Guitar on Akai MPC One - compressors, amps, effects

[@dustyaudio]

Nice video, I’m a bass player that uses the mpc one! If you run out of effects slots, max 4 per track, you can send that audio track to a submix (instead of “output 1&2”) and have 4 more effects slots available in the sub mix menu

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for the tip!

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Cool information, thanks for sharing.

[@thahoustonbassrunnaz4389]

Bassist who use MPCs are the smart ones 😎👍🏾

[@XavierRadix]

Yet again, the MPC One manages to amaze me with its capabilities. I would have hours of fun going through all of the effects with the guitar plugged into it.

[@mr_floydst]

We really should make that trip to music store with Mr. CW. ;) I'd lend you the MPC for some time to try ...

[@grouchologic]

I really appreciate you posting this. I am trying to get to grips with recording my guitars into this machine and your videos really help so thank you.

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching!

[@mccflo99]

Super helpful. Would love to see you do a similar video where you do a full guitar song with vocals, step by step.

[@mr_floydst]

Thank you. Glad it was helpful, and yes, I will do that one day, there's a song I really want to finish. :-)

[@chriselliott6081]

@@mr_floydst Nice! Thanks for the cool video.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Going to try this. Will see if I can double the guitar track, pan one left and the other right, then apply different effects to each side. That would make for some interesting sounds. I can’t remember if the effects themselves, can be panned left and right, or if they always go to center/stereo. Once again, you inspire new discovery, with your KZbin videos. Best wishes for your continued success, and have a wonderful day :-)

[@mr_floydst]

Thank you very much! There are a lot more effects than I showed here, and some of them have interesting parameters (the nonlinear reverb has a shimmer option, for example)

[@rockguitarshred]

Thanks for the video You're My favorite guitar player now

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching - haha, come on, that performance was awful. ;-) I made this video because at the time, no one had talked about this.

[@LukeLine]

This was awesome!! Love the guitar tone you got at the end! 🧡

[@mr_floydst]

Thank you very much! In the meantime, some people who actually _can_ play guitar made videos about this as well, ... I might post some links later. ;-)

[@ludekkolenaty2209]

Hello Mr. Steinberg! My MPC Live II became my go to recording device exactly for the purpose you showed. This amazing device can completely change its meaning in s of someone who does something else than hip-hop, etc. finger drumming ( no offence meant … ). I also discovered that eight audio tracks capacity can be expanded nearly without limits by means of using the MPC looper - assigning the audio to a pad and triggering a recorded audio in midi section. I also found out a perfect MPC audio recording feature - when it’s necessary to re-record a part of your audio track/ punch in/, you don’t have to wait til the playhead reaches the point you need (which annoys me with all standard loopers ).

[@mr_floydst]

Thank you very much for your feedback! You're right, this is a box full of useful tools, and there are so many creative uses for them.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Thanks for sharing this useful idea, in the comments section. It’s folks like you, who expand the usefulness of these videos.

[@Diddddu]

No one took offense to that my man Akai out did them selves with this line up of mpc's.It's sad when people have to kind of dig to find something wrong with a unit.These things are damn near perfect.

[@pc2908]

Good job! Makes me curious why guitarists/bassists wouldn’t use external effects, rather than the internal MPC guitar presets (like fractal/boss/keeper) into the MPC. I’d have to assume it’d be ok if you manage your levels properly. Is there anything you’d imagine to be wrong with that, anyone?

[@mr_floydst]

I'm using my pedalboard all the time, but be cautious - I think I remember some people said they fried their A/D circuit. (But perhaps I'm confusing this with people who accidentally pushed the power supply into the network plug on a dark stage). More feedback by other viewers is needed :)

[@pc2908]

Thank you Floyd 🙂 I will definitely be cautious with levels regardless. Please keep up the great informative videos. 🤘🏽🎶

[@tomh6588]

Thanks Floyd - this video was really helpful.

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful!

[@InderNett4tube]

Nice! Reminds me to take off the decksaver of my MPC sooner or later... 🥴

[@mr_floydst]

:-)

[@avrilcadabra]

I am a guitarist, don't play so much anymore but did try it in the Force with one of my les pauls. My conclusion was I needed put a proper amp in front of it, so never made a video. I am more into metal though.

[@mr_floydst]

The world needs more metal and synth crossovers, though. ;-) If you have the time and resources for such a video, please create it! When I rewatched my own video I really wanted to scrap it but making it took a good chunk of my weekend... Would really be nice to see someone who can play and knows how to dial in a proper tone. Especially in metal.

[@frankstetka7206]

The honest nature of your video is perfectly fine by us and really you have helped peak some interest in the possibilities within this device. I have largely ignored MPC’s and seeing as how Native Instruments finally made a stand alone competitor I was thinking about going this route but still on the back burner; this raises the question of which could I gel with best workflow wise, both are amazing modern production tools that do the computing for us hardware folks. Yes a laptop can do all of this and more but it just doesn’t feel immediate.

