Complete Guide To Akai Professional Mpc Workflow

Make beats, Sample, Improve Workflow Speed, Learn button Shortcuts, Automate, and Mix on any Akai MPC

What you'll learn

Getting Started with MPC: Setting Up, Basic Structure, MPC Sequence

Your First Project: Drum Programming, Working with Sounds, Interface Walkthrough

Recording: Real Time Recording, Metronone, Swings, Events, Note Repeat, Grid Equation

Editing: Sequencer Grid, Q-Links, Sequence Editing and Resolutions

Mixing: Drum Layering, Sample Layers, Stereo Width, Mute Groups, Effects

Mixing Options: Track View Mode, Channel Mixer, Pad Mixer

Routing: Sub Mixes, The Returns, The Mains

Sampling: Getting Audio In, Sampling, Sample Editing, Edit Points, Pad Shortcuts

Tips for Faster Workflow

Requirements

No prior experience needed for this course. It is important that you have an Akai Professional Hardware Device. Any of the MPC device (MPC One, One+, Live, Live 2, X, X SE, Key 61, Touch) would do

Description

This course will teach beginners who are new to the Akai MPC hardware workflow how to get started with their device, to become an expert user of MPC devices. At the end of the course, you will be able to pick up any Akai MPC device and make beats with an enhanced workflow end-to-end. This course is tailored towards the users of the following Akai MPC series; MPC One, MPC One+, MPC X, MPC X Special Edition, MPC Touch, MPC Live, MPC Live 2, and MPC Key 61.Hence,  for better retention, it is important that you have at least one of the above-mentioned devices in your possession to practice along with the teachings in this course. The course project materials and sound kits used in the course will be attached to the resource section where you can download and practice along.We will walk you through the process of how to set up your device, how to make your first beat, how to bring in your own sound, how to sample, how to edit on grids, Timing-correct, how to initiate automation, how to use effects, mixing and mastering, routing, sample editing, MPC workflow structure, sample layering, track mutes, arranging sequence into songs, QLink, note repeats, lots of workflow enhancement button shortcuts, and lots more.

Overview

Section 1: Getting Started

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Setting up your Akai MPC

Lecture 3 MPC Basic Structure

Lecture 4 MPC Interface and buttons breakdown

Lecture 5 MPC Screen and menu breakdown

Lecture 6 MPC Settings breakdown

Lecture 7 Project Resources

Section 2: Preparing for Your First Project

Lecture 8 How to load Sounds/Samples to your project

Lecture 9 Making a test beat, and how to Save

Section 3: Recording Events

Lecture 10 Real Time Recording and Timing Correct

Lecture 11 Metronome Explained

Lecture 12 BEAT 01: Recording the Drums

Lecture 13 The Swing option

Lecture 14 BEAT 01: Recording Plugin Instruments [Piano, Bass, Strings]

Lecture 15 Moving and editing Events in the Grid view

Lecture 16 Note Repeat function

Section 4: Editing Events

Lecture 17 Grid View: Top menu features explained

Lecture 18 Grid View 2: Bottom menu features explained

Lecture 19 Navigating Q-Links

Lecture 20 Step Sequencer Workflow: Velocity, Probability, and Ratchet

Section 5: Mixing

Lecture 21 Sample Layering

Lecture 22 BEAT 01: Layering Kicks and editing the Envelope

Lecture 23 Achieving stereo width using Layer, Offset, and Pan

Lecture 24 Mute Group

Lecture 25 Internal Drum FX

Lecture 26 Pad Mixer for Drums, Program Edit for Plugins

Lecture 27 Pad Mute, Channel Mixer, Inserts and Returns Effects

Lecture 28 SubMixes routing

Section 6: Sampling

Lecture 29 Sampling requirements

Lecture 30 How to get audio into MPC using Sampler

Lecture 31 Sample Editing

Lecture 32 Pad shortcuts for faster Sample Editing

Section 7: Building Your Song

Lecture 33 Track Mute and Track Group

Lecture 34 Track Automation: How to insert and delete

Lecture 35 Preparing more Sequence with Automation

Lecture 36 XYFX Automation

Lecture 37 Next Sequence and Song Arrangement

Section 8: Conclusion

Lecture 38 What's Next

Section 9: Extra

Lecture 39 MPC Buttons and Pads Shortcut for Faster Workflow

Beginner or Intermediate Akai Professional MPC hardware users who intend to make good music