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Getting MPC (soundcloud.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I’m receiving an MPC Live II in the mail today. Any tips or resources on getting started?

EDIT: Just made a first attempt at a tune: https://soundcloud.com/thomasbiesaart/learning-wav/s-QW3gkTQgRJM

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah you’re good. A little kick in the ass (a Dutch saying) to get going is good.

My first impressions are mixed. I feel like the synth plugins are a little lacking compared to ableton world, but the ui is much better. I’m not that much into the sample chopping thing.

I like the idea of arranging in multiple sequences and then exporting to a single sequence before finishing a track by adding transitions and mixing. But the downside is that I get bored when I have to do all the nitty gritty in the end. I am more used to mixing and adding earcandy as I go in Ableton. But that’s hard in MCP due to the lack of a loop brace on the sequence. (I kept having to tap a tiny spot on the timeline to go back to the start of the section).

So it’s all just a matter of getting used to it.

In the end, it’s probably going to be an MPC vs Push decision because they are too expensive to keep both of them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Its totally valid to basically build all thr building blocks on the MPC, export stems and finish up in a DAW.