MPC Tutorial - How To Connect and Control Hardware Synthesizers and Get Audio Playback on your MPC

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  • čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
  • This is a MPC Tutorial - on how How To Connect and Control Hardware Synthesizers and Get Audio Playback on your MPC x live or mpc one. I will show you how to connect a USB keyboard and walk you through the setup you need on your mpc to get audio playback.
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Komentáře • 76

  • @jayjohnson9894
    @jayjohnson9894 Před rokem +1

    Poli, great tutorial
    Am gathering the final piece of equipment to put my studio together in it's final state so I can truly start working
    Have been learning my equipment in stand alone state to learn their functions for the past eight months
    Am waiting the arrival of my furniture (chair and table) and my model 12 to get here and finally put everything together
    Thanks again Poli, will definitely be hitting you up
    You're the best

  • @fishingforattention2037
    @fishingforattention2037 Před 2 lety +2

    The redundancy of your teaching is so appreciated... ever since I had the covid my attention span has been so lacking.. im pretty great with most audio gear because I've been a Hi-Fi audiophile guru for decades.. but even the beginner tutorials for MPC usually gloss over so many details that I quickly get lost. A lot of times they gloss over the basics like simple wiring connections. Would love to see you explain this process going through the software side of the MPC.. I have a Live, but I have jaf it on a shelf since I got it because I've been frustrated that I can't understand the basics of navigating all the menus and such. 3 months now and I haven't been able to record a track lol.. the good thing is, is that since getting the MPC I have been inspired to build a whole studio.. so now I've got a ton of synths and some great electronics.. having the individual synths has made me feel comfortable understanding a little bit better what I am supposed to do with the MPC, because at first it was all so foreign. Unfortunately I dont seem to know any local MPC heads that are willing to come kick it with me and make some jams so I can at least see the process in person and ask questions. Just like you, I dream of helping other musicians that need a place and equipment to lay down some magic but maybe they don't have the funds to build their own studio.. I want my studio to be a place for people who love music to come be free to do so even without any money... so that has inspired me to keep watching videos and keep learning the craft so hopefully one day I can call myself a real producer. Thanks for the free info, you rock.. I definitely liked and subscribed to your channel.

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 2 lety

      Thank You 🙏 I appreciate you watching and for your support
      Little by little day by day 💯

  • @CAPTMANFRED
    @CAPTMANFRED Před rokem +1

    Thank you from the bottom of my heart Poli Popo- it was a BUNCH of a help for me!!!😅 I was able to connect my new Wavestate to my new MPC X ... My mind is a bit rusty because I´m 72 .... Birthdaygift from my Kids - Big hug to you from Turkey!!!

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před rokem

      Thank You so much I appreciate you watching and I love to try to teach this definitely made my day 💯 🎶

  • @paulhorsley8922
    @paulhorsley8922 Před 2 lety +2

    You remind me of the Bob Ross with your great chilled tone, great video.thank you 🙏❤️

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 2 lety

      Much appreciated thank You 🙏

  • @ChrisMcConvilleMusic
    @ChrisMcConvilleMusic Před rokem

    Thanks Poli! This video solved my conundrum of connecting my microKORG to my MPC Live. 🙂👍🙏

  • @Brokeninc
    @Brokeninc Před 3 lety +2

    You are a great teacher. Thank you for making the vids you make.

  • @brucehathcockmusic
    @brucehathcockmusic Před rokem +1

    Man very nice of you thanks bro.

  • @louie1litk619
    @louie1litk619 Před rokem +1

    Thank you bro your tutorials are the shit thanks for being straightforward and not withholding info

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před rokem

      I’m glad I could help along the way 💯 🎶

  • @BizzycardozaETA
    @BizzycardozaETA Před 3 lety +6

    Welcome to NASA Studios.

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 3 lety +1

      I love making beats but I love making noise even more can’t wait to get this Sound pack done should be by the end of the month hopefully

    • @ralfmoss
      @ralfmoss Před 3 lety +1

      intergalactic spaceship haha

  • @yermomsbf
    @yermomsbf Před 3 lety +3

    How can we setup a one-on-one? Let mw know what I would need to do - really appreciate your videos, man. Very helpful!

