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MPC

MPC

1 7.4
A music machine used to make and record beats and short sounds
  • noun
  • /ɛm pi si/
  • Jargon
: estación de ritmos
  • Notably, the comments to the 1979 MPC are silent as to the reasoning behind the exemption of cooperative purchases from these requirements.

I I my guilty pleasure right now is I just bought a new Akai MPC, the drum machine.

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Examples

  • I brought my MPC.

    Hustle & Flow (2005)

  • I I my guilty pleasure right now is I just bought a new Akai MPC, the drum machine.

    Power 106 Los Angeles

  • Of these five, all but Virginia have the 1979 version of the MPC in effect.

    Academic text (2017)

  • According to the 2015 NASPO Survey of State Procurement Practices, only five states have fully adopted the MPC.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Part III identifies the shortcomings of both the MPC and the cooperative purchasing systems and procedures in many states.

    Academic text (2017)

  • As a result, each of these states enacted a cooperative purchasing authorization provision substantially similar to section 10-201 of the 1979 MPC.

    Academic text (2017)

  • This amendment may have intended to make such requirements expressly applicable to cooperative purchasing, whereas under the 1979 MPC, procurement units might conclude that cooperative purchasing was exempt from these requirements.

    Academic text (2017)

  • A Category II state's procurement code contains cooperative purchasing provisions like the 1979 MPC Code and exempts cooperative purchasing from the otherwise applicable competition and transparency provisions.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The MPC arose as the result of an effort between the American Bar Association's Section of Public Contract Law and Section of Urban, State, and Local Government Law, purchasing offices from numerous states and cities, and stakeholder groups, such as the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO), to modernize and promote uniformity across the states' public procurement systems.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The producer used his MPC to create new beats for the album.

Surface Forms

MPC singular
MPCs plural

Etymology

MPC stands for Music Production Center, a name for a small box that musicians use to make and record beats; think of it as the 'center' where music is created. That's why producers call the device an MPC when they talk about sampling, sequencing, and building tracks.