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@mpchead Месяц назад

Merch mpchead.com/collections/merch

@istvantoth7431 11 месяцев назад

The Portuguese shogun shares his secrets. Thanks bud, appreciate this!

@fire.aux.chords 11 месяцев назад

preach brother... this the video weve all been waiting for. secret sauce

@danielrobinofficial 11 месяцев назад

after 35 years of producing hiphop beats myself… i never get tired of listening to a talented and enthusiastic beatmaker who knows his gear. Thank you so much for inspiration with every video you drop.

@804EBEATS 4 месяца назад

Tegelar compression a secret weapon. Got one myself.

@happyjessus 11 месяцев назад

Listened this on good speakers. The difference is extreme between dry and wet. Low end is more tamed but the huge difference is on the HF where everything sounds more organic and playful, almost "alive" you could say.. You make really good use of that gear

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing ✌🏼

@neorahmusic9245 10 месяцев назад

is this achievable with plugins???? Should I mix with plugin analog emulations like this? Im confused please help!!

@aristonmain 10 месяцев назад

@@neorahmusic9245yes it's possible, everything is possible now. Especially these gears u see is alr on a software

@sourcemonet 10 месяцев назад

Nice workflow ✊ Great to see composing, sound designing and mixing rolled up in one 💯

@elident7828 11 месяцев назад

Thanks Marlow, you are giving me ideas that are really helpful and valuable… in the music industry I’m learning that people aren’t as transparent as you are and tend to keep secrets. I’m definitely looking at a hardware compressor for my outputs and like your signal chain. Thanks great video !

@mas8538 11 месяцев назад

This was dope man thank you for sharing! I would love a full tour foo!!

@marcelotooty 11 месяцев назад

Só ensinamento bom, Marlow! Sigo na sintonia 🙏

@Beatsbynovember 11 месяцев назад

That was so dope. Very informative and entertaining. Keep up the great work 💯

@datapusher- 11 месяцев назад

The chimes and effects really POP through with that EQ and comp. Everyone hears the snare because its obvious but I love the life breathed into the subtle sounds. A+

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

YES that's the thing I love about the eq. Always brings extra harmonics.

@DJ279V 11 месяцев назад

Thx for sharing as there is definitely a difference in the sound and feel through each device.

@carbonvibes 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing Marlow, appreciate you for all the gems. Much respect brother 🫡

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

✌🏼thanks for tuning in once again 🔥

@Ross_Antonich 11 месяцев назад

Great video Marlow! I loved seeing this. I need to get into rack mounts!

@lindasson 11 месяцев назад

Great conversation and demonstration fam. I use almost the same chain, but gonna experiment with the X SE to Analog Heat to the SP-404MK2 with a few fxs, just to see what I can come up with 🙏🏾✊🏾💚

@Richard_P_James 10 месяцев назад

Great video - excellent loop!

@WilfridCyrus 11 месяцев назад

Great idea for a video. Loved seeing your outboard gear and got inspired to get some myself.

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

Go for it!

@PeteOnTheBeat 11 месяцев назад

Sounds amazing! The main difference I spotted was on the snare. I'm making a Marlow type beat rn with your rhodes chords and I applied the some of the tricks here!

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

I guess when I m making the beat it is very dark and when I run it through these machines it brightens up the mix and adds harmonics.

@chrisdavis9135 11 месяцев назад

Dope mane.. definitely Diggs ya technique fo sho!🏆

@djshancabass9353 11 месяцев назад

Thanks, for the lesson.

@davidscott2095 11 месяцев назад

Awesome! That Electron Heat really colors that sound! Yes, please do a studio tour. Blessings!

@notafunc 11 месяцев назад

Nice setup, simple and effective.

@HarryLoveTV 11 месяцев назад

the make up analogy is pretty funny & apt. some lovely gear you been acquiring man!!

@KW-zs7zv 11 месяцев назад

hey marlow amazing. its night and day for sure. your channel and soccer is what brings me joy these days. haha. more videos please!

