You are welcome dude, thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.

You’re welcome. Thank you for watching.

@@TheCratesMotel 💯🙏🏾 Stay well & Keep making great content we value your knowledge & experience!

Haha, I’ll take that!

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

Thanks for watching dude. Happy to be of help.

You’re welcome dude, happy to help. Thank you for watching and for taking the time to comment.

Always happy to help brother. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.

Thanks for watching dude. I don't actually own an X so it would be a little difficult to demonstrate. If I ever pick up an X I will make one for sure.

Did I hear you mentioning that you own a Live II? ;) 6 Outs will be fine with me too! :P Great and educational video as always.

@@kvnklbngr4801 Yes I do but I tend to keep that totally portable and out of the studio. It’s kind of a mindset. I leave my studio to sketch on my Live 2. I probably should use it in the studio more lol

Yes I agree. I actually like doing it that way sometimes. Not always, especially if I am on the clock for a client, but when I am writing my own tracks it gives me time to reflect (like you said). Thanks for watching dude and taking the time to comment.

Yeh the explode option to SD is defo the easiest way. What is that silent track all about lol. I always wonder. I finally hooked my One up via MIDI so when I hit play on my DAW it starts the MPC but I can still write the beats just in the MPC standalone. I had completely forgotten how to set up MIDI. It has been over 20 years!!

Nice workflow dude. Thank you for watching.

Thanks buddy and thank you for watching. 🙏

Thanks for watching dude

Haha awesome. Thanks for watching.

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You’re welcome dude

That is correct. I explain that in the video. Thanks for watching.

You’re welcome dude. Thanks for watching.

Hey dude, thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Drum n Bass is definitely very suited to the MPC. The thing is, I’m really not the type of person to wing it, if you know what I mean. I don’t really know much about the genre and I would not feel comfortable making content on something I don’t really know a lot about. I’d prefer to leave it to people who are more connected to that genre. Thanks again for watching.

​@@TheCratesMotelok thanks for the reply, since I like hip and trip hop, i will watch your content anyway 😊

@@gaetanolopez2338 Thanks man. I guess a lot of the tips I do on mixing etc translate to any genre. Have you check @tubedigga He does a lot of DnB on the MPC.

​@@TheCratesMotelYep I did already, thanks anyway.

Thanks for watching dude

Hey buddy, yes absolutely, that is another way to go. There’s not really a right or wrong. It all depends on workflow. It also depends on who is mixing it. Some people print their multis or stems to send to a mix engineer. I think it’s good to keep your mind open and try as many different ways as possible to get the result you are aiming for. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

@@TheCratesMotel thank YOU! Best MPC tutorial ever! I’m also like 30 years in the game, MPC 2000xl and 1000 (never a 60, started with Atari Trackers instead). You are doing the very best MPC videos I ve ever seen. I’m using Yoleen free LUFS meter. Will try to master with that, check so I get equal levels. Peace from Sweden!

@ ahh thanks man, I appreciate your kind words. Keep making those beats!!

@@TheCratesMotel you too man! One last question; is -14 Lufs a good number!? I mainly upload to Bandcamp and will never go Spotify and Bandcamp don’t touch your mixes. What Lufs value would you do if you only did Bandcamp and underground stuff. Thanks! I’m out! ;-)

@ As a mastering engineer I don’t tend to aim for a number. It can compromise the master. Generally it’s better to go as loud as you can without compromising the track. Sometimes that could be -14, but I’ve gone as high as -6 before, depending on the premaster. However, saying that, I would aim for at least -14 so you are at least on a par with other artists.

Hey, to be honest, I never use Song Mode, and I am not one to comment on something I never use to be honest. However, I haev seen people ask this before and I think the way they do it is to convert the song to a sequence and then explode the tracks that way. I am not sure if you can do it in Song Mode (which is a bit stupid if you can't). If you are on Facebook, you could join our Akai MPC Tutorials group and ask the question there. If it can be done, the guys in there will know how. Sorry I couldn't be more help. Thank you for watching.

Thanks for replying, really appreciate you taking the time. Unfortunately not all n facebook but will keep looking, and report back here if/when I get an answer. Loved your 90s NYC house beat tutorial….definitely need more MPC house tutorials…they’re hard to find amongst all the hip hop and trap stuff ❤

Hey brother. I’ve just been so busy mastering for clients I’ve literally not had any time to shoot videos.

@TheCratesMotel No worries, have been rewatching the whole bunch.

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@TheCratesMotel Not to keep on answering here but just to say that this series is full of superb advice and every rerun gives me deeper insight into what is explained. Overall makes me better with any other environment.

@@philippebackprotips Always happy to help brother.

Hey buddy. Thanks for watching. If you want a good basis for warm analog sound, you could print your multitracks through an analog converter into your computer. This could be a mixing desk, a pre-amp or the actual interface. Another way would be to do it in the mix, by learning how to use plugins to create a pseudo analog sound. FL studio will be the same as any other DAW. Infact the only DAW that adds any “analog” colour when recording is Harrison Mixbus, and that is open to debate. All DAWs are pretty much the same in terms of sound, despite what some content creators might say. The only differences are workflow and GUI. of course, there will be people who disagree with that and that’s their opinion. Ultimately, if you want warm analog you need to learn how to mix. There are no short cuts or magic plugins.

