Akai MPC LIVE How to make an Expansion Pack

How to Make an
MPC LIVE Expansion Pack
1K Subscribers FREE Samples DOWNLOAD
We hit 1K subscribers on my channel, and Lifted Noise is now considered a community by KZbin standards! In celebration I'm giving all my subscribers a free expansion pack that I've created.
You can D/L the Expansion pack here:
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Included in the pack is a drum kit, bass keygroup and a bell keygroup made entirely of field recordings I recorded myself and then edited, processed and programmed in the MPC LIVE.
Also included in the pack is a vinyl piano keygroup and simple lead keygroup made from a single note sampled out of an old casio keyboard.
Field Recorder I used for this pack:
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In this video I go over the process of creating an expansion pack on a MAC, how to load it in the MPC Software and how to export it for Standalone use inside the MPC LIVE.
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[@LiftedNoise]

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[@jreid100]

Great video. Question, after creating a mpc expansion do I need to keep the samples I used to create the mpc expansion on my hard drive or are the individual samples contained inside the created expansion?

[@LiftedNoise]

@@jreid100 they will be contained in the Expansion once you've created it. Thank You for the comment 🙏

[@jreid100]

@@LiftedNoise Thank you much brother

[@shawndiggz8904]

Thanks so much for providing dope expansion. Congrats for making 1K subscribers and many more to come. Dope.

[@LiftedNoise]

Hey man I appreciate that, thanks for the recognition. 🙏 I plan on putting some more together.

[@Mroneflo]

I Make Beats Quick question, first let say Congratulations on reaching over 1K subscribers. I’m one of them. So my question is have you created a step by step walk thru on creating an expansion pack? If not do you see this being a tutorial your thinking about making any time soon? Secondly, can expansion pack be created in standalone mode or will you eventually have to connect to the computer to complete the process? Thanks for your time looking forward to hearing back from you on this topic (I Make Beats)

[@klu0169]

That bell keygroup, is FIRE

[@LiftedNoise]

👊 😎

[@d-rectbeats7487]

keep doing your thing man! i appreciate your hard work and dedication

[@LiftedNoise]

🙏 thank you for your recognition. Appreciate you homie!

[@Marrcello]

Dope man!! Great work on that expansion!

[@LiftedNoise]

Thanks bro! 🙏

[@dragonfly_bry]

I’m about to get the kit now. Thanks bro!!!

[@LiftedNoise]

Sup homie! Thanks for checking it. 🙏 Hope you like it.

[@jerzboybeats9555]

Congratulations bro. Keep growing keep showing.

[@LiftedNoise]

🙏 thank you. I appreciate that!

[@RazvanTase]

Congratz bro! If u wanna get rid of that click in the bass loop organically just zoom in a lot (like 20-30 sample points) and use a really steep fade-in and fade-out, so that the loop begins and ends at “absolute” zero db. I’m not sure if you can do that on the MPC (in theory u should be able to), but that’s how I used to get rid of any sub bass looping clicks on the DAW.

[@D1ofAquavibe]

Thx for this video/information Raul😎👍

[@LiftedNoise]

Definitely. It's my pleasure 🙏 thank You for taking the time to comment.

[@luisperezthebedroommusicia3054]

Thanks man I share the idea your own samples will define your style. Great work!!!!

[@LiftedNoise]

Definitely it's a good thing to get into the practice of as a beatmaker. 👍

[@Ink0ne415]

Dope, i appreciate the pack. MPC Gang

[@LiftedNoise]

No doubt! 🙏 MPC GANG! I need to get one of those dope hats from John.

[@Ink0ne415]

Yeah you do fam, I got the black and the camo.

[@LiftedNoise]

@@Ink0ne415 nice!

[@RunTheTrackMusic]

Yo thanks for the video and the Expansion pack! Im going to use this and let you know what i come up with! Congrats on 1k + Keep shinin brother!

