How I replaced MPC One for free (Akai won’t admit this) | GAS Therapy #34
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Michael, I live near Akai Professional's HQ. if you want to come visit and yell at them in person, I will drive you there and film it and my wife can bail us out of jail!
Can I take the offer?😂
Always ready for my weekly therapy session ✌️
Hey Simon you’re really funny and alternative but love your stuff
Gas Therapy is needed every week. This series saved me a lot of money🙏
Get a job maybe and stop following losers.
I love my MPC, but your argument is completely valid. Nice work.
Discovered this channel today. Your videos are a must watch IMO, even for people who buy gear regularly.
Trying to extract more value out of the tools you have using either ingenuity or free / cheap tools is an invaluable message that it worth constantly being reminded of. Well done.
🗣 I want to like this more than once! 🙌
Exactly! I don’t buy a lot of gear, but I have learned a lot of useful techniques from these videos.
Amazing… GAS is real and… therapy needed and people don’t know they need it. This is great stuff.
The best review of this product I’ve seen since it came out! Had me laughing and heavily agreeing with the points made! Thanks for this, now I can take it off of my wants list 😂
Fantastic video! This spoke to ALL of my frustrations with my MPC Live and then some. I was on the fence about selling it. No longer. It's gone. Thank you!
bro. you will get end up getting a new one as soon as you will discover the endless fun youll be missing.
Excellent and unique content. We want more, thanks for your work and time 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Discovered this channel today, and I absolutely love the informative and very real content. Can't watch this in bed with anyone sleeping beside you unless they like waking up to stifled and muffled laughter.
I just found this Channel and Gas therapy is my new favorite series. Thank you so much for your tips!
Thanks! Great to have found your channel, I do have bouts of GAS and your breakdowns REALLY help!
As a (quite satisfied) MPC-One owner I can say: honest review of the weak points of the device (akai should open their ears)!!! Would I replace it with an ipad/laptop? No ... for many other aspects/reasons. BTW keep going with this interesting channel.
As someone that's on the fence getting an MPC One, what are the aspects and reasons you have for not replacing it with a laptop+external pad controller?
@@johannmoller8110 There is a difference on doing music with a laptop as to do it with a dedicated machine. The most important part is that you get all the clutter of a computer out of the equation. You ain't going to connect to the internet for instance. won't get notifications etc...gonna be more focused on doing music. Plus MPC is 800$. Computer+Controllers+audio interface is going to be quite more than that. just 2 of the plethora of reasons that I have to prefer working out of the box.
@@maschinelab8598 Plus no other background processes using up CPU, and virtually no worries about latency, right?
@@johannmoller8110 Michael is biased due to the nature of this channel. That's his opinion. My opinion is that you are *way* faster on the MPC hardware than those keyboard shortcuts he mentioned in MPC Beats. Believe me I have tried both. That's really what you get with the hardware: much faster workflow. Hit a pad while a loop is playing to rehearse, then hit Dub Record and punch it in, dub record again to switch back to pure playback. Change track by holding Main and pressing a pad, and now you can play that track's instrument on the pads. Switch to chords/scale mode and you can improvise in the correct key. Double press the Note Repeat button to turn on/off the arp. Etc etc.
This isn't to say that it isn't nice to have the ability to then pick up the project and finish it on the computer in the MPC 2 software (note that that daw isn't free, only MPC Beats is, which limits your track count to 8 - the track count in the MPC is limitless). I often finish the mixing process in front of the computer because by the time I add a bunch of compressors on each track and pad, it can sometimes start to stutter on the MPC One due to performance issues, so being hooked up to the computer at that point is nicer. But I always start new songs in standalone and it's a joyful workflow. At least if you're one of those people who enjoy playing on an instrument rather than programming with a keyboard and a track pad. I couldn't recommend the MPC One more
@@aneveningwithebola2727 yeah! As i said a lot of reasons. There is not going back to software when you get the grip on hardware.
Great series, this and Bad Gear is a joy to watch!
Michael, thanks for another fun and informative video.
I really appreciate your rage at MPC One, whether it's genuine or amped for the video, you hit the nail on the head!
This video was hilarious as an MPC Live owner you hit the nail on the head with a lot of my complaints about the unit in terms of its intuitiveness and the implementation of the Q links... they need to address Q link functionality in an update because they are vastly under utilised I feel.
THIS!
Qlinks are the worst shit ive experienced in ma machine. That issue forced me to sell my mpc mk1
so sad, glad ive been a mv8800 owner since day one
@@marcosrotllanWhat is so bad about the Q links?
This is my new favorite channel!! Thanks for all the great videos!!
You are doing gods work! Thank you for showing me the way of plugins. You have changed my whole method for making music!
Love these so much Thank you again for all the awesome info. I'm having a blast using the plugins you recommend.
right video at the right time. highly appreciated! love the angry nerd style!