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

Glad you like them! ✌🏼

@MYD369 11 месяцев назад

I’d dig that full tour u were speaking about 🤙🏽

@Rondware71 11 месяцев назад

Great insight and valuable information, great video. Thanks.💎

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for tuning in to the channel 🔥

@3nochendtimesmusic925 11 месяцев назад

The sound you're getting from that chain is gold bro, that anolog heat is doing a lot for the character while the rack gear is adding heft weight and dimension. I have a similar chain but with less expensive gear and an SP-303 instead of an anolog heat and instead of 2comps a Mic pre, comp then eq but I also have two and almost three different chains now. Great choice of gear by the way, the beat is ill as well sounds like some 90's Heltah Skeltah.

@3nochendtimesmusic925 11 месяцев назад

I think this is topic a lot of beat makers need these days since it takes sonics and sound quality to a level that plugins just can't achieve. Sorry for the rant but this vid got me hype, anyway keep doing you're thing Marlow and stay humble bro I really admire that about you. Peace!

@neorahmusic9245 10 месяцев назад

is this achievable with plugins???? Should I mix with plugin analog emulations like this? Im confused please help!!

@celestial5693 4 месяца назад

@@neorahmusic9245there’s no harm in trying. Plugins although (imo) aren’t at the level of outboard have definitely gotten better in the last few years. The main thing is if it sounds good, then that’s it!

@rodrigoelcabondo 10 месяцев назад

Yo this beat is hard! I would listen to this on repeat for hours on headphones while watering my garden. Peace!

@mpchead 10 месяцев назад

🔥🔥🔥

@SniggyMoo 11 месяцев назад

Impressive what the limiter does with the snare. Very snappy. Dope 🤜🏽🤛🏽

@SniggyMoo 11 месяцев назад

I wish Akai has a compressor where you can compress specific Frequencies.

@RuggedAndPrez 11 месяцев назад

The mix knob on the Successor is a real nice touch

@smackdammit4266 11 месяцев назад

That Analog Heat tho🔥🔥🔥🔥👌🏽

@mnlrbeats 11 месяцев назад

thank you for the inside!

@tsunderelobster7247 11 месяцев назад

We're def gonna need that full tour...

@mcbublick 11 месяцев назад

nice mix!

@iengineer_247 11 месяцев назад

Wow good to see this video I want the heat unit!!!!

@DBX79 11 месяцев назад

Your videos inspire me to keep making more hip hop music!

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

Happy to hear that!🔥🔥🔥

@taller513 11 месяцев назад

Gracias por compartir esto bro, un gran abrazo

@jermainelong1843 11 месяцев назад

Night and day. Informative video.

@northkaskazini721 4 месяца назад

You are appreciated 💯

@NME_REK 11 месяцев назад

I can dig this vid here bro

@DJDigitalJosh 11 месяцев назад

Magic PURE Magic!

@IamDjCorrect 11 месяцев назад

Dope brother ! ! !

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

🙏🏼

@philip6252 11 месяцев назад

Goated with the sauce 🥵

@dans5529 11 месяцев назад

Man, night and day difference with the external processing on and off! Great beat and great sound too!

@dans5529 11 месяцев назад

Oh, and a full studio tour would be cool to see too for sure.

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

Appreciate it! ✌🏼

@undergrounderCDA 11 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@joshuamercado4596 4 месяца назад

I’ve bought some of your drum kits before and thought the kicks were way to heavy to work with but now seeing that this being the work flow they’re being utilized in I gotta give em another go

@HouseDarten 10 месяцев назад

Nice!

@BussBoy22 11 месяцев назад

Thank you Marlow Diggs. I recreated this Chain in Abelton and my beats feels more alive now!!

@beatsbyattarus80 10 месяцев назад

Interesting! I also use Ableton. which plugins are you using to recreate this setup?

@BussBoy22 10 месяцев назад

The secrets in the stock plugins

@ak51ziomucz 11 месяцев назад

Dope Spaceship Men ! ❤

@projectsmarsh 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for putting us on game time after time 🙏 this one shouldnt be taken lightly

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

🙏🏼

@cooksoni.a 11 месяцев назад

holy shit, that side by side comparison

@PacificDownstreams 11 месяцев назад

How come you don't do Q&A's??

