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Your missions
🎧
First sounds
Power on · play demo · explore pads
Start
🎙️
Record your first sample
USB source → grab · trim → chop
Next
✂️
Chop like Madlib
Slice · tune · filter — make it yours
Next
🥁
Build a boom bap beat
Drums + chops → sequence → glue
Next
🎚️
Note Repeat & live feel
Hi-hat rolls · swing · Dilla timing
Next
🎛️
Master the effects
Pad FX · Knob FX · Flex Beat · Compressor
Next
🏁
Full beat — start to export
The complete Madlib/Dilla workflow end-to-end
Final
Step 1 of 5
Your setup
Inputs connected
Audio source via USB-C
Rear USB port — phone, tablet, or computer. Play any app, MPC Sample receives audio live
Headphones (3.5mm)
PHONES jack on rear panel — built-in speaker turns off automatically when connected
Built-in mic
Next to Encoder — lo-fi sampling, live sounds, Madlib-style room recordings
Quickstart cards — from the box
Get started making beats
1
Turn up Main Volume and tap pads to play the default kit in Sample mode.
2
Press PLAY to hear a full sequence with those sounds.
3
Press SEQ to open Sequence Mode. Tap lit pads during playback to switch beats.
Tip: Double-press STOP rapidly to kill all sound instantly.
🔊
Explore 100s of sounds
1
Tap a pad, then press SAMPLE SELECT.
2
Turn the Encoder to browse. Each sample previews as you scroll. Push to load.
3
Press SEQ then PLAY to hear your new sound in the beat.
Record your own sounds
1
Press SAMPLE RECORD.
2
Tap a pad to start. The waveform builds in real time.
3
Tap the pad again or press STOP to finish.
Tip: Turn K1 to change source: Mic, USB (phone), or Rear (line-in).
✂️
Adjust & trim your sample
1
In Sample Mode: K1 = start point, K2 = end point.
2
Hold SHIFT + PAD 13 (TRIM SAMPLE) to permanently cut outside the markers.
3
Press CHOP to slice across pads. Press LOOP to loop the sample.
Tip: See ⇧ on screen? Hold SHIFT to zoom the waveform with the knobs for precise trimming.
Record a new sequence
1
In Sequence Mode, tap an unlit pad to select an empty slot.
2
Press SEQ RECORD to arm recording.
3
Press PLAY. Tap pads to lay down your beat. Loops and overdubs automatically.
4
Press STOP when done. Press PLAY again to listen back.
Tip: Made a mistake? Hold SHIFT + − to undo the last recording pass instantly.
Powerful FX
1
Press PAD FX and hit pads to trigger effects. Harder press = more effect.
2
Press KNOB FX to control one effect with K1–K3, keeping pads free.
3
Press SHIFT + PAD FX to enter Flex Beat — time-warp stutter effects.
Tip: Press SHIFT + KNOB FX to choose which effect and which pads it applies to.
Essential combos
SHIFT
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PAD 16
Project menu — save, load, new
SHIFT
+
PAD 13
Trim sample — cut outside start/end
SHIFT
+
PAD 5
Compressor — punch & tape glue
SHIFT
+
PAD 12
Song Mode — arrange & export
SHIFT
+
Undo — clears last recording pass
SHIFT
+
PAD FX
Flex Beat — time-warp stutter
STOP
×2
Kill all sound — emergency reset
NOTE REP
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PAD
Note Repeat — hi-hat rolls & fills
SHIFT
+
SAMP REC
Sample Recall — last 25s of audio