Urban Instruments

Expansions

Chilled Trap Akai Professional and Loopmasters present Chilled Trap, the newest Expansion Pack for your MPC. Exploring the atmospheric side of the genre, Chilled Trap features a wealth of inspired melodic ideas - tailored for Trap but also great for Downtempo, House, Ambient and other styles. This pack is filled with haunting pianos, smooth sweeping synths, lush pads and soaring vocals - all custom made to inject your MPC with a fresh dose of warm feel-good sounds. Also available as an iMPC Pro Pack. Pack Contents 15 Drum Kits | 9 Multi Kits 5 MPC Instruments | 15 Sequence Demos | 243 Samples

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Back again with a vengeance and this time even harder! Volume 2 picks up where volume 1 left off and goes even deeper into custom breakbeats perfect for your next production regardless of style. Pad Thai Deluxe features the cream of the crop taken from Marco Polo's highly acclaimed and internationally known" Pad Thai" drum kit series. Known for having some of the hardest and dustiest drums in the game, Marco Polo has spent years digging for records and applying that same approach to assembling his drum kits. Marco has produced for some of the greats in Hip Hop such as Rakim, Scarface, Masta Ace, Pharoahe Monch, Westside Gunn & Talib Kweli, to name a few. This is essentially Pad thai on s whole new level with 24 brand new fully composed beats/pgms including musical, bass and drum elements to get your beats knocking with minimal effort.  A mixture of laid back vibes to the dirt and grit of Brooklyn, New York, where Marco calls home. Use the presents and demos to catch your own vibe or guide you on a new musical journey.  These sounds are ready to rock RAW with minimal processing. Punch, thump and dirt is the name of the game here.  Whether it's one-shots or chopped original breakbeats, this kit has you covered for the inspiration to produce any modern or old school Hip Hop vibe. Be sure to check out Marco Polo's youtube series "MP On The MP" season 1 for a deeper look into using pad thai in his production process!  MP has taken his MPC 2000 Xl workflow/approach to new levels in the modern Akai world, and we're excited for you to hear this brand new kit that will change the game."

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Raw Cutz Akai Professional & RAWCUTZ presents a brand-new collection of outstanding Hip-Hop sounds bringing the real essence of the genre to your MPC. For the uninitiated, Raw Cutz are a prolific duo responsible for some of highest quality hip hop sample content available. This Expansion features loosely quantized rhythms, rich warm pads, sub-heavy basslines, soulful chops & stabs, and some of the best sampled drum hits delivering inspiration on all levels, all royalty free and ready to drop into your MPC. This collection is built to inspire and provide building blocks to manipulate, twist and chop to create your own, fresh sound while providing access to the original sounds of equipment that’s either hard to find, wildly expensive or hard to keep working! RAWCUTZ gives you instant access to crisp and cutting beats, Enchanting Pads, Crunchy snares, Jazzy Chords and Musical Melodies grouped over inspirational kits of 16 fresh and original samples. All with the trademark Raw Cutz “pre-worn” sonic treatments. If you are making Golden Era Hip Hop, House, Warped beats, Progressive Drum and Bass or Ambient music – you will find inspirational sounds within seconds in this brand new collection of samples. Over 700MB of the highest quality one shot sounds and Stabs including Rhodes, Bass, Strings, Vinyl, Keys. Also available for iMPC. Pack Contents 46 MPC Drum Kits | 11 MPC Multi Kits | 33 Sequences | 754 Samples

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The MPC "Tape Series" Expansion Pack provides a gateway into the sounds that helped us fall in love with music in the first place. Nostalgia evoking textures with beats that move your soul! Warm, cozy vibes that remind you of the gear and techniques that helped carve the sound of the most emulated and imitated time period. Per usual, you'll find new & unheard punchy organic drums, soulful chords, gritty samples, and smooth bass lines. The entire Tape Series has been dipped in layers of texture, character, and soul via outboard processing by classic gear by SSL, Neve, API, and more. Tape Series is also the first of its kind to utilize the Air Flavor/Flavor Pro plugin to elevate the sound across the entire expansion. We've carefully crafted a master chain on each program using Flavor to give beat makers an inside look at our process to learn from! Tape Series Vol. 1 delivers those classic authentic vibes MSXII Sound Design is known for. Often imitated, never duplicated! Vol 1 also brings the greatest collection of Lo-Fi Warmth and the sonic punch of analog inside your MPC making your beats hit even harder! Each drum hit and melodic sample has been carefully processed through high-end outboard then transferred to Ampex 2 inch tape delivering the ultimate punch and saturation. From vintage slick melodic samples through to warm and deep kicks......The Tape Series provides a whole to collection of drums and samples like never before. Tape Series includes 24 dedicated MPC Kits, including over 450 samples mixed with Vinyl noise, Live Sampled Instruments, Real Drum, Brass, Classic Rhodes, Vintage Synths, snares. cracked hats, rusty Level up your production and purchase the Tape Series Vol. 1 from MSXII Sound Design & Akai Pro