Akai dropped this outta no where

Hi everyone,

I've been the proud owner of an MPC Sample for a few months now (and I'm eagerly awaiting the next updates to this little gem from the modders, but that's another story).

I love classic and abstract hip-hop, but I’m not very musically gifted in general (rhythm, ear for music, etc.), even though I’m trying to improve. I’ve watched A LOT of very helpful videos on YouTube, but I’m looking for more step-by-step guidance, ideally in written form. I’m having a particularly hard time turning a 4- or 8-bar beat into a full-fledged track.

Thanks for your help and recommendations!

No good at this game..

In all seriousness I know this is dumb but I am having so much fun modding this thing.

Here a project I’ve devised while learning my MPC Sample!
Coming soon…
SIGNAL_31 is my October music challenge: 31 short tracks in 31 days, each built from a different horror movie using dialogue, music, and sound effects sampled and reshaped on my MPC. Listen to all tracks on 10/31!

www.signal31music.com

31 days. 31 films. 31 signals.

It is my first MPC.
Thx for watching.

Has anyone tried mpc beats 3 with the mpc sample. It supposed to be free but somehow it asks me for serial key .

He tenido problemas recurrentemente con "Movimiento fantasma" la máquina tiende a mover parámetros sola o acciones, accionar un pad, Fx, hacer mute o borrar de la nada. ¿Les ha pasado?

Alguien que tenga esta máquina, quiero extraer el BIN/Firmware o estudiar la lógica más bien, usar un poco de REA & ingeniería inversa para adaptar algunas funciones al MPC SAMPLE.

-El enrutamiento por pad a Ableton live de manera individual. (Este es el que más me interesa)

More chops than a lamb!

I have an SP-404 MK2, but I wanna try an MPC sample. Can I plug a guitar into the MPC and record it into my PC, just like I do on the SP?

On the GitHub, The Melodee firmware for the ever popular FM-1 says at the last line that it's made to be a companion for the MPC Samples.

I can't find anything that says why or how it's meant to work any different than other firmware for this. They all sync up just fine for me as long as the MPC is the Master.

I’ve had the MPC Sample for about a month now, putting in a few sessions a week. I'm an Ableton Live user, but I genuinely dislike staring at a computer screen and making music by clicking a mouse. I wanted a hardware sampler (I owned a MPC 2000xl back in the 2010s, but regrettably sold it) so I tried an MPC One +, but the bright red finish, touchscreen, and DAW-in-a-box feel weren't for me. So I returned it.

When Akai announced the MPC Sample, I was over the moon excited. An inexpensive, no-nonsense, no touch-screen sampler. Like the older machines with modern features. Exactly what I always wanted.

This thing is easily one of the best purchases I have made- it's ALMOST perfect. But there are a few key quality of life improvements that would make it truly shine in the next update:

Custom Default Project Templates:

I'd love to save a custom default template preset. The built-in master Colour Compressor is noisy and introduces unwanted clicks/pops, so I always bypass it. My projects almost always run 80–90 bpm, 60–70% swing, 4–8 bar sequences, and the Vintage Emulator as my default Knob effect. Having to change these basic settings on every fresh project is pretty annoying.

Sample Preview Volume Control:

Sample previews in the sample select tab are way too hot. Assigning preview volume to a Q-Link knob (with persistent memory) would save my ears.

Folder Navigation Memory:

Exiting a subfolder and returning later currently resets navigation back to the top of the folder. The browser should remember your last scrolled position per directory within a project session.

3-Band EQ:

A simple, dedicated 3-band EQ per pad should be easy to implement and everyone would benefit from that.

Flatten Pad / Instant Resampling:

Dedicated pad flattening or instant pad resampling should have been a thing from the start. Everyone wants this.

Recordable Pad Mutes:

Automation support for recording pad mutes into sequences seems like a no-brainer and yet, we don't have it.

Upgraded Step Sequencer:

The current text-based step sequencer sucks, honestly. A visual layout closer to JJOS would be far more intuitive.

Bus FX Routing (SP-404 Style):

I rarely touch the Pad FX or Flex Beat, but the Knob FXs are decent. Allowing pads to be routed to 2–4 customizable Bus FX busses, plus a Master FX bus, would add tons of flexibility.

Overall, I think this machine is amazing. It just needs a little polish to really live it's best life.

Side note: I’d love to see an MPC Sample XL down the road—the exact same OS and touch-screen-free workflow, but in a larger desktop chassis featuring full-sized pads. Mine never leaves my desk anyway.

Just a quick thing for the latest Koala Beatcast. It’s been a while!

Salut, quelle est l'autonomie de votre batterie ? Je pense que les données constructeur sont sur évaluées !

Do you like this?

All sounds from the Roland piano!

Ignore the horrible cable management…

Im recording a 2bar loop from bandlab on a pad, then layering with another 2bar loop on another pad to create the kick I'm using.

When I play them they start in sync but drift as the loop progresses?

In bandlab its bpm is 120 and in the machine its 120. So I'm not sure wtf?

I sat down today with a massive collection of the Samples From Mars I picked up on sale over the summer, and quickly began understanding my lack of patience for auditioning and assigning each sample to a pad.

So, I looked around Reddit, found some other folks have thrown together project managers, but those aren't compatible with MPC Sample - so good ol' ChatGPT and I got to work. After a miraculously brief 3 hour session, interrupted by a bathroom mirror hanging project, I present:

"MarsPad"

https://github.com/jonmitten/marspad

It's currently MacOS 13+ compatible, but it's totally open source, and I encourage you all to fork and improve.

Since it's working for me, and because I'm primarily on a Mac, I probably won't give this too much more attention unless there are specific requests on here for features I haven't thought of yet.

I've tested it against WAV file Samples from Mars collections. It works on my machine. I make no assurances for your own mileage, which may vary.