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The Portuguese shogun shares his secrets. Thanks bud, appreciate this!
preach brother... this the video weve all been waiting for. secret sauce
Tegelar compression a secret weapon. Got one myself.
after 35 years of producing hiphop beats myself… i never get tired of listening to a talented and enthusiastic beatmaker who knows his gear. Thank you so much for inspiration with every video you drop.
Listened this on good speakers. The difference is extreme between dry and wet. Low end is more tamed but the huge difference is on the HF where everything sounds more organic and playful, almost "alive" you could say.. You make really good use of that gear
Thanks for sharing ✌🏼
is this achievable with plugins???? Should I mix with plugin analog emulations like this? Im confused please help!!
@@neorahmusic9245yes it's possible, everything is possible now. Especially these gears u see is alr on a software
Nice workflow ✊ Great to see composing, sound designing and mixing rolled up in one 💯
Thx for sharing as there is definitely a difference in the sound and feel through each device.
This was dope man thank you for sharing! I would love a full tour foo!!
Thanks Marlow, you are giving me ideas that are really helpful and valuable… in the music industry I’m learning that people aren’t as transparent as you are and tend to keep secrets. I’m definitely looking at a hardware compressor for my outputs and like your signal chain. Thanks great video !
That was so dope. Very informative and entertaining. Keep up the great work 💯
Thank you for sharing Marlow, appreciate you for all the gems. Much respect brother 🫡
✌🏼thanks for tuning in once again 🔥
Só ensinamento bom, Marlow! Sigo na sintonia 🙏
Thanks, for the lesson.
Great conversation and demonstration fam. I use almost the same chain, but gonna experiment with the X SE to Analog Heat to the SP-404MK2 with a few fxs, just to see what I can come up with 🙏🏾✊🏾💚
Awesome! That Electron Heat really colors that sound! Yes, please do a studio tour. Blessings!
Great video Marlow! I loved seeing this. I need to get into rack mounts!
Nice setup, simple and effective.
Great insight and valuable information, great video. Thanks.💎
Thanks for tuning in to the channel 🔥
Great video - excellent loop!
The sound you're getting from that chain is gold bro, that anolog heat is doing a lot for the character while the rack gear is adding heft weight and dimension. I have a similar chain but with less expensive gear and an SP-303 instead of an anolog heat and instead of 2comps a Mic pre, comp then eq but I also have two and almost three different chains now. Great choice of gear by the way, the beat is ill as well sounds like some 90's Heltah Skeltah.
I think this is topic a lot of beat makers need these days since it takes sonics and sound quality to a level that plugins just can't achieve. Sorry for the rant but this vid got me hype, anyway keep doing you're thing Marlow and stay humble bro I really admire that about you. Peace!
is this achievable with plugins???? Should I mix with plugin analog emulations like this? Im confused please help!!
@@neorahmusic9245there’s no harm in trying. Plugins although (imo) aren’t at the level of outboard have definitely gotten better in the last few years. The main thing is if it sounds good, then that’s it!
Yo this beat is hard! I would listen to this on repeat for hours on headphones while watering my garden. Peace!
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The chimes and effects really POP through with that EQ and comp. Everyone hears the snare because its obvious but I love the life breathed into the subtle sounds. A+
YES that's the thing I love about the eq. Always brings extra harmonics.
I’d dig that full tour u were speaking about 🤙🏽
thank you for the inside!
Night and day. Informative video.
Great idea for a video. Loved seeing your outboard gear and got inspired to get some myself.
Go for it!
You are appreciated 💯
Sounds amazing! The main difference I spotted was on the snare. I'm making a Marlow type beat rn with your rhodes chords and I applied the some of the tricks here!
I guess when I m making the beat it is very dark and when I run it through these machines it brightens up the mix and adds harmonics.
Gracias por compartir esto bro, un gran abrazo
We're def gonna need that full tour...
Thanks!
The mix knob on the Successor is a real nice touch
Dope mane.. definitely Diggs ya technique fo sho!🏆
Impressive what the limiter does with the snare. Very snappy. Dope 🤜🏽🤛🏽
I wish Akai has a compressor where you can compress specific Frequencies.
hey marlow amazing. its night and day for sure. your channel and soccer is what brings me joy these days. haha. more videos please!
Glad you like them! ✌🏼
the make up analogy is pretty funny & apt. some lovely gear you been acquiring man!!
Your videos inspire me to keep making more hip hop music!
Happy to hear that!🔥🔥🔥
Wow good to see this video I want the heat unit!!!!
That Analog Heat tho🔥🔥🔥🔥👌🏽
Magic PURE Magic!
I can dig this vid here bro
nice mix!
How come you don't do Q&A's??
You want a q&a?
Obvious improveme ts of sound. Thanks for the jewels
Nice!
Word to the Pulp Fiction VHS tape. That thing got me laid a lot back in the day.
Full tour ❤
Goated with the sauce 🥵
holy shit, that side by side comparison
Dope Spaceship Men ! ❤
Thank you Marlow Diggs. I recreated this Chain in Abelton and my beats feels more alive now!!
