Akai MPC LIVE - Finger Drumming Basics - Lifted Noise

[@LiftedNoise]

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[@MeekSpirit1]

Thanks for posting. I'm an old lady trying out finger drumming and this video helped me to get started on some basics.

[@LiftedNoise]

It's a lot of fun, I hope you enjoy the process! I have a couple other videos on the subject. I will link you the playlist..

[@LiftedNoise]

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[@davemusic4853]

I look forward to your blogs all the time. U a great inspiring person. P.S. I just started to meditate with inscents last week

[@LiftedNoise]

I appreciate this very much. It's encouraging to hear what I'm doing is of value to you. I'm learning the importance of what we choose to allow to take up space in our minds. Meditation is a good start to begin to strengthen our ability to focus our attention and remove distractions.

[@bijanrisdanaa]

Dope beat 👍🎧 Thank you for the lesson. This video will help. I’ve been rocking the MPC for the last 21 years with sequencing and song mode, and just now starting to try finger drumming. I appreciate you taking the time to make this video.

[@LiftedNoise]

Your a loyal mpc head, I'm right there with you. There isn't a workflow that I like better. You're welcome and thank you, it's my pleasure. 🙏 I love doing this and I hope to put out more fingerdrumming videos in the near future.

[@ShamanRula]

This is SO useful for an absolute noob like me. Subbed!

[@LiftedNoise]

No doubt! Thanks for the sub 🙏

[@55Rival]

Hey brotha. Thank you so much for all your videos. They are extremely clear and helpful. Respex 👊🏿

[@LiftedNoise]

Thank You brother that's very encouraging. You're time is valuable, so I appreciate you taking a minute to comment. It means a lot to me.

[@hakeemmuhammad9701]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 This Is Going SUPER HARD!! I Can Hear ANY Member Of The Wu-Tang Clan On This One!! I Can Also Hear ANY Member Of The Lox, Nas, Kool G Rap And Of Course Jay-Z, Rick Ross Etc, You Should Really Consider Shopping This One Fa Sho!!👍🏽

[@LiftedNoise]

Word thanks bro!!!

[@theolschoolblues]

haha so what your saying is you know nothing about rap and just think this would work for any any of the few Rappers you know.

[@iveno_]

Thanks, will check out your Patreon :) was looking for finger drumming layout!

[@LiftedNoise]

🙏 thank You!!

[@bungeechord1]

Ah!! CYCLES!!! Thanks, I use a 1010 BlackBox to make a cycle by chopping a loop and triggering midi notess that cycle through the loop chops. Now I know how to do it on the MPC, VALUE!

[@LiftedNoise]

That little Blackbox looks interesting. Planning on buying an mpc? Or already own?

[@tequilasounds565]

why and why aren't people like you getting famous. I really liked the high guitar.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 +1 sub +1like

[@LiftedNoise]

Fosho thanks for the comment bro! Fame ain't the end all. I am working towards haven more time to do what I love doing and that would mean making some money with it. It's a slow process but I enjoy the process.

[@tequilasounds565]

@@LiftedNoise Haha i hope you will reach your goals amigo.

[@LiftedNoise]

@@tequilasounds565 thank you. You to bro!

[@builderchad1]

Awesome, awesome, I'm saving my pennies for a Live. Thanks for the vids!

[@LiftedNoise]

Definitely. You won't regret it. Best piece I've ever bought.

[@Aesprii]

That was super helpful. Thanks!

[@LiftedNoise]

Good to hear!!! Thanks for watching 🙏

[@theolschoolblues]

FIRE VID DUDE!

[@LiftedNoise]

🙏 thanks bro! 🙏

[@TheGodclouD]

Sick work

[@LiftedNoise]

🙏 thank You!

[@oO5Dynasty]

So you do, have a tutorial on this! Nice!

[@LiftedNoise]

🙏

[@deznyce1942]

Thanks.You're appreciated my bro.

[@LiftedNoise]

I appreciate you too. Thanks for stopping!

[@herb39hs]

Damn bro dope once again .....finger drumming I need that

[@LiftedNoise]

🙏 thanks bro, me too. I haven't done it much in a while. It's fun.

[@robelghiorghis3610]

thank you brother.

[@tyronethomas820]

Dope need more

[@LiftedNoise]

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[@consciousamonggiants2885]

Thanks mang 🙏🏽 Big Ups 👊🏽

[@LiftedNoise]

🍻 no doubt! 👊

[@themadlooper3272]

This was good stuff. I just got back into making music again.

