The MPC-60 is the music production studio that has single-handedly taken over the Rap and R&B music genres as the main instrument of HipHop production. Designed by Roger Linn (Linn Drum), the MPC-60 is a one-box-does-it-all sequencer-sampler workstation.

The built-in sequencer is very complete and professional. There are 99 tracks per sequence, 99 patterns, and 99 sequences that can be created, edited and stored in the MPC-60 with ease. Most artists create their patterns in real-time adding drum parts to a beat-loop spontaneously creating a groove that captures the vibe. These patterns are varied and chained into a sequence. Full MIDI, SMPTE and various other forms of external control prepare the MPC-60 for any studio situation.

The Sampler section is lo-fi but highly respectable. Its 12-bit sampling at 40KHz is pretty good. Sample editing, looping and transforming is simple to do. And finally, there's even a built-in drum machine for extra groove! Finally, the 18 voices of polyphony should be plenty of room for anyone who wants to create HipHop on the machine of professional artists worldwide including Apollo 440, BT, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jimmy Edgar, DJ Shadow, Jermaine Dupri, and A Guy Called Gerald.

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In 1991 the MPC-60 mkII was unleashed. It wasn't much different, the casing and a head-phone jack were new and either machine is still very useful for today's aspiring musicians.

29 VISITOR COMMENTS

Dusty Treats

January 27, 2012 @ 5:46 am

Made several LPs on the 60 all I can say is its a fantatsic machine with a great sound much cheaper option than the SP1200 and DJ Shadow made Endtroducing on it, no way could of he made that LP with SP1200 on its own!! The 60 is around 3 times cheaper too! For an example of a LP I did on the 60 please listen to http://glad2mecha.bandcamp.com thanks.

konners

January 26, 2012 @ 7:22 pm

@dubchops thanks for the aphex fact, big fan of his stuff and curious to know what he uses.

Masterdon

January 18, 2012 @ 10:28 am

Does anyone have any extra 3.10 rom chips for sale???

dubchops

June 14, 2011 @ 12:13 pm

Thought it was well known that Richard D. James (Aphex Twin) rinses the living hell outta this machine. Maybe its not well known. Well, now you know. Aphex swears by the MPC60. In fact you can even hear some Linn 9000 (proto MPC60) on some of his earlier tracks as Caustic Window.

@waxpoetics

May 7, 2011 @ 1:57 am

Man...your just looking to argue with somebody huh? shm...people like you need a hobby.

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