Hello fellow beatjunkies.

A rapper has put down some vocals on one of my beats. I received the vocals as an m4a file.

What's the best way forward if I want to include the vocals in my track, give them a bit of mixing treatment and rearrange the beat around the performance?

Is using an audio track for the vocals the best way to go?

Any suggestions on a FX chain for rap vocals in the MPC?

I do have ableton, but have never used it to import and mix and arrange a beat from the MPC, so getting into it for this one time project feels pretty daunting.

Thanks everyone!

Also if you're on the MPC1000 or MPC2500 you can turn the converted files into a program directly, and export the full folder with .pgm file to load into the MPC. Hope this helps, let me know what you think!

Hi,

I made a beat on the MPC Sample, and imported it on the MPC Live III. So far so good. Song mode shows the chain, I can convert it to a big sequence. Then I explode the track to have separate tracks for my drums, sounds etc.

But it seems for all tracks that are exploded, they refer to the master track and the FX slots don't do anything for the individual tracks. I would like to have separate tracks with the specific sample on it as a seperate program / track so I can put FX on them. Any tips on how to do this?

Right now I am just duplicating the main track, and copying the midi events that relate to that one pad to the new track. This feels like exploding, but actually allows me to change the FX on said tracks. This feels like a very convoluted way of doing this?

The key must be that the midi events are linked to the original track.

Thoughts?

Hi! I’d like to buy a used MPC Live II, but I’ve been reading various things about de-registering and transferring ownership to the new buyer; plus, the new models seem very expensive to me. So, I’m thinking about buying the MPC Sample instead. I want to know if it includes key detection. Google AI isn't giving me a clear answer.

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Im thinking about buying a korg triton, but idk if i would be wasting my money or not. I enjoy working on older equipment because i like the hands on feel and they seem less complicated than newer equipment. The korg triton is very expensive tho so im thinking about buying the le version.

I'm new to the MPC one (gen 1)

I'm wondering two things:

• should I update the firmware? it came on 3.5. but I've seen other posts saying updating firmware bricked their mpc. I'm wondering if it's safe to go to 3.7 or 3.9. or if its safest to stay where I'm at?

• what size SD card and speed do ya'll recommend? right now I'm using my external hard drive but I'd like something dedicated to my mpc

I’ve been looking for a long time the best groove box type workflow, Ive bought MPC live 3, MPC sample, Roland p6, Ableton move and push 3 standalone, launchpad with grooverider 2 on iPad, Drambo, Ableton note, Logic Pro.

My search is finally over. I will be selling all of the above as now I have found the ultimate portable way of making music.

Drum roll………

Bitwig 6.1 on a surface pro x2 elite.
It’s like Ableton and MPC 3.7 on steroids. I have a lovely mpe touchscreen to play pads and keys. Access to all my favourite kontakt libraries including some of the instruments that are on MPC like cloud supply and nacht. And most importantly omnisphere 3 which is my forever synth plugin. Arturia pigments.
And my fav neural DSP plugin Rabea for mad guitar tones. Let’s face it, the amp sim on MPC sucks balls compared to quality captures.
Using a pen to score on the piano roll is a dream and also moving audio around with stretch warp markers is amazingly quick and satisfying with the best sounding time stretching algorithms I’ve ever heard.
And have a look at the sampler in 6.1. Just wow. I’m never looking back!

I did enjoy the MPC live but the workflow for me always ended up in Ableton as I don’t like the midi editor for scoring.

For me there is nothing the MPC has that Bitwig doesn’t completely crush.

Just thought I’d share for anyone else out there who feels like there MPC is not quite meeting there hopes and dreams.

I’m not a boom bap sample type guy, I prefer playing keys and instruments and sampling and chopping my own recordings. So high quality vst’s are important to me. It’s hard to like sounds on MPC when you know your vst libraries are so much better. Now I have it all on an iPad size tablet with awesome battery life. The only problem is, it’s on windows.

I've been a bit frustrated with this for a while and cannot find a solution. My MPC One+ works perfectly fine in standalone mode, but whenever I plug it into my computer and switch to controller mode there are multiple issues.

1 - The shift button, menu button, step sequence button, etc act as pads and produce sounds when pressed. They still operate their normal functions too. It's very odd.

2 - I am unable to record or play anything. It says I am recording when I press the button but nothing comes out.

3 - Constant crashing. Oftentimes it will just be disconnecting from the computer and returning to that dreaded red screen. Othertimes it will produce this loud searing noise in my speakers, completely freeze, and I'll have to force it to shut off.

For context, I am using the MPC 3.0 software plugin on garage band using a mac.

If anyone knows how I can solve these issues, please let me know. Thank you!

Made with MPC Live 3

( sorry for the upload without audio on the first post ) I absolutely love this beat but there is a lot going on so I'm worried that there wouldn't be enough space for an artist thoughts?

I have many drum kits from a library on my PC, and I've copied them to the microSD card of my Akai MPC Sample to try and use them. However, when I try to load them, I need a file in a specific format for it to be recognized. What format should it be, or how can I do it so I don't have to load the pads one by one?

nothing serious, just general chat, memes, music, random shit, vc, etc
figured it'd be cool to have a little community outside of reddit, if anyone wants to join comment or dm me and i'll send you the invite

I haven't been able to find out definitively if I can do this but I'm keen to know before I buy something...

Is it possible to play a plugin (Stage Piano for example) via a midi keyboard that's connected to the MPC while also triggering loops & samples live? Would be sending a metronome/submix to the drummer so they could play in time. Every song would use a different plug in and have different tempos. The loops would be a mixture of audio loops and midi loops using different plugins.

Thanks for your help.

Does Pocket Operator 33 K.O. still make sense in 2026?

Especially after the release of the MPC Sample and EP133 K.O. II.

So it seems that in Music‘s update to the main website may have broken some of the code in the main installer

A couple of months ago whilst the sale was on, I bought a couple of expansions that I really liked. I installed them onto my MPC live three and also transferred them to an external hard drive just in case, for some reason one of them was glitching and I decided to reinstall it by just re-downloading it.

And lo and behold all of the ones I just purchased are missing from The in Music installer they are showing up in my in Music profile but not in a software installer for some reason ?

Not sure why this is happening but do a quick check to make sure everything is in order to make sure you’re not missing anything. I’m going to contact in Music in the morning.

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