Marco Polo -"MP On The MP" S01E03 - Pro Tools Dump (tracking a beat from MPC 2000 XL) 

This was all really level headed and practical. No ego. I appreciate it.

Great episode, this is the way to do it right, separate tracks always puts you closer to a unique pro production in the end. Think creative mixing! This is how we did it the 80’s, but with tape. Every sound 808 909 Linn etc went through the console. SBX80 sync’d it all.

This was incredible. Homie literally gets closer to my favorite producer everyday.

MP, Salute for the transparency. I luv these type sessions, as there is always tips you can learn from others. Ultimately, your introducing newer creatives to the depths their productions can evolve too. Thus inspiring them to make better music. Furthering the culture. Keep em coming bruh. ✌🏾👍🏾🔥🔥🔥

thanks man we really appreciate this. we need a mixing episode, not a detailed deep mixing on an engineer level just the regular essintial mixing for a full track. thank you

This is great, one suggestion... when you dump the first pass create a edit/mix group(command+g) then create another group for the second pass. Then use tab to transient to get to the sync kick, then command+E to split. Do the same for the kick on the second pass. Then just make sure p tools is in grid mode and lock each kick of the separate passes to bar one beat one.

watching these makes me go and start up my XL right away, lol

Definitely one of the best tutorials and it’s funny because you probably didn’t even try that hard. Too many people don’t know how to teach you do a really good job man actually inspired me and your beats are always so fresh

EXCELLENT brother! I’ve watched ALOT of tutorials over the years and I’ve never seen or heard of PMPTE...freakin genius! Thank you for teaching me something new Sir. LOVE IT keep em coming. Beat was bananas as well!!

Huge props for this MP! It took me years to figure out how with the legacy MPC'S

I need those 8 outs, man. 4000 got me tracking one at a time... Super helpful, cheers MP!

Rewatching this, really enjoying this and Jake One, total lack of ego. Very refreshing.

Real solid video all day!!

Wow, simply thanks MP. That is valuable stuff . The best tutorial in MPC tracking so far . Really appreciated this as a move and the information at the same time

Beyond helpful, GOD!! I searched everywhere on RU-vid and no one explained anything well enough ! many thanks

Sick. So good to see how the pros do it. Especially the ones I actually listen to. Such a cool thing this series. Much appreciated. Thanks for sharing. I will be buying your sound packs for sure after seeing this.

This is the best video ever. Messing with midi can be a nightmare when things drift. PMPTE is magic! For season 2, can you make an episode on how to chop drums and make them knock in side the MPC?

That beat!! Classic Marco Polo right there! 🔥💯🗽💪🏻

Very informative. Been a fan....you're the goat God. Mad Marc at work is fire!

THE BOSS

Wow I’m learning a lot from this video

Can’t put into words how dope I think it that your, doing this. Been a big fan since Beat Society/ Knitting Factory days. I stumbled over one of these segment on your IG, figured it would be on here. Lookin for word to seeing more. I appreciate you and dudes like Illmind sharing the knowledge 🙏🏾 thank you.

Elle déchire cette musique! Merci de nous partager ton talent!

7:12 This statement is so obviously from experience. Not letting no one mess up your work like that again. This is how you do your stems and who doesn't like it "Tough." Believe me do I understand lol.

Bruh, this series is MAD informative and I thank you for this!!!

80s baby here....BoomBap will never die. 90s hiphop was, is and always will be the best.... Imo. Anyway I'm thinking the same concept can be used for any DAW.

The 4 kicks technique will finally get my beats on sync despite tracking individually!Thank you!

One on my favorit producer back to youtube! Welcome back Marco. This series is so useful, Thank you for this! Maybe you can talk about drums layering, drums technicue, filtering in mpc ? If you want, or this is not you secret. Second Welcome back. And Greetings from poland ! PMPTE!

Definitely need an episode for mixing

Just wanted to say that this is probably the best MPC ProTools related video on RU-vid; @AkaiProVideo & @Avid should write a check to Marco Polo! As “Vertygo (old channel)” suggested in the comments, if you set the Metronome to Count In Record + Play when you press Play Start on the MPC it will count in 4 measures while ProTools is recording. After that you simply align your recorded audio regions to the grid on ProTools to ensure that the click instrument track’s tempo from the PT sessions lines up with the recorded MPC Metronome sound from the MPC, hence the PMPTE technique MP suggested. One issue I’ve discovered (when using the ProTools Transport Control via Midi option) is that when record-play is selected on ProTools it triggers that Play button instead of the Play Start button so in both cases the Metronome Count In on the MPC is bypassed for some reason. 🤔💭 Also, as most of you know, if the tempos aren’t the same it’ll cause the beat to slow down when PT is the Master to the MPC in cases when your MPC tempo is set to double the PT session for production purposes. Thank you again guys and great work to everyone here working on the different workflow solutions!