Interesting! I also use Ableton. which plugins are you using to recreate this setup?
The secrets in the stock plugins
I’ve bought some of your drum kits before and thought the kicks were way to heavy to work with but now seeing that this being the work flow they’re being utilized in I gotta give em another go
Man, night and day difference with the external processing on and off! Great beat and great sound too!
Oh, and a full studio tour would be cool to see too for sure.
Appreciate it! ✌🏼
Assuming you "mix" in the MPC this is crazy to hear what some good stereo processors can do..Boom!
Thanks for putting us on game time after time 🙏 this one shouldnt be taken lightly
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wow
Awesome video man, thanks for sharing! I wish I would have invested in outboard equipment instead of a ton of different samplers lol. Can't believe the difference these make...!
You and me both! Spent some money on samplers that get hardly used.
Ur boom bap is that! Soulful also! I’m going to work on me a rack!
Wow thats a huge amount of processing and compression. The result sounds like a less extreme version of the vinyl sim on the sp303. I find the vinyl sim sound to get fatiguing quite quickly though
Dope brother ! ! !
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Analog Heat🔥🔥🔥
thx boss
Each pass sounds good then gets better & better with each processor added.
Please share some of your Analog Heat presets
Cool rig
This was right on time been on the fence between a big six or neve 542 tape emulators and various 500 gear etc. I got a 2-3k budget and looking for that sauce to add to my live 2
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That Tegeler Audio Magnetismus 2 sounds amazing...
I'd love to see the full tour for sure. Really interesting that the final touch is just a limiter in your DAW. You really don't mess with it much after the rack units?
No I don't, after it passes the machines it is done.
The brain of that chain is THE Prism however. Without that Benzo sound card the rest of this chain can’t perform as well as it is. This is 🎯. Amazing video!
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super interesting and inspiring, thnx ✌️ btw i just today traded my Analog Heat MK1 against a OTO BOUM … i do not yet have the boum here but will get it on monday. It has saturation and compression… that’s why i wanted to get it. :)
Great vid especially for a novice like me. Thanks for sharing. Was gonna ask more about Analog Heat but just found your vid from a couple of years back doing a deeper dive on it...nice. Much appreciated! 🫡
Awesome, thank you!
Cudos and props to you for acknowledging that you can get very far with olugins nowadays.
Is this the mk1 analog heat?
I also like some analog sauce so i bought a Oto Boum. Mostly cause of the workflow. Not because i cant get there with high end plugins .
I once in a while need to turn some knobs for a change i guess :-)
The punch and clarity that your beats have is always so pleasing to listen to. Do you / have you found the fx within the mpc live 2 and x to be on par with your external gear or do you find that they lack something that you look for when mixing?
Or is it simply your love of buying and using different gear because i can totally understand that I'm the same way lol.
Always look forward to these types of videos!!
I love gear, I feel that all gear has its own sound and feel, they're all different and all have they're unique magic. Plugins in the mpc are the same, some have traits that I can't replicate on the analog gear.
That makes perfect sense. As I'm still early in my beat making journey I find myself trying to use the plugins on the mpc live 2 and X to see what fx I like and from there I'll venture out to buying gear because I like gear 😂. Catch you on the next video. Thanks!
Hey Marlow this is great. I'm thinking of getting a couple of Tegeler channels. Do you use the individual outputs on your MPC or do you level inside the MPC? I started by leveling inside the MPC because my eight outputs weren't working on my 2000 XL when I got it but I'm used to using individual outputs on analogue drum machines so aside from my portable MPC all my other MPCs have the individual outputs and for me it's a must to run it through an analogue desk. What's your opinion?
Great video. I personally separate all my sounds out of my MPC being that it has 8 outs plus the stereo outs for a total of ten outputs. I use the 8 outs for mainly drums and the stereo out for the main sample. I double and triple my kicks to sound really punchy. From there, in the mixer, I have outboard EQs, compression and effects which puts the icing on the cake when it comes to the sound. After all that, I record into the DAW and finish there. Or I go completely dawless and record straight into a DAT recorder to keep the mix completely warm. That's how I make my music smack hard.
is this achievable with plugins???? Should I mix with plugin analog emulations like this? Im confused please help!!
@neorahmusic9245 Hey, from what I know, it is achievable. I just personally use outboard gear to achieve my sound. But yes, there are plug-ins that mimic certain outboard gear that can give you the sound you are looking for.
@@georgegeez8708 Thanks
Always know plug ins are secondary and trying to mimic the real version of hardware gear
Congrats on over 70k subs..... 100 plaque coming soon
Yeah working on it 🙏🏼
Huge Difference well rounded everything. I've been producing over 20+ years mainly on Reasons so I decided to buy the MPC Live and Roland Integra 7 a couple weeks back. Man the sound from digital to analog is so much lovelier lol. I have the Audio Scape Comp, Distressor and Dbx 160A which now I will start adding to my beats after watching your video. I would have to record into Protools because man I can't keep rewiring cables 😅Thanks a lot for the video..
