WHICH MPC EQ? Mixing in the MPC Standalone. EQ Tips and Tricks for the BEST mix.

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So which EQs do we have at our disposal in the standalone MPCs? In this video, I go through each EQ as well as offer some tips and tricks on how and when to use them.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:22 A quick outline of the MPC EQ
02:06 Air Channel Strip
04:33 Air Enhancer
07:18 Air Kill EQ
09:22 Air Para EQ
13:43 PEQ 2-Band
17:11 PEQ 4-Band
20:37 Outro
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@F_letc.h Жыл бұрын

Love the MPC mixing/mastering videos. Hard to find tutorials like this where the person actually seems to know what they’re talking about. Thanks!

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome man. Thank you for watching. I’m just paying it forward.

@matthewgaines10 11 ай бұрын

This guy is excellent! Best advice ever is to use your ears.

@thecreepysilence4290 Жыл бұрын

The Air Para EQ is my favorite EQ on the MPC. Very useful and easy to use to get clean sounding mixes. I use it on every single track in the project

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

It is definitely the most versatile and transparent. Thanks for watching.

@dirtlip8434 Жыл бұрын

Youve answered big questions Ive always wondered with great and understandable detail. Awesome video! Keep up the good work...

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

Thank you dude. I’m just paying it forward. Thank you for watching.

@pelvins1jamz Жыл бұрын

This it what we needed keep them coming ! 🙏 thanks great explanations .

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude and thank you for watching.

@pelvins1jamz Жыл бұрын

@@TheCratesMotel subscribed 👍

@a.k.8731 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this series! It's definitely a lack of MPC standalone effect explanations, deep dives at youtube.

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome dude. I’m always glad to be of help. Thanks for watching.

@nsknm Жыл бұрын

I hope that the YT algorithm will work in your favor and you will reach more audience. These tutorials on YT follow the same pattern, we sample something, add drums and we have a boombap beat. Mostly zero information about what is happening apart from hitting the pads :-) To sum up, this is great material for people who have decided to buy modern mpc and work in standalone mode and have no experience with previous work in DAW

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

Thanks man. That’s all I want. To be able to translate my 35+ years in studios to the limited tools we have in the modern. standalone. Thank you for watching.

@famosguider205 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been watching and enjoy learning from your videos and smashed the like on them! Today I just subscribed because your detailed yet easy to grasp explanations have helped me immensely! Thank you sir!

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

Thanks man and thank you for watching. I am glad to be of help. Oh and thank you for subscribing.

@jukip2749 5 ай бұрын

Woow!!! This was so incredibly clear and helpful! Glad I found your channel!!!

@TheCratesMotel 5 ай бұрын

Ah you’re welcome dude. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.

@jukip2749 5 ай бұрын

@@TheCratesMotel Always but I'm female. All the best!

@TheCratesMotel 5 ай бұрын

@@jukip2749 Ah sorry, I call everyone dude, even my wife lol

@bogdancholewa2546 Жыл бұрын

Dope tutorial. You can use q links to control plugins params instead of main jog weel

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

Yes of course dude. I just prefer the main jog wheel method. I find it more accurate. I was never a big fan of Qlinks on previous MPCs to be honest. I guess it’s all about finding what’s right for you. Thanks for watching.

@Mastering_in_the_box Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude. Great tips.

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome bro

@MotivBeats 4 ай бұрын

Thanks my man your a great teacher I love how you emphasize the importance of using your ears but you still inform us on the vsts and there controls 🎯 Godspeed to your channel I subbed (I’m listening in my truck because I was referencing my mix on a beat I cooked up and your song was getting me hype 😂) cheers

@TheCratesMotel 4 ай бұрын

Hey dude, thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Always happy to help.

@FCOLRYU 4 ай бұрын

I don't think I've ever heard the words beed and girth used so much. My gf kept saying "pause" every two seconds. But thank you for this. I've been having some trouble with understand exactly how to use these eq, I'm using the mpc studio 2, hoping to upgrade soon, make more of these please!

@TheCratesMotel 4 ай бұрын

Haha thanks for watching dude

@sundalo916 Жыл бұрын

best explanation of the eqs in the mpc I've seen. really appreciate the info you share. your vids are very helpful. cheers.

