I’m receiving an MPC Live II in the mail today. Any tips or resources on getting started?
EDIT: Just made a first attempt at a tune: https://soundcloud.com/thomasbiesaart/learning-wav/s-QW3gkTQgRJM
I’m receiving an MPC Live II in the mail today. Any tips or resources on getting started?
EDIT: Just made a first attempt at a tune: https://soundcloud.com/thomasbiesaart/learning-wav/s-QW3gkTQgRJM
Nah you’re good. A little kick in the ass (a Dutch saying) to get going is good.
My first impressions are mixed. I feel like the synth plugins are a little lacking compared to ableton world, but the ui is much better. I’m not that much into the sample chopping thing.
I like the idea of arranging in multiple sequences and then exporting to a single sequence before finishing a track by adding transitions and mixing. But the downside is that I get bored when I have to do all the nitty gritty in the end. I am more used to mixing and adding earcandy as I go in Ableton. But that’s hard in MCP due to the lack of a loop brace on the sequence. (I kept having to tap a tiny spot on the timeline to go back to the start of the section).
So it’s all just a matter of getting used to it.
In the end, it’s probably going to be an MPC vs Push decision because they are too expensive to keep both of them.
Its totally valid to basically build all thr building blocks on the MPC, export stems and finish up in a DAW.