MPC Essentials Plugin in Cubase AI 8

Cubase
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Hi all,

I am having trouble getting the MPC Essentials Instrument/plugin to work in Cubase AI 8. I keep receiving an error message that I have not unlocked the software. However, when I run the MPC Essentials software it states that it is unlocked as my authorization status is registered (see image).

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But in Cubase, when I add MPC Essentials as an instrument, I receive the plugin error, which silences the plugin, and I checked and it states that my authorization status is unregistered, while it has my serial number in it (see image).
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I checked the instructions in the software and it states that in Cubase I will need to Select the Transport>Project Synchronization Setup… menu item. Tick the MMC Slave Active item (see image).
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That option is not available in AI. Is there another way to get the plugin in Cubase to recognize that the software is authorized and to unsilence it so I can add it to my composition?

2

Hi,

Can you Unlock it within a Cubase?

3

No I can’t unlock it within Cubase. The plugin instructs me to go to MPC Essentials standalone software to unlock, which I do, but it is already unlocked. So I am stuck in a loop.

I uninstalled and reinstalled the MPC Essentials and the Cubase AI 8 software and am still having the same problem. For some reason the plugin is not registering the software as unlocked.

4

Hi,

I would say, this is a question for AKAI, how to unlock from the plug-in.

5

this is resolved. I resolved it in Cubase 10 Pro - There are steps you have to follow in Cubase to unlock the plugin for Essentials and MPC Beats.
It requires setting up the Midi Machine Control Remote in Cubase. I would close this, but can’t see how.