
✓ One problemGive us the option to take an external sample and chop it automatically to the 16 pads. Workflow takes way too long otherwise. Do this and this app will be a 5 star favorite for sure..Version: 1.0
✓ Needs improvementWhen I first got this app I felt a bit let down, it didn't feel user friendly and getting a beat to lie in time was tricky. After persevering I figured out the various options and I felt more hopeful about the app! The options you can explore and use to make your beats sound good are great and actually quite versatile when you get the hang of how to use them. There are two major flaws with the app though. Firstly there's no song option, you can make various sequences but can't string them together to lay down an entire song. Secondly, the app crashes a lot and some of the options randomly stop working forcing you to close and open the app a lot. This makes song writing tedious and really ruins the app. I've owned the app for a while now and it's never been fixed. What should be fairly simple issues to resolve are left to ruin your app! As a programmer this bugs the hell out of me. iMPC, employ me and I'll fix it!.Version: 1.4.1
✓ UnusableOn the latest ios this is completely unusable. Doing the most basic of tasks (editing a sample) crashes the app when leaving the editing screen. Please fix this has been going on for weeks!!!!!!!!!!!.Version: 1.4.2
✓ Wish this worked for IOS 7.2Every time I opened the app it crashed on me..Version: 1.4.3
✓ Great app let down by lots of crashesEasy to get into & very addictive but continually crashing when editing samples from library. Very frustrating as otherwise would be nigh on perfect little sketch pad. Also please add functionality to be able to export to email/notes etc..Version: 1.1
✓ This app is USELESSNeedless to say I'm a huge fan of the MPC series since the Roger Linn series. I'm also in to the current hardware that has been provides for the new digital age of music making while keeping the feel of the original MPC hardware in mind . -- with that said this app is big disappointment & I actually noticed after I purchased it that it hasn't been updated in years. I would like my money back actually. This is an embarrassment on your companies behave to not take in consideration the fast paced evolution of digital music making on the go. -- what I thought would have been a convenient app to get rough ideas down turns out to be an app that crashes whenever you attempt to sample from your iPhone music library. It's a shame that you guys do not take your loyal costumer base in mind. Get it together because now in discouraged from even buying actual hardware from Akai if you put out a products that don't offer support or updates. Yours Truly, A VERY DISAPPOINTED CUSTOMER.Version: 1.1
✓ Really hard to swipe and it freezes every five minutesWhat I said in the title.Version: 1.4.7
✓ Lame app; AKAI doesn’t careThe sounds are pretty good, but the app is useless. No Audiobus, IAA or anything that allows this app to be used as anything other than a standalone app. A company like AKAI should have the resources to update this app, but they seemingly don’t care to bring it up to par..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Do not buyIt doesn't work . Download app runs but no sound will come from pressing the pads. Plus it crashes every 30 seconds. Don't waste your money tried on an iPhone 6 as well still didn't work.Version: 1.4.2
✓ 🚨🚨🚨Please add a way to delete samples right from the app we all don’t have computers.Version: 1.4.6
✓ RubbishI have a lot (hundreds) of music apps. This one has the privileged distinction of being genuinely rubbish. Don't bother with this app. The sounds are poor. The app itself is very, very basic. Admittedly, it's not the worst thing out there (... at least it doesn't have constantly scrolling ads, in a paid app, as another of the developer's apps does)... but it's so "meh" it's not worth the time trying it again to see it really was as bad as remembered..Version: 1.1
✓ CrashCrash during the launch,never op.!!!.Version: 1.4.1
✓ This app is a hit or missNow the update is out why do I have to pay full price? It should be an upgrade price for current users. What’s even worse is I am a MPC X owner, this should have free to begin with??? Smh Akai not cool.....Version: 1.4.7
✓ One thingIMpc is perfect for new producers. it’s simple yet gives what you need. my only problem is that since i’m making sample based beats, i need a wide source of samples. the only two things you can use to sample on impc is audio copy which is garbage or your own music library. in garage band you can upload from your own iphone files. if impc could do the same it would be near perfect. also giving the option to delete samples would be great.Version: 1.4.6
✓ Sampling issueI can’t sample anything in my library that’s affiliated with Apple Music. I have the Documents app with tons of songs in there but I just wanna access it! Please fix this!.Version: 1.4.7
✓ App not working right on iOS 12!Since updating to iOS 12 I haven't been able to use this app because every note is sustaied indefinitely. That means that every note recorded in "hold" mode acts as if I never release the pad. I have to tap it again to stop the note from holding. This momentarily retriggers the note, but cuts the sustain. It's virtually unusable like this for anything other than short little bursts of sound like snares and closed hats. PLEASE FIX!!!.Version: 1.4.6
✓ DRM And Apple MusicWorks as a drum machine but isn't reliable to use live, there's no point using as a sampler due to the drm issues with Apple music.Version: 1.4.6
✓ Crashes on launch.This app was very good for me at first. But once I upgraded to iOS 9.0 it crashes and closes down every time I launch it. I can't even use it now.Version: 1.4.1
