Hiya, While I acknowledge that the MPC have been the bread and butter for hiphop and boombap, I like to make techno with it, ideally with a...
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Hiya,

While I acknowledge that the MPC have been the bread and butter for hiphop and boombap, I like to make techno with it, ideally with a synth-based workflow instead of samples. Not looking to perform live, otherwise I would’ve probably go with an Elektron.

Googling resulted in this guy called Gabe Miller, but I think he made techno with mainly samples, which he also sells so that makes sense. Other than him I found a vid 3 years old which was cool but it was a no-talk vid so no clue what they used.

I guess I have a few questions:

  • anybody here making techno with this thing? ideally dark techno, think Berghain, Tresor, or melodic, think Panorama Bar, Rex club

  • right now mine is literally the one advertised, plus Jura, and 3.6 I think, that came with the AIR fx, what else do I need in terms of synths?

  • there are expansions like Nacht and Trasistor by NI, I assume those are actually samples, and not instruments?

If anyone here is making techno with this MPC and creates tutorials and how-to’s, feel free to PM me with your yt (not sure if they are allowed in the posts).

Cheers.