Making Music 8 Creating Beats with The MPC Live 2

Name: Making Music 8 Creating Beats with The MPC Live 2
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Sharing one strategy for beat making

Created byYadvinder Singh

Last updated 9/2023

English

English [Auto],

What you'll learn

Create a sequence
Load a drum kit
add a sequence with drums
add another sequence with a different set of drums

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 31m total length

General Overview2:00
Expansion Packs1:08
Log in and register your device, then open downloads to explore expansion packs, including the included packs, the MPC Beats Edition, and MPC expansions, with samples to preview their sound.
Introduction8:17
Power up the MPC Live 2 and create an empty project. Build a melody and drums from loops and chops, then experiment with drum programs to craft a beat.
Lesson 25:49
Mix melody and drums by selecting and chopping a sample, overdubbing drums, and arranging two sequences in song mode before exporting a flac file and naming a new album.
Lesson 36:52
Load a melody sample, record and overdub on track one, and copy the sequence to track two. Use channel mixer and song mode to extend repeats toward a two-minute export.
Lesson 45:54
Select a melody loop, trim the sample to four bars, and replace it; copy the sequence to the drums track, align the drum program, record, and export.
Benefits1:05
This lesson is just a written section of the benefits of the MPC Live 2
Resources0:02

Requirements

Desire to learn beat making

Description

In this course I will be using the MPC Live 2 and showcasing its ability to create multiple sequences and export them in song mode. I will be thinking aloud as I go through one way of beat making. I will start by showing how to turn on the MPC, then loading an empty project. Starting with sequence one I will start with the process of browsing and finding a sample to work with. I will show you how to rename the sequence and add multiple sequences. Then, I will show how I start sequence two with the same sample and then add in one combination of drums. Next, I will show how to do a third sequence and add a different combination of drums as well as adding in new sounds like an 808 and assigning it to the pads. Last, I will show you how to do a sequence with just the drums alone and then go into song mode, insert the different sequences, loop them and change the sequence and then export them in the different file formats such as wav, Flac or mpc. At the end of this course my hope is that you will have the confidence to export your 4 bar beat into an mp3 file.

Who this course is for:

Beat making beginners