Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
By JasonSparks Sat Jan 14, 2023 1:38 pm
When I use the MPC Browser and browse for drum programs in /Expansions/TheVault I can audition the drum program with a beat that uses the drums in that drum program.

I have noticed there is also a corresponding mpcpatterm that I can load so I have the drum pattern used in the audition on my track.

I am assuming the preview of each drum program plays the correspondingly named pattern.

i) How do I save a drum program preview/audition with my own drum programs so I can also audition it?

ii) Can I make my drum preview/audition play my own corresponding pattern?

iii) Is there a way to load both a drum program in /Expansions/TheVault and the corresponding pattern onto a track at the same time?
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By MPC-Tutor Sat Jan 14, 2023 4:13 pm
Yes, works for patterns as well, and any other file type, e.g. SQX, XPL, XPM, XPJ etc. Name the preview to match the file name plus file extension, i.e.

your-pattern.mpcpattern.wav

Stick it in a folder called [Previews], you'll have to create this on your computer though, via USB.