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God bless your mom. I almost cried over that. My mom bought me a piano as a kid. We were never poor, but definitely not wealthy. My mom and pops buying me a piano is not a thing ive ever taken lightly.
Good afternoon, you just gained a new follower, you went straight to the point and explained EVERYTHING nice and fast. Great job and keep up the good work, much appreciated.
@@DaDrankKang I wish i would have seen this video like 2 day ago. I just made a beat in the MPCX for the first time. Problem # 1 is I made the beat all on one track. I guess now I have to do it all over again now. Man i was so ready to export it to Logic so i could mix it down. And i just told this girl her beat is done. Damn!!!!!. Oh yeah love the video right to the point.
THANKS AGAIN your videos are great ,, you go rite to the piont! and make it a little simple,, just tracked out my stems,,to reaper ,,love that you show us reaper too!
Dude, I went to the Hornet site and eh, it's Black Friday! Got the VU meter for like $2 as there were coupons on the checkout, I got a few other bits when I realized this, thanks for the video and eh lucky day! ;D
Already done. I took the video down. I now teach my methods of mixing on my live video help sessions. The process has changed since then. Link is in my newer videos 👍🏾
I just got start with MPC beats and I am using FL Studio. I have a lot to learn bro. Thanks for info (tutorial). I will be subscribing to your channel bro.
This was really helpful Appreciate this Content learned some new moves THANK YOU NO CAP GONNA HAVE TO WATCH THIS A FEW MORE TIMES JUST TO BE ABLE 2 get this work flow I wish I would Of known how to do this when I first got my MPCLIVE about a year ago 🤣🤣🤣🤜🏽💯🤛🏿
thanks for this quick tutorial. I've been wondering how this works but havent tried it yet... it would definitely help me get a better handle on mixing to do it the way you ran through the process.
Hey DDK...In the tutorial on exploded exports I see that your individual tracks for kik, snare etc.. are each dedicated to an entire track? In my work flow I only use the MPC software for drums and all the other production happens in Pro Tools. What I would like to do is be able to make , 8 bar loop sequences and just explode the drums that make up each track individually. When I explode a track it does not separate each mid note on the grid with the various individual pad assignments as separate tracks it only explodes on a global track basis. I would love to know how to do this. thank you and thnx for the useful videos!
Great video, just as a firzt timer i wish you showed how u connected the mpc to the daw? I assume you just plug in USB and good to go ?? Well.. wish me luck, hoping to get a new beat posted tonite!
Great video... Thanks Is it possible to record midi from MPC in standalone mode directly to reaper. I can only record the midi into the MPC software when used as a VST. Within Reaper
Hello, I dig your videos, I have a question. I have a song completed in the latest version of MPC Software via Rennaisance. The song is dope! However, my VST's are corrupting my CPU and causing glitches and pops. I tried changing the Bit Rate, it worked momentarily but continued. I'm not too familiar with "Re-Sampling". Do you have a video that explains how to resample already mixed individual tracks? What I want to do is re-sample my tracks "With The Processing", I don't want to chop them up, I just need continuous play and then delete the tracks as a whole and use the new program as an actual track to illuminate the CPU issues. The sad thing is I know what I want to do but can't find anyone online that does it the way I need it done. I'm hoping you can help? Thx! - jon
Hi.. Thanks for this video. I am new to MPC but i have been using DAWs for some time now. One question I have for you... Are you using MPC X just as a controller for the MPC software running on your computer? Im asking because I thought the MPC X was primarliy a standalone unit. In the case where you are using the MPC as a controller for MPC Software on your computer, when you created the original track, does that mean thats its using sound libraries on your computer, and not the sound libraries within the MPC X itself? Hope my question makes sense. Thanks
A this beat you use as your background music I heard you make those high hats in another video and I am still trying to get that downpat. Yeah these videos are priceless.
Why's good,? When I leave the 1 second tail end of tracks before I bounce it out to stems,,,it then doesn't fall in place rite as like the 8 bar loop,,,now it's even 8 bars plus one second,!? And then it grows the beat off,,?????
Thanks for the feedback. I teach my mixing techniques on my live video help sessions. Too many mixing videos on RU-vid now a days. 👍🏾check my recent videos for the link.
Much thanks! Yeah there are alot of mixing videos out now so I don't want to beat a dead horse. But if enough people ask then I will look into getting a video out. 👍
Bro...Im new to doing tracks and the MPC software. I have made a few tracks so far but,I need to know how do I actually lay down it structure wise. Do I lay every sound on a pad? Sorry if I'm sounding so naive but,I am to doing this and I wanna learn the right way of doing it. Do I do a sound per track? Sequence and Program? HELP!
I have all my drums programmed on 1 track but I route my kick to submix 1. However, when I explode the drums to different tracks and export the stems, the kick wave file is blank and I’ll have to go back and route it to the program again. Can you explain why?
You are routing it back to the muted drum track when using a submix for this. Your drums are already routed to individual pad channels for processing. No need to use a submix unless you plan on bouncing your kick out to a new sound before rendering. 👍🏾
Long time fan! Question: By default, MPC exports stereo files...is there a way to select between mono and stereo in a single mixdown? Thanks in advance!