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 3 lety +2

      Email is mympcx@gmail.com
      Usually Available on Sunday and Monday

  • @AmericanAstroMonkey
    @AmericanAstroMonkey Před 3 lety +3

    Eurorack is a fantastic never ending journey. But it will eat seriously into anyone's wallet. It is the background starting point for all my recording. Enjoy the journey, but it in my experience there is so much to be got from a small system. The real secret as the pioneers found is to add all those classic guitar pedals, delay, reverb, phaser, and flanger. Then the magic happens. Enjoy the adventure ahead.

  • @yehusala175
    @yehusala175 Před rokem +1

    New subscriber! Really appreciate your break downs!

  • @dozerblade
    @dozerblade Před 3 lety +1

    Very useful information, thank you !

  • @djrek521
    @djrek521 Před 3 lety +1

    yo yo! Poli POPO my mixer is maxed out! but ima keep adding more stuff im a serious gear head and i cant stop

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 3 lety

      I really need to invest in some new wires I’m getting a little noise lol Some of my Midi cables still say RadioShack on them lol

    • @djrek521
      @djrek521 Před 3 lety +1

      @@PoliPopo don't cheap out on cables buy the best they do sound the best

  • @stephenwarnell7003
    @stephenwarnell7003 Před rokem +1

    How do you listen to the Mpcx drums only thru the headphones or do I run the outs from the MPCX to my mixer??? Thanks helped me a bunch.

  • @batone7
    @batone7 Před rokem

    thanks man

  • @Moon303TurnGo
    @Moon303TurnGo Před 2 lety +3

    Hey man love your vids. Love your willingness to share the knowledge....much love and respect to you. Quick question I have a similar setup I can hear my external synth but when I publish the song in song mode the final file does not have the synth sound. What am I doing wrong? All internal sounds from MPCX are on wav file except for any external synth sounds on final song. Thanks man.

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 2 lety

      I would make sure you are recording the synth parts as audio tracks .I’ll definitely look into it more and hopefully find a link to send but
      If you can hear your audio all you need to do is I am the track and hit record
      If that doesn’t work you might have to bounce the audio file to a sample but I’ll definitely make a better video about it ASAP

    • @Moon303TurnGo
      @Moon303TurnGo Před 2 lety +1

      @@PoliPopo you rock Poli.

  • @0072gldnfngr
    @0072gldnfngr Před rokem

    Thank you for this! Any clue on how to setup Juno X with MPC Live 2 to send AND receive midi or is this impossible?

  • @andyduguid3662
    @andyduguid3662 Před rokem

    Superb approach. Slow, methodical and simplistic. Good on you for these videos. It really does help. I have a question. I am using the MPC keys and routing synths through a mixer as you have done here and into the MPC. From there would I effectively run the outputs from the MPC directly to the speakers if there are only 2 outs on the mixer? Thanks again.

  • @mousey240376
    @mousey240376 Před 11 měsíci

    My synths and MPC X go into my mixer then my main out goes to my speakers and my control room out goes to the MPC input. Problem im having is when i record audio i then record whatever the MPC is playing how do i go around this?

  • @SOO100BRAND
    @SOO100BRAND Před 3 lety +1

    Good vide0

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 3 lety

      Soo 100! Just trying to put in some work got to do my sample or demo sequences and I think I’m good just got to get a good picture going but definitely putting in some time having fun hope everything’s good

  • @mrflorence5328
    @mrflorence5328 Před 3 lety +1

    How’s the sledge 2.0?

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 3 lety +1

      The sledge is awesome 💯 there are definitely better synths out there but I like the ease of use with the sledge

  • @djpopcorn
    @djpopcorn Před 7 měsíci

    Im trying to connect three synths to the mpc. BUT, I want to use each synth as its own controller. In otherwords, play each synths keybed and knobs and have the mpc play all three synths back. But I dont want to use midi thru, because i dont want to use one synth as a controller, i want to play each synth and overdub each synth at a time.
    So mpc i program drums and percussion
    And each synth i can play and record into the mpc.
    Then play it all back. Is this possible?

