Sample Chopping & How to Sample // MPC 4000 Beginner Tutorial 

Incase you're familiar with a few parts of the 4k, here are some markers to different parts of the video. @1:08 - Recording Samples @4:00 - Trimming Samples @7:11 - Chopping Samples

The world needs more MPC 4000 tutorials like this!

Well done! Another tip for 4K users @5:50 hold the Active button while moving the left or right Q Link siders will move through the sample start & end points quickly also.

Just recieved my 4000 today, had to quickly come back to this video for reference, thank you brother 👊🏽👊🏽 this machine has blown me away already

The greatest MPC of all time. Had mine from the beginning and still learned something. Thanks

I'm now encouraged to start using my 4000 again. I might even take the 60 out the loft!! Thanks for a clean concise tutorial. Have subscribed - Thanks @ Peace.

I absolutely love that all of this is pretty much applicable to any MPC, so although I have a 1000 with JJOS, I can still use the same techniques. Thanks for sharing! These kind of tutorials will never be outdated :)

So great to have people like you creating new video content on a rare gem like this. I love mine - had it since 2003 and written piles of music on it from house to hip hop to phillip glass style orchestral. Thanks Ricky and keep on making them - every tidbit of info helps when you are entrenched in a particular workflow.

clean ass mpc 4000; that shit aging well ;-))

Mines is getting fixed after 8years of being stored in my closet.. Should be back soon!! Can't wait!!

Hi Ricky thanks for the post Literally got blue maxed out 4000 today so this will help out for sure making my way around the 4000 .

Haha, randomly clicked on this vid to peep the 4000’s workflow, and look who pops up...glad to see you doin’ your thing, homie

An in-depth tutorial on the sequencer would be great! Very good stuff, thanks for putting this together.

The mpc4000 is the best mpc made period. I own 4 of them. The fact they are a sampler z8/z4 inside and you can load akai5000 samples as well as E-mu libraries and connect a USB midi controller to it directly and play everything. It's a power house.. absolute beast

just got my 4k in the mail today, absolute beast, no idea what i'm doing yet and need to get some drum samples ready but i can't wait to dive into this nachine

Amazing Video, Keep up the great work!!

Another great tutorial, thanks for that!

Just purchased. Your a life saver. Thank you ✊🏾

Great tutorial, thank you. Concise, clear, looks good, informative. Q-link tutorial would be great :)

How do you dislike this video? I dont have an MPC.. but damn i understood everything he explained!! Kwaai!!!!!!

most slept on mpc out of the group im so mad i passed it up many years ago when it came so soon as i can find a blue one that isnt gutted ill be buying one

Love your videos.

Your 4000 looks brand new. Hard to find one in good condition with no issues.

Such a good video.

HOW YOU DOING RICKY -- I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR THE TUTORIAL -- WELL DONE -- IM A MPC FANATIC -- I HAVE EVERY SINGLE MPC THAT BEEN RELEASED -- I LOVE THEM AND HAD UPGRADED THEM ALL

Dammm. Mind blowing this tutorial is so informative and well demonstrated I really appreciate you sharing 😊. Please demonstrate song mode

Hello Ricky, Very nice videos you have. I'm stuck at playing my samples in a track. I did chop my samples and added to Program but when I play in Main I don't hear these. I figured I have to save in different tracks or sequence these first?

Great tutorial! Thanks!

I have a 4000. Great tutorial!! I've been looking on how to sample on the 4000 for the longest. Can you do a video on the onboard fx , filtering a sample and the q links. Thanks John

thank you for ur video！

Thanks! You a Cool Dude!

Hi friend great video helped a lot> could make a video of how to use the SHUFFLE REGION I do not understand. thank you

I would like to know your opinion about the new mpc one. Tanks

❤❤❤❤❤thanks bro

Good video... Bro, on the 4000, I have a beat in song mode. I can't for the life of me find out how to go convert the song to wav so I can listen to it in the ride......any help is appreciated.

Is the internal hard disc an old IDE PATA connection ? Try'n to figure out if it's ltd to 120GB.

Hi Ricky, I Couldn't audition a retail audio CD in the load sample page. Can I sample retail CD's from the internal CD drive ? Or is it strictly for sampling WAV files ?

Do I have to click "keep this recording" only when trying to edit it? When I clicked "Keeps and adds to program" and tried to trim the start and end of a sample it wouldn't play on the points on the "to/from" pads?

Can you do this with the 2000xl please dude?

Thanks for the in-depth walkthrough with this “whale.” Cheers

Hey RT, thanks man. Nice video. How would the mpc 4000 be as a DAW? I've got a little Roland synth, guitar and other stuff I want to record different tracks and takes from. Along with some vocals, then "perform" a song on an MPC and record the performance, and then tweak the performance. If that's possible on an MPC. (Ableton just doesn't feel right for me, putting this all together.)

Man please help me I'm going crazy, I have a 4000 and I'm hitting myself like this, I made my drums track 1 = drum, track 2 snare and etc ... then when I'm going to use the slice for 16 slices they go in the place of battery in program 1 and part 1, I have tried several and do not maintain that asign one by one a help please and thanks. Sorry my english

Yo dude. Just wondering what I'm doing wrong with single shot sample playing it like a piano notes all fucked up and not in order pages a-h. Any ideas!? ✌️

Good video

I've always thought the Roland MV-8800 was the MPC Killer. Since getting a MPC4000 six months ago, it's hard to decide which is better when I use the 4000 side by side with my 8800. I really like the both of them.

Does the MPC 4000 synronize with the Akai DPS 24? Thinking of going back to a rock solid work flow...

wow thats alot of effort to sample the old school way! Still using hardware has it's charm!!!

