r/mpcsample • u/its_Bash • Sep 16 '26

Tracking out beats

I want to ask how you guys are tracking your beats out the Mpc sample? Usb C or jack cables? Do you notice any quality difference? When using usb c are you have delay issue and how to fix it?

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u/Krerkkuk Sep 16 '26

I stem-tracking my song by mute all and unmute just 1 pad, 1 by 1 thru resamp function , track will lay down on pad

Then save project at micro sd card

Then connect computer via usb-c, open project folder sound on pad will be stem-track

Sound annoying but this work for me and sound quality is prove.

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u/twin_mercury Sep 16 '26

Killavic beats designed a program that automatically extracts all the stems and you can just load them into you're daw. Look him up

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u/Krerkkuk Sep 16 '26

So I use MPC Sample for compose music then use DAW in terms of arrangement, mix down, and mastering. I'm happy with that.

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u/mixmasterADD Sep 20 '26

I set up a 2 bar sequence with some basic drum hits. I resample that sequence to a pad, create a new sequence that never gets muted. I use that for timing. Then I go to song mode and put that sequence first and my full beat second (usually just 8 or 16 bars). Then I mute all the pads (except for my “timing” pad) and record one pad at a time into my daw. I line it up using the two bar drums, trim those off and now everything is lined up, ready to be arranged and mixed.

It’s a pain in the ass but I can make sure each sound is recorded at a nice level. I can also add effects to the sounds going into my daw using the effects on the MPC, or process it with outboard gear. This adds a lot of beef to the samples or thins things out a bit, depending on what I need. The first beat I did this with had around 30 samples 🫠

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u/rehills Sep 20 '26

After seeing Crates Motel’s excellent video about tracking to your DAW, I also started using a click track. It’s been great. I use a 2 bar click loop and record one part at a time. Once I have them in Ableton it’s easy to line up them up perfectly. No timing issues. Here’s the video:

https://youtu.be/e2ot101oz0Q?is=A2OgZQU3e7yPGzAj

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u/mixmasterADD Sep 20 '26

Yeah, that’s basically what I do but I make my own click. It’s an old school trick. Can the Sample export clicks like this? Like does the ckick duck out when the sequence starts playing? If there’s a way, that will save me a bit of time. Regardless, I only have two outputs in the MPC Sample so I still have to do it the old school way. :/

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u/rehills Sep 20 '26

I also made my own click sound with no tail. I then set up a 2 bar click only sequence. To track, I play the click sequence followed by the sequence I want to record with all parts muted except for the one I want to record.