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MPC XL | Included Sound Content

The contents of this article cover the included sound content on the MPC XL. This is helpful to ensure you are aware of the included content and how to locate and use them.

Expansion Packs (15)
Demos (6)
Templates (6)
Plugin Instruments
Plugin FX
Stems
Pro Features

Expansion Packs (15)

Acoustic Drum Tools
Welcome to ALT Songstarters
Classic Drum Machines
Electronic Horizon
F9 Apollo - Retro Drum Kits
F9 Gemini - Future Classic Synths
F9 Orion - Classic Workstations
Lo-Fi Breeze
Marco Polo - LoFi Boom Vol 1
Percussion Tools
Producer Kit Essentials
Snipe Young Presents - Titanium
Welcome to ALT Kits
Welcome to ALT Melodics
Native Instruments - Lone Forest (Launch the inMusic Software Center, navigate to My Offers and use the voucher for Lone Forest).

Please see this guide to redeem Lone Forest: MPC XL | How to redeem your free Native Instruments MPC Expansion? : Akai Professional

Note: The included packs can be re-downloaded at anytime: Installing the Included Expansion Packs : Akai Professional

Demos (6)

Classic Drum Machines Demo Project
Electronic Horizon Demo Project
Marco Polo - LoFi Boom Vol 1 Demo Project
Producer Kit Essentials Demo Project
Welcome to ALT Kits Demo Project
91Vocals Demo Feat Chante Marie

Templates (6)

Song Starter Alone Bb 153
Song Starter Bright Cm 135
Song Starter Dark Matter Fm 157
Song Starter Lights Ebm 140
Song Starter Westside Love Abm 96
Song Starter 2000s Baby Em 155

Plugin Instruments

Paid plugin instruments, included with the MPC XL:

OPX-4
Organ
Stage Piano
Stage EP
Fabric Collection
Fabric Select
Studio Strings
Native Instruments - Analog Dreams (Kindly Activate Analog Dreams on your MPC XL by navigating to Preferences > Activations)

Gen 1 plugin instruments:

Bassline
Electric
Drumsynth Multi
Hype
Mellotron
Odyssey
Solina
TubeSynth

Note: The included plugin instruments require no activation on the MPC XL in Standalone Mode, and will be available in the Plugin Filed and Sounds Menu when you load a plugin track.

Note: More plugins are on the 2nd page, tap the > arrow.

Plugin FX

Paid plugin FX, included with the MPC XL:

AIR Music Technology - MPC - AIR Utility
AIR Music Technology - MPC - AIR Visual EQ4
AIR Music Technology - MPC - AIR Chorus
AIR Music Technology - MPC - AIR Multitap Delay
AIR Music Technology - MPC - AIR Reverb Pro
AIR Music Technology - MPC - AIR Vintage Filter

Note: To use the included FX, you'll need to open up the FX inset slot on a track, then tap the + icon

Gen 1 plugin FX

Delay/Reverb: AIR Delay, AIR Diff Delay, AIR Multitap Delay, AIR Non-Lin Reverb, AIR Reverb Pro, AIR Reverb, AIR Spring Reverb, Delay Analog Sync, Delay Analog, Delay HP, Delay LP, Delay Mono Sync, Delay Mono, Delay Multi-Tap, Delay Ping Pong, Delay Stereo, Delay Sync (Stereo), Delay Tape Sync, Reverb In Gate, Reverb Large 2, Reverb Large, Reverb Medium, Reverb Out Gate, Reverb Small, Sample Delay

Dynamics: AIR Channel Strip, AIR Compressor, AIR Limiter, AIR Maximizer, AIR Noise Gate, AIR Pumper, AIR Transient, Bus Compressor, Compressor Opto, Compressor VCA, Compressor Vintage, Mother Ducker Input, Mother Ducker, Transient Shaper

EQ/Filter: AIR Enhancer, AIR Filter Gate, AIR Filter, AIR Kill EQ, AIR Para EQ, AIR Vintage Filter, AIR Visual EQ4, HP Filter Sweep, HP Filter Sync, HP Filter, HP Shelving Filter, LP Filter Sweep, LP Filter Sync, LP Filter, LP Shelving Filter, PEQ 2-Band, 2-Shelf, PEQ 4-Band.

Harmonic: AIR Amp Sim, AIR Diode Clip, AIR Distortion, AIR Flavor, AIR Freq Shift, AIR Lo-Fi, AIR Talk Box, AIR Tube Drive, AIR Utility, Decimator, Distortion Amp, Distortion Custom, Distortion Fuzz, Distortion Grimey, Distortion Overdrive, Frequency Shifter, Granulator, Resampler, TouchFX, XYFX.

Modulation: AIR Chorus, AIR Ensemble, AIR Flanger, AIR Fuzz-Wah, AIR Half Speed, AIR Multi-Chorus, AIR Phaser, AIR Pitch Shifter, AIR Stereo Width, AIR Stutter, Auto Wah, Autopan Sync, Autopan, Chorus 2-Voice, Chorus 4 Voice, Flanger Sync, Flanger, Phaser 1, Phaser 2, Phaser Sync, Tremolo Sync, Tremolo.

Vocal: AIR Vocal Doubler, AIR Vocal Harmonizer, AIR Vocal Tuner.

If you wish to use the included plugin instruments on MPC desktop, log into the inMusic Software Center.

Go to the My Hardware tab, and select your MPC XL

You will find the included plugins available to download and install:

Note: If you find that you are unable to activate the plugins, please check that you have logged into your inMusic Profile on your MPC in standalone mode.

Stems

Stems is built into the MPC XL's operating system, and will not appear in the activations menu. Please go to Sample Edit mode, you will find stems there to use.