Marco Polo - Crate Classics Vol. 1 (MPC Expansion)

Crate Classics Vol. 1 is my new MPC expansion. I built it over a month, a new beat almost every day, and posted the process on YouTube and Instagram as I went. Every program in here is one of those beats: the drums, the samples and the sequences, exactly how I made them.

A lot of the bass, keys and leads come straight off my own hardware, the Roland Juno-106 and my Moog synths. Real synths, not software presets.

Chop it, flip it, rearrange it, make it yours. Just don't release my demo beats as your own. Dig in and make something dope. Marco

What's inside

• 25 beats as complete MPC projects, 77 to 100 BPM, each with its programs, sequences and samples
• 400 WAV sounds
• Drums: 65 kicks, 49 snares, 43 hats, 29 percussion, 5 crashes, 3 claps, 2 rides, 10 drum loops and fills
• Musical: 140 melodic samples (keys, chords and loops), 32 bass, 2 leads, 13 FX, 7 vocals
• Demo MP3s of the beats, so you can hear where each one goes
• Royalty-free license (PDF)
• Installation guide (PDF) and a step-by-step install video

Works with

• One download with both versions inside. MPC 3: MPC 3 software, MPC Live III and other MPC 3 devices. MPC 2: MPC 2 software and MPC 2 standalone firmware. Use the one that matches your MPC.
• Install it through the MPC software with the .xpn file, or copy the expansion folder straight onto your MPC. The guide walks you through both.
• Made in MPC 2.7, tested in MPC 3.8. We can't promise every MPC model and software version.
• Instant download, right after checkout. It's a big file (about 3 GB), so give it a few minutes.

The 25 beats

• Day 1: Giant, 85 BPM
• Day 3: Space Cowboy, 84 BPM
• Day 4: Crush, 92 BPM
• Day 5: Science, 85 BPM
• Day 6: Crazy Cat, 90 BPM
• Day 7: Situations, 88 BPM
• Day 8: Soul Master, 89 BPM
• Day 9: Fire, 80 BPM
• Day 11: Danny Drama, 86 BPM
• Day 12: Jersey City, 88 BPM
• Day 13: Sax, 81 BPM
• Day 14: Traffic, 94 BPM
• Day 15: Soup, 86 BPM
• Day 16: Storm, 86 BPM
• Day 17: Test UFO, 83 BPM
• Day 18: Tree, 77 BPM
• Day 19: Hell on Mars, 90 BPM
• Day 20: Coeur, 90 BPM
• Day 21: Saturday Night, 90 BPM
• Day 22: ODE, 100 BPM
• Day 23: 100, 94 BPM
• Day 24: Piano, 87 BPM
• Day 26: Henkel, 84 BPM
• Day 28: Trill, 78 BPM
• Day 29: Funkytime, 95 BPM

License

Every sound is royalty-free for your own music, commercial releases included. No royalties, no splits, no credit needed. Two things you can't do: release a full demo beat, as is or barely changed, as your own, or resell or share the sounds as a pack. Full terms are in the PDF in the download.

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