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Alright i just got an mpc 1000 today and im trying to figure it out. Whats the best way to actually make a song? Copy your drums into every sequence, add samples, and organize the sequences in Song mode?
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1,320 posts, Registered User
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Okay, my bro who has the mpc mastered and who is teaching me had to take about half a year to learn all of the things an mpc can do (maybe less). You can learn easily by YOUTUBE videos/ tutorials... thats effective in time and in ease. Also by trial and error, which takes longer... When making actual songs though, what i do is make individual sequences (after making the beats) and then use an audio interface and arrange them into a program like cubase, ac!d, protools, etc. Master that and you will be king!!! You tube works great...
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Is your bro slow? Sorry, just had to. I learned everything about using the MPC1k in a day, half a year? Wtf.
MccM6, did you buy it new? Then read the manual, it'll be worth it. Go through the manual as you sit and experiment a whole day and it's done, it'll probably improve your workflow a lot. If you interested I got a e-book as well, PM me if you want that.
But to answer your question, yeah, you make sequences, then you arrange those sequences in song mode. Basically, make what you consider to be the main pattern, with drums and samples, then you copy that sequence into several others, and you make variations on those, edit your tracks and add others with other sounds, etc.
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24,658 posts, DjKevWest
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do what sounds right. sometimes its ok to copy drums to sequences but sometimes u may want to do a change up on each sequence i wouldnt over do the drum change ups tho
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Is your bro slow? Sorry, just had to. I learned everything about using the MPC1k in a day, half a year? Wtf.
MccM6, did you buy it new? Then read the manual, it'll be worth it. Go through the manual as you sit and experiment a whole day and it's done, it'll probably improve your workflow a lot. If you interested I got a e-book as well, PM me if you want that.
But to answer your question, yeah, you make sequences, then you arrange those sequences in song mode. Basically, make what you consider to be the main pattern, with drums and samples, then you copy that sequence into several others, and you make variations on those, edit your tracks and add others with other sounds, etc.
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lol i didnt wanna say it i learned the mp 1k after sittin with it a few times and i dont own one but i know it kinda well im thinkin bout buyin one but i keep debating lol
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I mean REALLY learning it...that takes a whileEffects, tweaking, sampling, chopping, filteringNot just making beats people...Really knowing it to the point where its my left hand.
Yeah making a beat takes less than 30 min. but i hardly call that mastering it
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Who said anything about making a beat in less than 30 minutes. Even if you know your machine well you can still be a person that takes a long ass time to make a beat. Anyway, to me the MPC is simple, as in it's not complex, and it's intuitive. Besides, there's really not that much to it. I feel almost anyone can learn it in a day, I'm not talking about spending 2-3 hours, I'm talking about sitting with the manual and experimenting with it for almost 24 hours straight, cause that's what I did when I got it.
That e-book I mentioned probably helped a lot too though, learned a lot of tricks there.
Effects? Not really that many on them, and I had used various software for a long time before I got the MPC, so I knew all about various effects and tweaking them, same with sampling, chopping, filtering.
If you've never done any production before you get the MPC and you know nothing about the audio, I can imagine it taking longer though, cause there's a lot of things you might not understand. I'm a fast learner, but come on, the MPC is EASY to learn. That's one of the reason so many like it. It's straight forward, and you got what you need (barely) and that's it.
BTW: MccM6, I forgot to mention it, but get the 3.06 OS, much better chopping/zooming.
http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~mpc1000/
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lol i didnt wanna say it i learned the mp 1k after sittin with it a few times and i dont own one but i know it kinda well im thinkin bout buyin one but i keep debating lol
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Hehe, word.
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I was pretty much going to school, taking ACTs and AP tests so i didn't have too many 24 hour periods to dedicate to the machine
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96 posts, Registered User
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That's cool, no competition or anything on who can learn the MPC the fastest, just wanted to point out to people that's it's pretty easy to learn, in case anyone thinking 'bout buying one or something.
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244 posts, Registered User
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Alright, thanks guys. Im so glad i went for the mpn 1k. The feel of making something is uncomparable to software.
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24,658 posts, DjKevWest
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I was pretty much going to school, taking ACTs and AP tests so i didn't have too many 24 hour periods to dedicate to the machine
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it shouldnt take 24 hours to sit down and dedicate to the machine is the point. Anyone with any basic kind of production particuarly sampling knowledge should be able to pick up the mpc in a matter of days I wouldnt say hours but I feel if u truely sit down and give it a weeks time you should be able to learn it not talking about mastering it because it takes years to master any tool but take get going on beats with it.... that shouldn't take a ton of time at all.
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