Akai MPC Tutorial. How to program 90s New York Style Old School Deep House beats on the MPC.

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In this video, I discuss how to program those old school NY style House beats on the MPC. A homage to Kenny Dope, Louie Vega, Todd Terry, Mood II Swing, KOT, Kerri Chandler, etc
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:15 Getting your sounds right
03:20 How I build my beats
04:50 Start with the kicks
06:12 Hi-Hat layers and swing
08:00 Clap
08:20 The Snares are important
09:28 A word on Swing
10:34 Extra Kicks
12:08 Adding some cherries on top
13:33 Add some quick chords
16:25 Outro
For mixing and mastering services feel free to email me at: conan@thecratesmotel.com
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Equipment I use:
Headphones:
Audeze LCD-X
Beyerdynamic 770/880/1990
Shure 535
Sennheiser HD25 MKII
Pioneer HDJ X10
Aiaiaia TMA-2 Wireless+
Reference Monitors:
Genelec 8020D
Presonus Studio One 6
RME ADI-2 DAC FS
Audient Evo 16
Audient SP8
Presonus HP4 (My Grot Box)
Presonus Faderport V2
Arturia Minilab MKII
Novation 49SL MKII
Arturia Microlab
Akai MPC One
Akai MPC Live II
Roland SP404 Mk2
Isla Instruments S2400
Omni Portable Turntable
Content Creation:
Presonus Revelator IO24
Zoom H6 Recorder
Earthworks Custom Icon Pro Microphone
Sennheiser MKE 600 Microphone
Logitech Brio 4k Cam
Apple iPhone 12
DJI Osmo Mobile 6
OC White Ultima Mic Arm
Davinci Resolve
Filmic Pro
Knobs:
www.amazon.com/dp/B07TXYBB7Z
Data Wheel:
www.amazon.com/dp/B08R5THKZD

Пікірлер: 117

@jerbo8ballposse 3 ай бұрын

I love everything about this video. House on a MPC. Todd Terry, Kenny Dope, Louis Vega, Mood II Swing. Shuffling snares. The crossover of hip-hop and house in the 90s. 🔥

@TheCratesMotel 3 ай бұрын

Yeh man, I’m exactly the same. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

@Noise-Conductor 11 ай бұрын

More house, lounge & whatever other type of music you make demos!

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Noted brother.

@riddim7774 11 ай бұрын

Class Mr. Conan! Please do more house stuff and other genres. I make lots of different stuff myself. Always learn something every visit to your channel, legend!!!

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Really happy to help. Thanks for watching dude.

@ceciliafbrown373 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Man the Detroit house producers are great. eg Moodyman, Mike Huckaby & Theo Parrish

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Yes of course. Too many to name.

@eddiethomasjr.2385 11 ай бұрын

Nice mate! Nice to get a video to help try and branch out from boom bap. Boom bap is my favorite, but learning other genres only enhances skills. Thank you!.

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

You’re welcome dude. Yeh Hip Hop is my roots, but I love my house. I like to think I program House in a Hip Hop way.

@stevekirkby6570 11 ай бұрын

Nice. 808 State was springing to mind with that groove ... specifically the 'Gorgeous' album. Thanks.

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

I love 808 State!

@ADHDvagrANT 11 ай бұрын

I'm using the Sand Pad in my latest sequence I started yesterday with a few tweaks to the decay and release to make it a bit more plucky to start behind a filter. I've gone D# Minor and she's dark as they come. Great content Conan loved the swing on hats tip that's epic for House. As always sterling content. 🙏

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Thanks dude. Yeh I really should explore the synths more in the MPC.

@originaljungle 11 ай бұрын

theres nothing more satisfying than watching someone who's at the top of their game make something look so easy, any chance you could do a 140bpm rave breaks vid

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching dude. I am not that familiar with that genre to be honest. I will give it a look.

@originaljungle 11 ай бұрын

it would be the breakbeat/breaks programming side of it more than anything @@TheCratesMotel 🤞

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Ah ok. I am just not used to having the BPM so fast haha. Yeh I will be doing a few videos on breaks etc definitely @@originaljungle

@TranceCore3 11 ай бұрын

Hell yeah. I love making house music on my mpc. I gotta get more comfortable with arranging on the MPC though. I still like writing house loops though

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching dude. 🙏🏼

@TranceCore3 11 ай бұрын

quality content my dude@@TheCratesMotel

@followthewaytaylor5872 11 ай бұрын

Thanks big time for your wisdom and experience!

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

You’re welcome, thank you for watching.

