This Akai MPC 500 tutorial covers the basics of loading files and folders into your MPC 500.
MPC Tutorials, Tips & Tricks - Tutorials for Akai MPC Samplers
MPC tutorials for all Akai MPC owners, giving you the MPC tutorials, tips and tricks you need to quickly become a more creative MPC beat maker. Most of the tutorials here are adapted from my award winning MPC tutorial books available to download instantly from MPC Samples.
MPC & Ableton Live Tutorial – Transferring MPC MIDI Sequences to Live
Learn how to import MPC MIDI sequences into Ableton Live as clips – this tutorial is suitable for all standalone MPCs.
MPC5000 Tutorial: MPC5000 Drum Manipulation Techniques
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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.
