We need more of these thanks. Appreciate how you talked through your mix decisions too and had the eq info written on the screen. I've been mixing more and more in the mpc for simplicity purposes, it's helping me finish way more music.
Thanks for watching dude. I will definitely be doing more of these. As I said in the video, we can bounce to our DAW to mix obviously, but it’s nice to have some weapons for mixing in standalone as well.
Cheers fella. I learnt more about compression, layering and all that intricate jazz than any other page on youtube. You're simply a master of explaining. This channel will blow up I guarantee it. Please keep em coming geezer. All the best, Lew
@@TheCratesMotel I have been mate honestly good to find a UK engineer who doesn't bs and straight to the point. Im really looking for more westcoast rap kind of stuff. Dj quik, daz dillinger, pooh, battlecat ect Would love for you to do a piece on that think it would do well. Cheers for the reply
Hey dude, well there are no rules really, but yes in this case, compression to tighten up adn even out the snare, transient to bring back some of the attack and then EQ to taste. But this will not work on every snare drum, so maybe experiment a bit. You can try the transient designer at the end after the compression and EQ, or you can EQ into the compressor. No rules. Thanks for watching.
@@TheCratesMotel I am far from a mixing engineer so I like to K.I.S.S. most of my music revolves around clever sampling & innovative drum sequencing & recording. Until recently, all my beats went to an old fostex mr8. That fostex taught me how me how to do more with less. Now that I have the power of modern MPC, I want to keep that spirit in my music. Thank you for this recent strings of vids, it really showed me how to get things done with just my MPC. I am abandoning my ableton rig & am committing to the MPC. You have shown how to get a quality sound with this akai engine. Thx a mil
I am building a new MPC template where the default FX stack per pad is 1] comp1 or mother ducker insert 2] comp2 or FX 1 3] FX2 or EQ 4] EQ or mother ducker
@@lbrown7164 It’s a good ethos to keeping it simple. I love the KISS approach myself. With the modern machines, it’s definitely possible to get a pretty much finished result. Maybe don’t abandon Ableton completely. Keep it in the background in case you need it. For instance, when it comes to warping samples, Ableton is one of the best IMO. But yeh, getting it mostly done in the MPC is a somewhat liberating approach.
I use a Sennheiser MKE600 for shotgun or an Earthworks Icon Pro for close up work. This runs into an Audient EVO16 and my FX chain is generally UAD Avalon VT737, into Waves Clarity VX Pro, into Waves Rvox into UAD C-Vox with Fabfilter Pro Q3 on EQ surgical EQ duties sometimes. All very subtle changes. My rom is quite reverby so a lot of it is cleaning up reverb.
Wow this is probably the most underated mpc channel on youtube
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Hey man, you are welcome. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
Can’t like this twice so commenting for the algo. Good luck with the channel and thanks for sharing your wisdom and experience ✌🏼
Thanks for watching dude and thank you for taking the time to comment.
We need more of these thanks. Appreciate how you talked through your mix decisions too and had the eq info written on the screen. I've been mixing more and more in the mpc for simplicity purposes, it's helping me finish way more music.
I'd love to hear more on the difference of the mpc compressors
Thanks for watching dude. I will definitely be doing more of these. As I said in the video, we can bounce to our DAW to mix obviously, but it’s nice to have some weapons for mixing in standalone as well.
Great idea. Compressors video. Noted.
@@TheCratesMotel Thanks for this series. What about a video focused specifically on mixing the low end (kick and bass)?
@@marcopolo4350 Great idea, I will add that to the list
Hey Conan, great video. Looking forward to more of these mpc videos in the future. We met in Dubai back in 2018 I think I’m Danny K mate.
Hey man. Ah cool, nice to meet you again, so to speak, and cheers for watching.
Great video. More please.
Absolutely dude. Thank you for watching.
The way you explain mixing is perfect for my style of learning… really appreciate you my guy hope you keep these tutorials coming much respect bro
You’re welcome dude. I’m glad they can be of use to you. Thank you for watching.
Cheers for the advice as always homes
Pleasure as always brother
Cheers fella. I learnt more about compression, layering and all that intricate jazz than any other page on youtube. You're simply a master of explaining. This channel will blow up I guarantee it. Please keep em coming geezer.
All the best,
Lew
Thanks dude, I appreciate your kind words and I am glad to be of help. Thanks for watching.
Thanks Conan
Thanks for watching man
Another great tutorial, 🙏 thanks
You are welcome dude, thank you for watching
Great stuff! I also use programs as busses. Keeping them coming!
Yes that’s a great idea. Thanks for watching.
😂😂😂 yooooo! That beat was tough 🔥 then he says pretty standard stuff! 😅 dope! Salute sir!
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
YUP! Solid content! Thanks!!!!
You're welcome dude, thanks for watching
Very nice.
Going to spend some time on drumbreaks now.
Yeh bro, flip those beats. Thanks for watching!
Do you ever reach for the Amp envelope (in adsr mode with med sustain)? It’s a good option I find.
Thanks dude, that’s a great tip.
Best mpc channel about. Any stuff on 90\2000 west coast or boom bap conan? 😊
Hey buddy, thank you for watching. Yes, if you flick through my videos there are a couple that are relevant to boom bap etc
@@TheCratesMotel I have been mate honestly good to find a UK engineer who doesn't bs and straight to the point.
Im really looking for more westcoast rap kind of stuff. Dj quik, daz dillinger, pooh, battlecat ect
Would love for you to do a piece on that think it would do well. Cheers for the reply
Be great if you could do a video on drum layering Conan
Noted. I’ll add that to the list dude. Thank you for watching.
So the chain was 1 compression 2 transient 3 eq correct ?
Hey dude, well there are no rules really, but yes in this case, compression to tighten up adn even out the snare, transient to bring back some of the attack and then EQ to taste. But this will not work on every snare drum, so maybe experiment a bit. You can try the transient designer at the end after the compression and EQ, or you can EQ into the compressor. No rules. Thanks for watching.
@@TheCratesMotel
I am far from a mixing engineer so I like to K.I.S.S.
most of my music revolves around clever sampling & innovative drum sequencing & recording.
Until recently, all my beats went to an old fostex mr8. That fostex taught me how me how to do more with less. Now that I have the power of modern MPC, I want to keep that spirit in my music. Thank you for this recent strings of vids, it really showed me how to get things done with just my MPC. I am abandoning my ableton rig & am committing to the MPC. You have shown how to get a quality sound with this akai engine.
Thx a mil
I am building a new MPC template where the default FX stack per pad is
1] comp1 or mother ducker insert
2] comp2 or FX 1
3] FX2 or EQ
4] EQ or mother ducker
@@lbrown7164 It’s a good ethos to keeping it simple. I love the KISS approach myself. With the modern machines, it’s definitely possible to get a pretty much finished result. Maybe don’t abandon Ableton completely. Keep it in the background in case you need it. For instance, when it comes to warping samples, Ableton is one of the best IMO. But yeh, getting it mostly done in the MPC is a somewhat liberating approach.
What microphone setup do you use to record your videos?
I use a Sennheiser MKE600 for shotgun or an Earthworks Icon Pro for close up work. This runs into an Audient EVO16 and my FX chain is generally UAD Avalon VT737, into Waves Clarity VX Pro, into Waves Rvox into UAD C-Vox with Fabfilter Pro Q3 on EQ surgical EQ duties sometimes. All very subtle changes. My rom is quite reverby so a lot of it is cleaning up reverb.