Akai MPC key 61 recording vocals and vocal harmonies.

First impression Recording vocals and vocal harmonies on the Akai MPC Key 61 #akaimpc #audio #production

[@antwonanderson2562]

Nice track bro!

[@edgaba]

No audio interface need it. The MPC is the interface wether you want to use it stand alone or with a computer. And it has 2 XLR combo inputs. It is a really good setup.

[@poerava]

Great vocals brother

[@edgaba]

Thanks!

[@followyourpassion8378]

It would be great, if you could add a "record a song from scratch on MPC Key 61" video to your series.

[@edgaba]

Yes that’s a good idea and I will. In the meantime maybe this can help it’s sort of a video on the sequencer. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX2YpouAgt2IaLcsi=fnnhWV24cNQDm3ZJ

[@followyourpassion8378]

@@edgaba Thank you! Would you say, the MPC 61 holds its own, when compared to Nautilus, MODX and FA? What would be the best choice out of these, when you would want to record/sequence mostly Jazz and Classical music?

[@edgaba]

@@followyourpassion8378 I think they all sound great. The nautilus is a beast it has great sounds and so many great quality FX however I didn’t really like the sequencer it seemed outdated to me, it does not have XLR inputs and the 16 track audio recorder is sketchy. I think the audio recorded is best suited to record guitar or anything that uses a 1/4” jack. The Fantom 0 also has great sounds and the sequencer is amazing. They take the looping approach much like the Live software this one also falls short when it comes to audio; there is no XLR and the Reverb can only be at the end of the FX path you cannot insert reverb whatever you want but the sequencer is much easier to use (at least to me) than the Nautilus. The Akai is a pleasure to sequence it took me time to get use to it and since it comes from being a drum machine sampler the concept and nomenclature is different but is a beast! It has great sounds, great FX the audio recorder works as expected and it even has auto tune etc. it’s almost like recording in a DAW it also has 2 XLR inputs with Fantom Power it’s a full Sampler and I really enjoy working with it but is totally different of what I’m use to. The MODX is one of my favorites and frankly the one I use for playing live, it has great sounds and a easy interface but the sequencer is so confusing haha I did figure it out but it does not offer audio recording and though it has great FX they are a bit hard to use. It does have 2 1/4 audio inputs. I guess it depends on what you are looking for and what you will use it for, all keyboards no matter the manufacture are going to have bread and butter sounds and offer FX and some sort of audio input. They are all very similar. I believe the Akai is totally different and I truly like it is like a Swiss Army knife of sounds and recording creativity. For Live use; I prefer the Yamaha MoDX. For recording and just having fun I would say the Fantom or the Akai. The Nautilus would also be awesome playing live however it’s heavy to carry around and I think the MOdX sounds better. Now, one could go the computer route which I enjoy a Mac with Logic x and some sound libraries like Omnisphere, Keyscape, Trilogy, some of the Arturia plugins, a horn collection and maybe some East West sounds for amazing orchestra sounds and anyone will be set. Though amazing the problem with that setup is that whenever Apple,changes anything or updates the OS or CPU most of the time you have to update the plugins also which means that you have to wait till the plugins companies catches up and you may end up wasting a couple of hours updating which is very annoying. So far the Akai is as close to a computer DAW as it gets.

[@followyourpassion8378]

@@edgaba Thank you so much! This is really valuable for me. I also really enjoyed your videos on building a song from scratch. I had bought a couple of libraries for PC some years ago, but didn't use them since then. It is a nightmare to get it to run again. So the Akai looks very interesting. Also, I am curious about the workflow. Where I live, a used MODX6 is around 800, Motif XS6 800 as well, Akai 61 around 1000, Nautilus around 1500 used. How does the keybed of the MPC 61 compare to the others?

[@edgaba]

The song from scratch video is done kzbin.info/www/bejne/sF65enWanJWch8ksi=KZiZA1ZvrFnGLDgu

[@giuseppeverdi6260]

Do I have to by a audio interface? O it’s work without all so ???