How to use the Akai MPC2000XL Sequencer Complete Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- This is a deep whip-round the functions of the Main Screen. What's behind each field and how to use them. Put the clip in 'Full Screen' 1080P and use the index markers to skip directly to what you need to know 👍🏼
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Other Chapters:
Chapter 1: Navigating your MPC2000 - • How to use the Akai MP...
Chapter 2: Sampling & editing sounds - • How to use the Akai MP...
Chapter 3: Creating / Editing Programs - • How to use the Akai MP...
Chapter 4: Sequencer - You're lookin' at it!
Chapter 5: Mixer, MIDI/Sync, Load, Save & Other - • How to use the Akai MP...
Chapter 6: Coming Soon
Full Tutorial Playlist:
• MPC2000XL Complete Tut...
Index
0:00 Intro
1:05 Sequencer Specs & Overview
4:50 Basic Sequencer Concept
7:15 NOW field
8:10 BARs - Insert & Delete
8:55 Undo
11:35 Locate Keys & GoTo
13:10 Transport: Recording & Playing
13:55 Loop functions
14:50 Count (aka Click / Metronome)
19:10 Tracks (Copy & Delete Tracks)
21:55 Track Mute Button
24:30 Main Screen Soft Keys
25:55 Sequence Field (Copy, Delete-ALL)
27:45 Erasing Modes
33:25 Edit Modes
43:30 Step Edit
59:25 PGM (Program Changes)
1:02:09 Velo (Velocity Offset)
1:03:44 Time Correction (Swing)
1:09:00 Tap Tempo
1:10:00 Note Repeat (Arpeggiator)
1:13:00 Track Types: MIDI vs DRUM
1:15:00 MIDI Track Options
1:18:00 Multi Track Recording
1:23:35 MIDI Input Options
1:26:28 Tempo Changes
1:29:00 Time Signature
1:31:00 AutoLoad APS+ALL
1:33:00 Punch In/Out
1:34:49 2ndSeq
1:36:20 Transpose
1:37:35 NextSeq
1:40:30 16 Levels
1:43:25 Note Variation Slider
1:47:48 Song Mode
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Mate you’ve put the MPC Bible in video format. Amazing. Even as a veteran 2000XL user you broke down some things I didn’t know. Cheers
i am only thirty minutes in and i can say that this is the most informative guide i yet to come across
the most comprehensive 2000xl tutorial on youtube. much appreciated!!
You're welcome.. and cheers for the generous feedback 🙏🏻
@@tonelab where to get this enlarged Display?
Still the best midi sequencer ever made
“Maybe you’re hopeless at playing to a click” haha, made me chuckle. Love this content btw. Had my XL for a couple years now and thought to check over the basics to see if I’d missed anything. Learning some good tips 👍
Ha! ..aww, no disrespect to those struggling with 'timing issues', on the contrary.. I meant 'they too' can also make parts with Step Edit 👍🏼😆
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
This tutorial has inspired me to dust off my MPC2000XL . Thanks Tonelab
Yeah, you should! ..I highly recommend it, they're so much fun to mess around on 🙏🏻
great overview of a great machine /sequencer
Best MPC2000XL Tutorial on UA-cam. I own the machine for a couple of years now but still i learned some new stuff which i was missing out. Thanks a lot 🙏
Thanks very much for saying 🙏🏻 ..fantastic Sequencer, huh?! ..it's worth getting to know 'everything' it can offer, not that everyone needs it all.. but it's good to 'pick & choose' what might be of use to you 👍🏼
this is great!!! an in depth thorough mpc 2000 xl tutorial in 2022. thanks so much for the hard work creating this.
first time i ever comment on a video. THANKS! TOP TUTORIAL
Thanks Ignacio 🙏🏻 ..so I guess this will be your first reply from a video 🤓 👍🏼
Dope tutorial thanks for sharing your knowledge 🙏🏽
Cheers, glad you dug it 🙏🏼
This was a flashback, I used be able to work it with a dead screen😅. Might pull it out as a midi center after seeing this ! cheers
Very Thanks for tuto 👍🏻
In depth... Love it, Thank you much
Cheers 🙏🏼
sheeesh this so helpful
dope thx for this!!!
Bonza dude, love your work.
Cheers mate! 👍🏼
Amazing! Cheers.