Oh My God, you had me in stitches...love it, keep the video's coming my friend :)
Love your videos! Great work, keep at it please.
Excellent video as always, Michael.
This is very enlightening. Subscribed!! Even though I got my MPC shoe box for $450 when it was first released. I’m happy with it.
You are hilarious! Akai should hire you for product development!!!
If Akai takes your advice when making the mpc one update it could be pretty epic, and unbeatable...
@@user-hs8fs7op2l they won't. If they hired him he will make perfect MPC then Akai can't sell the next iteration. Music industry reminds of car infotainment especially aftermarket like Kenwood, JVC, Pioneer, etc. Always 10 years behind. Last month I begged Akai via email to release drivers for Renaissance on M1 and they simply said no! They won't even make a driver for device that relies on computer to function? Now I either have to use windows or buy older MacBook.
The best way to force them work harder is destroying their business.
I'm currently binging your content. Thanks again
Thanks! Your videos are really helping me get over my gas!
Hilarious. U nailed it. It’s nearly the best all in one Groovebox. I’m optimistic with videos like this and other feature request of the community Akai will wake up and bring a kickass update. Really hoping cause if next update won’t deliver I might sell mine
Great review. As a long time user of the MPCs (2000xl, 10000 and 4000), I was shocked by the missing stuff on the Live/One.
Thanks for this video king I really enjoyed your point of view BLESS UP
Love your channel. Your work will help many to get out of the GAS Matrix.. It's a problem! Thank you!
Thank you for this incredible insight. 🔥🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏👏
A big Wow! Great video. You made my day Michael, thanks a lot!
This channel is absolutely brilliant. I've been getting some more advanced recording and synth stuff lately and even though I luckily haven't had any bad buys yet, I've been looking to integrate my Surface Pro touchscreen (it's basically an iPad running Windows 11) into my live jams more. Absolutely right on the question 'why not just have a slider on your touchscreen and save a hand?'. Thank you for the many awesome plugin and software recommendations!!
Angry Music Gear Nerd is the BEST!! Way to bring it Michael, awesome!
This is why I’ve used an MPC Element as my controller and either set it for low power for the inexpensive MPC app on my phone OR the free MPC Beats software on my Mac for several years now. You COULD use another USB controller just to control all the knobs and faders (in my opinion). But what you explained is exactly why I sold my MPC 1000 years ago. Now I have much more versatility. Thank you again for the GAS therapy, Michael 🙌
Your analogies are sublime
First let me say that this review or rant was hilarious. Thank you for your view on this. I have been wanting to buy the MPC One for at least a yr. Listening to your take on this has changed my mind and to look for something else. Actually I was debating between this and an iPad because I already have a decent midi controller with 16 pads and 32 keys. I’m subscribing just because of this.
This guy in the Akai boardroom would really put the cat amongst the pigeons 😂
I was just about to buy a MPC One tomorrow. You totally changed my mind. Thanks, dude 🤘
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Kudos, a hilarious and most informative vid!
somebody is in his feelings on this one 😆
i have to say the mpc worflow vs the mpc software / beats workflow is a lot diffrent. Me myself tried a few things after selling my mpc live for financial reasons. But nothing came even close to the feeling an mpc gives me. Not even the new mpc studio with that software your were talking about. Its truly something special about the mpc worklfow i cant even explain.
After 2 years of making straight laptop music I've finally came back to the mpc-world with a new mpc one, and i have to say its really really satisfying working with it again.
Great Video but i feel like it did not do justice to this great piece of gear. i mean, yeah its a rant but..there is a lot to love about this thing.
I still love it, when it don't use it 😌
That was a hilarious ending!
You are sincerely pissed off.
Bad gear indeed!
Like many here, I really love the MPC One.
At the same time your video is great & valid!
2nd time here on this channel. Love it. In this disposable age, with too much gear already out there, this floats my boat. I use old pedals, hacked and hand built devices, tape, old glitchy delays as loopers, use cassettes and mp3 players to store my samples. If I'm travelling light, I occasionally perform using just a laptop full of my edits and samples. Mixx DJ of Virtual DJ. I probably won't use a lot the software you share, I struggle with the laptops. Having said that I love the ethos and the possibilities. Keep it up.
I love you so much, im a fan for life already. lol
This one hurts, because I bought one as well and I hate it, but love it as well 😂 you really nailed it!
"Fancy shoe box" 🤣You make some great valid points! Great channel btw! 🙌
I own an MPC Live II. The workflow in Ableton is much easier and faster, but I have a hard time getting past all the options and starting to actually create music. The MPC kind of forces you to start laying down music. I also feel like the workflow forces you to use your ears more than your eyes. It’s a clunky workflow, but once it clicks for you, it just works. It isn’t for everybody, but I love it. I just wish it wasn’t so expensive, but that’s the case with a lot of my gear.