The MPC Software is not a "FULL" DAW. its main focus is on making music. It does have the ability to mix and master if you know what you are doing but full DAWs make this process way easier because they are specifically design for this. In short you can do both in the MPC Software... but there are way better ways in other software. But for making the music the mpc does everything i need and more.
I teach all of these things on my live video help sessions. Check out the newer videos for the info. Everyone learns in their own way. I need to teach you ... your way. 👍🏾
Great video and very descriptive.. Question..? So you made a song format out of sequence 1 and copied it to song sequence 2 and did all the exploding and editing with sequence 2?
Much thanks! 1:57 all exploding is done in seq 2. This is so my drum program with all my drums in seq 1 is now tracked out with every drum on its own track in seq 2
Thanks for the video. Question have you every exported your Stems and once in the Daw you exported them to, you find that a track might be missing the Audio on it? If so is there a step that's missing that's causing that?
Glad to help. There is no step. All tracks will export. That is what the feature is there for. If audio is missing there is something muted or something out of place with your project. Check everything before exporting.
Bro this was a nice video appreciate you for doing this but I'm interested in purchasing the akai force do you know anything that will help decide between mpc live and akai force and can you export on the force I really like the force it dont really look like it's geared towards production mostly live DJing
Thanks for the feedback. The things I know about the Akai Force are the same things anyone can go find. Either on RU-vid or Akai's Forums online. What I can tell you is that the reason I use the MPC is because I grew up on it. Since before software. I'm familiar with it and I took the time to learn it. Either one you choose the machine won't determine what you do ... YOU WILL ... If you put the time and learn either one you will do some serious damage no matter what you choose. 👍
Can you export a track you worked on in the MPC hardware in “standalone mode” directly into the MPC 2.0 software? Can the software detect projects on your hardware?
Your question is confusing. of course it can detect projects on your hardware, just connect it up to your computer and save your tracks or project on the hardware or make a folder on your computer. Standalone means your not using the MPC as a plugin. Only if you create a Midi Track on your (Protools) or any DAW of your choosing. Is then your MPC will work as a plugin. Also the Principle's are the same, you can create a project just as you would on Standalone Mode..
Anyone who knows me knows I dont get caught up in the "DAW WARS" I am a firm believer you can get it done with any of them. Just pick one and learn it well. It isnt the DAW it's how well you learn it. 👍🏾
What's going on Da Drink King. I have a couple questions. Say that I just want to mix and master on an mpc itself, and transfer my beat with the stems/tracks right into the computer, instead of any daw, in order to sell online? Basically, I do not want to use a daw whatsoever. I just want to be able to export the tracks and stems from my beat right into the computer to upload them to a beat selling website? How would you do that without using a daw? Can't you do all of this levelling and db stuff on an mpc one or live itself? There's got to be a way, it wouldn't be stand alone otherwise. Why do you do it this way, like why do you have to put the stems and tracks into your daw? I don't understand this. Do you have another video that explains this better or shows you another way, because I thought that you could do all of this in the mpc's themselves? To anyone who has any feedback, Thanks.
Research song mode in the mpc software. You can turn your sequences into full songs. No one said this is the way you must do it. You search what you feel Is good for you. For me and my business I record artist and prep projects to send to labels for their artist. So I would rather use a DAW. My DAW powers all my Studios not the mpc. I am not just a producer. I am an audio Engineer so I use a DAW for all my final work. If you want to keep your tracks in the MPC then get the workflow down and learn. 👍🏾 tracks to sequences sequences to song in song mode. It's a bit limited but you can still work with it. As for mixing you have 4 slots on every track for FX. If you can get your mixing done with that then do it 👍🏾 . Mastering I dont do on beats. Makes no sense to master a beat and my artist or the label artist is not on it yet.
Is it possible to export the midi with the plugin from the mpc software into the daw. Say I have diva playing the lead but I want to still edit the track but in my daw where I prefer to edit can you export the plugin along with the midi into the daw. Thanks.
The mpc does export midi. If you research "mpc drag and drop" feature you will see how to export midi or audio directly from any track. It's 2 small buttons above the time line on the right side for audio or midi. Go to the track you want to export hit the button it will light up then click the button again and hold it while dragging to your desktop or any folder. It's like a quick export feature for any track. If it's midi you are exporting then when you drag it to your daw your will need to load the exact same vst for the midi to play the same sound in your DAW. If it's audio then just drag and drop it to your DAW.
Thanks for your response. I was going crazy yesterday saying why isn't the plugin coming along with the midi. I then was reloading the plugin in the Daw. I'm glad you have confirmed I cant drag the plugin too. Thanks bc I would've kept wasting time thinking there was a way and kept trying. Great channel you got a new subscriber
There is always more than one way to create music. That's why it's called YOUR WORKFLOW. Pick what works for you so you can get your task accomplished. 👍🏾
Great videos man. Here are my questions :1. How do I upload tracks to Soundcloud from my MPC X. I don't have a DAW, just my MPC and a laptop. I do have a Soundcloud . account. 2. How do I convert my tracks to files I can share with my friends? Thanks for your help!
