Akai MPC500 Tutorials & Tips

To help you get started on your MPC500, we've written the following tutorials, all taken from our award winning book, 'Beat Making on the MPC500'.

Beat Making on the MPC500 - The MPC5000 Bible

'Beat Making on the MPC500' is our award winning book that teaches everything you need to know about creating stunning beats on the Akai MPC500. The complete package consists of:
  • a huge 225 page PDF eBook containing 44 step-by-step tutorials, each one expertly presented in a clear, easy to follow style using clear MPC screen shots and detailed step-by-step instructions.
  • All 500 MPC samples, programs and sequences used in the tutorials, allowing you to accurately recreate each tutorial in your MPC, for the ultimate learning experience.
  • 300 additional MPC samples and loops to give you plenty of sounds to practice your new found beat making skills on!
'Beat Making on the MPC500' is the essential and complete guide to the Akai MPC500 - and as it's a digital download, it can be yours within minutes!

Akai MPC Forums

If you need even more help, or just want to chill with some fellow MPC500 users, head over to the MPC-Forums, which has dedicated MPC500 Forum, as well as many other forums for MPC beat producers to chat, share tips and tricks and to generally hang out with like-minded producers.