Starwave Drums – MPC Expansion

This isn’t a small kit — it’s a full flagship library built specifically for MPC One & up, designed to speed up writing, beat-building, and inspiration.

(MPC Software 2.0 & 3.0 compatible)

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What’s Inside

• 20 custom drum kits

• ~1,200 total samples

– 600 core kit samples

– 600 extra sounds

• 550+ MPC MIDI patterns

– full grooves & arrangements, not just short loops

• 550+ matching audio previews

– every pattern has its own preview so you can hear exactly what you’re loading

• ~2.5 hours of preview audio (averaging ~14 seconds each)

• 3.8 GB of content

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Sound & Style

Electro • Synthwave • Retrowave • Cinemawave • Vaporwave

Built using classic drum machines like the Roland TR-505, E-mu Drumulator, and other vintage digital and analog sources — not the usual 808-only approach.

Everything is cleanly mixed, polished, and ready to write with.

This pack is meant to be a songwriting engine, not just a folder of sounds.

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Detailed Specs

Compatibility

• MPC One / Live / Live II / X

• MPC Software 2.0 & 3.0

Total Size

• ~3.8 GB

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Drum Kits

• 20 full drum kits

• ~30 samples per kit

• Each kit is built from different sound sources and processing chains

• No duplicated kits, no recycled content

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Patterns & MIDI

• 550+ MIDI patterns total

• Signature Beats – core grooves written to work across all kits

• Arrangements – full MIDI beat structures (not just loops)

• Patterns are intentionally varied in feel, swing, and rhythm so nothing sounds copy-pasted

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Audio Previews

• Preview for every single pattern

• ~2.5 hours of total preview audio

• Avg ~14 seconds each

• Level-matched and polished for quick auditioning directly on MPC hardware

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Extra Samples (600+ Total)

Kicks

• Clean modern kicks

• Lo-fi and bit-reduced kicks

• Vintage-style kicks with compression and saturation

Snares

• Tight dry snares

• 70s-style room snares

• 80s bright and gated-style snares

• Modern lo-fi snares

Snares with Reverb

• Short chambers

• Plates

• Small rooms

• Deep ambient and dreamy spaces

• Retro-inspired reverbs using Valhalla reverb

Claps

• Clean claps

• Layered claps

• Wide reverb claps

• Delay-based claps

• Lo-fi and vapor-style processed claps

Sticks

• Dry stick hits

• Gated 80s-style sticks

• Ambient and reverbed textures

Toms with Reverb

• Tuned toms

• Short and long toms

• Deep and punchy toms

• Vintage-style toms

• Synth-influenced toms with Valhalla reverb spaces

FX / Risers

• Analog-style noise sweeps

• Wind and atmospheric risers

• Synth risers

• Filtered white-noise effects

• FX designed with long tails and movement using Valhalla reverb

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Mix & Quality

• All samples and kits are balanced and production-ready

• Reverbs are printed intentionally, not overdone

• Designed to sit correctly in MPC mixes without extra cleanup

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Final Line

This expansion represents a complete body of work and serves as the flagship release of Starwave Drums — built for producers who want to write faster without sacrificing character or depth.