[@MatrixKeys]

This is great, thanks alot. I'm going to start making my own....👌🏿

[@LiftedNoise]

Word that's what's up! 👊

[@darkstranjah6099]

I'm late but congrats you're videos are great keep em up

[@LiftedNoise]

Thank You!!! 🙏 it's not too late, I appreciate it.

[@darkstranjah6099]

Lifted Noise you're most welcome bro

[@messypro1]

Congrats bro !!

[@LiftedNoise]

🙏 thanks brother!

[@messypro1]

Lifted Noise I remember my first 1000. Keep going and growing !!

[@LiftedNoise]

@@messypro1 congrats to you then too! I really do appreciate the encouragement!

[@tamoadakoe]

Cheers buddy 🙏

[@LiftedNoise]

🍻🙏👊

[@illreel5169]

Dang Bro, thanks so much for making this Vid!!! I would of thought Akai would have released one by now.. #Salute...👑✨👑

[@LiftedNoise]

No doubt!!! Glad this could be helpful to you. 🙏 hope you're having a good Thanksgiving ✌ my next tutorial should be on keygroups in a couple weeks. 👊

[@illreel5169]

@@LiftedNoise Live Update: I have no clue what i'm doing wrong, I have a 22GB Folder I wanna make into an Expansion Pack & although it say's "Successfully Created" when I try to add it, I always get an " Error".... Any clue?

[@LiftedNoise]

@@illreel5169 I'm not sure, without being able to see it. Is the problem happen with the Expansion builder or is when you try to import it into the software?

[@illreel5169]

@@LiftedNoise The wild part is it always say's Successful when it builds. But the second I try to import the XPN I get a Error.. I tried calling Akai, but they had their Christmas Party yesterday... I followed your directions to a T though...

[@LiftedNoise]

@@illreel5169 strange..🤔 and you've successfully imported other Expansions?

[@jaqpollen3966]

Appreciate the tutorial bro...thanx

[@LiftedNoise]

No doubt, thanks for the comment! Don't forget to grab the Expansion.

[@4iamu]

Dang! I thought you were Steph Curry for a minute. Great vid, bro!

[@LiftedNoise]

Lol. Hey thanks for the comment, made me laugh. Encouraging too! 🙏

[@ricoeab2]

Man I thought this was Steph Curry making beats for a moment lol Nice video. Great that u made your own bear sample WOW!🔥🔥🔥💯💪🏾thanks

[@LiftedNoise]

Lol the Steph Curry thing is starting to become the staple that holds this whole channel together. Maybe one day though Steph Curry might get mistaken for Lifted Noise. Hey I didn't know Lifted Noise could ball 🤣 maybe not too likely but hey one can dream!🤔 Thanks for the comment bro! 🙏🙏🙏

[@ricoeab2]

@@LiftedNoise 😂🤣😂😂🤣 ikr

[@darrylwood2483]

Thanks you are the man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good lookin out.

[@LiftedNoise]

Yooo!!!! Fosho, glad you're liking it! 👊🙏

[@jaqpollen3966]

Finally in this Bhih....

[@LiftedNoise]

Sup bro thanks for stopping!

[@CarlosSixJulyBroady]

Awesome

[@LiftedNoise]

🙏 thank yg ou

[@oO5Dynasty]

dope

[@LiftedNoise]

🙏

[@yvon1349]

Just Downloaded your Expansion! Thanks a lot mate. I only had a try on your piano so far. Looove that sound so much, great job ✊Just for my curiosity, when I press the same keyboard touch, I get different notes depending on the velocity. Did you do that on purpose? No big deal though. Keep on man, I enjoy following your musical journey!

[@LiftedNoise]

That's what's up man! Glad you like it. Not sure what you mean about the piano with the velocity, are you actually getting different pitches? I may have done a couple different layers but the same pitch still to get a more natural sound to it. Thanks for watching brother. It means a lot to me 🙏

[@yvon1349]

Lifted Noise. I just tested another keyboard. Same thing. The issue comes from the 10th keygroup (from G#3 to Bb3). When pressing softly I get the actual note I wish. When pressing hard, I get the note pitched one semitone up. I solved it by pitching down one semitone the sample « vinylupright10 » 😅. That was a good exercice for me to work out how keygroups are built. Till next time!

