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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents OB-MPC: Introduction What’s Inside? Install: Standalone MPC & Akai Force Loading Instruments (Standalone MPC/Force) Install: MPC Software/MPC Beats App Playing the Instruments with the Pads Playing the Instruments with a MIDI Keyboard Expression Control Portamento Further Resources Copyright & License...
Page 3: Ob-Mpc: Introduction
OB-MPC: Introduction • OB-MPC is our tribute to the iconic 80s analog synth, the OB-Xa. Inside are 101 custom multisampled synth patches combined with the MPCs filters, LFO, FX and envelopes to produce an immense collection of thick analog pads, haunting drones &...
Page 4: What's Inside
OB-MPC 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 fully memory-optimised, with an average instrument size of only 8MB. This means you can easily load dozens of these instruments into a standalone MPC/Force without any memory concerns whatsoever.
Page 6: Install: Standalone Mpc & Akai Force
Install: Standalone MPC & Akai Force After downloading the expansion, extract the zip file contents to your computer. Enter the ‘Standalone MPC-Akai Force’ folder and inside you’ll see a sub folder ‘OB- MPC’ – this is the folder we’re going to transfer to your MPC/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 ‘OB-MPC’ standalone expansion folder inside this ‘Expansions’ folder.
Page 9 All done! If you had physically transferred the MPC disk to your computer you should now eject the disk from your computer and put the disk back in your MPC. Alternatively, if you used USB transfer then go back to MENU and select the computer icon to return to standalone mode - don’t forget to eject/unmount the MPC from your computer first, this avoids any potential data loss.
Page 10: Loading Instruments (Standalone Mpc/Force)
Loading Instruments (Standalone MPC/Force) In your MPC, go to MAIN and create a KEYGROUP type track:...
Page 11 In the Force, hit the ‘+’ icon in the touchscreen matrix and select a Keygroup track: This adds a new blank keygroup track to the matrix:...
Page 12 Now go to ‘MENU > BROWSER > Expansions’ and tap on the ‘OB-MPC’ thumbnail. On the right side, select the PROGRAM filter to view all the available instruments:...
Page 13 You can also use the ‘Search’ option to filter the results by ‘tag’; for example, enter the phrase ‘keys’ to display only ‘keys’ instruments: Single tap the program to hear a preview (requires ‘AUDITION >AUTO’). To load the instrument to the current track, either double tap the XPM file or single tap and press LOAD.
Page 14: Install: Mpc Software/Mpc Beats App
Install: MPC Software/MPC Beats App Locate the ‘OB-MPC Expansion Installer.XPN’ file and drag & drop it directly into the MPC Software/MPC Beats UI from your computer’s File Explorer/Finder:...
Page 15 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 16 Select ‘Import’ and once installed, open the Expansion Browser (‘X’ on your keyboard) and click on the ‘OB-MPC’ thumbnail to view:...
Page 17 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 18 Double click a program to load it to the current sequencer 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 19: Playing The Instruments With The Pads
Playing the Instruments with the Pads The notes in a keygroup program cover the MIDI range ‘C-2 to G8’ (starting on pad A01 on the MPC). 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 20 To create melodic leads and riffs, select NOTES & under ‘SCALE & OCTAVE’ select your preferred scale, octave & musical key.
Page 21 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 22 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.
Page 23 In the Force, hit the NOTE hardware button to enter NOTES mode. Now press and hold the NOTE button to select the preferred note mode:...
Page 24 Press SHIFT and NOTE to launch the full NOTE CONFIG screen: You can now play the instrument across the Force’s 64 pads.
Page 25: Playing The Instruments With A Midi Keyboard
Playing the Instruments with a MIDI Keyboard Instruments can be also played using an attached MIDI keyboard. For standalone MPCs/Force you can connect a USB keyboard directly to your MPC’s USB port and you should immediately be able to play the instrument assigned to the current track, no additional configuration needed.
Page 26 If your MPC has Bluetooth support you can configure a Bluetooth controller via Preferences > Bluetooth. Alternatively connect a keyboard via the 5 pin MIDI ports. If you are using the MPC Software/MPC Beats you can connect your controller to your computer directly via USB or use a 5 pin MIDI cable connected to a suitable USB-MIDI interface.
Page 27: Expression Control
Expression Control Most instruments in this expansion have been pre-configured to provide additional expression control via the pitch bend and modulation wheel found on most MIDI keyboards. You can also assign mod wheel and pitch bend to the touchstrip on the MPC Studio Mk 2.
Page 28 Typically we’ve pre-set this to bend a maximum of either 12 semitones (which correlates to a PITCH BEND setting of 100) or 2 semitones (PITCH BEND of 16). We have also configured modulation wheel control of the LFO for most instruments which will allow you to vary the intensity of volume, panning, filter and pitch modulation applied to the currently played notes.
Page 29 Additionally, many of the program utilise velocity sensitive filters, so we recommend that FULL LEVEL button is set to ‘off’. This way, the filter cutoff applied to your played notes will vary depending on how hard you hit your pads/keys, with a lower cutoff applied to softer hits.
Page 30: Portamento
Portamento Some programs have portamento applied to the keygroups to produce a ‘glide’ between notes. This can be adjusted in PROGRAM EDIT > PORTA/MOD (in Force 3.1+, this would be MENU >TRACK EDIT > PORTA/MOD).
Page 31 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. For smooth glides, set PORTAMENTO QUANTIZE as OFF.
Page 32: Further Resources
MPC tutorial books and courses at: https://www.mpc-samples.com/section.php/8/0/mpc-tutorials-courses/ OB-MPC is part of our growing range of MPC and Force expansions – check out our entire range here, with loads of acoustic keys, pianos, drum kits, bass, synths & much, much more:...
Page 33: Copyright & License
License MPC-Samples.com (‘The Publisher’) grants You a royalty free, non-exclusive, non- transferable, non-sublicenseable, worldwide License to use OB-MPC (‘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 34 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. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY, PERFORMANCE AND USE OF THE SOUNDS IS WITH YOU.