I can't seem to get the hang of this thing. I've had my 4000 for a couple of months, but I'm getting very frustrated with the menu diving. I downloaded the manual, but it's not very clear. Also my knowledge of the MPC is extremely limited. Can u help me please?

How do you get rid of the pops off of the chops?

I have a mpc 4000 and don’t have a wanted to sample a song could you help me with that?

Enrique... I all ready found my sound on my mpc4000,, i luv my beats and all,, but im struggle to find that master Just on output to a daw,,, i put on ozone five to get some preset but (sonny is missing) a cant get fat sound like i see around.. Is the only way is pass sound by sound to the daw?? Peace

If anyone can answer this question for me it would be awesome. I understand what the 4K. Pretty much understand the different functionality between the MPCs. To the most extreme what makes the 4K extremely different? Then even say the newer MPC live.

Rick please help me, I'm having problems with my 4000, I put a bass on one of the pads and I use the 16 levels ok, only when I hit one pad and I go to the other one to stop ... any ideas for please thank you

Hey thanks for the video :-) Is the 4000 still something that you would you use here in 2018 were we have Mpc Ren and Maschine and other software stuff. I am into 90s East Coast Hip Hop and House :-) Yours Thomas (Denmark)

How bout a video on timestretch and bpm match?

I just pulled my 4k out of my mother's basement after like 10+ years. It needed some repairs, which I managed to do myself, and now it's working well again (except for some lines across the screen, which I'll be replacing soonish). I'm psyched to get back into using this old friend. Do you have any video where you explain why you switched to the 3k?

Great Video Amigo, subscribed to your channel, I hope to continue watching more tutorials like this, do you speak Spanish? If so, it would be great to hear them in Spanish, Thanks, new best friend.

Why does my 4k skip the time field for recording?? i cant set my time limit for sampling

Do You Still Work With The MCP4000? And If So,,Whats The Best Way To Hook It Up In A Studio Situation?

Rickey Tinez I have somebody offering me a trade of their MPC 4000 for my MPC Live. Right now my MPC Live is worth more than the MPC 4000, but I'm not sure which will retain it's value better. Both units have their advantages and disadvantages... Portability and power across the board for the MPC Live (Plug-ins in a stand-alone MPC), and more midi control and a better sample engine for the MPC 4000. Both my MPC Live and his MPC 4000 are in excellent physical and working conditions. My question to you is would you make this trade if you were in my shoes? Does the behemoth size of the MPC 4000 make it less future proof since the future of technology is to make gear smaller for more studio space, and more portable, while at the same time being more powerful on paper???

Hey man, awesome videos. Do u all think the MPC 4000 is a good choice today in this day and age? I grew up hardware and that's how my brain is wired. Been using Maschine for years now, but found a good deal locally for a 4000 or 5000 and I'm thinking of grabbing one.

doing everything exactly like you're doing, literally word for word. When I get to the end I create the program go to main, select the program1 then check the pads and the samples did not transfer with me

I have 2 question: why is the 4000 your favorite? What makes it special over other MPCs? Second: do you think it’s a good machine for live as well, or is it really more intended for production? Asking because I saw one on Craigslist at a fair price and I’m. Wondering ...🤔

Found one for $460 in excellent condition, should I buy?

yo idk what's wrong with my MPC 4000 but I'm sampling from my record player and there's a ridiculous amount of distortion. I have everything set to basically zero. any ideas

Anyone know why all my samples playing back are just white noise?

How come you didn't used the pause play buttons at the right hand lower side

what is the best mpc to get from the mpc 500 to 5000

Hey Enrique, loving your vids man.....you break stuff down so perfectly, brilliant tutorials! I've had a 4000 for a while now and was trying to figure out how to chop and program drums in the style of DJ Shadow and Amon Tobin......just finding it super hard to find any valid info out there on the web, it's beyond esoteric! I'm guessing Shadow programmed a lot of his drum hits without quantise.....but, on the 4000 this means your hits don't show up on the step editor, so you can't manipulate anything after you're done recording?! I don't know, maybe I've got something wrong....I really do love the MPC, but I'm finding it really frustrating to try and program drums that sound natural and flow like a real break... I've been trying to emulate Shadow's 'Lost & Found' by chopping up the U2 Bloody Sunday break, but I just keep scratching my head when I can't get it to work out. My attempts are always clumsy and don't line up right.....it's sooo annoying! Any pointers before I ditch the MPC and give up trying to write beats....?! Any info would be much appreciated........peace X

Award.

Your videos are great but please keep making MPC 4000 ones... I just got one and it's already so confusing

Good video, thanks, if you speak Spanish can be make tutorials in that language, thanks.

You’re name is my name too,(actually it’s my dads.) If you were to invest in any single MPC what would it be, which has your favorite workflow and what has the best longevity/maintenance? Is it this one?

Why hasn’t anyone talked about recycle the classic program

have you ever used an MPC 1000 w/ JJOS?

if this mpc4000 breaks were can u send it to get it fixed?? i mean akai doesnt make them anymore just like the company doesnt make the ASR-10 my mpc3000 went out and its crazy they dont have a company to fix them

Hey new best friend

Note repeat, having trouble with it

Here is what I would do to save me tons of time: Instead of using this machine, I would record my loop or whatever sound into my DAW. Then edit everything about my loop in my DAW. Then get a sampler (many are free online for Windows), and put your finished and edited loop into each Sampler channel. That way I don't have to be following a long maze of menus in an old style machine like this one AND I would save a thousand dollars not having to buy this Akai MPC 4000.

nice to see people still enjoying this kinda lost art...but why sampling drumz and instrument at once ...?

It's too big and heavy i prefer the X and 5000

I’m actually selling my MPC Live in order to grab a 4000. Why in the hell would I do that... because this thing seems like such a beast