[@LiftedNoise]

@@yvon1349 thank You bro 🙏 I'll double check this later and fix it. I appreciate you letting me know. Foreal 👍

[@ToneyLoco]

Lifted Noise what’s up Hope all is well, great video . I was wondering if you may have a video on how to record and save your field sounds to prepare for sound kits or in this case Expansion packs. Also how do you make instruments like keys 🎹 trumpets 🎺 etc?

[@LiftedNoise]

Well i haven't been doing any field recoding but how I went about it was I would plug the field recorder in through the USB and loaded the files directly from it, chopped samples from there, process with effects on the pads, flatten pad or resample, pencil icon to save files either individually or as a drum program. I also save the entire project so if I haven't completed my work i could always return to it. As far as creating instruments, here is a video I did on keygroups kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIWydJpsiaehrs0

[@ToneyLoco]

Lifted Noise Thanks so much for the reply and the info , I appreciate that .

[@mrcanisters]

nice one :)

[@LiftedNoise]

🙏 thanks bro!

[@brianlibert]

30 hours man damn. Ok... I'll watch anyway.😁

[@LiftedNoise]

Lol thanks bro! I was eager to try out the premiere feature. Next time around I'll do a shorter time frame. I had considered it was maybe to early and should have waited til later but I was overthinking it too much and just decided, go!

[@brianlibert]

@@LiftedNoise all good man. Congrats on 1k. Hipster KZbin subscriber was here before anyone knew you! Keep it up man.

[@LiftedNoise]

@@brianlibert Haha I know it man. I recognize, thanks for being here since pretty much day 1!

[@philippebackprotips]

Step 1: grab the pack, unzip, install and start banging. Sounds nice. The rises have quite a long silence in front + one of them is pretty low in volume, I have normalized it and changed the start point. What is the intent? The Lifted Bells are sweet, with some twisted character. The Casio Lead has an interesting stereo shape, I need to dig into that more for sure. And with some inserts, definitely something. Vinyl upright, sweet. I need better speakers to really enjoy the subbass but sound promising! That is a great expansion standing its ground. I am using MPC Software 2.6 on Windows 10 (as I am using a Studio Black and not a Live or X) and the pack installed flawlessly. Thanks for it! It would be worth adding previews of the kits in the expansion browser, I guess support for that appeared in like 2.5 but this is a minor detail once the kits are known but could help for discovery. (Watched the video afterwards, so, saw the warnings). FWIW I am with two kids around today and they approve of the sounds, that's telling. I am in Belgium, so I can't buy stuff using your links (or I get a ton of shipping taxes) and Amazon FR is not having the same Prime advantages as they segregate the advantages between zones. The Zoom is a cool device I have one too.

[@LiftedNoise]

Yea I'm liking the zoom a lot. I want to make more kits! I'll definitely try the previews next time around. Glad the kids are liking the samples! I appreciate this thorough review you dropped. About the risers, there wasn't any real intent behind leaving a long tail on the beginning if the samples. This is all just been an experiment. Created a riser about 1 other time before this, in a previous video. Did you check the pad mixer, I believe I turned down the level of a few samples there when I was making a beat with the sounds just to get a ruff mix. It's all good about the links, are you looking to buy a live? Zzounds is great, hopefully you can find an equivalent. Thanks again for stopping by. Your input is invaluable.

[@philippebackprotips]

@@LiftedNoise No live, I'll stick to my MPC Studio Black. It is small enough to come with me in the bag. And I like having all of those buttons. Extensions wise, I'd be interested in an extension specially made for finger drumming using the xpresspads method (like kick, snare etc duplicated on each side of the pads).

[@THEKINGOCAESAR]

Congrats bro I’m going to make a beat with this and post it on KZbin with a link to your channel

[@LiftedNoise]

Word. Thank You! 🙏 That's dope bro! I'm looking forward to hearing this!