Also, acting like drumming on the keyboard is the same as using the big and beautiful pads on the MPC is not realistic. The pads on my Live II are my favorite in the world.
Overall, great video. I just wanted to nitpick a little. This channel is greatness. Even if I don’t care about the gear you review, I learn a lot from these videos.
Think I love you. Great points, and fantastic money saving advice ; )
LoooL that ending line! Awesome videos!
Thank you! This ended my GAS for the MPC One. 😃
Absolutely brilliant! MPC Beats looks great too!
The only limitation is the 8 track limit, but if you mainly create with samples, it won't bother a lot, already exceeded its legacy machines 1000 times function wise.
OMG i love you dude. Great review.
I love how this channel is evolving
Appreciated, this one is the closest one to what I wanted to make initially ;)
Love this series :D
This was brutal. I love it.
Making beats with one hand on the MPC one is priceless for me
Thank you for being the only
Honest music hardware reviewer on the internet
Lol, maybe the only one who goes all negatives.
@@playpm someone needs to do that. most gear reviewers just praise the shit out of their new toy and trick everyone else to buy some useless shit hardware
Should check out Ave McCree then, dude is so BS as well
As someone who has gone through a LOT of hardware in the pursuit of the perfect all-in-one dawless groovebox, I'll start by saying that I absolutely love the MPC One - *and* I love your channel too! I 100% agree with you about the lack of battery and angled surface being clear design flaws and it would have been lovely to be able to not have to bring the power cord with you all the time.
That said, I think you didn't spend enough time with either the MPC One or MPC Beats to truly appreciate the difference in workflow speed between the two. It's literally night and day. No, those Ctrl+2 shortcuts on the keyboard aren't even close because the rest of it is completely off. You are required to scroll and click all the time on the computer software. Here are some examples of how fast the MPC One is:
- Hit Dub Record while playing a sequence and you can jam things in live, with velocity sensitivity and even aftertouch. The pads are surprisingly playable on any type of instrument sound (guitar, strings, piano, drums, etc).
- While a sequence is playing, hold Erase and press down on a pad you want to remove and it will remove the hits on that pad while you hold it down.
- Switch back between Main and Program Edit and it will remember where you were, which preference was focused. This means you can quickly tweak a sound parameter, go into Main to change the sequence or start point of a sequence to zoom in on the area you want to "fix", and then go back to editing the parameter, all without even touching the mouse. Anyone who is used to keyboard shortcuts vs mouse gestures will know how much of a difference this makes.
- Hold Main and press a pad to select a track/program.
- Double press on Note Repeat to turn on/off the (excellent) arp.
- Tap a synth parameter and twist the main knob with the other hand - it's so much quicker *and* more precise than doing the equivalent with the mouse. Try to micro edit the faders in the mixer on MPC Beats, it's next to impossible!
- Hold down Shift and you immediately see if the Automation button is yellow (off) or red (on). Tap it to toggle. No need for the touch screen.
- Configure the q-links to be Project wide for some amazing live performance jamming with your favorite parameters for that particular project.
- Double tap Main to get into the sequencer, hit a pad corresponding to a note you want to tweak, and twist the main knob to nudge the notes, or edit their length, transposition, etc.
With all this said, I agree the UX isn't perfect and there's a lot of QOL fixes I'd like to see, such as the ability to copy/move projects, reorder tracks and sequences, configure the mostly useless + and - buttons into something better, like Mute/Solo, or Prev/Next Track, or maybe octave up/down. But even with its design flaws, it's easily the most productive, tactile daw replacement out there today. You mentioned the MC-101, and that is truly a UX joke in comparison. It's supposed to be portable, but you end up being so frustrated with using it due to all the things that slow you down, there's literally no point in using it. The presets are lovely, but that's about it. It's a terrible music making device. The MPC One is easily one of the best to come out so far. In *my* opinion! 😉🎶
@@MS-1 Rant? Lol it's the opposite. Please read it, don't be lazy.
@@sinewaymusic Ok I'll peep it.
@@sinewaymusic Everything you said is totally on point. For those not knowing, (you not included) I will say again that you can mod the MPC One to make it wireless, have a battery pack, and flip screen. My bad man. Nice explanation on the dope workflow inherent in the MPC One.
This guy makes great vids ! .
Bro´s dropping some serious truth bombs.
AMGN: Angry Musical Gear Nerd! Love it!!
Enjoyed your video, I owned an original live and found that I never developed the muscle memory or really gelled with it without ever thinking it might be the product design. I have created a lot more with the more limited digitakt.
I always enjoy your videos. Quite entertaining. I’m on therapy myself :-)
Great video!!!
you sir are a legend!