✓ So much potential but...This is pretty much a faithful reproduction of an MPC2000 era machine - it has 16 steps, note repeat and the slider. I think It has it all apart from the filter control - the old hardware allowed extreme resonance. The UI is cluttered compared to NI and Propellerheads' tools but if you know the old MPCs you can figure it out. Unfortunately it crashes all the bloody time on my iPhone 6. Never seen an app crash so much..Version: 1.4.2
✓ AudiobusIt really needs to get on the bus... They wont go on it cos of tabletop? Im sure their ratings and sales would go up.. Could be a great app.Version: 1.1
✓ Love this app but it no longer works properly on newer iPhones. Please update.Love this app more then the impc pro just because it looks like a real MPC but it's lacking some features. Please update and add the ability to use more then 4 tracks. It would be great to be able to make more chops then one at a sample. Plus it would be nice to have an option to EQ in the effects. Excellent app for the price but I would have paid more for some extra features. Thank you keep up the great work!.Version: 1.4.7
✓ Poor serviceI have no way of knowing how to paste sounds into the app from audio copy.. this app wont show up in audio copy app and there is no instructions i can find and the web link here is dead .. pretty poor service.Version: 1.4.3
✓ Plantage assuré au démarrageSur iPhone 4s, cette application plante. Start and Crash Start and Crash .... je vais bientôt ajouter des étoiles aux applications qui fonctionnent bien. J'en possède des milliers.. assurez-vous d'être du nombre en corrigeant ce bug.. Merci !.Version: 1.4.2
✓ Can I have my money back pleaseNeed refund.Version: 1.4.7
✓ Seems great butThe app seems great but a few bugs keep me from being able to use it at all. The menu from the right won't fully appear when I slide it out. Instead, there's just half the menu and a big white space. It seems like a small issue, but it stops me from using most of the real capabilities of the app because I can't use important menu buttons. Other than that, the clickable part of each pad seems off by a touch, I have to click in the space between them to use the left half, which interferes when trying to do live recording (very important to the app because there's no timeline or arrangement view). The app seems great, and earlier reviews make it look highly useable. If these bugs were to be fixed I'd anticipate my review to be a five, but I have to hold back right now because I can't actually record any beats. Hoping for an update soon that fixes these issues on my iPhone 5s!.Version: 1.4.1
✓ You could do betterApp very easy to learn and use with no problems could improve the small perks like for samples and patterns consistently keep playing out of sequence. Also when loading samples on to soundcloud they do not play the way I originally made them on the app. This would make it a great app.Version: 1.1
✓ All of the sounds are rubbishStr8 hogwash of sounds. None of the sound effects motivate you to want to make a beats. Everything’s sounds so dry and limited.Version: 1.4.7
✓ Only for the Akai fans!It lacks a zoom function when chopping samples. Also no auto chop function to be found, therefore chopping and assigning samples becomes very tedious. Beatmaker 2 is a much better and fully featured app. Akai - I love most of your products, but this one is a let down! Step your game up!.Version: 1.0
✓ UNUSABLE - DO NOT PURCHASE THIS APP!👎🏽It looks like an MPC, but it crashes on every save of ANY type. Basically it crashes all the time, making it virtually impossible to use. The developers have been aware of this problem for a long time now and are NOT doing anything about it. Very poor support. If you want an MPC style app to play and sample to pads, get something like iMaschine as iMPC is the most frustrating waste of time and money. DO NOT BUY THIS APP, IT DOES NOT WORK..Version: 1.4.2
✓ Crashes too much to be usableRunning this on iOS 9.0.2/iPhone 6s the app crashes constantly when switching between various key functions. Found it to be totally unusable. Refund requested..Version: 1.4.2
✓ I want my money backIt’s a waste of time no way to record. The beats are wack it’s a waste of my time and I want my money back.Version: 1.4.6
✓ No Midi input. Really, Akai?The fact that the iPhone version does not support midi in makes it unusable and a pure joke on their customers. Disgusting..Version: 1.4.3
✓ DRM protected songs can not he played unless upgrading.I have songs that apple and no one else owns the rights to they are mine. They wont work and i can’t play them in this app. This app is ok but as far as an update goes the turntable feature Will definitely need updating so that people who own the rights to their music (and music that wasn’t purchased in the app store) works correctly..Version: 1.4.6
✓ No Volume After Updating to Latest VersionThe app was working fine until I took the update; now sounds are only audible in one earphone. This version (latest) also crashes on my iPhone 5s whereas the previous version didn't..Version: 1.4.4
✓ Don't waste your moneyCrashes all the time.Version: 1.4.2
✓ Won't work with ios9Won't work with ios9. Bummer. was good before that..Version: 1.4.1
✓ WasteFun for 5 minutes..Version: 1.0
✓ COULD DO WITH BEING UPDATED..👌.Version: 1.1
✓ Not bad but has potentialIt works well with my MPD218(if there was a better way to connect hardware + software w/o having to hold the note repeat button while plugging it in that'd be super cool). Also there are crashes every now and then when you edit the sounds in your kit. Would also be nice to have a few extra effects implemented in like reverbs, stretching and other stuff for sure. Would also be fantastic to implement some type of automation feature to control pitch, parameters of the effects. Also, maybe a way to export stems? But pretty cool overall!!! Again, has a lot of potential..Version: 1.4.2
✓ Don’t even botherI should have just went past this and found another app..Version: 1.4.7
✓ When it works it’s greatThe app crashes constantly but other than that there isn’t a single thing I can complain about..Version: 1.4.6
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