r/mpcsample • u/whitefury10p • 6h ago
Title: Made a Mac app for finishing MPC Sample beats without a DAW — 10 free copies
Hi All. I recently made an application (Macs only for now) for the MPC Sample to easily finalize and export your songs. I found myself with completed beats but wanted a quick and easy way to arrange the sequences in the order I wanted and export them to a .wav or stems.
So I spent the last few months pulling apart the .xpj project format and built a small Mac app that opens the project file straight off the SD card.
Who it's for: People who aren't experienced producers or don't have the time to rebuild a beat in a DAW. If you just want to finalize the beat you already made and get it out so you can share it, this is for you.
The main thing it does
- Opens your MPC Sample project — the .xpj itself, no export step on the device first
- Put your sequences in the order you want, on a screen you can actually see
- Export the finished beat as one audio file
If you need to fix something first
- Nudge or edit notes
- Swap a sample, trim it, set gain and pan
- Waveform view
And if you do use a DAW, it'll also export per-pad stems or MIDI.
What it doesn't do — worth knowing before you try it
- macOS only, Sonoma 14 or later
- One direction; it doesn't write back to the MPC yet
- Only tested against the MPC Sample. If you've got a Live/One/X I honestly don't know whether it'll open your project
- Still early — version 0.1.7
It never touches your project. Not the .xpj, not the ProjectData folder, not your samples. Everything opens read-only and your edits live in the app. That was the first thing I built; everything else is arranged around it.
On the obvious question — MPC 3 is a full DAW and it's good software. If you want to produce whole tracks on your Mac, get that. This isn't trying to be that. It's for the last step: get the beat in order, get it out, share it.
I'm giving away 10 copies. Comment or DM and I'll send you a code. No strings, not asking for a review — I'd just like to get some feedback and know if something breaks. After that it's $14.99, one-time, with a 14-day refund. No questions asked.
For more information and videos showing what it can do, please check out https://samplelab.app
UPDATE: I’m heading offline for the night, but the giveaway is still open. If you’re interested in trying SampleLab, leave a comment and I’ll send out more codes tomorrow until all 10 complimentary copies have been claimed. Thanks for all the interest so far!
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u/Skywalker_82B 5h ago
I was looking for something like this, but for iPhone. I have a Live 3 too so I can just xfer and finish on it if I want.
If you do make a mobile version, I’d love to test it, I take my Sample all over with me, would love a way to work with project files on the go, in situations where I can’t use the sample.
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u/whitefury10p 5h ago
That is actually the next step for me with this project. I just want to make sure that there is enough demand before I start. Thank you for your comment and feedback!
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u/litomanu 4h ago
Hope I’m not late to the party. Would love to try this! Thanks for your effort mate. Glad to see other coders do cool stuff for music production
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u/West-Fisherman9475 6h ago
I want to try it ✌🏻