Music Production Centers (MPCs) are a popular choice for laying down tracks and making beats, and for good reason. MPCs offer aspiring and successful producers alike a one-stop-shop beat making machine. The attraction of this technology is that it combines real time sampling facilities with drum machine programming allowing the producer to lay down multi track beats. In fact MPCs have been instrumental in the evolution of Hip Hop and Rap as well as other urban music genres and have facilitated the on-going explosion of new and up-and coming producers.
So how do MPCs work? Well every MPC has the same basic set-up. They have a number of tap pads plus a range of controls that manage the volume levels and effects and of course a screen output that shows track sequencing. Samples are assigned to the pads for example kick drums, snare drums, high hats, piano, guitar and bass. These samples can either be taken from audio sources such as vinyl, CD or mp3 files or purchased as complete instrumental libraries.
You can create the track in two ways. If you have good timing you can start by tapping out the groove on the pads and then build the beat by adding tracks, each time adding the sample by tapping the pad. If your timing isn't so great or if you start to build up a large number of tracks in your beat then you can simply use the sequencer to lay down the required samples at the precise point in each bar that you want.
But isn't this expensive? It all depends on your point of view. An entry level MPC will set you back just under $1000 and you can quite easily spend $2-3000. When compared to the set-up cost of a professional studio rig, its small change. But for an aspiring producer just starting out this is a veritable fortune.
The good news is that there are now a number of beat makers available online that are basically virtual MPCs and they have many of the same features. You can build multiple tracks, tap out grooves on virtual tap pads and make arrangements using the sequencing controls. And because they are software based, they have features that are only found on top end MPCs. For example using virtual piano keys to input samples is a great way to build melody lines. Usually you would need a midi controller or synthesizer to do this in a hardware based studio.
Music Production Centers (MPC) are the industry standard when it comes to Hip Hop production. Depending on your circumstances you can choose hardware based systems or go for the software based online beat maker.
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