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome dude, thank you for watching

@paulmcnamara6941 11 ай бұрын

Excellent vid!

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Thank you dude and thank you for watching.

@Midnightwhiskeymassacre 6 ай бұрын

Great work buddy! I am new to mixing and youre work here has helped mine Youve really helped me and these longer form videos are really much better Well done

@TheCratesMotel 6 ай бұрын

You’re welcome dude. Thanks for watching.

@Noise-Conductor Жыл бұрын

This was really great breakdown of the EQs. Coul you make 1 on all the filters in the drum program? That would be amazing! Thanks

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching brother. Yes I am going to gradually work through the FX in the standalone.

@philippebackprotips Жыл бұрын

Cool stuff in here. I am a heavy user of Air Creative FX Plus, and a lot of MPC Air plugins are sometimes the same, sometimes a mashup of those. Nice overview, much appreciated. The Air Enhancer can throw in some good harmonics indeed. Can do some interesting things with bass.

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

Yes Enhancer is nice. Thanks for watching.

@FruiceProduces 8 ай бұрын

Subbed!!

@TheCratesMotel 8 ай бұрын

Thank you brother. I hope I have some useful content for you.

@W6rr10r21 Жыл бұрын

Great vid and in dept explanation! Btw, the Para EQ has a second page with a high and a low cut.

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching dude. It does indeed. It’s something people quite often overlook. I use them a lot when I’m sampling into the MPC.

@W6rr10r21 Жыл бұрын

@@TheCratesMotel I really love that Para EQ in general for cleaning up things. I had totally forgotten about the PEQ's, stopped using them when Akai added the Para EQ, and automatically assumed it to be superior. But after seeing this vid I finally understand it and used it last night on some crunchy Fender Rhodes chops with some great results! Thanks again for the knowledge.

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

@@W6rr10r21 Yes they are great broad stroke EQs. Think of the PEQs as Pultecs (sort of lol).

@MRSTU1210 8 ай бұрын

cool subbed🙂

@TheCratesMotel 8 ай бұрын

Thank you dude 🙏🏼

@MRSTU1210 8 ай бұрын

@@TheCratesMotel no dramas dude big up

@boomboombaby9140 11 ай бұрын

On the software to get the mpc 3000 sound I use the mother ducker and the mpc 3000 effects

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Nice man. Thanks for sharing.

@gonzinigonz 11 ай бұрын

Something has to to light with the Akai PEQ2 & 4 that there is a problem with them on the Force. If you set the Q on any band over a value of 9 things start to go wrong. If you cut it with higher Q settings it starts boosting instead of cutting which isn't right. Added to this a displayed cut of 3db could actually be 15db or more. Not sure if the MPC's are effected. It's easy to test with a pink noise sample looped and look at the output with a spectrum analyser. But you can hear it anyway. The Air PEQ's work as you'd expect.

@TheCratesMotel 11 ай бұрын

Oh I’ve not noticed on the One or Live 2. I’ll check again. That sounds very odd. Thanks for watching dude.

@s.gharavi1614 26 күн бұрын

MPC really need to provide a visual EQ

@TheCratesMotel 26 күн бұрын

Yes I see people ask for that on a daily basis.

@markrele1888 3 ай бұрын

Nice video ! Those arrangement of the knobs are not good from my view because I would prefer to have the Q selection per band like on an mixer. I love turn gain and frequency at the same time for the mid range for example

@TheCratesMotel 3 ай бұрын

Agreed. Thanks for watching.

@yayyhy Жыл бұрын

So which eq should I use if I’m doing just minor stuff like taking out the low and etc..I only work in standalone too so what would be the best choice? Thank you

@boratezel Жыл бұрын

Kill EQ would work really well for that purpose, that's what it's designed for 😊

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

I find for quick clean up or general EQ work the channel strip is a good all rounder. As mentioned, kill EQ is good for removing low end although I find the slope on the cut off a bit harsh sometimes, so for organic tracks like piano, vocals, etc it sounds a bit fake to me. If you want to add some character use the PEQs. They’re also good for general EQ work. The Air Para is the ultimate transparent EQ in standalone in my opinion, but is a bit heavier on processor power, so for general clean up, it’s a bit of an overkill.

@TheCratesMotel Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip and thank you for watching.