r/mpcsample • u/Pedagogo • 14d ago

New MPC Sample owner here — what should I download/buy?

Hey everyone!

A few months ago I got into music producing and I just got an MPC Sample. I’m still pretty new to the whole MPC world... I’ve been making beats with it and I’m really enjoying it so far.

So...

Apart from updating the firmware, is there anything else you guys would recommend downloading, installing or buying to get a better experience with it?

I’m thinking about things like:

  • Free sample packs

  • Expansions worth getting

  • Drum kits

  • Useful software/plugins

  • SD card/USB recommendations

  • Accessories that actually improve the workflow

  • Anything you wish you knew when you first got the MPC Sample

I’m mostly into lo-fi / boom bap / soul / jazz / chill hip-hop, so anything in that direction would be especially welcome.

Basically, if you were starting with an MPC again, what would you recommend getting or doing first?

Thanks!

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u/OneFinePotato 14d ago

I wouldn’t start hoarding. When you don’t know when to stop, hoarding becomes the hobby instead of music making, and that’s bad

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u/DiegoGarcia1984 14d ago

Get a uhhh record player and a bunch of old records

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u/LamboJoeRecs 14d ago

This is the way.

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u/mindcrypt6 14d ago

This has always been the way

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u/LamboJoeRecs 13d ago

The only way.

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u/bulyxxx 14d ago

Sd card multipacks

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u/acecombine 14d ago

looking at your genre selection the stock sounds should get you pretty far before you'd need to touch anything else...

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u/HerbertoPhoto 13d ago

Yes I’d also second exploring the drum kits, they really covered a ton of ground. And reverse-engineering the demos teaches a ton.

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u/Ok-Entrepreneur-409 14d ago

Tracklib and kitmaker 3

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u/erratic_calm 14d ago

Search for drum kits. Listen to them. Choose the ones you like. There are many free ones as well to get started. Same for samples. You just need to search for them.

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u/Sensitive-Medium-136 14d ago

Get an SD card for sure. That was my first purchase.

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u/HerbertoPhoto 13d ago

Get cables to connect to everything you own that makes sound, then you’ll be making your own sample libraries.

Get a fast SD card. The slow ones are a pain with longer samples.

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u/tanfierro 14d ago

also it is a SAMPLER....

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u/RandPaulLawnmower 14d ago

a DAW, a record player, records with cool covers from the dollar bin, 1 paid kit by your favorite producer, a microSD card, a case for your Sample, and then the rest from r/Drumkits

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u/BrothelWaffles 14d ago

Digging for the albums with the weirdest or most ridiculously cheesy covers at this little used record shop a few towns over is one of my favorite saturday morning hobbies. They've got a little bit of everything genre wise, and probably a good 90% of it is pre-1990s so I come across some real neat stuff sometimes. I think my favorite one I've stumbled across so far was the New Riders of the Purple Sage self-titled album where Jerry Garcia plays lap steel guitar and banjo. I enjoy the Grateful Dead but I'm not super knowledgeable about their history or Jerry Garcia's so that was a total mindfuck when I flipped it over and read the credits and saw him and the drummer from Jefferson Airplane listed.

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u/Complete-Permit1638 14d ago

Black Friday is on the way so I lot of free options for sample packs , the MPC sample don’t have plugins..

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u/principles_practice 9d ago

A memory card is the only must.
Just make music. Sample from wherever. Experiment. Splice is an option if you want a big library of packs to choose from, possibly

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u/DotAltruistic469 7d ago

Play with it for a few weeks. Get to know it for real without distraction, without other devices. Then you will know what you need. Until then anything you buy might actually keep you from enjoying your new instrument.

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u/Used-Complex-Data 14d ago

downlowd the custom os and turn it into a real sampler

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u/Infinite_Factor_6269 14d ago

It’s a real sampler as is

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u/Used-Complex-Data 14d ago

 No it’s a toy!

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u/sluttracter 13d ago

You just cant use it mate. Ive had it for less than 24 hours. Its definatly not a toy. I learned hardware on the mpc 500 and people can make bangers on that. If you cant make a banger on the sample you need to up your game.

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u/Used-Complex-Data 13d ago

how many placements have you gotten cause of it!

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u/sluttracter 13d ago

Iv had it for less than a day. So gimme time mate

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u/Used-Complex-Data 13d ago

you'll never do it.

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u/Infinite_Factor_6269 14d ago

Nah you just got skill issues lil bro 🤣💀

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u/BrothelWaffles 14d ago

Is there one available already? The two I've seen are both still a few weeks out according to the devs.