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If you own an AKAI MPC 2000XL or similar MPC, Increase Your Power to Produce. Learn how to Make Your Beats Stand Out. This DVD includes everything you need to know to start producing High Quality beats with your AKAI MPC 2000XL drum machine. In under an hour You Will Have all the tools you need to Produce a Professional Beat and much more.
Chapters include:
- 1. Getting to know your MPC
- 2. Saving & Loading
- 3. Production
- 4. Song Mode
- 5. Mixing
- 6. Recording with MIDI
- 7. Sampling
- 8. Programming Parameters
- 9. Installing Components
Total Running time 58:06
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lol more like worst beat producer @ end of vid!
I am looking at this and the Korg PadKontrol… their x-y pad just looks so sick… any thoughts about the two products???
The PadKontrol X-Y pad is pretty cool for creating interesting flam effects but you can create similar effects with the MPD32’s Note Repeat. Also, remember that nearly everything on the MPD32 is an assignable midi controller, including many of the buttons, so you really have a lot more control with it. All that said, the MPD32 is generally better for people doing hip hop and electronic music while the PadKontrol is generally better for people trying to simulate a live drummer.
thanks appreciate the feedback, I am just starting out with all this, and after reading some comments about the Akai pads sensitivity opted for the Korg, which plays into what you have said as I am a drummer looking to get into the electronic side of things.. once again thanks.
@Fraeg Congrats! Enjoy it! The MPD32 pads are excellent, every bit as good as the ones on the MPC’s and much better than the ones that were on the original MPD16, but you can’t go wrong with the PadKontrol pads, either.
cheers, take care
i just got a mpd32. but im wondering how i get the sound working. besides the mpd32, what else do i have to puchase to get sound. or could i just hook it up to my PC speakers?
The MPD32 is a USB controller so you’ll need a computer and some type of software instrument to get anything out of it.
ya i have a pc computer and ableton live lite 6. but i dont know how to get the sound to work using a USB cord.
@MrHladysh there are no sounds inside the 32…. lol it’s just a controller
breaks down like this, MPD32 only produces sound WITH some sort of software open, if its on your computer and not open it wont make any sound, if you have ableton thats all you need, then the speakers through your computer will produce the sound from the MPD, however, dont use that long it will annoy you may i suggest getting something better like a peavey escort 2000, cheaper and smaller but MUCH more sound for ya!
ok well i just plugged in my mpd32 and the light is not on
The light should come on immediately. You may have received a defective unit. Did you purchase it from us?
Hello . can u tell me how to sort out pads 13,14 to loop my melody???/thanks
what’s with the pads? the timing is soooo off when i record on my fl studios. and the pads are so fucking hard to push. way harder than an mpc. wtf guys?
@thizzboy99 The timing is caused by your soundcard, you need to have one with quality low latency ASIO drivers in order to get good timing in FL. You can adjust the MPD32’s velocity curve to better match FL, that way you won’t have to push the pads so hard. The MPD responds exactly like an MPC in Cubase and Ableton.
i have a m-audio oxygen 49 v2 how can i use the mpd and the m-audio together with reason 4
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MPD, Motif, Logic 8 Express. Have no idea how to sync midi from Motif thruMPD into Logic. I can start sequence from Motif but it is not on time.(slightly behind) WTF?
@Chavez08able You should sync your Motif to the computer, not the other way around.
do u need to plug it into a computer to use it or like can u make dubstep with it?
@chickenwrap3000 I don’t understand what you mean, you can make ANY type of music you want with it, be it dubstep, dnb, hip hop, electro etc. Yeah, you do have to plug it into the computer to use it. Did you watch the video at all?
@chickenwrap3000 You can make dubstep with it but it does have to be plugged in to a computer.
so can you hook it up to a computer that has pro tools running and use it as a controller for making beats on pro tools?
@snubbs741 Yes.