[@LiftedNoise]

🙏 that's good your back. 👊 keep it going. Do what you love 💯

[@themadlooper3272]

Lifted Noise literally my MPC Live and Laptop just came this morning. I’ve been waiting in agony letting everything charge up fully for the past 8 hours. I upgraded from an MPC 2500 that I also just finished maxing out and am passing down to my 14 year old who is all about finger drumming. He’s salty now because I told him he’s gotta master the older MPC workflow before I let him touch my LIVE. LOL

[@LiftedNoise]

@@themadlooper3272 🤣 lol the kid should be grateful. Wish I new what an MPC was when I was 14. But yeq man that's awesome you are bout to have a lot of fun! Let me know if you need any help.

[@indo3000]

Very good stuff. Thanks mane.

[@LiftedNoise]

Ay thanks bro 🙏 glad you like it.

[@jwalkonthetrak]

This is dope

[@LiftedNoise]

Thanks for checking it!

[@dararobinson1602]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@thomascraighead3489]

Sick sick sick bro....

[@LiftedNoise]

🙏 thanks for the reminder I need to get back to more fingerdrumming!!

[@JustinLeonDev]

What pad settings do you use? I feel like my pads aren't responding well they seem inconsistent, I've tried some different sensitivity and threshold settings but can't seem to get them feeling right. I have a maschine mk3 and had a mpc 1000 and never had this issue just got the Mpc Live and I'm loving it except for the pads. Thanks man, your content is great!

[@LiftedNoise]

I haven't noticed any inconsistencies in my pads and I dont recall ever changing the settings I believe I have them at whatever the default is. Also I always keep my pads velocity at FULL LEVEL. Thanks for the comment!

[@FB-mu8wu]

I bought a mpc live and it came deceptive. I had to send it back to akai customer service. Hope the will fix it soon. BTW, all was fine unless the pad sensitivity that sacked big time

[@JohnnyFilter]

Thank you !

[@LiftedNoise]

You're welcome!

[@IAMPROCAB]

Fam I felt so dyslexic trying to finger drum, just upgraded from an mpk mini to a live stand alone, and I'm tired of doing every sound one by one lol I could play the kick and snare but as soon as I try a third pad both hands end up doing the same motion and I end up hitting pads at the same time

[@LiftedNoise]

🤣 yea that's normal when you start out. It's like patting your head and rubing your stomach, it takes some practice to separate those actions with each hand. I recommend starting with your hihat(right hand) so you have a constant count 1 2 3 4 and as you do this, with your left hand bring in the kick and snare alternating kick on 1 snare on 2 kick on 3 snare on 4. Once you get that down you can move on to more advanced patterns

[@IAMPROCAB]

@@LiftedNoise I appreciate it, I started to do that a couple days ago and now got the ghost kicks down in between. Just got to keep at it.

[@LiftedNoise]

Definitely. Practice means progress. Keep going💪

[@pedromartinez2119]

Dope shit brih

[@LiftedNoise]

Thanks bro 🙏

[@Roland_Tr909_Swing]

Cheers bro

[@LiftedNoise]

Cheers!

[@mpbangamusic9673]

I came to learn.....

[@LiftedNoise]

I hope you did... did you? 😅

[@mpbangamusic9673]

@@LiftedNoise I did! Dope vid!

[@LiftedNoise]

@@mpbangamusic9673 great!!! Thanks man. I've been practicing again. It's been awhile but more vids comin...

[@stilltrippin6100]

REPLAY ✌🏾💯

[@LiftedNoise]

Appreciate it man 🙏

[@reoscorpio]

@ Lifted Noise - Hows your world Raul. i've been watching your vids for a minute (i'm subscribed to your channel).. you're probably one of the main reasons my curiosity for the MPC Live got to where it is. So i just got the MPC Live (after not messing with the MPC since i moved on from the 2000XL & 2500 way back). For years now, i've been on a ton of Maschine controllers, & i find these Legendary MPC pads to really need some tweaking.. i'm trying to adjust the Pad Sensitivity for finger drumming.. right now you have to hit them really hard, & i can't get any versatility in my playing. Could you advise how to do that, any help you could give would be appreciated.. Peace .. keep up the detailed very informative vids

[@LiftedNoise]

Appreciate hearing that, doing well. Hbu?🙏 I believe someone asked me this before. I've never touched the sensitivity for the pads. I turn full level on. I make use of pad layers set to cycle with velocity and pitch per layer set slightly different. Not likely the answer you where searching for but it's what I've been doing. Hopefully helps you out.

