MPC Series | I Can't See Sequences (.sxq) Files in MPC3

The transition from MPC2 to MPC3 introduces significant architectural changes, most notably the unification of tracks and programs into a single track container. With this change, MPC2 projects and associated files will not load into MPC3 with identical behaviour. 

Sequence Files (.sxq): Further to this, .sxq files will no longer be shown in the MPC3 browser and .sxq files can no longer be saved/loaded as individual files on default.

To open .sxq files from your MPC2 projects into MPC3, use the Selected Sequences Import field as described below:

Project Import Process: When loading an MPC2 project into MPC3, the MPC will appear with two dialogs:

Using this method:

• MPC3 will attempt to import all sequences and tracks from the MPC2 project.

• If a single track was assigned to a single program in MPC2, MPC3 will create a corresponding track of the same type as the original program.

• If multiple tracks were assigned to the same program in MPC2, MPC3 will create one primary track of the same type as the program, and subsequent tracks will be converted to MIDI tracks with their Send To field pointing to the primary track.

Using this method:

• A list of sequences from the source MPC2 project will be displayed, and you can tick the sequences you wish to import into MPC3.

• The selected sequences will load into their original locations within the sequence list 

With this change, please note that .xpm files will still be visible in MPC3 in browser and can be saved/loaded from an MPC2 project into an MPC3 project.

If you do not see the .xpm files in the browser on MPC3, please check the Browser Options menu and tap the gear icon (top-right side of the screen) and make sure that Hide project data folders is unchecked

The .xpm file will be in the ProjectData folder as normal.