MPC Tutorials, Tips & Tricks - Tutorials for Akai MPC Samplers

MPC5000 Tutorial: MPC5000 Drum Manipulation Techniques

By MPC-Tutor, last updated on Oct 10, 2012 | 6

Discover ways in which you can manipulate and grime up your drum samples using just an Akai MPC5000.

MPC2000XL Tutorial – Chopping Samples on the Akai MPC2000XL

By MPC-Tutor, last updated on Oct 10, 2012 | 1

Learn how to chop and manipulate breaks on an Akai MPC2000XL using the ‘zone’ function to create new breaks and cool stutter effects.

MPC1000 & MPC2500 Sequencing Tricks

By MPC-Tutor, last updated on Jul 12, 2013

Learn some advanced MPC sequence programming techniques for both the MPC1000 and MPC2500. Suitable for Akai OS and the free JJOS.

MPC & Logic Pro Tutorial – Syncing Your MPC With Logic

By MPC-Tutor, last updated on Oct 30, 2012 | 43

Learn how to sync your MPC with Logic Pro using MIDI Clock. Taken from our book ‘Using the Akai MPC With Logic Pro’.

MPC 500 Tutorial – Chopping Drum Breaks

By MPC-Tutor, last updated on Aug 5, 2018

Learn how to master the art of chopping drum breaks on the Akai MPC 500 – a tricky technique as there’s no waveform editor and no auto chopping!

Drum Layering On the Akai MPC 5000

By MPC-Tutor, last updated on Oct 10, 2012 | 1

An MPC 5000 tutorial that teaches the important technique of layering drums using pad ‘layers’ and the SIMULT function.

Reason & MPC Tutorial – Setting the MPC as the ‘Master Keyboard’

By MPC-Tutor, last updated on Oct 10, 2012 | 3

Learn how to configure software instruments in Reason 5 to be controlled by an MPC through different MIDI channels. Taken from our book, “Using the Akai MPC With Reason’

Adding your MPC as a MIDI Device in Pro Tools

By MPC-Tutor, last updated on Apr 19, 2014 | 4

Configure your Akai MPC to be fully recognised by Pro Tools as an official MIDI device, with full MPC MIDI port information showing in all Pro Tools tracks.

MPC2500 & MPC1000 Tutorial – Rebuilding Snare Tails

By MPC-Tutor, last updated on Jul 12, 2013

An MPC1000 and MPC2500 tutorial that tackles the problem of losing snare decay tails by using a simple sequencing trick.

MIDI Tutorial: Understanding MIDI on the Akai MPC

By MPC-Tutor, last updated on Oct 10, 2012 | 52

Learn some important concepts regarding MIDI and how to use with when producing beats on an Akai MPC, including some example hardware set ups.