MPC – YouTube Answers – Power demonstration
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MPC Power
The best thing about standalone MPC is its power. The Operating System is committed to delivering a stable environment. Often, when I get a new piece of gear the first things I do to it are to see my limitations. I want to know how much I can get away with before it is no longer useful. I think that you should be able to make music sound good with just a hand held walkman. However, when given the opportunity to make things big, I jump at the chance to do so.
In this video I open up a drum program and I then open up 9 Sample based Instruments. The sample based instruments tend to have the most content to them because there are layers and the samples sound is layed out over the entire keyboard. I do the video blind. I’ve played probably all of the content once but don’t have the patches memorized. The labeling is pretty good so I get a solid idea of what the sound will be. However that is all I am basing my choices on. If I was doing a session at home I would spend some time with each sound. Using eqs and compression I try to find the right spot for the tone.
Quick record technique.
In this video I am trying to find tone by octaving up and down my performances. It’s a lazy way to record. But sometimes effective. I have another video that does the same thing that shows how the randomness can be very conducive to creativity.
Part of my creative process
I tend to make a lot of notes when I am writing music. I then try to strip back the performance and make it something that is more listenable. The reductive ability of the MPC allows me to do this. In this video I also demonstrate a bit of my creative process.
If there is something that you would like me to push the MPC to do please let me know. I am always open to suggestions for content. I have had a chance to play with the CV gate out puts as well. I’m headed out to Vancouver next week and am hoping to meet up with a friend who has a lot of cool synths. Stay tuned.
How to get in touch with me
For questions or comments please reach out to me through YouTube. You’ll get your fastest response if you comment on the video that your questions is about. Also, I post my schedule on the Main page of this website. Its at the top and is called Travel Schedule. Check it out if you want to meet up in a shop. I travel all of Canada so I will be in your area sometime in the next year.
I’ve been enjoying this extra element to my job. I feel like I am able to deliver content that will help people quickly make music with some very cool gear. Don’t forget to subscribe to my channel. This is the best way to show your support.