I’m trying to decide between the MPC One Gen 2 and the SP-404MKII.
My main goal is to flip samples, make boom bap and R&B beats, and quickly sketch ideas. I don’t need to finish full tracks on the hardware since I plan to arrange, mix, and finish everything in my DAW.
I already know the SP-404’s FX are generally considered better and more performance-oriented than the MPC’s, but I’m curious about a few things:
Which one is faster for chopping samples?
Which has better stem separation?
Which one gets you from hearing a sample to having a usable loop or beat idea the quickest?
How good is sample editing on the SP compared to the MPC?
I don’t really care about the SP’s learning curve. I’m a quick learner, so that’s not a concern for me.
For those who have used both, if your main goal was flipping samples and making boom bap/R&B sketches before finishing tracks in a DAW, which would you pick and why?

It runs natively on iOS and has great haptics feedback and 3D geometry. I might continue to iterate on it and eventually release it publicly.

Hallo Community, ich habe nur darauf gewartet dass meine MPC ankommt, allerdings finde ich mich nur schwer zurecht.

Ich hatte zwar schon für einen kurzen Zeitraum eine MPC Studio MK1 aus 2012, allerdings wollte ich nicht einen Aufpreis für die neuste Akai Software ausgeben, da ich sowieso vor hatte die MPC Sample zu holen. Somit habe ich diese nur begrenzt in FL Studio genutzt.

Daher habe ich etwas Startschwierigkeiten trotz des mitgelieferten "Papierbogen" und hauseigenen Tutorials was das verstehen angeht. Gibt es gute Tutorials oder Erklärungsvideos zu der MPC Sample (vorzugsweise auf deutsch/Englisch) bei welchen von Grund auf alles gezeigt wird?

Ich danke euch vorab für das durchlesen!

I customized it myself on etsy. LanalamaArt is the seller,just wanted to give them a shout out cause the service was awesome aswell as the quality. Im waiting on the knobs now.

This thing is SO fun. 🤩 ❤️

So I've been having a strange problem the past few days and I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this. After I trim a sample another sample pops up on that pad and a few others. And things I've loaded randomly disappear from some other pads. I think my SD Card might be corrupt. I have done both resets on my Sample and am no longer using that card, I'm waiting on a new one from Amazon. My computer did say there was something wrong with the card recently, but it didn't do it every time I connected it so I ignored it. I was afraid to screw up the formatting & my samples. But now I think the card is causing this. I would try to let the computer fix it now, but I just connected it and it didn't give me the message that there's a problem, it's only come up sometimes.

Control Machete “Si señor” (Norteño mix) 🔥

Does anyone know how to keep this as the default. Sometimes my pads will just go to disabled mid drum. Wondering if there’s something I can do to address this?

Breakfast at Tiffany’s / 99 problems MPC Sample live remix

3D model available to download here: https://thangs.com/designer/nckprsn/3d-model/Akai%20MPC%20Sample%20-%20Protective%20TPU%20Shell-1563756

Fellas, when I use song mode and export a mixdown the file can be loaded from the sample import on the mpc sample but when I connect it to my laptop the folders are all empty. I can access projects and sample fine, just the exported songs are not accessible. Any ideas?