[@BkBangatv]

You can mess with the fade in out points within the wave editor. usually 3000 and up it kills the pop. it's a known bug. good stuff. Congrats on the milestone. #KeepBangin

[@LiftedNoise]

Thanks bro! 🙏 I'll have to take a look. This is in the sample edit or program edit?

[@BkBangatv]

@@LiftedNoise So this is in the wave editor in the software. the wave editor has not been added to the standalone firmware as of 2.6 When building expansions I usually work from software to mpc. less its drums. but yea chec the wave editor in the software via controller mode. its upper left between grid View and list editor view.

[@LiftedNoise]

@@BkBangatv ok thanks bro fosho! I haven't messed with the software since I owned an mpc studio before it was 2.0. Although I tried the 2.0 software and couldn't access my projects on the internal drive, didnt seem very seamless so it turned me off. I'm wondering now if the software will recognize my SD card and open my projects from there.

[@BkBangatv]

@@LiftedNoise it should I dont see why not. it opens my old files from 2013. you should be straight.

[@BkBangatv]

be sure to copy it tho cause once converted over you cant revert it bac.

[@illanoiz1]

Thanks, I always wanted to create my own expansions. Just curious when you add drums, key groups etc do you need to set up separate folders?

[@LiftedNoise]

No you don't have to. I put all my samples, drum programs, and keygroups all in one folder.

[@illanoiz1]

Thanks bro.....I hope your movement continues to grow. Blessings

[@LiftedNoise]

@@illanoiz1 thanks man, that's a good word. 🙏

[@MrVincent97133]

thanks for the video , what's the model of the midi keyboard you use in this video , thanks a lot .

[@LiftedNoise]

🙏 it is a korg microkey air 49

[@nucentury08]

🤔 I’ve been dropping my files into KitMaker then MPC expansion builder With Artwork and all Pads are color coordinated and kicks snares and hats are all in place. Maybe that’s the difference? If you use KitMaker first then finish with expansion builder.

[@klu0169]

As far as the sub bass did you by chance try to start/end the loop very accurately on the mid line of the waveform? Zoom in mad close, and cut it where your waveform crosses the line, not above or below it, but right on it. Someone taught me that last year, and it's always worked

[@LiftedNoise]

Yea definitely I heard about that too. It's called the zero crossing but I never tried putting it to practice til now. Tried my best. For now. Have you done any looping like this in the LIVE?

[@klu0169]

@@LiftedNoise found out how to reply! I had the machine mk3 for a couple years and got my mpcX two weeks ago. Only once so far, and not with any sort of 808/bass sounds. It worked for me. But I feel like some sounds it's just near impossible to get that click out.

[@LiftedNoise]

@@klu0169 oh that's right, you've got the X. I guess it'll take some trial an error or a little creativity to get around those clicks. I like vinyl noise, so layering some of that'll always do the trick.

[@klu0169]

@@LiftedNoise yeah man I imagine it's nothing a little experience and hands on won't fix. By no means am I saying I could get it out of thst sound. Lol. Shit, I didnt even know what the actual term for it was when I brought it up. I just had a friend show me it

[@LiftedNoise]

@@klu0169 definitely! We'll get it there. Thanks for the input. 🙏

[@IMakeBeats]

Hey first off let me say Congrats on reaching over 1k subscribers. I'm for sure one of them. 2 part question. First question is Can expansion packs be created in Standalone mode only? Or will I eventually have to connect to the computer to finalize the process? Second Question Will you be creating a step by step Tutorial on how to go about making an expansion pack from start to finish any time soon>>??? Thanks for your time Looking forward to hearing back from you on these questions... Keep making beats. ( I Make Beats)

[@LiftedNoise]

Hey thank you 🙏 glad your part of the community! I don't think that it is possible to create an Expansion Standalone. If it was I'd definitely choose that method, being a "Standalone" enthusiast. I think I will do a more in-depth tutorial when I create my next kit but not likely very soon, I have a couple kits in mind but at the moment my immediate goals are different. I share more of my thought process on Instagram. What specific things are you looking to see? I'll keep them in mind.

