Akai MPC Key 61 Quick Tip - Exporting Audio (Song Mixdown and Separate Track Stems)

The Akai MPC Key 61 makes it easy to export your recorded songs to a USB thumb drive and transfer them to the computer! In this video I show you how to export both your whole song or all the tracks separately and get them over to your computer! Whether you are mixing and mastering on the MPC Key 61 or exporting your raw tracks and mixing on your computer, the MPC Key makes it straight forward and easy!
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[@toddtrillo7445]

Thank you for the great clear overview , much appreciated

[@brandonsmith4410]

Thanks for your help, you’re actually one of the only People with help videos on KZbin for the key 61. Grateful

[@thomasmatthews8873]

Salute. You made the explanation so simple and intuitive. You even threw in the options depending on workflow preferences.

[@derricksandefur6859]

Man I appreciate you I’ve learned so much frfrfr

[@RayyMusik]

Thanks for your videos; they will help a lot as soon as I have my MPC Key. However, the export function raises questions: 1) Why would I need a thumbdrive? Is there no direct export via USB or WiFi to my Mac? 2) Can mixed projects (audio/Midi) also be exported as single tracks?

[@robertsylvester9421]

I really like your videos - just enough info to absorb per episode.

[@DSoundman]

Thanks!

[@ismaelvizzy7584]

You are brilliant! I really enjoy yours videos!! Does the MPC Key 61 import midi files?? I mean load midi files made in others devices into it? Thank you

[@paulf8111]

Thanks this was very helpful, are you also able to break the drum track down into separate stema, kick, snare, hat etc. ?

[@tgpword]

Nice DSM!! Can you export midi files the same way...or is there another method?

[@cesarenriqueherviasmartine9244]

Hola DSoundman, gracias maestro por compartir tus conocimientos. He visto una infinidad de tutoriales del Akai MPC61 pero los únicos que me han sido útiles son los tuyos, pienso que no basta con ser un experto en un tema sino que además hay que saber cómo enseñarlo. Me puedes decir cuántas pistas es posible crear en una secuencia? porque hay un número limitado de plugins para las pistas, además quiero saber si al cambiar de secuencia se empieza de cero con respecto a la carga de sonidos. Saludos, y felicitaciones por el canal.

[@tommidd8042]

Awesome presentation. 👍

[@isaacjones5385]

You don’t have to use Protools or Logic Pro, just use the MPC2 software and link your Mpc Key 21 to it and load your project in there. You can use your Vst plugins and Au plugins on Mac OS as well.

[@amosandy123]

Great explanation. Could you possibly deal with making a song: how would you go about recording the basic verse (let's say 32 bars) and then recording the bridge (say 8 bars). Do you do two separate sequences and join them together for a complete song or do verse and bridge all on one sequence?? Confused in Austin, Thanks

[@MusicWizard85]

To do it that way think of each sequence as its own part. So sequence 1 = Intro, sequence 2 =Verse, etc... you can name them anything. Once you recorded all your tracks for each part (sequence) you go into Song Mode, hit REC and tap the sequences in order of the song (Intro, Verse, Prechorus, Chorus, Verse 2, etc) to make them play in the correct order. From there you can export the song or continue to mix/master the song before you export.

[@montanamaxxamillion]

Cool for storage i guess or a quick demo for an artist while in standalone but for further processing youd 1) save as a MPC project and open MPC as a vst in your DAW of choice to get the stereo or multitrack bounce or 2) you can save it as an Ableton Live project and open it tracked out in Live

[@JamieBurke-ho6uh]

Could you please do a video showing us how to save expansions and kits to a thumb drive as to not eat up all of your memory?

[@INeedsMoneys]

Just to be clear, you never want to export a mixdown as MP3, this is strictly for showcasing. In reality you would want to export to lossless format. WAV is the most common preferred way.