@TheJournalismBizCoach 11 ай бұрын

This makes me want to get the MPC out of the closet again! ❤

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

DO it dude. I stopped using the MPC from 2004 until 2022. I am so glad I picked it up again.

@TheJournalismBizCoach 11 ай бұрын

@@TheCratesMotel has only been a few months for me 🤣

@matthewgaines10 11 ай бұрын

Class is in. Thanks for sharing. This guy is the real deal.

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching dude!

@JayBev76 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for all your videos especially this one. Superb.

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

You’re welcome. Thanks for watching.

@sl2125 11 ай бұрын

Love love love this one Conan.. so cool.. I'm on it!!

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching matey

@saintvoleur 11 ай бұрын

Excellent. This is just what I needed!!

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Thanks dude

@huntrrams 4 ай бұрын

I don’t have a mpc but great tips on how you create house tunes! Thanks for this

@TheCratesMotel 4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome dude. A lot of the techniques here can obviously be translated to DAWs and other sequencing hardware.

@bryr5768 11 ай бұрын

the man delivered!!! fair play!!!

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

🙏🏼

@richardmarez126 11 ай бұрын

Really fun video

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching dude

@lebronsinclair8012 11 ай бұрын

Great video.

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching dude 🙏🏼

@ipainthouses3084 3 ай бұрын

That beat became very groovy , thanks man. That swing and the the acoustic kicks layerd on 909 is a great tip , its very subtle but goes a long way. I dont like to use hi hat loops from splice , then i would have the feeling i did not make the track 100% myself. Only way i use loops is to flip them or chop it like drums

@TheCratesMotel 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching dude. Yeh Splice etc are cool, but to get that total satisfaction, it’s definitely nicer to write the whole drum pattern yourself.

@Darksynth55 11 ай бұрын

Excellent thanks 👍

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

You are welcome dude. Thank you for watching.

@matthudson1904 4 ай бұрын

We need more videos mate 🙌🏼 maybe building a loop and then showing your workflow of taking it out of the loop into a structured track 🙏🏼

@TheCratesMotel 4 ай бұрын

Hey dude, yes noted. I’ve just been nutty busy with mastering for clients. Definitely aiming to do more videos as described. Thank you for watching.

@gorilla150150 3 күн бұрын

Amazing video.

@TheCratesMotel 3 күн бұрын

🙏🏼Thanks for watching dude

@ryanwintersmusic Ай бұрын

So sick! Thanks for the wisdom 🧠🙏

@TheCratesMotel Ай бұрын

🙏🏼

@ukbullybeats 11 ай бұрын

This was quality!!!

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching dude

@Mastering_in_the_box 11 ай бұрын

Top draw!

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Thanks dude

@TheWavys 5 ай бұрын

bro I can't tell off of 2 videos that im gonna love your channel! keep it up man so many good tips

@TheCratesMotel 5 ай бұрын

You’re welcome dude. Thanks for watching.

@freebeatsprovider9538 Ай бұрын

the same here I love hip hop but I got a special place for house music

@TheCratesMotel Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching dude. They are closely connected in my opinion.

@bryancorbin3760 Ай бұрын

This is great!

@TheCratesMotel Ай бұрын

🙏🏼Thank you for watching 🙏🏼

@gradlabl 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing youre knowlegde! Would be super interesting to See you Making a full house song start to finish. I think there is Not enough content about arranging and structuring Songs. I find its way More difficult than creating a nice loop.

@TheCratesMotel 6 ай бұрын

That would be a great idea. Noted. Thank you for watching.

@OTTAVIO_DJ 6 ай бұрын

Another great video!

@TheCratesMotel 6 ай бұрын

Thanks dude 🙏🏼

@Jeka18137 6 ай бұрын

Cool video, really cool explaining! Thank you!

@TheCratesMotel 6 ай бұрын

You’re welcome, thank you for watching.

@philippebackprotips 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic stuff. House!

@TheCratesMotel 9 ай бұрын

More to come my friend.

@slik_p 11 ай бұрын

Just a heads up. Found the video on the homepage. I'm at work so I couldn't watch it right away. After manually searching for it in the videos tab of your channel it's not showing up. Shows up in the subscriptions though.

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the heads up dude. That's odd.

@beatsandsamples 11 ай бұрын

Yeh it didn't come up in my notifications either. What a great way for youtube to kill a video!!

@slik_p 11 ай бұрын

@@TheCratesMotel Sometimes it happens. I always thought it was "youtuber" conspiracy talk to get more engagement but it's true. But I checked again and now it's showing up like it's supposed to.