[@IMakeBeats]

I Make Beats Well just the process on how to create the sounds and how to get them packaged up and ready to be shared..

[@IMakeBeats]

Also in response to your reply, that I have to be connected to the computer in order to create an expansion pack... I'm like you I got my MPC X to basically avoid being attached to the computer. So my Question is Since I've never connected my MPC X to the computer yet. is there something that I have to download first in order to be able to us it that way???

[@LiftedNoise]

@@IMakeBeats no doubt, I will do this eventually but no timeline on it yet.

[@LiftedNoise]

@@IMakeBeats yes. Technically you don't need to have the mpc connected to a computer but the mpc software, during the installation process you'll have the option of installing the expansion builder. Once installed, if you're on a MAC you can find it within the utilities folder. I demonstrate this in the video. You can do everything else in the MPC Standalone but the expansion builder is what you will use to package it all together with any artwork you create for it. To be clear, using expansions isn't a necessary thing but it is a good tool to organize your sounds and make them easily accessible and also give them a more "professional" look if you are considering distributing your kits.

[@ernieg]

how do i load my third party packs ? i want them to bee seen on my mpc software like yours ?

[@c-f-productionscom]

So thats in my mpc live software for my live when I download it.

[@LiftedNoise]

Yes it is. Make sure the box is checked for the expansion builder when you install. I think it should be by default.

[@MYKELSTEWART]

thankx bro,all i need is how to do demos

[@LiftedNoise]

What kind of how to?

[@murdersounddesign3951]

Dope! Where u get them hats made at?

[@LiftedNoise]

Oh the hat on my head? The lidz store

[@murdersounddesign3951]

Yeah the hat on your head haha. I didn’t know they did that. The one I go to doesn’t. Ima have to find one that does. That’s dope!

[@LiftedNoise]

@@murdersounddesign3951 for some reason I thought maybe you where referring to hihats...was like nah that sound right. You could always go online and have one custom made.

[@Davidwesley6]

can you explain the way you create a preview for the sounds your going to use?

[@LiftedNoise]

I have not tried it yet but I am working on another expansion. So when the time comes I definitely will. I haven't looked into it yet, so I don't know.

[@Davidwesley6]

@@LiftedNoise ok thanks . I’ll be looking out for your video on if you do so.

[@ShazammtheProducer]

Yo Broo Bro I made all of Maschine expansion over to MPC but dont get previews for the kits like MPC expansions have

[@LiftedNoise]

I believe you have to create a sequence and reference that as a preview using the expansion builder. You are talking about having an audio preview?

[@ShazammtheProducer]

@@LiftedNoise I figured out how to do it for keygroups and it worked, trying it for drum programs didn't work. I'm kinda confused lol

[@ShazammtheProducer]

@@LiftedNoise I figured out why it wasn't working. I was putting .WAV at the end but it already does that for you thanks bro

[@LiftedNoise]

@@ShazammtheProducer no man thank You, I haven't even tried it myself but do eventually plan on making more expansions with the previews. 🙏

[@stradaview2000]

Mandrill !!!!!

[@philippebackprotips]

Tick tock...

[@nathanmiller4591]

Where's your beats.

[@LiftedNoise]

What do you mean?

[@nathanmiller4591]

@@LiftedNoise are you a producer? Do you sell beats on a website

[@LiftedNoise]

@@nathanmiller4591 forsure. Not yet bro, I'm working towards that but I haven't found my consistent workflow for beats yet, plus I'm trying to understand a few royalty, publishing stuff before I move forward. Thanks for the question/comment. 🙏

[@nathanmiller4591]

@@LiftedNoise ok thanks for all the videos

[@LiftedNoise]

@@nathanmiller4591 no doubt thanks for the comment I appreciate it.