[@westerncivilization]

Excellent work.

[@mr_floydst]

Thank you! I'm glad the Western Civilization comes to this conclusion despite my less-than-subpar guitar skills. :-)

[@punkdiscoUK]

Great video. Do you get any latency when using an external guitar going through the insert effects?

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching! I found no latency to speak of, unless you use 100% reverb und 0% dry (but that's not really latency).

[@sammadden5540]

Not to be that guy but there will be some. I don't have a MPC but all digital effects have an A/D and D/A and will require some time to transfer, below 4ms is fine but I do find anymore will be noticed by people who play everyday (jazzers for example). For example I can't use the poly beebo live because the latency is to much, you lose the feel of it

[@mr_floydst]

@@sammadden5540 Yes, you are right, there certainly will be latency (as the MPC is running in Linux, so it has to deal with the overhead of the operating system). It's just that there is no notable delay between pulling a string and hearing the processed sound on your headphone. That being said (as pointed out in the disclaimer) I'm not the ideal person to judge this. ;-)

[@SynthApprentice]

Is this a hint that you're about to drop a nu-metal album? Because I can kinda get behind that. By the way, if you do need a preamp for your guitar, there are some pretty decent amp sims and effects in (what else) the Zoom r24.

[@mr_floydst]

Ha! Metal is a great genre , tbh. Even the now much - despised Nu Metal had it's fair share of awesome. :) Zoom has some great effects for certain.

[@mattspazmatic]

Hey, if you're not a guitar player, but show me how to do this and feel like I won't damage my new mpc, you will be a God. I am so excited about what I'll be be potentially able to do with my new mpc, I'm loving this thing...

[@mr_floydst]

Hi! The best way to connect a "normal" electric guitar is to use another USB audio interfac, or a preamp that has line out.

[@mattspazmatic]

@@mr_floydst OK, good to know, I'm looking into which will work best put of my Tascam digital 25 track, with a dedicated guitar input, my scarlet 2i4, or maybe using my active di.

[@monsirto]

A bit triggered by the Vox (they don't make a l/h version) but a great subject and as usual a thorough look into the process!

[@mr_floydst]

Thank you! I didn't know they don't build a left-handed model (but in fact, they don't build them any more)

[@devilshark6694]

Crazy train

[@mr_floydst]

No more tears.

[@croolis]

I am trying hard to convince myself I don't need an MPC One (but just want it) .. are there any amp simulator plugins on the MPC One? I think you could get a decent signal from a regular guitar through the mic input .. would be interesting to see how that works.

[@mr_floydst]

Hi, thanks for watching! There are amp plugins there, but lacking a "normal" electric guitar, I'm afraid I can't test that for you. Perhaps one of my viewers can answer this?

[@mr_floydst]

The next OS update will be for guitar players (update 2.11 on June 23rd)

[@pierrefitch]

@Born To Sing With The Guitar can you connect zoom 8 into MPC one

[@neonblack211]

My biggest problem is always latency...................... what is it like?

[@mr_floydst]

Hi, thanks for watching! The audio latency when using the built-in inputs is roughly 15ms.

[@stevekirkby6570]

Got to say the distrotion sounds nasty AF - really Akai should have done a better job here; I find ok for adding a bit of dirt to synth and organs etc... but guitar is smelly. So, I have a headrush MX5 in the mail. Basically I'll be able to get my tone just right and record without adding mpc effects, except perhaps adding a little 'glue' compression and reverb. I also fancy that the MX5 will double as a rather nice external fx unit to put in the send return loop to add some spice to other sounds too. Much as it would be nice to do everything in the box on the mpc, I think a few extras are needed to make it shine.

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching - agreed, most of the effects are so-so. (Some of the new synth plugins do have some nice reverbs, hope they release those standalone). The new delay is interesting, too.

[@bolsavolatil]

Excelente informacion pero poca gana en las tomas pero bueno de todas maneras

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks! I hope I understood this correctly - yeah, I'm trying to zoom in onto the relevant parts of the screen in my newer videos. Also, rewatching this video: Oh my goodness, that's an awful track. What was I thinking ;-)

[@acousticsourav2902]

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[@mr_floydst]

Hello, assuming your request is genuine, asking random youtubers for help might not be the best strategy. ;-) May I suggest you create a gofundme page? www.gofundme.com/ As a brand new concert guitar of good quality can be bought for around $40, going that way should work really quickly. Good luck and best regards

[@acousticsourav2902]

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[@fellpower]

Nope, u shouldnt do that again. sounds horrible

[@mr_floydst]

Haha. Yes, you're right. :-)