@slik_p 11 ай бұрын

@@beatsandsamples yup. Makes creators think the content it's the problem because it doesn't get as much views and it's youtube's fault after all...

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

@@slik_p Thanks dude

@woojmusic9151 13 күн бұрын

So good

@TheCratesMotel 13 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching

@TheStaubzauger 11 ай бұрын

The right video for me! ❤

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching dude

@Tpmler 11 ай бұрын

Great stuff, thank you

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

You’re welcome dude. Thanks for watching.

@ZenMountain Ай бұрын

This guy is hilarious man. Seems like an expert.

@TheCratesMotel Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@pelvinsjamz 11 ай бұрын

Awesome! The swing realy adds the spice to this and definitely gets the heads moving ! Top work 🔥😎👍

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Yeh man, it’s all in the swing.

@chadpescod-realtor3308 11 ай бұрын

Banging beat. Long live the MPC.

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

YEH MAN!!!! Thanks for watching.

@danielyardley5704 10 ай бұрын

This video was class mate, layering the kicks was a master stroke idea

@TheCratesMotel 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching dude and for taking the time to comment.

@danielyardley5704 10 ай бұрын

@@TheCratesMotel hey, I’m by no means in charge of what you post, but I would love more 90s deep house videos. Also your mixing videos are terrific, just what I’ve been looking for

@TheCratesMotel 10 ай бұрын

@@danielyardley5704 Defo some more old school House stuff coming.

@jamainebrown 7 ай бұрын

🔥

@TheCratesMotel 7 ай бұрын

🙏🏼

@Fduthoy 2 ай бұрын

11/10

@TheCratesMotel 2 ай бұрын

🙏🏼Thank you for watching dude

@KelvinK_GrassRootsRecords 8 ай бұрын

Do you use a choke group on the open / closed hats? Nice beat, you made it look effortless.

@TheCratesMotel 8 ай бұрын

I do sometimes, it entirely depends on the beat and vibe. Thanks for watching dude 🙏🏼

@nienienie7567 3 ай бұрын

Wow

@TheCratesMotel 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching dude 🙏🏼

@palaHD 11 ай бұрын

Do you build your whole production on the MPC or do you send it to a DAW once you’ve built the beat ? If so do you send the stems or what ? Thanks mate,this is a class video

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

To be honest, it depends. Sometimes I’ll do everything in the MPC, with the arrangement and then track out to my DAW. I might do a little mixing in the MPC, again it depends, but generally I will mix in my DAW. Most of the time I will write my drums in the MPC and everything else in my DAW. I have my MPC connected via MIDI to sync with my DAW but not in controller mode. It’s in standalone but synced to start and stop with my DAW. I only put it in controller mode to track out the multis. I sketch a lot in the MPC as well just to get myself away from a monitor, keyboard and mouse. Change the scenery, if you get what I mean. It helps my creativity.

@VikChopra 6 ай бұрын

🙌

@TheCratesMotel 6 ай бұрын

🙏🏼

@robydj7273 7 ай бұрын

top

@TheCratesMotel 7 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼

@robydj7273 6 ай бұрын

i have mpc live 2 don't find this instruments ,can you help me@@TheCratesMotel

@larrytan73 7 ай бұрын

Is there a pultec style eq in the mpc one?

@TheCratesMotel 7 ай бұрын

Hey buddy, there is. Its ‘in the style of” but not identical. If you check my video on “Which EQ” in the MPC I go into more detail. Thank you for watching.

@charliespargo6549 3 ай бұрын

Sorry this may be a stupid question but what version of the mpc is being used in this vid?

@TheCratesMotel 3 ай бұрын

I’m not 100% mate because I’ve updated since then, but most likely 2.11 or 2.12. Going forward I will ensure I make a note of the firmware in the description for reference. Good shout.

@kukelfijneman 11 ай бұрын

Where can i find this great drumkit ?

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

You can’t dude I’m afraid. It’s my own drum kit from my old MPC2000 made in the late 90s.

@silyedano 11 ай бұрын

Ive heard some of those guys use 16 note triplet. How does it affects the workflow and the sound compared to this?

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Yeh I use 16T a lot myself. Todd Terry uses it tons. It sounds great. You get that nice shuffle swing. Great on hats and snares. The great thing about the MPC is that it is so easy to try 16T and if you don't like it, go back to 16.

@silyedano 11 ай бұрын

@@TheCratesMotel like 16 on four on the floor and 16/t on hats, perks and maybe ghost kicks?

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Exactly dude@@silyedano