Sounds like you got rich parents or a very well-paid job?
@@whawha9016 Far from rich parents its call Sweetwaters, Zzounds, Some TV placements and overtime, plus years of saving lol.
Hi Marlow, love the channel. Very helpful.
So I was looking into buying either an analog heat or add an Akai S950 to my setup (MPC Live 2 + Macbook) to add some character to my sound. I've had an S900 in the past but am unfamiliar with devices like the analog heat.
I saw you use the MPC60 for it's sound so I was wondering which made more of an impact on your sound. The MPC60 or the Analog heat?
Thnx and keep up the good work!
The analog heat is better for sound, no brainer.
@@mpcheadCool thanks! I'm going to try one.
Great very informative video. Do you ever use the analog heat on the ins for the MPC when sampling vinyl? I am strongly considering analog heat and/or a MPC Black Lion XB Mod for my MPX X SE
Never used it for sampling but I do run my samples through it after I sample.
+ working with actual hardware is so much fun. I love playing around with knobs and buttons and turn an analog signal into the red which is simply not possible when you‘re only working inside the box. Nothing wrong with taking the best out of both worlds. PEACE!
Those Heritage units bro 🤗
Very interesting and unorthodox method. How do you deal with frequency clash between tracks since you are mixing directly the output? Do you do anything else than just gain staging inside the MPC? Peace
Do you have any advice for making heavy plunderphonics esque music like the stuff of the Avalanches on the modern MPC?
Soo much crispier with the gear!!! Do you still mix inside the Mpc??
Thanks for sharing some secret sauce, every producer go their little secret chain that usually stays a secret, so do you monitor through the whole chain as your making the beat or do you bypass them and engage them after the beat is done trying to get the best sound striaght out of the MPC before recording.
Quick question about your Echolette. I see you have individually attached inputs to its channels. My current setup has a 12 channel analog mixer where I have everything plugged into (all my instruments/synths) and I have the Echolette set up as an Effects Send/Return. This way I keep the echo settings on input 1 at max and use the Effects Send to control the dry/wet mix (which is what the echo knob on the echolette does). Is there a reason you went with your setup?
Marlow! I have a question. My mix bus comes out of my daw. My first hardware gear for the mix bus was the analog heat, but now I added the warm audio 273 preamps. Would you still have the analog heat as the first thing the mix bus hits over the preamps, or would it make sense to put it after the eqs and compressors to add a little last second character?
Hey Marlo, this video inspired me to buy the same analog set up. I have a question. When going back into your audio interface is your MPC in standalone mode or in controller mode? I ask because I had my MPC modded by Black Lion and I am going from my MPC audio outs into the chain and then into my Apollo Twins inputs and I can't get any audio output. Any advice? Thanks for this video man, I was blown away.
Thanks man, I always use the mpc in standalone. It works just fine, either you have the wrong outputs selected or the chain aint working right. Idk but make sure you get audio out the main outs of the mpc.
Figured it out. Thanks again!@@mpchead
hey, you mention adding limiter at the end to bring the sound up to broadcast level. and i been reading about gain staging between A & D. so may i ask what your headroom is roughly. i read the equivalent of zero db digital in analog is about -18db when measured digitally for the sweet spot, so i guess you are pushing texture and harmonics with the analog gear but where you hitting before broadcast level generally ?
Sounds rad my man! Out of interest what type of saturation is the Analog Heat doing? bit of saturation and EQ, or is it just the saturation? it's kind of bringing out the mids and a high kinda like running things through a blended in / really clean guitar amp or something .
Saturation EQ and filtering
@@mpchead dope. Thanks legend.
Dope video. Need some gear.
You oughta get a wood rack for those my dude, the wood racks are sick. Plus you won't see all the exposed wiring.
I like this one because it has wheels and I can move it around the studio
Hey there, great video as always. Just wondering if you're not getting any crazy latency from going through that Analog Heat. Thanks!
I don't think I have any problems with latency with the Heat.
Just read a lot of comments of people experiencing a lot of latency when using the Elektron with their DAW, some even a tiny bit as stand-alone @@mpchead
Marlow do you ever bother going out to cassette tape once it’s all mixed etc ? Is so what tape deck do you use
Good video. My racks are my sound. I'm so confident in my signal chain it doesn't matter the sampler or synth I start with
Same here!
thanks man. could you please tell us, if your individual tracks in the mpc have effects on them, or are you really only applying on the master?
Yes the tracks in the mpc have some effects, things like filters but not much compression at all, just some delays or reverbs.
Is there a VST, or more than one VST, which can be a substitute for all of this nice hardware?
Hey Marlow, what did you say about sidechain near the end? Is the first compressor listening to the frequency of the snare (around 200 Hz) and reacting to that snare frequency more than other frequencies?
The compressor acts on the frequencies you pick, I am using SC around 3k
Do you ever use the envelope follower on the Analog Heat to reduce the dynamic range/glue things together....works well
Because of the compressors I don't have that need but yes that option works well.