  • @marku2288
    @marku2288 Před rokem

    Thank you so much for this video. I have a quick question. Everything works great.. I even recorded my synths into my sequence… but once I disconnected my synth and played back my sequence I can’t hear the synth recording I just did anymore. Is there something I need to do for it to stay saved on the MPC X?

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před rokem

      I go back from the synth into the Mpc as an audio track 💯

    • @marku2288
      @marku2288 Před rokem

      @@PoliPopo Are you able to walk me through it step by step, please? I’m so excited to finally get back into making music and I’m almost getting the grasp of this MPC X

  • @SunlightOfTheSpirit
    @SunlightOfTheSpirit Před rokem

    Hey Poli, this set up scares me lol. I have an MPC Live 2 and a Roland Fantom plus I use Ableton. I want to connect them all together so that they are MIDI synced and into Ableton to record both audio and MIDI. I also want the MPC and Fantom to talk to each other. Would you recommend some kind of mixer or way to set this up man? Peace

  • @Ben-nk5oz
    @Ben-nk5oz Před rokem +1

    Hey Poli, thanks so much for your tutorials man. Hoping you can answer my question....I would like to sample my korg monologue....I have an MPC live mk1....do I just insert a trs from the out in the korg to the left input in the live? Do I need midi? Thanks in advance... Ben

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před rokem +1

      Yup you can sample from the output of the kits into the Mpc
      Or if you hook up midi
      Press program edit and press the piano to auto sample a note
      But to sample I would just plug it in to the back and play away, then chop it up

    • @Ben-nk5oz
      @Ben-nk5oz Před rokem

      You're a legend man! Many 🙏❤

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před rokem +1

      @@Ben-nk5oz 💯 🎶 this definitely made my day thank you 🙏

    • @Ben-nk5oz
      @Ben-nk5oz Před rokem

      @@PoliPopo Thanks Poli. So I have been trying this out, seems that when I record the synth on a track, it plays it back through the synth not the MPC.....do I need to 'sample' the synth to have it play back through the MPC? Ithink it may be time to consult the manual a bit more and maybe an audio course 😖

  • @stephenwarnell7003
    @stephenwarnell7003 Před rokem +1

    How do you hear the onboard drums

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před rokem +1

      I would mix everything and then going out of the mixer back into the MPC as an audio track and then lay drums over it

    • @stephenwarnell7003
      @stephenwarnell7003 Před rokem +2

      @@PoliPopo thank you, it worked you the man I will subscribe i really learned a lot from you just got the Akai MPCX couple days ago I’ve been following your videos learned a lot never worked with an MPC before this is my first time really having fun with it I do funk music been working in logic for years untying myself from the computer and just start working with the hardware that I have I have a korg triton rack and roland Jv 1080 focusrite pro 40 fire wire and a keylab 48 key keyboard so just trying to untie myself from logic and the computer and just work with out the computer seems pretty good. Thanks for what you are doing.

  • @yayyhy
    @yayyhy Před 2 lety

    How much are your one on one videos I’m trying to hook up my Roland jd xi to my mpc one

  • @BROKENNAILSMUSIC
    @BROKENNAILSMUSIC Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you! Did you get that sample pack out? I'm super interested in it. You are fantastic help!

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 2 lety +2

      IMake all of my sounds with Modular Gear
      The elements is full of great sounds but I have a real nice bass one coming out soon
      Glad to help anytime
      8barbeats.com/

    • @BROKENNAILSMUSIC
      @BROKENNAILSMUSIC Před 2 lety +1

      @@PoliPopo wonderful! I'm using a lot of modular synth in my new recordings. It's so fun. I'll get that pack and look forward to your new bass pack too. I'm happy to support your work.