You're welcome 🙏🏻
great, subbed
Great tutorial! I need to try this with my Isla Instruments S2400, Akai Pro MPC X, Ensoniq ASR-X-Pro, and both my Behringer RD-8 and RD-9…
Having the r9,rd8 is f**kn good times !
Nice tutorial thanks.
You're welcome 🙏🏻
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Thank's a lot for your great tutorials! Would love to see you do one on a MPC60 in the future.
Thanks very much, well I'm doing the MPC3000, unfortunately, I don't have a 60.. but I hear the original Roger Linn OS' are very much the same.. so it should cover the 60... at least, until I get a 60! 🙏🏻
@@tonelab Ah that would also be great - and highly appriciated! Learned many new things from your videos even tho i worked on the 2000XL for years. Thank you!
Thnx
If one industry benefited from the advent of superbright RGB LEDs - it was this one 😂
God bless you
You make the best tutorials i have ever seen. Could make one on the Mpc 4000?
Thanks 🙏🏻 ...yes, the 4000 will be coming soon 👍🏼
It mostly behaves like a 2000XL with a few extra options, it has a lot of the same or similar parts, the sequencer is the same
From 3000 to 2000xl there's a difference
Sequencer wise
60/3000 are similar
2000XL/4000 are similar
2000 has annoying limitations don't listen to people saying it sounds better it's 1 eq notch difference, it means nothing, they are just trying to sell you a turd, 2000XL or nothing
any chance for a full mpc 4000 tutorial? you rock.
You betcha ! .. love my 4000 🫡
This could be my Creator/Notator replacement for the Atari ST. Great content. I have an MPC Live 2 but it's too much for a scratch pad for me.
Thanks very much 🙏🏻 ..I used to have an Atari ST, not long before I first got my 2000XL actually. And the transition from Atari to this particular MPC was mind blowing... after your muscle memory adapts to the 2000.. it's extremely efficient and effortless.. PS. I've had an MPC-X, since it's debut in 2018, and I find that Sequencer a little too arduous, like for like, compared with the same features 'it' shares with the 2000's Sequencer.. my muscle memory just doesn't adapt to the 'some features via screen' versus 'some features via knobs and buttons + menu dive' .. as well as the simplicity of the 2000 👍🏼
Great tutorial. Thank you for doing this. Best one I've seen. Any chance on doing one on the mpc 4000?
Thanks very much 🙏🏻 Yep, there's a bit in the queue, at the moment, but definitely hope to do that later in the year 👍🏼
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Enjoyed this! Actually making me rethink swapping my xl for something newer. What do you use for your midi out connections? I though the two out ports meant I could only trigger two synths 🤦♂️
I don't use anything other than the MIDI outputs that the XL has, I only ever need 2-3 synths.. and you can daisy-chain them off the MIDI Thru ports 👍🏼
@@tonelab thanks that’s useful to know. I don’t suppose you’ve used the newer one likes the Live 2 or the X? Tempted to still switch to allow for more controls. The XL would be perfect for me if you could also high pass filter and record audio over sequences!
Yeah, I've got an X. A lot of people 'pair' up a Roland SP404 with their 2000XL, for filters and added effects, after all, you can have 10 outputs, to make use of.. (out of the XL) you don't necessarily need it inside the same machine, in my opinion, but I guess depends what you're into 🙏🏻
Hello I found a 2000 for 350 and a 2000xl for 400 which one would you prefer? And why?
What do you think about the newer MPC’s ?
I like the XL, the 2000 is good.. the flip-top screen on the XL is worth the $50 difference alone... it'll save your neck. New-MPCs?! ..I like the browsing, storage features on the new-gens.. but, I can't say I'm a fan of their choice of DAC, which is why I mostly use it in 'Controller Mode', I can bypass the onboard DAC in Controller Mode. I know 'Black Lion' did a mod to improve the DAC, but I was expecting a better quality converter in the 'flagship' MPC X. 👍🏼www.blacklionaudio.com/store/modifications/akai-mpc-x-mod/
I’ve been trying to break into the music production, to go along with some of my lyrics, and I’ve had my eye on this piece of tech for quite a while. Unfortunately, since it’s a bit older, it’s hard to find one around where I’m at. Does anyone know a good, maybe newer, alternative?