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

You want a q&a?

@brianendthelandartifacts6521 11 месяцев назад

Ur boom bap is that! Soulful also! I’m going to work on me a rack!

@socialnarcotics1147 11 месяцев назад

Wow thats a huge amount of processing and compression. The result sounds like a less extreme version of the vinyl sim on the sp303. I find the vinyl sim sound to get fatiguing quite quickly though

@dopesnare 11 месяцев назад

Assuming you "mix" in the MPC this is crazy to hear what some good stereo processors can do..Boom!

@strangestrains. 11 месяцев назад

Analog Heat🔥🔥🔥

@spvidz 11 месяцев назад

Awesome video man, thanks for sharing! I wish I would have invested in outboard equipment instead of a ton of different samplers lol. Can't believe the difference these make...!

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

You and me both! Spent some money on samplers that get hardly used.

@bornshamir7792 11 месяцев назад

Obvious improveme ts of sound. Thanks for the jewels

@lelandchapman1 11 месяцев назад

Full tour ❤

@beverly007ful 11 месяцев назад

Cool rig

@hidhoman954 11 месяцев назад

Each pass sounds good then gets better & better with each processor added. Please share some of your Analog Heat presets

@eyesintheskies 7 дней назад

Nice been thinking of getting the symph for awhile… it’s sounding great & the m/s functionality is sweet. 👌

@mpchead 6 дней назад

I love it!

@eyesintheskies 6 дней назад

@@mpchead thats good to hear, been able to boost the bass in the middle & keep the highs on the sides crisp sounds ideal & adds a ton of versatility. Im sold!!!

@ambeez___ 11 месяцев назад

🔥🔥🔥

@boutstaxx 11 месяцев назад

This was right on time been on the fence between a big six or neve 542 tape emulators and various 500 gear etc. I got a 2-3k budget and looking for that sauce to add to my live 2

@mille400prod3 11 месяцев назад

thx boss

@DystopianTofuTV 11 месяцев назад

super interesting and inspiring, thnx ✌️ btw i just today traded my Analog Heat MK1 against a OTO BOUM … i do not yet have the boum here but will get it on monday. It has saturation and compression… that’s why i wanted to get it. :)

@lostinjazz 11 месяцев назад

+ working with actual hardware is so much fun. I love playing around with knobs and buttons and turn an analog signal into the red which is simply not possible when you‘re only working inside the box. Nothing wrong with taking the best out of both worlds. PEACE!

@ralfmoss 11 месяцев назад

Congrats on over 70k subs..... 100 plaque coming soon

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

Yeah working on it 🙏🏼

@droneoperatr9998 11 месяцев назад

wow

@prodcountryjames 11 месяцев назад

Huge Difference well rounded everything. I've been producing over 20+ years mainly on Reasons so I decided to buy the MPC Live and Roland Integra 7 a couple weeks back. Man the sound from digital to analog is so much lovelier lol. I have the Audio Scape Comp, Distressor and Dbx 160A which now I will start adding to my beats after watching your video. I would have to record into Protools because man I can't keep rewiring cables 😅Thanks a lot for the video..

@whawha9016 11 месяцев назад

Sounds like you got rich parents or a very well-paid job?

@prodcountryjames 11 месяцев назад

@@whawha9016 Far from rich parents its call Sweetwaters, Zzounds, Some TV placements and overtime, plus years of saving lol.

@808pacificstate 10 месяцев назад

The brain of that chain is THE Prism however. Without that Benzo sound card the rest of this chain can’t perform as well as it is. This is 🎯. Amazing video!

@mpchead 10 месяцев назад

💯

@flunkedouttanasa9450 11 месяцев назад

I'd love to see the full tour for sure. Really interesting that the final touch is just a limiter in your DAW. You really don't mess with it much after the rack units?

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

No I don't, after it passes the machines it is done.

@beatsbyjiro8291 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing some secret sauce, every producer go their little secret chain that usually stays a secret, so do you monitor through the whole chain as your making the beat or do you bypass them and engage them after the beat is done trying to get the best sound striaght out of the MPC before recording.

