THE WORKSTATION ERA RETURNS

Before producers carried thousands of plugins on a laptop, entire records were built around a handful of hardware workstations and rack-mount modules.

These machines became the musical backbone of classic hip-hop and R&B. Thanks to their electronics and low-bit storage, their basses were deep but controlled. Their brass patches cut through instantly. Their keys, bells, strings and atmospheric pads had a character that made even the simplest progression feel like a finished record.

You have heard these sounds your entire life.

The problem is that the original instruments are now increasingly expensive, noisy, difficult to maintain and often buried inside studios and private collections. An entire generation of producers grew up inspired by the records they created, without ever getting the chance to use the hardware itself.

F9 Orion Classic Workstations brings that sound directly into your MPC.

Inside are over 4GB of carefully captured material, including more than 2,700 samples and almost 150 MPC-ready keygroup instruments. Expect thick basses, punchy brass and strings, bold and distinctive synths, atmospheric pads, glassy keys, and the unmistakable character of recording chains built using classic studio hardware.

All patches take advantage of the updated Keygroup system in MPC 3, including dual filters, legato and unison, the new mod matrix, and much more. 

Selected and prepared by F9 founder James Wiltshire, one half of Grammy-nominated production duo the Freemasons with credits including Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, Shakira, Depeche Mode, Moby, and many more, F9 Orion is built from decades of real-world experience with hardware instruments, sound design, and record production.

A new generation is rediscovering the production language of the 1990s and 2000s. The drums are returning, the chord progressions are back. Don't miss this chance to power up your MPC setup with the source code of the records you have lived for decades.. 

This MPC Expansion Pack is included with MPC Live III and MPC XL. MPC3 OS/MPC3 Desktop required.

Pack Contents:

• 4.14 GB MPC Expansion
• 145 MPC-Ready Keygroup Instruments
• 1 Full MPC Project
• 145 MPC Sequences
• 145 Audio Previews
• 2748 Samples

Audio Sample: 

All melodic parts from F9 Orion except 1 additional guitar and vocal loop ( starting at 4 minutes onwards ) 

Drums and FX from F9 Apollo Retro Kits and other F9 releases.