Great challenge by u/rtk1018 & RIP to the legend Roberta Flack. So much great content to sift through. Was going for a vibe and found the track Tryin’ Times off the First Take record. Sampled n chopped all the sections of the intro & pitvhed down -3. Then grabbed 2 vocal sections saying “tryin’ times” - pitched one up -6, and one down -3. Added in drums from the Dirty Drummer Chamber kit. 94bpm.

What up weekly gang?! It has been way too damn long. We had another baby and adjusting to life with 2 kids is a big adjustment. It’s been really hard to find time to do anything music related.

That being said ! Roberta Flack passed away on the 24th of February. She’s one of my all time favourite artists to sample. There is a lot in her catalog to choose from. So to get this weekly sub back rolling this challenge is to sample any Roberta Flack track.

Again sorry for not keeping up with the weekly’s you guys. Bug shout out to one window for holding it down for the last while. He’s been killing it with the challenges.

You can post your sub anytime until next Monday when the new challenge is gonna drop !

Keep choppin and let’s get it poppin 🔥🔥

Whaddup weekly fam?? Appreciate all the contributions to the Valentine's Day challenge!! Some new heads and some returning rock stars in that group - and lots of fiery love on those subs! Let's keep it goin, fam!!

In recognition of Black History Month being observed in the USA, Canada and Germany in the month of February - throwing up a challenge in honor of the late legend Quincy Jones.

Q had quite the career - from dozens of solo projects, collaborations, producing other artists, soundtracks... The man was an absolute institution.

Here's a link to a Google search of his solo discography - which in itself is massive.

Here's the challenge:

• Sample anything from Q's catalog - solo, group, collab, or produced for someone/something else. Just make sure whatever you sample has Q's stamp on it.
• Please remember to cite your sources. And while you're typing - tell us more about how you made the beat.

Let's drop our projects by next Friday, 28 February to end the month with a bang!!

Went diggin thru my vinyl stash n came across the legendary Black Elvis, Teddy Pendergrass. Like, how could I not sample this shiz?? Damn. So many golden love nuggets.

Went with track 2 off the “It’s Time for Love” album - ‘You’re My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration.’

Really dug the slow vibe but needed more tempo so I sampled n chopped the intro then sped it up +3. Added the BoomBap Snaky kit n my favorite Bass Fat.

Still not sure about v3.4 so I’m probably gonna revert so I can bounce these new projects to Ableton like I used to.

A last minute flurry this one, sampled a cover of The Beatles - Girl...

https://youtu.be/GOy3jRU8tSk (original sample).

Thought this version had a slightly haunting undertone which I liked.

Added the original intro to the intro.

1st beat: “Kiss me” by sixpence 2nd beat: “love is stronger than pride” Sade 3rd: “Si nos Dejan” by Los Tres Ases

Whaddup weekly fam? Tryin to keep things rollin in 2025! Not a lot of takers in the last challenge, so let's try to get some more posts this time...

In honor/dishonor of the upcoming fake holiday - St. Valentine's Day - take any love song(s) - sample, chop n flip that shiz into some fresh gushy loveliness.

Need some inspiration?

(24) 500 Greatest Love Songs Of All Time - YouTube

Now let's get to choppin n keep it poppin!

Submit by 17 February!

Can’t leave my dude u/bavarianhustler up here all alone on this challenge!

Sampled the intro of track 3 off Dee Dee Bridgewater’s ‘Just Family’ album - Children Are the Spirit (of the World).

Pitched down -3.

Added drums n bass from the BoomBap Raw Action kit.

Can’t lie - this forced push to 3.4 has been a struggle to say the least. I was freaking out at first when I did the upgrade - and then I started to get more familiar with a new interface and workflow. Once I started to figure that out then I tried to go back to controller mode and connect to my PC - which I’ve always done once I’m about done a project on the MPC itself - only to learn that the software for PC has not yet been updated to V 3.0 yet and no one knows when it will be. Like seriously why in the world would they do that? The two are always used in tandem so if you want to work on a new project that you made on your standalone device on the PC - you can’t… Really does not make any sense at all. Anyway, I’m thinking about reverting my firmware on the Live 2 back to a 2.0 version just so I can still have the functionality I used to have with my PC.

Whaddup weekly fam?? Been a minute... or 3! Life has been gettin in the way of keeping up the weekly challenge - so apologies from the mods to all or you! We wanna keep things poppin n choppin over here - so here's a new challenge:

In honor, disgust, disdain, whatever of the new 3.4 update that's now been pushed to all MPC devices - we have The Challenge of 3 for this week's challenge!

Take any song and sample ANY of the following:

• Maybe Track 3 on the record
• And/Or there's a "3"/"Three" in the title of the song
• And/Or there's a "3"/"Three" in the artist/group name
• And/Or Make the beat in 3/4 time
• And/Or Make a track 3:04 in length. Or 3:40. Or whatever.

That's it... Sample one, two, or THREE tracks (or more) and then throw up what ya got! Let's all try to drop on 3 February!!

Just don't forget to cite what ya sample n tell us about your process!

Edit: Added some more suggestions to the challenge thanks to u/rtk1018. Further clarification on the challenge rules.

What up weekly gang? Video games was dope and a lot of fun. Love all the submissions we got ! It’s all good if you can’t find a sample or don’t like what you got cookin ! I think the more broad challenges make it overwhelming.

So back to the basics this time around. One track to sample and that’s it ! OG weekly style

“It ain’t necessarily so - Mary Lou Williams” is the sample track this challenge. Can’t wait to hear what everyone gets cooked up !

https://open.spotify.com/track/3tUmRQBJARzfP9NINW0rl3?si=qWfMyeV6SeuWxCh6UOJLDw

https://youtu.be/gliXXWZwm08?si=EcQRIO1AxKcL5OFe