Hey buddy. Thanks for watching. If you want a good basis for warm analog sound, you could print your multitracks through an analog converter into your computer. This could be a mixing desk, a pre-amp or the actual interface. Another way would be to do it in the mix, by learning how to use plugins to create a pseudo analog sound. FL studio will be the same as any other DAW. Infact the only DAW that adds any “analog” colour when recording is Harrison Mixbus, and that is open to debate. All DAWs are pretty much the same in terms of sound, despite what some content creators might say. The only differences are workflow and GUI. of course, there will be people who disagree with that and that’s their opinion. Ultimately, if you want warm analog you need to learn how to mix. There are no short cuts or magic plugins.

@@TheCratesMotel Thank you for the reply!! Take Care

@@TheCratesMotel So the MPC ONE+ is not considered analog?

@@stef7768 All MPCs are digital. Even the oldest MPC60.

Hey buddy, as far as I am aware Standalone Bit Depth and Sample Rate is : 16 or 24 Bit and 44.1khz only. You can change recording and bounce bit depth in Preferences-Record/Export. In Controller mode it is : 16 or 24 Bit and 44.1khz up to 96khz So basically in standalone it is 44.1khz and this cannot be changed.

Yes I have heard a few people say the same thing dude. When I first started on MPcs in the late 80s, I always built my track as one long sequence. I have carried on doing that to this day and never use song mode, so I have not had this problem. But it is pretty terrible that Akai have still not fixed this issue.

Same thing happened to me at first. Need to stick to one process in your first sequence. All the sequences need to be in the same order. Once you change it will mess up the sequence converter mode. Hope this helps you may have already figured it out.

@@felixw9671 still kinda confused , I saw a video where this dude exported the stems from sequence mode , he exploded it before or during the export , I couldn’t duplicate what he did

@@donjames1903 okay so check this out I was confused about it too. You have to stay in one “original” sequence. So when you are creating your song do everything in that first sequence. All your tracks with all your programs in that first sequence if you want to use sequence converter mode. Once you have all of your tracks assigned to all your programs like drum, sample plugins, midi etc…….in that first original sequence then you can duplicate the sequences for song mode set up. Make as many copies of that original sequence as you want to use song mode and make your song. Don’t create any new sequences and add new programs to it with new tracks if you want to use the sequence converter it won’t work. Stick to your original sequence and just make copies and make your song. Once you use the converter mode the song should come out like you set it up in song mode then you can play around and make changes to your song. The key is do not deviate from that first original sequence everything has to much up once you have committed to that first sequence. If you try to add new stuff after you begin the multiple copy process it will throw everything off. Let me know if this helps you understand a little bit better. Just commit to that one original sequence do all your tracks and programs in it then make multiple copies sequence out your song in song mode hit sequence converter and it will work. Test it out with a few simple tracks and you will begin to understand the process and theory. Let me know if this helps. After you use sequence converter then explode tracks but you can make explode tracks before you use converter also just make sure their in the original first sequence.

@@felixw9671 thank you brotha. ! I’ll try that out , I wasnt doing that , I would make multiple sequences and add different things and copy mainly the drums and sample but add other samples on other tracks . so that I understand you correctly if I put all the sounds I’m going to use on the first track and not add any more sounds , and copy that track to sequence 2,3,4,5 and change it up but still using the same stuff from the original sequence and putting those tracks in song mode for a example mix down , I should be able to export those stems to a daw and it would come out like the mix in song mode . ?

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Hey dude, to be honest, I never use song mode on the modern MPCs. I find it a bit restrictive personally. I think it's because of the workflow I was brought up on in the 80s and 90s with the OG MPCs and the SP1200. So when I make songs on the MPC I make one long sequence instead. The techniques in this video work if you do that. But I honestly do not know if it works in Song Mode or not. I will try it out though, now you have mentioned it.

Yeah, it works in the same way. Just do it in somg mode and the stems or trackouts are the length of the song. It's really easy. You can also bounce (explode) the individual drum tracks from the one stem

That’s an excellent question. The way we used to do it was put a click at the start of each track and then line them up. Also we would use time code. But nowadays it’s simple to just put a one bar click count, so I do that.

@@TheCratesMotelNow that would be a great video! I’ve always wanted to see how the MPC and SP were actually recorded to tape!

@@leogolive Noted sir

Thank you for watching, I appreciate it.

@@TheCratesMotel no doubt. I like the content. Keep it coming. 💯

Hey dude. In standalone, if you set up your submixes however you want them. You can then go to Audio Mixdown by going to Save - Audio Mixdown. In the Stereo Output section on the left side choose the Submix you want to export. By default it is set to Out 1,2 but if you turn the datawheel anticlockwise it will give you the submix options. Choose the submix you want to export. Export bottom right. Choose where you want to save it, name it. Save. Done. You can only export one at a time. In the software you can do the same in the Audio Mixdown page. Choose the Submix in the Stereo Output selection. Of course, you could just solo the submix and record it in real time to your DAW, old school.

@@TheCratesMotel oh wow! Thanks so much! 🤝🏾

@@SMEL To be honest, I missed the fact you can turn anti clockwise to get the Submixes for ages. I kind of found it by mistake. Enjoy.

I do find doing it the ole school way the sound conversion has better harmonic quality. I get more of a signature sound of the mpc etc., however sometimes I get lazy, but the more I deal with this, the less I compromise, because I can really more so feel the difference (not so much a sound only) of the beat, if that makes sense. If you agree, why is that vs inbox bouncing out?

@@SMEL I don’t have a preference really. You will definitely get more of your own signature sound if you do it the old school way. On the other hand, sometimes you may not want to imprint any color to the sound. For instance, a lot of my drum sounds are from my original 60, 3000 and SP1200. They already have a sound signature that I want to keep so I will export those in the box. And as you said, sometimes laziness or time constraints will make in the box exports easier and quicker.