

I’m going to assume you have a basic understanding of MPC keygroup programs – if you don’t check out my MPC Subtractive Synthesis and Autosampler tutorials for some more background, or check out chapters 11 and 22 of the MPC Bible for a complete step-by-step breakdown.

So in this tutorial we’re going to create a simple 8-layer keygroup instrument to show exactly how this technique is achieved. This has led to a lot of enquires as to how this is possible, given that the MPC keygroups only have 4 velocity layers! I recently released a new electric piano expansion, Electric Keys 2.0 which is the first MPC expansion to feature 8 velocity layer keygroup instruments (I have now also released Piano Suite 2.0, with 8 velocity acoustic pianos).
