Free · In your browser
The MPC-style workflow, in a browser tab.
Chop a record on the waveform, spread the slices across 16 pads, finger-drum the flip and sequence it. 8 banks, mutegroups, free, no install — the sampling workflow without the hardware.
Chop a sampleHow it works
Sample, chop, play
Sample the record
Drop the audio in — a break, a soul loop, a bounce. The waveform is the sampling screen; no track, no timeline, no project file.
Chop it to the pads
Set a chop at each hit or chord change, then send the slices to the pads in order. Sixteen chops, sixteen pads, same as the hardware.
Finger-drum and sequence
Play the flip with your fingers, then tap it into the step sequencer. Mutegroups choke the way an open and closed hat should.
What it is
Not a hardware emulation — the workflow, minus the setup
People searching for an MPC online are rarely after a faithful emulation of a specific box. They want the thing the box is good at: take a record, cut it into pieces, put the pieces under your fingers, and play the flip before you have thought too hard about it. That is what TAIL does, and it does it from a link.
So the sampling screen is a waveform you chop, the playing surface is sixteen pads, and the arrangement tool is a step sequencer — with 8 banks behind the pads so the drums, the chopped melody and the one-shots each get their own. What is missing, on purpose, is everything between opening the tab and hearing the first chop.
TAIL is not affiliated with Akai Professional; MPC is their trademark. When a browser sketch turns into a record, the whole kit loads into KITE as a plugin in your DAW.
More TAIL tools
Everything else that runs in the same tab
Sample chopper
The sampling screen: cut a record on the waveform and send the chops to the pads.
Online sampler
16 pads, 8 banks, step sequencer — free, in the browser, with your own sounds.
How to chop samples
Where to cut, how to kill clicks, and how the same job is done in a DAW.
Common questions
No — MPC is Akai Professional's hardware and software line, and this is not affiliated with them. TAIL is a browser sampler built around the same workflow people mean when they search for one: chop a record, spread the slices over pads, finger-drum the flip.
The parts that matter for flipping a sample are here: 16 pads on a bank, 8 banks, per-pad mutegroups, and a step sequencer. What it deliberately doesn't have is a project system to set up before you can hear anything.
The pads respond to touch, mouse and keyboard in the browser. If you want a hardware controller and a full session, load the kit into KITE — it runs as a plugin in your DAW, where your controller already works.
Yes, free in the browser with no signup to play; a free account unlocks saving and loading projects. The native iOS and Android app is a $3.99 one-time purchase if you want it on a home screen and offline.