Akai’s MPC platform moves toward an open ecosystem with an official GitHub repository for its standalone hardware’s Linux environment source code.
Managed by Pete Goodliffe, chief technical officer and lead developer of the MPC platform, the repository provides the open-source components required by product licenses. The operating system itself is not open source, but the code helps developers understand the underlying software.
Listings on GitHub are divided into distinct hardware generations. The MPC G1 category covers the MPC X, MPC X Special Edition, MPC Live, MPC Live II, MPC One, MPC One+, MPC Key 37, MPC Key 61, and Force. The MPC G2 lineup includes the MPC XL, MPC Live III, MPC One G2, and MPC Key 37 G2.
inMusic outlined its approach to the platform changes in repository documentation. We are happy to comply with the requirements of the open source libraries and projects in use in our products,
the company wrote.
inMusic wrote that the repository contains archives of the open source code for the Linux environment in its products, noting there will be very few changes against the upstream projects and that the company aims to submit all relevant patches back up to the mainstream projects.
The code release follows Akai’s October 28 announcement that it was making the MPC Sample hardware sampler open source and that the upcoming SampleKey would follow the same approach. Industry reports indicate plans to display 22 new products at NAMM 2027.
The code release also intersects with the community-driven Hakai OS project, which previously focused on jailbreaking MPC hardware.