@saardean4481 11 месяцев назад

Cudos and props to you for acknowledging that you can get very far with olugins nowadays. Is this the mk1 analog heat? I also like some analog sauce so i bought a Oto Boum. Mostly cause of the workflow. Not because i cant get there with high end plugins . I once in a while need to turn some knobs for a change i guess :-)

@kursive1 3 месяца назад

Dope video. Need some gear.

@georgegeez8708 10 месяцев назад

Great video. I personally separate all my sounds out of my MPC being that it has 8 outs plus the stereo outs for a total of ten outputs. I use the 8 outs for mainly drums and the stereo out for the main sample. I double and triple my kicks to sound really punchy. From there, in the mixer, I have outboard EQs, compression and effects which puts the icing on the cake when it comes to the sound. After all that, I record into the DAW and finish there. Or I go completely dawless and record straight into a DAT recorder to keep the mix completely warm. That's how I make my music smack hard.

@neorahmusic9245 10 месяцев назад

is this achievable with plugins???? Should I mix with plugin analog emulations like this? Im confused please help!!

@georgegeez8708 10 месяцев назад

@neorahmusic9245 Hey, from what I know, it is achievable. I just personally use outboard gear to achieve my sound. But yes, there are plug-ins that mimic certain outboard gear that can give you the sound you are looking for.

@neorahmusic9245 10 месяцев назад

@@georgegeez8708 Thanks

@NME_REK 8 месяцев назад

Always know plug ins are secondary and trying to mimic the real version of hardware gear

@westerncivilization 3 месяца назад

Word to the Pulp Fiction VHS tape. That thing got me laid a lot back in the day.

@Vinylheritage 11 месяцев назад

Very interesting and unorthodox method. How do you deal with frequency clash between tracks since you are mixing directly the output? Do you do anything else than just gain staging inside the MPC? Peace

@dxtrs_mnpltr 11 месяцев назад

Those Heritage units bro 🤗

@matthewstrohmaier1911 11 месяцев назад

Do you have any advice for making heavy plunderphonics esque music like the stuff of the Avalanches on the modern MPC?

@Drinkyoghurt 8 месяцев назад

Quick question about your Echolette. I see you have individually attached inputs to its channels. My current setup has a 12 channel analog mixer where I have everything plugged into (all my instruments/synths) and I have the Echolette set up as an Effects Send/Return. This way I keep the echo settings on input 1 at max and use the Effects Send to control the dry/wet mix (which is what the echo knob on the echolette does). Is there a reason you went with your setup?

@RoomAtTheTopStudio 4 месяца назад

Hey Marlow this is great. I'm thinking of getting a couple of Tegeler channels. Do you use the individual outputs on your MPC or do you level inside the MPC? I started by leveling inside the MPC because my eight outputs weren't working on my 2000 XL when I got it but I'm used to using individual outputs on analogue drum machines so aside from my portable MPC all my other MPCs have the individual outputs and for me it's a must to run it through an analogue desk. What's your opinion?

@GrabThoseKeys 11 месяцев назад

The punch and clarity that your beats have is always so pleasing to listen to. Do you / have you found the fx within the mpc live 2 and x to be on par with your external gear or do you find that they lack something that you look for when mixing? Or is it simply your love of buying and using different gear because i can totally understand that I'm the same way lol. Always look forward to these types of videos!!

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

I love gear, I feel that all gear has its own sound and feel, they're all different and all have they're unique magic. Plugins in the mpc are the same, some have traits that I can't replicate on the analog gear.

@GrabThoseKeys 11 месяцев назад

That makes perfect sense. As I'm still early in my beat making journey I find myself trying to use the plugins on the mpc live 2 and X to see what fx I like and from there I'll venture out to buying gear because I like gear 😂. Catch you on the next video. Thanks!

@mmmmmmyeeeaaahhh3880 11 месяцев назад

You oughta get a wood rack for those my dude, the wood racks are sick. Plus you won't see all the exposed wiring.

