Forum dedicated to the new portable standalone MPC, the MPC Sample.
By mpclair Fri Jun 05, 2026 1:13 pm
Hi all,

I tried searching the web for information on this, but unfortunately the naming of 'MPC Sample' gives very generic MPC device related results due to the word sample being so commonly used.

Considering the Sample, by default, provides a relatively limited amount of default Kits, I wanted to see how others are working with keeping it fresh in terms of creating or finding new drum kits?

When the Sample first came out, I noticed that the project file extension is pretty peculiar, making it hard to simply throw in a bunch of audio files and a .json and then have it automatically load correctly on the Sample from my SD Card. This blocked me from manually re-doing some of my existing kits I use on my Live 2.

Manually creating kits by scrolling through files on the Sample is very cumbersome and takes away the fun out of it. It's one thing if I am looking for a main sample I want to chop up, but a whole different ballgame to separately setup the WHOLE drum kit.

Cheers
By mpclair Fri Jun 05, 2026 7:13 pm
MPC-Tutor wrote:MPC Software 3 has an MPC Sample export feature, it flattens all the samples (removing the need for layers, FX etc) so just load your Live 2 kits into that.

As for other MPC Sample compatible kits, check out: https://www.mpc-samples.com/section.php ... s-courses/


Thanks! Did not know that. Just downloaded the latest 3.8 and I do indeed see it.

I wish it would let you somehow batch export all of the expansions one has, as my collection is pretty big to doing this manually will take a while. Still better than nothing I guess.