The part of this video where I go to the export screen and change the check mark to "export to different separate audio files" dont change that. Leave it as is. This will render your entire track to 1 file. 👍🏾 you can upload that and share it anywhere you like.
much appreciated. i can make a video on standalone but the rendering procedure is still the same to get the tracks out of the mpc to your DAW. There isnt any major difference. Are you having trouble with something?
In my newer videos I have announced that I teach mixing in my online video help sessions. Too many mixing videos on RU-vid. Link is always in my new videos if you want to learn. 👍🏾
Hey Kang can you show me how to use the hardware mpc x to multi track to my Logic Pro x daw? or any daw if you don't have logic. Do I simply usb from my mlcx to my computer and do output channels on my mpc x?
The mpc software has 32 outs. Every daw has multi inputs. You simply drag the mpc as a VST into your daw then route the mpc 32 outputs to your DAWs inputs. I don't use logic but there are a large host of videos that show how to do this. I can make one but it would be "beating a dead horse"
@@nejonstudio553 it's not that they aren't there. Sometimes people just don't know to word their search. Try this " HOW TO ROUTE TRACKS FROM MPC SOFTWARE" you will see a list. Let me know if you have any trouble.
I recommend anything you take the time to learn. DAWs are becoming more and more efficient over the years so I suggest to anyone just pick one and learn it inside out. If enough people request then I will get a mixing video together. There are a ton on youtube so I don't want to beat a dead horse though.
Shalom bro. Show us a video on how you mix your beats. I like my drums and some of my instruments in mono. Is there a way to export in mono and still get a full sound? Or do you convert to mono inside your DAW?
I teach that. Online LIVE video help session. All my tips and tricks on mixing and arranging. 👍 can't just make one video because my beats are mixed differently. If you want to learn how I do it hit my website book a Live helps session and I'll show you everything right on the spot. Mono takes things out of the stereo field. So I don't every export in mono. I mix in mono. But export in stereo.
I decided to make mixing a part of my one on one video help sessions. Too many people have questions about mixing that cant be answered in a video. So I show people my way of mixing one on one that way they can ask questions on the spot. 👍 book your session and I will show you also. 💯 all info is on the website.
The hardware doesn't matter. All machines that run MPC 2 software can do this. You just saw it on the video. If you have trouble that is what my sessions are for. Link in video description. DaDrankKang.com/livehelp/
Great job on clear and precise tutorials. I would like to hear your mixing technique which take 10 minutes. It take me hours for mixing so I need assistance. I'll connect with you on Instagram also.
Thanks! Due to the widespread content of mixing on youtube I teach that one on one in my live video help sessions. You are welcome check out our website for details 👍🏾
@@yahslimitlessvisionoftruth3336 could be 10 different things wrong. Audio interface... using the wrong sound card on mpc ... not routed correctly... that's too vague of a problem to know exactly what's wrong.
Thanks for the post Obsure and thanks for the video and reply DA Drank Kang Here's what I got going on. I have Cubase Elements 8 DAW it has the things MPC Software doesn't and the MPC has what Elements doesn't and I want to integrate them, (I love the feel and freedom that comes with the MPC Live and I love the Sound Design and Extra I can achive with the DAW without buying extra stuff) So to use the Live within Cubase I need to go via midi into it which will allow me to still have the creative freedom and control that the MPC produces, Am I correct on that? I was using the MPC as the Auto interface(my current Computer is having issues with all my upgrades MPC Software, Windows 10 and my Interface. This Computer will become the back up to New One that's on the way. Oh yeah thanks for that info u you mentioned during one of your question and answer videos bout the gaming laptops as a way for Music Production) and trying to get to the 808 expansion to use it and the MPC Pads. Tell me if I'm correct I can achive this by running my MPC as midi via a Auto Interface?
@@yahslimitlessvisionoftruth3336 if you want to combine both DAW and MPC and your reason is because of the features both have then you may want to look into using the MPC software as a VST inside your DAW. Routing midi is for way more complicated things that people try and accomplish. And it can not be explained in a message. I would have to see your set up... your system and what you are getting done as there are several ways to do this. But again for your specific reason ... using midi routing would accomplish what you need but is not necessary. You can have both DAW and MPC features using the MPC software as a VST inside the DAW. To record audio you would have to route your mpc tracks to your daw tracks. Now you can record anything coming from the mpc to your DAW. Or you can record directly to the mpc software or directly to the DAW software as normal. You may do better hitting up an mpc forum. That way someone can take your task on specifically and work with you to get it done. You dont see me routing midi or doing any of that in my videos. I keep it simple and use the mpc for what it was made for specifically. That's to make beats. The other functions are cool to have but if I want to do any sound design or anything like that I use my DAW.
If only RU-vidrs would get to the damn point. There's several videos on this and every single one is over 10 minutes long when it realistically takes only 60 seconds to show us how to track out from MPC.
@@SuperHonkyPodcast we got enough hate going on in the world right now my man. No need for anymore. It's just RU-vid. We not curing cancer here. Stay blessed and thanks for the input.