MP is the genius of the MPC. MP and Premier are the best beatmakers

im so happy you doving this format dont stop you tube thing

Love the channel bro. I love the studio geeking in this episode

Salute @marcopolo !! Great insight on showing us the way you track out beats into ProTools. This is very useful for all of us that still use any of the legacy MPC's. For years, I stayed away from MIDI syncing cause I also felt a slight timing shift in the notes. Much Respect 💪🏼💯

ah shit I'm here for all the gems. MP on the MP!!!!

That’s a dope shirt

I like this series MP. Very well done!

That's exactly what I do with my mpc3000 and pro tools! Good tips

Marco is so underrated.

Thank you so much for this!!!! So happy to see that i worked in a similar way when i was dumping my beats into protools. Fire mah dude!!!

ua stuff is trully great i use it since first card came out years ago ... best plugins! big up MP keep this videos coming! great stuff

I learn so much from these videos

I love this series.

Thanks man I’m learning from you!!!!

thank you. would love to see new episodes. I even didn't know I invent my own "PMPTE" lol

So glad I subbed. This was DOPE! Thanks Marco. Salute!!

yo marco you are the illest i love these videos!

That's genius all the way 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Don't use hardware but still good to learn something. The mixing was very interesting also. Gladly appreciate this. Thanks man.

Droppin' gems on us! Really appreciate the knowledge shared here. Love the new "MP on the MP" series format from you guys too. More vids on the "house keeping" of production like organization techniques for naming samples/tracks/kits/seq/song files/parameters etc and storage of those important files would be very helpful, especially for the older analog gear. And what kind of computer backup system do you use? I'm not savvy on the computer ish like RAID and want less clutter. Are subscription "cloud" storage services a worthwhile option for backing up everything "automatically"? Thanks

Nice! I hope that you continue this series.

Easiest way is to just turn on the metronome in “count in” before the beat starts playing and then just line those clicks in the waveform up in the DAW

That cigarette makes him look so cool!!!!!!

Superb information!!

Subscribed as soon as the intro dropped.

Dude that was absolutely amazing thank you so much.

7:50 - very, very spot on advice, if you managed to layer your sounds in your sampler by ear than it's little chance You're gonna make it better later on in a daw - most likely you would fiddle to much with it and be distracted by the visual representation of the waveform losing the vibe and balance you were aiming for in the first place.

Great work love it

MP You the GOAT!,

Quick tip for align this kicks: Just flip the phase on one of the tracks. If kicks are perfectly aligned, You will hear nothing... Because picture on the display sometimes lies... Btw, hope we'll meet again soon! Peace from mother Russia!

I'm getting a cut right now. Can wait to get home to layer some snares....lol.

Pure Fking gems.

I've just picked up a mpk mini mark 3 and started making beats believe it or not its been 20 years since I've made a beat the juices are flowing again missed it so much

Awesome demonstration...

Dope

Professional .. again

Ima simple type of guy: i see MP, i push like

That beat is heavy with the ill vocal sample

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Enjoyed this!

DOPE!

I like it when producers track every track hot off the MPC. More harmonics. Just give me a stereo track and I can bring it back how it was.

Interesting. Kind of like a sync clap in the video world. Seems like a pain in the ass, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Dope shit, MP!

This is awesome I actually needed some help with this.

Good stuff!!

I use the same method. 4 Kicks in a 1 bar sequence and then I track out my different sequences with my individual outs on my MPC 1000. I name my tracks in the the DAW the same as in the MPC for convenience and keeping things organized.

MP, that tee tho! Almost forgot about Tommy Boy records

Salute!

gooood lord that shit fire

The siren was right on time though!

After you dump the tracks to Pro Tools do you eventually set the Pro Tools BPM to whatever the MPC BPM was? Setting the BPM may be critical for when the vocals are recorded and for using delays on that vocal right?

I wish i knew how to do that concept when i was using hardware. I used to just stereo record my whole beat into Cubase and or Protools but thats when i started making beats. I had no clue on the deeper stuff then

mpc2000xl also has a feature called, rec play/rec only/count in, under metronome, which plays 4 measures of metronome followed by the beat without metronome, wouldn't this be the same as using the 4 kicks feature(pmpte)?

Dope vid

PMPTE all day

What would be interesting and sorry if you've already covered it and I missed it is how you layout your pads, I've been recently just chucking the samples anyway then using simult on a higher. bank to trigger the lower ones when I work out the order.

Sup Fam…Always Fire !! You should be able to track 10 channels at once by leaving two sounds on the main outs and just pan 1 left and 1 right !!

A video covering "song mode" and compiling difernt sequences and bar counts to make intro, bridge,verse,hook etc. Would be dope.

🙏🙏🙏

@marcopolo Thanks for this! 🙏🏽

“..but I am using my MPC, thats my baby...” - Marco Polo

nice bro !!!

I just record the beat from my mpc 2500 in ableton. I don't do any of the mixing and mastering stuff. I just record the beat and that's it

Would love to see you talk about drum layering . Great vid

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Thank you a lot

whole that beat im coming

beat is fire

Thanks

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