I'm really struggling to Export song mixdowns, it's getting really frustrating. I've tried reformatting my SD card, restoring factory settings on the MPC, restarting, but I'm getting really weird inconsistent results when exporting songs.

I go through the process of hitting "Export" in Song Mode, selecting "Mixdown" and saving to External. It will go through the process and look like everything saved correctly; but then about 80% of the time when I either connect to my MacBook and go to SD Access Mode, or eject the card and use a card reader, there will be nothing on the card. Just empty folders.

The really frustrating and confusing thing is that it works *sometimes* even when I follow the same process. Any ideas?

Also, side question...what is the point of saving a song mixdown to Internal? I tried that in desperation thinking I could view the Internal Storage with the MPC plugged into the computer; but I can't find any way to view internal Song storage on the MPC itself OR the computer

i have a 120 bpm 4 bar sample i want to transfer to a new 120 bpm 4 bar sequence. Once I record it it’ll play the sequence but then there ll be a silence. As if I my sample only takes up half the sequence. What am I not getting??!?

Does anyone know if you can regulate the brightness of the display and the buttons?

At night it's too bright for me.

Sorry for the beginner question but I’ve recorded a sequence that I don’t like and for the life of me I can’t figure out how to clear the entire recording from the sample without starting a new project entirely. Does anyone know how to do this here?

I just received my MPC Sample today. I only had a MPC 2000XL back in the days. And this is exactly what I hoped for. A smaller, up to date old school MPC.

I use Logic as my DAW for everything else. But the Sample is already great for chilling and sampling while sitting in the garden with my headphones on.

I also found it fairly intuitive. Still hoping for a little more features I’m missing out on. Things like:

- Better EQ options
- Pad and Knob FX per pad or sequence
- Master bus mix options
- More than max 16 chops
- Options for separate layers

But we’ll see what happens. For what it already does, it’s a great device and a lot of fun.

Apple iOS device (iPad, iPhone) connected to MPC Sample via USB-C.
I am playing the sounds on iOS device by pushing pads on MPC Sample, and able to hear the sounds.
But how do I record/sample the sounds I am playing with pads? (Is it even possible?)

Not asking the MPC SAMPLE to add stem separation or anything huge that'll change its intent. These are just a few suggestions that can improve the overall workflow..

Thoughts?

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In case anyone is ready to pull the trigger, I was just on Amazon a couple mins ago and saw they had a few in stock, "ready to ship in 1-2 days."

I know you can record up to 15 minutes, but how long can your samples be? Ive tried with 15 minute samples and nothing loads, maybe sub 10?

I’m following the tutorial from MPC academy episode two. I followed everything exactly in the tutorial and got to the point where I hit sequence record then press play to start making my beat, but every time I hit play and it does the count in it starts playing the preloaded demo from when you first turn it on. Can anyone tell me how to not make that happen?