To create the illusion of a real hi hat opening then closing, we need the closed hat on A07 to be able to ‘mute’ the open hat on A08. Try these pads out – it’s a nice and simple drum kit. Now assign the snare RS_SN_H1 to pad A06, the closed hat RS_CH_H1 to pad A07 and the open hat RS_OH_H1 to pad A08. The other method is to turn the Q13 dial clockwise until the RS_K_H1 sample appears (on the MPC Studio, Q13 is the default top Q Link). One way to do this is to use the cursor keys to navigate to S1 and then turn the data wheel clockwise until the S1 field reads S1: RS_K_H1. We want to assign our kick to the S1 field (layer 1).

In the hardware press pad A05 and then press the PROG EDIT button. To assign the kick RS_K_H1 to pad A05 within the MPC Software MAIN mode, simply drag this sound directly from the Project Information panel to pad A05:Īlternatively, we can assign samples directly in Program Edit mode. There’s many ways to assign sounds to pads in the Ren/Studio, but let’s look at the two I use most often. Having my hands centred around the second row gives my fingers very easy access to the additional samples on row 1 and row 3 without having to perform large stretches or change my hand position. I actually prefer to assign them across the second row – A05 to A08, as I find it more flexible and efficient when finger drumming. Many people assign these sounds to pads A01 to A04 on the bottom row of the MPC, some assign the up the first column (A01, A05, A09, A13). When it comes to assigning the kick, snare, closed hat and open hat to specific pads, the choice is really down to your own personal preference. You can preview each sound by clicking the small waveform to the left of each sample name we have a kick, a snare, three ‘takes’ of the same closed hat, an open hat and a crash. To load all the sounds inside this folder into your project, simply left click and drag the entire folder to your Project Information panel:Ĭlick on the ‘ Samples’ header so that all the currently loaded samples in this project are listed: In the File Browser, navigate to the location where you extracted the tutorial files and highlight the ‘ Chopped Sounds’ folder. In MAIN mode, rename the default drum program from Program 001 to ‘ Finger Kit’ (right click on the program name in the Project Information panel and select ‘ Rename’). In the MPC Software, create a new blank project ( CMD & N for Macs, CTRL & N for Windows). Loading the Soundsįirst download the tutorial files and extract this zip archive to a location on your computer.

You can read many more tutorials like this in my book, ‘ MPC Renaissance & MPC Studio: Sampling Laid Bare‘. In this beginner’s MPC Renaissance/MPC Studio/MPC Element tutorial we’re going to look at building a simple but very usable drum kit with some sounds that I’ve chopped out of a live drum break.

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