[@INeedsMoneys]

Just heard my guy saying exactly what im saying in this comment in the video. My bad mr soundman. I was a bit quick on the trigger

[@DSoundman]

Haha, I completely agree with you!

[@rolalapp]

Thanks for your great videos on this keyboard. I’m seriously considering buying it but I have a number of questions. One that comes up with this video is can you export midi files? And, as someone else has said can you export directly to your computer via Wi-Fi or cable.? I believe some DAW’S can convert audio files to midi. One of my other negatives with this keyboard, and I guess it applies to just about every keyboard that has on board sounds, is that I can’t use my many favourite VST’s on this device. If I could it would be a no brainer, I’d get it tomorrow. Do you know of any keyboards that can import VST’S to use on board as a standalone performance keyboard? Thanks for doing these videos. They are very helpful in helping me decide whether or not to get it this keyboard, and if I do will be very helpful in using it.

[@ShookNastybeats]

What if you want to export stems with plug in effects on them? Can you do that or are the stems always going to be dry?

[@DSoundman]

The exported stems include all the effects on them when they are rendered. If you wanted them dry I'm assuming you'd have to disable the effects.

[@pieromusica1585]

Klasse, Gutes Video und gut erklärt. ich habe den akai mpc key 61 da ich nicht sogut englisch sprechen kann, lerne ich durch youtube videos, es gibt zu wenige Germany Videos. ich habe eine frage, kann man plagins importieren und exportieren, ich denke, anderen plagin, a gitarren un E gitarren. Ich sage Danke fur die Antwort, un wenn das geht sie dann zeigen wie man das machen kann!. Danke und weiter so.

[@Firstmajortomlikestoticker]

how do you format the ssd that you installed in the mpc 61 key?

[@JokerTheBailbondsman]

Extremely helpful

[@HonorV2ultimate1tb]

do you have to format the thumbdrive to FAT 32?........or what format is required before it will be recognized by akai?

[@pheldonmajors2999]

Thank you so much for sharing!

[@johnnylawrence]

Im having an issue where after i export my song sequence, it changes the tune of my bassline when i replay the song sequence. When i check the exported file, that's also out of tune. I cant figure out why. Anyone?

[@allanh2912]

sorry to bother you but what are the other's used for in the SAVE tab ?, Project - Project as - sequence - Program FX rack ?

[@Tavnott]

My USB won't appear as a drive option. Any suggestions? Is standalone versus controller mode a part of the issue?

[@prezdwn1005]

wHATS THE PROCESS FOR SAVING MY SONGS OUT OF THE MPC BEATS SOFTWARE TO MY USB DRIVE OR EXTERNAL DRIVE

[@sirkwab6042]

Would you loose sound quality if exporting to usb.

[@KB-py6jd]

Wow thanks

[@mwachner]

Great video Thanks!

[@nelauren]

Can this controller send audio and midi over usb?

[@TK-510]

So I accidentally saved a mixdown to internal. How do I get that file to USB

[@mrgooakalegooster]

thanks!

[@emmakriefofficielle]

how do you export if u have several sequences please?

[@isaacjones5385]

Song mode

[@chrisdavies9143]

Man, you're really doing what Akai isn't but should be: actually showing us how to use this thing! So frustrating having a product without detailed instructions. I really appreciate the content you're making. One thing that I'm really struggling with is getting expansion content onto my MPC Key. Could you possibly do a video on how best to do that please? 🙏

[@abssmith7510]

I exported my beat to mp3 file. How do I share it to my email. Please help

[@cesarenriqueherviasmartine9244]

Pon el archivo en tu computador, y desde google ve a wetransfer ( es gratuito), ingresa el correo de destino (el tuyo u otro), carga el archivo (doble click en el signo +) pon un título y un mensaje en los ITEM correspondientes y pincha "ENVIAR" luego llegará un código a tu correo, ingrésalo y pincha confirmar, eso es todo.

[@CokChopBeats]

Is there a way to separate the drums so you don’t have the kick and the snare all on the same track?