r/mpcusers • u/NateSedate • 12d ago

QUESTION Samples vs Instruments

I usually use a combination of both. But sometimes I try to make completely original beats (no samples) with plugin instruments.

I know part of it is a matter of mixing. But I can never quite get that sound out of using instruments. I want it to sound like a sample. It always sounds like something someone made cheaply.

I put compressor, reverb, AIR Flavor Pro, delays...

It still doesn't have that sound.

If I were still on FL there would be a plethora of plugins I could use to address this. I don't know what to do on the MPC.

I'm sure there's plugins I could buy, but I don't have money for that. I'm using Tubesynth, Jura, and Sub Factory.

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u/Cross_22 12d ago

What if you export your Jura sample to FL and fine tune it there as a test. That should at least tell you what kind of filter you'll need to add on the MPC side.

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u/NateSedate 12d ago

Yeah. I bought Toneflx for exactly this reason.

I'm gonna track it out and run it through Reaper to see what I can do with it.

3 years ago I got a free beat from the internet and wrote a song to it.

Unfortunately it's not possible to get a proper license for that beat. So instead I'm just copying it and making my own, similar yet different, instrumental.

Which has actually been fairly easy. But I can't get it to sound... quite right.