[@reoscorpio]

@@LiftedNoise - alright cousin, thanks for the reply. From asking around in different places I got this: to adjust your pad sensitivity, first hit menu button, tap the gear icon on the top toolbar, select hardware on the left side of your MPC screen, and that's where you'll find settings to adjust the pad sensitivity. I don’t know how effective they are.. but y’all can try.. (shot out to Poli Popo for that info on his KZbin page). i am noticing with the MPC pads, the pressure sensitivity is most responsive to a lighter touch, on the edge of the pad... & when i lightly tap on the edge, i can get a low volume sound, but the same amount of pressure in the center of the pad doesn't generate any sound at all... so i'll have to develope a different technique on these pads (that’s different from what I do on the Maschine pads, where you can just lightly brush your finger on the pad.. & get a soft sound). Hope that helps someone.. Peace

[@LiftedNoise]

@@reoscorpio 🙏 thank you. Definitely know this will benefit some people and I'll give it a try for sure 👊

[@_g_r_u_m_p]

Great vid! Do you edit the velocity settings on the pads for finger drumming? Seems like I have to hit the pads pretty hard for max velocity with the default settings. You’re getting what looks like a real soft touch there.

[@LiftedNoise]

I forgot to mention, I keep it on full velocity. Edit* FULL LEVEL button above the pads.

[@DjSC80]

Just found your channel I bought the X just over a year ago and I’ve made some tracks but my workflow is garbage and it slows my creativity down to much by the time I get everything set up I’m not inspired as much as I was to begin with any tips on that my brother?

[@DaSesh]

What's your pad velocity set at??

[@LiftedNoise]

I was all full level for this but I explored pad sensitivity in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3O0f6prYsmJmbc

[@davidhughes1958]

Hey man dope video just wanted to know what gear do you use to record like if you’re doing a live session like what jblack and trizzy be doin been all over the internet and cant find much answers on what i need to do them dope stand alone live sessions

[@LiftedNoise]

I use a lexicon alpha audio interface, with a USB to USB C type adapter input to my samsung galaxy note 8, and I run a phone app called irig recorder to capture the USB audio direct to video. Hope this helps. 🙏

[@JusDvine]

Can you provide the program for purposes of following along or tutorial purposes?

[@JusDvine]

I've had mines for a 1.5 yrs and never use it like this... I know about sequencing, I mainly use logic. If you don't mind, send it to NRESounds@gmail thanks

[@LiftedNoise]

@@JusDvine I had replied earlier but thought this was another video. Are you asking for the beat itself, the entire program with the samples?

[@LiftedNoise]

Or a blank template....

[@JusDvine]

@@LiftedNoise The program w/ these samples to follow tutorial. If you don't mind, email [e-mail]

[@chillwillmuzik7114]

Wheres that sample from? If u dont mind me asking

[@LiftedNoise]

I can't remember exactly but I was sampling from KZbin alot at that time and I know it was from a vinyl samples playlist if you just search that you may find it digging through there.

[@chillwillmuzik7114]

@@LiftedNoise thanks,ill check for it. nice skills on the finger drumming 🤙

[@bernardgeorge8587]

Hello my guru lifted noise, thank you for responding so promptly to me the other day , i do have another question for you, i now realize the you can do many sequences within a sequence but how do you make the tempo for the individual sequences remain independent? i save them but during playback they are like the previous is there a fix to that?

[@LiftedNoise]

I'm assuming you actually mean, many Sequences within a project...? Under your bpm you'll see it written Master, if you press this it will change and say sequence. When it is set to sequence you will have independent control of each sequence tempo.

[@bernardgeorge8587]

@@LiftedNoise yes guru thats so true as soon after i sent you the message i realized that and did it thank you for your response you know i am gonna continue to pester you in the future but ill keep watching your vids and i am certain i may not even need to bother you. man when i grow up i wanna be just like you .:) thank again

[@bernardgeorge8587]

were you able to expand the onboard memory ? i started doing a sequence in song mode a message came up memory is low

[@LiftedNoise]

🤣 when you grow up, man I'm feeling old!

[@LiftedNoise]

I haven't tried to upgrade the memory, I've never seen or heard of that being done. Also I've never run into a low memory issue. Do you load a lot of keygroups?

[@straightedge_eli2062]

Hold up bro How are you saving your samples and loading them to your pads after cutting and slices with out losing all your work..

[@LiftedNoise]

I save the program my samples are assigned to and that saves everything.

[@miztamacondatrack]

Great video can I ask how long it took u to finger drum to this level

[@LiftedNoise]

Thanks! I would say about a year.. I used to finger drum just drum beats, like three sounds..kick, snare, hat. But not until a about 2 years ago I intentionally started to practice doing whole beats by restructuring my workflow so that everytime I made a beat it would be in a finger drum layout. I haven't been practicing as much for the majority of this year. So yea about a year.

[@Ray15LOVE]

Do you feel like you need to know how to play actual Drums before you can Finger Drum?

[@LiftedNoise]

Not at all but that would give you an advantage I'm sure.