MPC Studio is a new hardware controller for the MPC software running on a Mac or PC, meaning that it doesn’t do anything one its own, but rather gives you hardware access to many of the features of the MPC software. MPC Studio is designed to give you the best of both worlds – the hands on control of hardware, alongside as much storage and IO and as many plugins as you have on your computer.

In this video I give an overview of who it’s for, what it can do, give you a quick look at the MPC workflow overall, and also compare MPC Studio MK2 to its standalone brother, the MPC One, and its main competitor, the Maschine Micro.

TIMELINE:

0:00 Intro

1:10 Overview

2:40 MIDI IO

3:15 Workflow

4:05 Pad modes

7:00 Touch strip

8:05 Q-link controls

9:20 Touch FX

9:50 Note repeat

10:10 Buttons!

12:25 MPC software

13:20 Project scope

14:30 Audio tracks

14:50 MIDI tracks

15:10 Drums

15:30 Keygroups

16:10 Plugins

17:20 MIDI gear

17:40 Clip tracks

19:35 vs Mikro MK3

23:05 Pros & cons

25:15 Outro