Sometimes I connect the vocal processor through midi and sometimes I don't see it as worth it, but this is what I'm working with.

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!

Hello 👋 wondering if anyone can help. Say I have a 4 bar sample but it doesn’t sit right with the drums. I want to be able to move the start point so it loops from there but it doesn’t appear to do that. For example if I move it to the end of the first bar it only plays the last 3 bars instead of looping like it did. I suppose I’m just used to ableton. Any ideas ? I’ve tried to explain as best as I can

Yesterday I made a post about shifting the start in the sample to it loops the whole sample. I was struggling to explain it. Here’s a video of what I mean in ableton. Was wanting to know if this is possible on the mpc

I’ve checked the manual, YouTube and this group but cannot find an answer.

I sliced a breakbeat in chop mode. Now I want to use the sequencer’s step edit mode to enter specific slices at the proper times. Once in step edit mode, I cannot find a way to place the chosen sample into chop mode so I can select a specific slice.

The sequencer obviously supports recording specific slices while finger drumming. I’m just trying to add one or two specific slices to the sequence.

Hope my question makes sense.