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 2 lety +1

      @@BROKENNAILSMUSIC thank You 🙏 cv setup is same as midi cv1 Is for pitch and CV2 is for gate
      And each synth gets its own track
      Hit me up anytime mympcx@gmail.com

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 2 lety

      Thank you so much

  • @Tinyvince1971
    @Tinyvince1971 Před 3 lety

    Whats the reason to cut an audiotrack by switch a sequence with "sudden" but it play till the end by switching with "next bar"? In the last case it plays 2 audiotracks at the same time. 2 basslines at example. Cant find a option to resolve this issue ! MPC ONE latest firmware version.

  • @livingrainman
    @livingrainman Před 2 lety

    Can you connect the mpc to a usb hub and pc at the same time in stand-alone mode? I'm trying to be able to manage all midi through ableton. Great videos!

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 2 lety

      I use ableton link 💯
      czcams.com/video/cwf6TYkBNIE/video.html

  • @yayyhy
    @yayyhy Před 2 lety +1

    I followed this video I get sound it records but when I go to save it dosent save the midi sound. From the synthesizer

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 2 lety

      Make sure the synths audio is going back into the Mpc as an audio track is all I can think of atm

    • @yayyhy
      @yayyhy Před 2 lety

      @@PoliPopo ok thanks

  • @dopexmc7901
    @dopexmc7901 Před 3 lety

    nice Vid, is it possible to use a Deepmind12 on my MPC One?
    i connected it with usb but the DM12 only copys the MPC Set or instruments, i would like to use the DM12 Banks and instruments to create a beat in the mpc one

  • @MrThematrix1
    @MrThematrix1 Před 3 lety

    Where’s the video with you using the chord perform on the MPC X triggered from your synthesizer !

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 3 lety

      I play everything on my USB keyboard through my MPC so my MPC triggers my synthesizer

  • @seangooden4746
    @seangooden4746 Před 3 lety

    Hey how you doing I sent you a email about a week ago hooking my MPC X to a korg triton keyboard affordable mixer can I use to hook up to two keyboards that can run to the MPC X can you help me out budget $200

  • @AH-ro9rr
    @AH-ro9rr Před měsícem

    Hey Poli I need some help. I did everything you said and I still get no audio. I have a fairly new studio I’ve put together so I’m trying to learn. I have an mpc x and I’m trying to get my hydrasynth and key step pro to work together. I cannot figure out for the life of me how to get this stuff to work with the mpc. Please 🙏 help. Much much appreciated!

  • @googlerep366
    @googlerep366 Před 3 lety

    I have a question I couldn't find anywhere online. When using the MPC live 2 in standalone and I make a keygroup say I choose the grand piano sound. I'm using my midi keyboard connected to the MPC Live 2 via USB how do I turn the volume up to make the piano sound louder playing from my midi keyboard? Its loud on my pads but not on my midi keyboard.

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 3 lety +1

      I noticed that too even with full level on it does the same thing. I’ll look and see if there is a fix but I’ll be on later.

    • @googlerep366
      @googlerep366 Před 3 lety +1

      @@PoliPopo I am sooo greatful thanks homie 🙏

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 3 lety

      @@googlerep366 I think if your keyboard says full lvl you can try that but my midi does not give me the option

    • @googlerep366
      @googlerep366 Před 3 lety

      @@PoliPopo mine does not either. When using a plug-in option on the MPC Live 2 you can go to menu program edit then go to setup and from there you can adjust your volume level and the depth rates will turn off the velocity for the MIDI keyboard so I don't think any of the control would be through the keyboard itself being just a controller but I had wondered if there was a way within key group that you can go into one of the menus and adjust the volume I know that there is quite a few options in there but I didn't see anything that adjusted the volume wondered if maybe I was overlooking something?

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 3 lety

      @@googlerep366 The only thing I could think of is record what you want to play and then go to the step sequencer and there’s a down arrow at the bottom of your screen and it will let you adjust the velocity

  • @fellpower
    @fellpower Před 2 lety

    As an audio guy, that u might be - plz fix your microphone....

    • @PoliPopo
      @PoliPopo  Před 2 lety

      Yussir I’m on it 💯 little by little day by day