The project loads up a 100 BPM sequence called 5 Semitone 1v and sets track 1 as a ‘ Plugin‘ track (currently no plugin assigned): Enter the folder ‘ Standalone Instrument Plugins Workflow‘ and double tap the ‘ Standalone Plugins.xpj‘ project file (make sure ‘ NO FILTER’ or PROJECTS is selected at the top of the BROWSER): Go to the BROWSER and navigate to the location on your computer where you extracted the workflow files. Please note that to keep this tutorial as compact as possible I do assume you already have a working knowledge of the MPC X or MPC Live if you need more help understanding topics such as multisampling, keygroup editing, sample editing and sequencing then check out my hands-on tutorial guide, ‘ The MPC X & MPC Live Bible‘. Now this workflow can be completed entirely in the computer GUI (there’s one task that has to be done in the GUI) but on the whole I’m going to explain the workflow from the hardware/touchscreen UI as that’s what most MPC X and MPC Live users are used to. Go to MENU and hit the ‘MPC’ chip near the top right of the screen and select CONTROLLER MODE. Desktop).įire up MPC Software 2.x and connect your MPC Live/X via USB to your computer and turn on your MPC. The first thing to do is download the workflow files and extracted the contents to any location on your computer (e.g. This 10 step workflow handles the bulk of the work for you, it even renames all your samples and automatically maps them to a fully working keygroup program! Before You Start So I thought it would be pretty cool to come up with a really quick ‘plugin cloning’ solution for the MPC X/MPC Live community, so here it is, the ‘VST-2-MPC’ workflow that will allow anyone to clone their favourite plugin patch using nothing but an MPC X/MPC Live in under 3 minutes! We all know that we can’t use plugin instruments while in ‘standalone mode’ in our MPC X & MPC Live, but we can quite literally ‘clone’ those plugins by multisampling them and creating native MPC ‘keygroup’ instruments from those samples. This has been my most requested MPC X & MPC Live tutorial ever – how to create ‘standalone’ MPC instruments from your favourite VST plugins! Update: Since the release of firmware 2.3, the workflow described in this tutorial is now superseded by my new Autosampler tutorial!

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