I think the height could be for heat dissapation. The MPC does pick up some heat especially if you don't leave it on a table. I know the live II gets hot in the left side of the screen.
your very funny and make really great points but I love this damn thing it's so much fun
I was going to buy a mpc one, the faults you called out would piss me off to no end. Thank you for saving me a lot of time and money
If one day you couldn't hold the gas, make sure you choose a store that gives you full refund option, you'll be even more thankful 🥂
You should rent one , the mpc is the best in its class . dr. Dre , timberland, jermaine dupri, scoot storch , Minnie fresh produced top 10 billboards his on the mpc live which is the same as a mpc one . The mpc one plus has 16 go of ram ram doesn’t matter because the mpc is a hardware device and is designed to do what it do . Example a person playing drums on a drum set and a person say playing drums on his iPad is better. If you want a MPC you won’t be disappointed because it’s a device. This video is like saying a Prius can get you to wear you are going you don’t need a Mercedes when you were about to buy a Mercedes .😂😂😂
Must say, I still have and still love my MPC1000 that I bought from new back in 2006 : ) with JJos is is still useful today!
After watching this video and listening to what you've said, I think I'll stick with my old vintage MPCs. They do the job anyhow and if I want to try the new MPC workflow and get those sounds I can just use MPC Beats with my laptop. You've sold me on giving it a try lol
I bought a MPC Live 2 last year and sold it because of the workflow, I was wrestling with it a lot. Since I came from PC and wanted to go daw-less I tought it would be the best choise. Now I have a TR-8S and MC707 from Roland and I like it very much. It's just not there yet. I'm testing out all sorts of Opensource sofware and stuff, but it takes sooo much time. (Got a Zynthian, which is awesome)
You made alot of valid points
Great video! Subscribed! 😍
Well needed 😌. Thanks
Absolutely brilliant as always (and 😂)
Brilliant mate
it is amazing) Thanks for the video. I had a great laugh during the file transfer part 😹
Appreciated, but bad news, from recent comments, things are still the same. Wait,,, now I see why they made the + version!
You made some really good points 💯
Please do a video for the OP-1 substitute! Your videos are really good! Already saved me tons of money!!!
DAAAMMMNNN 🤣👍 Scathing! I love it!!!
Cane here from the BoBeats video. Love this content!
I love the Angry Music Hardware Nerd
Michael, forget about the free MPC One. I want a free OP-1 field.😂
Therapy on its way ;)
@@playpm 😄Great! Hope you can offer redemption. Reading the comment that come with the reviews at the Superbooth 22 presentation, it seems there are alot of patients with their backs against the wall. They left the first stage of grief (denial) and are angry now.. Some are hoping that their arguments will make TE drop the price ( stage 3 the bargaining). But II’m afraid depression with pandemic proportions will be among us, before they can accept: Not everybody needs an OP-1.
Thank you sir!
Just sold my live 2 retro edition, as to I found myself defaulting back to Serato sampler and Logic Pro X, (which I already had installed) and I dont regret it one bit glad I got my money back!
Thank you very much, you have opened my eyes.
"And I guess we all know the story after that..." - savage, lol
You killed it Michael! Great (based) little rant. Cured my hardware mpc GAS by pointing out some stuff that nobody else did in a bunch of videos, like clunky af file management. Never noticed the inconsistency in labelling functions either, stuff like that irks me!
Reframing it as a budget single-purpose PC (with room for improvement) VS thinking mpc one is a "good deal" just because of the price anchor of its bigger brothers? Makes a ton of sense.
(The retro edition DOES look so cool though lol )
After this video, I checked the label design on the black one, and it's even more cared than the retro one, at least they seperate the first and second function label color into sharp white and dark red. Disappointed again.
I saw the KISS sticker on your laptop and knew right then and there you understand....GAS!
The channel we didn’t ask for , but the channel we all needed - thank god for you
Hilariously great 😊
Addicted therapist :-) Love ur content
I love your videos!!!!
Brilliant 🤙
dude, thank you for your content, we need much more of this. it's crazy the flops they have, specially the one of the knobs where you can't have one for starting cue and end at the same time. it's insane the lack of flow it has, it's like they don't even try working with it before releasing it. Do you think some of these things like the knobs can have a fix with a software update? when they impressively figure this out?
I don't know, it took years for Akai to let you comment on their CZcams videos, but it's only been 7 weeks since this video 🙃
Every comment you made is totally valid and true - thanks man!
„Lady Shoebox“ you‘d made my day! Wonderful movie 🍿
🤣🙌 You are a Genius haha i really like your videos!!! Some much fun to watch (all of them) And of course i learned a lot from your videos.
I sold my MPC live 2 after a few weeks and have been using BeatMaker iii on my iPad ever since. So much better and more compact ❤️
This was great, thanks…