Jel is without any doubt one of the best “MPC player” around and his playing technique is awesome.
The song is played completely LIVE, no sequencing!
He uses the Akai MPC2000XL for the “played parts” and the Boss SP-303 for a couple of loops.

An amazing performance , a real jam session on Akai MPCs.
Dj Shadow on the MPC3000LE, DJ Chemist & DJ Numark on MPC2000.

How to use MUTE GROUPS, for loops and for ONE SHOT samples.

AKAI MPC500 MUTE GROUP TUTORIAL from Soundsforsamplers on Vimeo.

A great video about finger drumming on an Akai MPC 2500.
This technique can be useful with all the MPC models and with pad controllers.

How to do mpc pad finger drumming from Brandon Murphy on Vimeo.