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

I like this one because it has wheels and I can move it around the studio

@Knick_Fury 11 месяцев назад

Great vid especially for a novice like me. Thanks for sharing. Was gonna ask more about Analog Heat but just found your vid from a couple of years back doing a deeper dive on it...nice. Much appreciated! 🫡

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

Awesome, thank you!

@inputmonitor 7 месяцев назад

That Tegeler Audio Magnetismus 2 sounds amazing...

@eltripps9684 6 месяцев назад

Marlow! I have a question. My mix bus comes out of my daw. My first hardware gear for the mix bus was the analog heat, but now I added the warm audio 273 preamps. Would you still have the analog heat as the first thing the mix bus hits over the preamps, or would it make sense to put it after the eqs and compressors to add a little last second character?

@VinylWave11 11 месяцев назад

Great very informative video. Do you ever use the analog heat on the ins for the MPC when sampling vinyl? I am strongly considering analog heat and/or a MPC Black Lion XB Mod for my MPX X SE

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

Never used it for sampling but I do run my samples through it after I sample.

@FolieEnPublic 6 месяцев назад

Hi Marlow, love the channel. Very helpful. So I was looking into buying either an analog heat or add an Akai S950 to my setup (MPC Live 2 + Macbook) to add some character to my sound. I've had an S900 in the past but am unfamiliar with devices like the analog heat. I saw you use the MPC60 for it's sound so I was wondering which made more of an impact on your sound. The MPC60 or the Analog heat? Thnx and keep up the good work!

@mpchead 6 месяцев назад

The analog heat is better for sound, no brainer.

@FolieEnPublic 6 месяцев назад

@@mpcheadCool thanks! I'm going to try one.

@The_Sonic_Ally 10 месяцев назад

hey, you mention adding limiter at the end to bring the sound up to broadcast level. and i been reading about gain staging between A & D. so may i ask what your headroom is roughly. i read the equivalent of zero db digital in analog is about -18db when measured digitally for the sweet spot, so i guess you are pushing texture and harmonics with the analog gear but where you hitting before broadcast level generally ?

@saren6538 11 месяцев назад

Marlow do you ever bother going out to cassette tape once it’s all mixed etc ? Is so what tape deck do you use

@brianendthelandartifacts6521 11 месяцев назад

Soo much crispier with the gear!!! Do you still mix inside the Mpc??

@engin3ar 11 месяцев назад

Is there a VST, or more than one VST, which can be a substitute for all of this nice hardware?

@SOO100BRAND 11 месяцев назад

Good video. My racks are my sound. I'm so confident in my signal chain it doesn't matter the sampler or synth I start with

@mpchead 11 месяцев назад

Same here!

@user-ji8tp2ff5g 11 месяцев назад

Do you have a video on how to use the akai mpc X se ?

@nzreggae2534 11 месяцев назад

Elektron analog heat is an ad da converter with no option of using it as a purely analogue processor I assume. Which begs the question 'how much processing is actually DSP not analogue distortion?. I am intellectually averse to digital conversions. I regard them as degrading. I try to minimise conversions. I like my S950 for hip hop samples from vinyl. Audio converters I want accuracy. You are converting more than necessary. Put the Electron last in the chain and use it as your A/D converter. One less A/D to D/A conversion.

@themayne6303 11 месяцев назад

I don’t have the patience for these particular chains. I get it though. I’m just not ready for that complicated learning curve at the moment. Can’t wait till I am though.

@GoodAfternoonDave 11 месяцев назад

Do you ever use the envelope follower on the Analog Heat to reduce the dynamic range/glue things together....works well

@mpchead 10 месяцев назад

Because of the compressors I don't have that need but yes that option works well.

@moriaijun 7 месяцев назад

My question is, if I were to buy it first, which would you recommend: Tegeler Audio Manufaktur/Magnetismus 2 or Heritage Audio/SUCCESSOR? Influenced by Marlow Digs I purchased ELEKTRON/Analog Heat HFX-1 MKII. Thank you.

@mpchead 7 месяцев назад

For compression you wanna get the heritage audio.

@moriaijun 7 месяцев назад

thank you! Always helpful!