Marco Polo Presents Pad Thai Collection Vol 2 – MPC Kits + Bonus Drums

Most drum folders sound clean and empty at the same time. Marco Polo Presents Pad Thai Collection Vol 2 leans the other direction: dusty breakbeats, raw one-shots, and 24 composed MPC programs with drums, bass, and musical parts already sitting in one kit. Marco Polo dug these tones the same way he builds records for artists like Rakim, Scarface, Masta Ace, Pharoahe Monch, Westside Gunn, and Talib Kweli. Inside you also get the Marco Polo Pad Thai Vol 2 bonus drum kit — 195+ personal drum and bass-tone sounds from his catalog.

What’s Inside Marco Polo Presents Pad Thai Collection Vol 2

Volume 2 goes further into custom breakbeat work than Vol 1. You get finished programs you can audition in seconds, then strip for parts once a pocket sticks.

24 MPC programs with drums, bass, and musical beds

Each kit includes musical, bass, and drum elements so a blank session moves faster. Some programs sit laid-back. Others push Brooklyn dirt. I usually load three programs, mute the melodic layer on two, and rebuild the drums from the remaining pads so the groove still feels like mine.

Bonus Marco Polo Pad Thai Vol 2 drum kit (195+ sounds)

The bonus pack is the producer drum kit: over 195 drum sounds, bass tones, and extras. Dusty and raw. Ready for any DAW. These are tones Marco used on records with Artifacts, Boot Camp Clik, KRS-One & Buckshot, Large Professor, Masta Ace, Roc Marciano, Skyzoo, Rah Digga, Ras Kass, and more. When I need a snare with vinyl weight, this folder beats stock packs every time.

How to Use Marco Polo Presents Pad Thai Collection Vol 2

The expansion loads in the Akai MPC ecosystem, including MPC Beats and compatible hardware/software. Bonus one-shots drop into Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro, Cubase, and similar hosts as WAV files.

A working boom-bap order

1. Audition two or three Collection Vol 2 programs at your BPM.
2. Keep the bass if it sits, or mute it and write your own.
3. Swap program drums for Pad Thai Vol 2 one-shots when you want more chop control.
4. Pull a chopped breakbeat under the hats for movement.
5. Keep processing light. These sounds want space, not polish stacks.

Need a dedicated boom-bap drum plugin beside this kit? Try Drum Weapons 4. For dusty keys that sit with Pad Thai drums, LoFi Panda 3 pairs well. More libraries live in sound loops and samples.

Why Pad Thai Collection Vol 2 Still Feels Like Records

Marco built these kits with a digger mindset. Punch and dirt first. Light polish on purpose. That is why the programs work for classic boom bap and still hold up under a more current hip-hop vocal.

In my sessions, the bonus catalog tones matter as much as the 24 kits. When a client asks for a late-2000s New York snare, I am not guessing — I am pulling sounds tied to those records.

Who this collection fits

• Boom-bap and sample-based hip-hop producers
• MPC users who want finished programs plus choppable one-shots
• Beatmakers who prefer raw drums over overprocessed kits
• Producers studying Marco Polo’s pocket and tone choices

Formats, Compatibility, and Usage Notes

Collection Vol 2 ships as an MPC expansion. Marco Polo Pad Thai Vol 2 bonus content is DAW-friendly WAV. Use the sounds in your productions under standard sample-pack terms. Do not redistribute the raw files as a competing library.

Bottom Line

If your boom-bap drums sound too clean, start with Marco Polo Presents Pad Thai Collection Vol 2. Load a program, swap in Pad Thai Vol 2 one-shots, and finish the beat while the pocket still has grit.