How to get that PUMP! The MOTHER DUCKER Explained in the MPC Standalone. PART 1!!

[@philippebackprotips]

This series is golden. Akai should make it part of the documentation along with Tube Digga's material.

[@TheCratesMotel]

Thanks man

[@Mastering_in_the_box]

Agreed

[@RegresMusic]

Really nice video series! :) Air Pumper effect is also useful for ducking

[@TheCratesMotel]

Yeh man, a quick easy solution. Thank you for watching.

[@saintvoleur]

Great content Conan thank you

[@TheCratesMotel]

Thank you brother

[@mattwalder5081]

Nice one mate , best explanation I've seen yet 👍

[@TheCratesMotel]

Wow that is a compliment, thank you for watching.

[@mattwalder5081]

@@TheCratesMotel well deserved mate , I'm very new to the tech side of music production , having spent most of my life playing in rock bands, recently got an MPC one to make music on and even though the kind of stuff I'm making isn't what MPC's are typically used for your videos have been an absolutely godsend in getting my head around it all. Far far better than all the others I've waded through. Credit where credits due mate , superb content and much appreciated 👍

[@AeonHorus]

Yes mate.... This one....

[@alexandersilva5224]

I really appreciate your videos mate. Your explanations are fantastic. I have no production or music background except for DJing the last 10 years or so. I purchased the MPC One about 10months ago to mess around with and have watched other KZbinrs (the usual ones that everyone already knows) and have learnt a lot from them, but the way you circle back and compare things to traditional forms of production and DAWs and mixing down etc and the depth that you explain everything is really inspiring. I really feel like Im learning not just the Mpc One but also important production techniques. Your experience shows in the way you transmit this information. Anyway just wanted to say thanks and hope you keep these videos coming as I will be watching them multiple times. cheers.

[@TheCratesMotel]

You’re welcome dude. I’m just paying it forward. Thank you for watching.

[@pelvinsjamz]

Brilliant ! Nice simple explanation. 👍😎🙏 thanks. Hopefully irl be improving my techniques with all your fantastic tutorials. Keep em coming .

[@TheCratesMotel]

Thanks man and thank you for watching.

[@delantaymotte1]

amazing info super informative thanks . these things ive tried but didnt know the other historic usages and applications of,

[@TheCratesMotel]

I’m glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching dude.

[@rawedginnah]

Good stuff. Thanks for posting.

[@TheCratesMotel]

Thanks for watching dude

[@ceciliafbrown373]

Thanks for a great explanation.

[@TheCratesMotel]

You’re welcome. Thank you for watching.

[@jaymack-p3n]

thank you for this!

[@TheCratesMotel]

You’re welcome dude. Thanks for watching.

[@Eight-Bit-Hustler]

Amazing explanation of ducking and possibilities on use case scenarios for different sound sources within a beat to achieve a gated tremelo kinda effect to apply to samples! 😮 I’m already thinking of the possibilities to apply to future tracks! Once again thanks for the easiest ways of understanding explanations the values, especially the more creative ways of using these effects to achieve some other useful results! 10/10 ❤

[@TheCratesMotel]

Awesome that was my mission. To get you guys thinking and experimenting!! Job done. Thanks for watching.

[@demetrek.chatmanart2576]

You are doing a great job. Can’t wait to see what else you break down with the modern Mpcs

[@TheCratesMotel]

Thanks dude and thank you for watching.

[@MicroKidJBeatz]

These are great video tutorials Conan. Been following for a week or so, and I’ve already used some of the many techniques that you have provided. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on routing feature and assigning effects to a particular sound within a program or a track. I understand that you could do it within the main mix, for me I often make a rod for my back when I start delving into other areas and I forget what I’ve done. Appreciated, Peace.

[@TheCratesMotel]

Hey man thanks for watching. Yeh sure, that actually sounds like a good idea for a video.

[@philippebackprotips]

@@TheCratesMotel This is also where the MPC is pretty weak, that submix thing. I wish we had proper bussing or at least a way to send bus to another one.

[@InsideOutBeats]

Nice one, I've been using Mother Ducker loosely with Bass and Kicks but thinking what else I can use it for now. Dope!

[@TheCratesMotel]

Awesome man. That’s all I wanted to do. Get people thinking. Let me know if you strike gold. Thanks for watching.

[@terencetso1025]

Air-Pumper is my go-to plugin for that 4onthefloor pumping sound. Mother Ducker is pretty good, but i prefer not eating up a slot for the input plugin if i don't have to.

[@TheCratesMotel]

Yes Air Pumper is a good quick solution if you just want the pumping effect. But Mother Ducker has so many more uses than just the four on the floor pumping most people use it for.

[@spindlenine]

Please keep these going, mate. I’m learning so much and your style for teaching really helps the material land with me. You mentioned students - do you mind if I ask where you teach? Do you offer online instruction?

[@TheCratesMotel]

I teach online at the moment dude. I offer bespoke courses for students so it suits their specific needs.

[@spindlenine]

17:12 so my takeaway here is that the motherducker is listening for the control signal pre-fader? Which I why you can control the ducking even if the level is turned all the way down.

[@TheCratesMotel]

Correct 👍🏻. It’s really handy that you don’t even need to hear the key signal. It’s funny because this kind of feature has been available in DAWs for years, but having it in the MPC is great and there’s so much that can be done with it with a bit of imagination.

[@Dudenamedbrian]

I was doing the input backwards till I watched this video 😂 it still sounded good for some reason but now sounds way better lol

[@TheCratesMotel]

Well, there is no right or wrong brother. It's always good to experiment.

[@robertroach7807]

thanks.

[@TheCratesMotel]

You’re welcome brother

[@Dominant1mw]

Every engineer asks why my drums are SOOOOO clean,my answer is always the Mother Ducker and as a creative tool is just incredible

[@TheCratesMotel]

Yeh man, it can be used in so many ways. Thanks for watching.

[@seansley]

There is some advice out there, that ducking/sidechain settings should generally be mirrored on all tracks that reference the same source, specifically the attack and release, for consistency. Do you subscribe to that?

[@TheCratesMotel]

Hey, thank you for watching. There are definitely no rules, however, generally speaking, it is a good idea to mirror on all tracks. I tend to send all the tracks I want to duck/sidechain to a Buss and then apply ducking to that one buss. That way it is a lot easier to have consistency and it sounds more glued. It also means you only have to open one plugin instead of multiple plugins on each track. This does however mean you don't have as much control over the amount of ducking on each individual track of course. Ultimately what I would probably do is start with sending them all to a single buss, duck them, and then make up my mind if I need to isolate any particular track and work on the attack, release, ratio and threshold for that track individually. And of course, as I always say, never do anything by default as it is different every time. Cheers.

[@chadwaldron3594]

Hi mate, i cant find anywhere to buy this plugin. Im running on 3.0 and cant see it in the software or online anywhere. Any dieas?

[@TheCratesMotel]

It’s already on your MPC mate. It’s an included plugin. Go into your Activations list in Preferences and make sure you’ve downloaded it.