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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents MPC-MS20: Introduction What’s Inside? Install: Standalone MPC & Akai Force Install: MPC Software/MPC Beats App Playing the Instruments with MPC Pads Playing the Instruments with a MIDI Keyboard Portamento Further Resources Copyright & License...
Page 3: Mpc-Ms20: Introduction
MPC-MS20: Introduction • MPC-MS20 is our tribute to the classic analog synth, the Korg MS20, with 101 custom multisampled synth patches combined with the MPCs filters, LFO, FX and envelopes to produce a stunning collection of velocity sensitive, monophonic and polyphonic instruments.
Page 4: What's Inside
MPC-MS20 is suitable for any style of electronic music and contains the following instrument categories: •...
Page 5 filters, envelopes, LFO & FX, all combined with thousands of perfectly sustain- looped samples. All instruments are 100% compatible with PAD PERFORM (‘Notes Mode’) and the arpeggiator and are pre-configured with Q-LINK adjustable portamento to provide optional ‘glide’ between notes. Keyboard controllers can also utilise pitch bend and mod wheel control of LFO for many of the instrument patches.
Page 6: Install: Standalone Mpc & Akai Force
Install: Standalone MPC & Akai Force From the downloaded files, enter the ‘Standalone MPC-Akai Force’ folder and inside you’ll see a sub folder ‘MPC-MS20 – this is the folder we’re going to transfer to your standalone MPC or Force. Expansions must be installed to either an SD card, a USB drive or, if you have one, an internal SATA disk.
Page 7 Alternatively, connect your MPC or Force via USB to your computer and go to MENU and hit the ‘MPC chip’ icon at the top of the screen (this is the 'Laptop' icon in the Force). Now select CONTROLLER MODE ('COMPUTER MODE' in the Force). Whichever connection method you choose, your MPC disk should now appear as a removable drive in your computer’s file manager (e.g.
Page 8 If it doesn’t already exist, create a folder called ‘Expansions’ in the root of your disk. Now copy the ‘MPC-MS20 standalone expansion folder inside this ‘Expansions’ folder.
Page 9 - don’t forget to eject/unmount the MPC from your computer first, this avoids any potential data loss. Now go to MENU > BROWSER > Expansions and tap on the ‘MPC-MS20 thumbnail to view the expansion. Select the PROGRAM filter to view all the available...
Page 10 Single tap/click the program to hear a preview (requires ‘AUDITION >AUTO’). Double tap to load the instrument directly into the currently selected sequence (or single tap and hit the LOAD button).
Page 11 Use the ‘Search directory’ option to filter the results by ‘tag’; for example, enter ‘lead’ to display only ‘lead’ instruments: The instruments are standard MPC ‘keygroup’ programs which must be assigned to a ‘KEYGROUP’ type track.
Page 12: Install: Mpc Software/Mpc Beats App
Install: MPC Software/MPC Beats App Locate the ‘MPC-MS20 - MPC Software Installer.XPN’ file and drag & drop it directly into the MPC Software/MPC Beats UI from your computer’s File Explorer/Finder:...
Page 13 Alternatively, you can drag the XPN from the MPC 2.x ‘File Browser’ (shortcut ‘F’): Please note that an XPN file cannot be installed by double clicking from your computer’s file explorer. After dragging the XPN into the software UI you will see the following:...
Page 14 Select ‘Import’ and once installed, open the Expansion Browser (‘X’ on your keyboard) and click on the ‘MPC-MS20 thumbnail to view:...
Page 16 Expand the ‘Programs’ group to reveal all the instruments, all organised into sub- categories based on the instrument type : Single click any instrument to hear its program preview - this requires ‘Autoplay’ enabled:...
Page 17 Double click a program to load it to the current track. Alternatively, drag the program directly into your project. All instruments are ‘keygroup’ programs and must be assigned to a ‘KEYGROUP’ type track in your sequencer.
Page 18: Playing The Instruments With Mpc Pads
Playing the Instruments with MPC Pads The pads in a keygroup program cover the MIDI notes ‘C-2 to G8’ starting on pad A01. However, the notes in bank A and B tend to be too low to be usable (unless you need a really low rumble!), so BANK C will often be the ‘playable’...
Page 19 Select NOTES & under ‘SCALE & OCTAVE’ select your preferred scale, octave & musical key.
Page 20 The 16 pads on your MPC will now only play back the notes in this specific scale. Red pads indicate the ‘root’ note in the scale. You can also play a complete chord on a single pad by selecting the CHORDS or PROGRESSIONS options.
Page 21 Important: When you have finished with PAD PERFORM mode, remember to turn it off otherwise your pads will remain locked to the selected scale pattern. Please note: many of the program utilise velocity sensitive filters, so we recommend that FULL LEVEL is set to ‘off’.
Page 22: Playing The Instruments With A Midi Keyboard
Playing the Instruments with a MIDI Keyboard Instruments can be played using an attached MIDI keyboard. For standalone MPCs/Force you can connect a USB keyboard via your MPC’s USB port, a Bluetooth keyboard via Preferences > Bluetooth, or connect a keyboard via the 5 pin MIDI ports.
Page 23 Typically we’ve set this to bend a maximum of 2 semitones, which correlates to a PITCH BEND setting of 16. We have also configured modulation wheel control of the LFO on many instruments (mostly pads and strings) - to increase LFO modulation intensity, simply apply your keyboard’s mod wheel.
Page 24: Portamento
Portamento All programs have portamento mapped to the MPC Q-LINKS so you can easily control the amount of ‘glide’ between notes when playing melodies. Most programs have portamento disabled by default, but you can easily turn this feature on by increasing the PORTAMENTO TIME value from the default ‘0’.
Page 25 PORTAMENTO TIME controls how quickly each note glides into the next note. PORTAMENTO LEGATO controls when/if the glide is triggered. If LEGATO is OFF, glide occurs between all notes at all times. With LEGATO ON, glide only occurs when notes overlap each other.
Page 26 For smooth glides, set PORTAMENTO QUANTIZE as OFF. Set to ON if you want the glide to be ‘stepped’ in line with the current timing correct (T.C.) settings (this is more noticeable when PORTAMENTO TIME is set to a high value).
Page 27: Further Resources
If you need help learning how to use your MPC, check out MPC-Tutor’s range of MPC tutorial books and courses at: https://www.mpc-samples.com/section.php/8/0/mpc-tutorials-courses/ MPC-MS20 is part of our growing range of MPC expansions – check out our entire range here, with loads of acoustic keys, pianos, drum kits, bass, synths & much, much more:...
Page 28: Copyright & License
License MPC-Samples.com (‘The Publisher’) grants You a royalty free, non-exclusive, non- transferable, non-sublicenseable, worldwide License to use MPC-MS20 (‘The Product’) to create Musical Compositions for You and for third party projects, such as songs, albums, soundtracks, video and computer games as well as for use in public performances and media presentations.
Page 29 WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE PUBLISHER DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SOUNDS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS.