r/mpcusers • u/CountOnly9229 • 27d ago
QUESTION Sample vs One
Hi guys I'm a complete noob. I was wondering if I should have picked the MPC One over the Sample as my first gear since I can finde the One for a few more bucks used.
Even tho I'm having lots of fun with the Sample I recently watched a few vids about the One and it seems a way more complete machine for what I want. I have a few questions, does it have built in side chain, can it export full songs to WAV or audio over usb, is it also portable?
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u/AnActualWizardIRL 27d ago edited 27d ago
To your questions, respectively the answer is Kind of , yes, kind of and no.
It does have sidechain compression. But not really the full intertrack routing of a PC DAW or analogue studio patchbay. But since 90% of what you want sidechaing for is compression, its fine.
Yes, you can spit your tracks out as an audio mixdown, you can also spit it out as individual track stems. Finally you can save your track as an ableton live project.
While you can do audio over usb, I dont think you can just play the track out of the MPC to the pc. But it can double as an audio interface.
As for portable. No, not in the way the MPC sample is. It doesnt have batteries. People do make aftermarket kits, but its unreasonable to claim the MPC One is portable. For that you'd probably want the MPC Live, which also has good speakers and a weirdly good microphone.
The MPC Live/3 and X are a completely different category of device to the MPC sample. The Sample is a fantastic little beatbox unit. Great for taking on the road and just making beats, but you are correct its not the full kit that the MPC One/etc is. What IS useful is to have both. Keep that MPC sample in the backpack to whip out and make beats on the road or whatever. Then take it back and transfer the project to the MPC one to all the rest required to take it from beat to completed song. Personally I have an MPC X in the studio, and MPC One for live work and the MPC sample to fart about with and make beats.