You are welcome to change the install location of the plugin if you're familiar with this process or have your own common VST folder, though for our purposes I'd recommend to just leave this alone. The next step is to decide where the VST plugin will install and it's important to take note of this location. Mac systems use one common location for all of their VST and AU plugins, so this step will not be necessary for Mac users.įor Windows, there are a few different places the system may keep it's VST plugins. If you are using Pro Tools, you'll want to install the RTAS and AAX versions. I'd recommend to install at least the VST and AU versions of the plugin. If using a Mac, you will also see the option for an AU version, which is also very common, though only used on Mac. Generally, you should only need to install the VST plugin version in both 32 and 64 bit. When you are installing the software you will be given a page where you can check off the versions that you would like to install:
If you have not yet done so, navigate to, create an account or log in, and register your product. You will then see a download link for the latest version of MPC Essentials located beneath your product on your account page. The MPC Essentials software is located on your Akai Pro account page. The first thing to do here is make sure that you have the plugin installed.
#MPC ESSENTIALS MAC HOW TO#
This guide uses the MPK Mini MKII and Ableton Live Lite to go over the basics of using MPC Essentials as a plug-in in your DAW, and how to use multiple instances for several tracks worth of MPC features and functionality. Although this may seem limiting at first, there are plenty of ways to use this to your advantage and allow MPC Essentials to expand with you as your productions grow. MPC Essentials is a one-track version of the full MPC software.