The new generation is available.. the new 61 Key (the keyboard version with Pads) amzn.to/3XHtx3p
Or there's the X here: amzn.to/3XyRLwO
Or the MPC One, currently at a great deal: amzn.to/3VhrAt6
Sorry but I just had a question about the 2000xl. Is it my unit or does the directory act funky sometimes on your unit. Whenever I go into a folder/kit I have a sub folder ex kicks when I try to back out of that folder to let's say pick the snare folder it doesn't let me. even if I try to go back to the root to select a whole different kit its stuck. Am I doing something wrong? or is this a bug that maybe my unit has. Can you please do a video on the load directory ? please man cause I am loosing it
Well, you're in luck.. I already have. The answer to that is in this chapter about 30 minutes in 👍🏼 ua-cam.com/video/ZdI27rV0OJk/v-deo.html
hey tone in this vid you say you did a vid called tracking out mpcs and sp1200 into daw cant find that vid on your page anywhere
Yeah, sorry.. it copped a copyright take-down, I think, for the music (that was barely audible in the background). However, I re-uploaded here 👍🏼 fb.watch/otc4FFWY-y/
How do you delete the notes from the pads? I'm re-watching it again, maybe I missed it...
You mean like "Delete a Sound from a Pad?", if 'Yes'.. then that's actually covered in the video on 'Programs', which is also worth a watch 👍🏼 ua-cam.com/video/nTZhVt7q0Yo/v-deo.html
@@tonelab One more question. If I upload on my card already chopped samples, for like 4 bars. And I don't want to chop them even further in "zones", how can I use the "pitching option?🤔 Or is not possible?
So, if I understand correctly.. you have 4 separate Samples?! ..each Sample located on a different Pad?! .. if 'yes', then you can Tune each Sample, via the Program page.. like in this clip (time indexed) 👍🏼 ua-cam.com/video/nTZhVt7q0Yo/v-deo.html
@@tonelab Thank you, I'm checking it right now.
@@tonelab Yes, it was under my nose and I used it before. But I haven't used it for a while the MPC and... Thank you so much for the replies and the content!
I have been experiencing a lot of can't find file when loading into my mpc 2000xl. I can't figure out what's going on.
If Sounds from different' disks.. different folders.. different libraries can't be relocated. It's best to save ALL your Programs & Sounds into a specifically created folder 'per Song'. 👍🏼
what's that display? seems larger than normal display on 2KXL!
I wish! ..unfortunately, that's a little bit of 'trick' photography going on there.. 'zoomed in' to make it easier to see 👍🏼
how do i slow the tempo of the note repeat
The Note-Repeat is linked to your Sequence-Tempo and the Quantize value, so try changing your Quantize-Value and you'll get the idea 👍🏼
Any plans for a MPC 4000 tutorial? Or is there one out already?
Oh, definitely wanna reveal all the treasures of the 4000 👌🏼🏴☠
can't get back to the root directory sometimes once in a folder. is this a bug?
Hmmm.. not sure it's a bug, per se... I think it's more a 'lost in translation' scenario when floppy drives are replaced with the Card Reader.. I'm presuming you're using an XL that had the floppy replaced with a 'Card Reader'!? 🤔 ..the work around I found to get me outta that is press the 'LOAD' or 'SAVE' button.. that'll return you to the Root of the Card 👍🏻
@@tonelab ok, cheers!
The 5th episode, of the 2000XL series, has the 'Storage' (Disk) section.. there's some other tricks in there.. but, check this out.. if you don't know about AutoLoad, it can save a bunch of keystrokes.. and allows you to set up a 'default' Template that 'AutoLoads' when the XL powers up 🙏🏻 ua-cam.com/video/_vrXuy8ivKQ/v-deo.html
@@tonelab you are a champion
Is the 2000xl better sounding than 1000???
Yes Sir!
Where’s 5 and 6?
Coming shortly 🙏🏻 5 will have everything else there is to know, 6 will be a sound demo 👍🏼
@@tonelab I'm still waiting. Thanks for doing this. I've had my 2000XL for a while but I've learned quite a bit from you so thanks
so you start playing drums but don't explain how to load them onto pads or anything? thanks anyways
That's right, because there's a dedicated episode on just that ua-cam.com/video/nTZhVt7q0Yo/v-deo.html
This is sooooooo difficult!!!! SMH!!!!! I’m starting not to like the mpc 2000xl…