Is MPC LIVE II the Ultimate Groovebox?

With all of the most recent updates, I am starting to think the MPC LIVE II could be the ultimate groovebox on the market in late 2022. The competition is heating up. Also made a beat from scratch, a bit of a movie soundtrack sort of thing. Hope you enjoy!
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[@DylanParisMusic]

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[@Zoloxer]

For me the MPC really changed my entire sound. I’m cracked at every daw and find myself getting bored looking at organizing squares on a screen and subliminally using similar sounds over and over. Once I made the switch it felt… FUN! Just bop your head and 15 minutes later you got a beat. I feel like you can really tune into what you’re doing ✨

[@DylanParisMusic]

The hands on feeling is hard to leave once you’ve tried it for sure

[@Joel-re1jz]

Arranger view would be amazing! I have the MPC One and the MPC space seems to be geared towards making beats, but it is very powerful in song creation. Being able to export stems is something many other grooveboxes have.

[@tricks-and-tips]

Nice video again! And nice jam beat thing too. Yeah, the MPC is finally sounding the way you would want it to sound! Too bad it will set me back another € 500,- if I had an MPC, but we can agree on that one. At least it is nice to have these great key sounds at your fingertips!

[@michelvondenhoff9673]

You can use it to play records (tt-input) or as a small guitar practice amp. The concept of the MPC (standalone with battery) is great and the touchscreen is a joy to use.

[@DylanParisMusic]

Yeah the new amp sims are awesome!

[@Gamasief]

Great video. I think you hit on a lot of good points here about the MPC lineup. I think the versatility that they have is truly underrated- regardless of how you like to make music, the MPC can make itself useful to you in some fashion, and fairly easily. I Still think the reason that you go out and buy one is the best in class sampling experience, and I hope and pray Akai never looses sight of that. That being said, I love the way Akai has continued to push the envelope with this hardware... Now, if they could just improve the time stretch algorithm and implementation in standalone.... Lol

[@DylanParisMusic]

Thank you! And I’m sure they’ll never forget how important sampling is, definitely still a core part of the experience

[@williamjenkins7842]

Awesome video....I have same Komplete Kontrol but the MK3 sucks to me as the simplicity of Akai looks faster....Great job🎧🔥💯👍

[@iamrocketray]

Akai really are in a league of their own, I have an mpc live with minirig speakers, so an MPC live 2 but with better speakers and I have an Akai force that I think is almost perfect if you have limited space but don't want portable, it's come a long way since they first bought it out. I also have a Maschine plus which I am waiting on a ripcord so that I can take that outside with a powerpack and the already mentioned Minirig 3 speakers,(They are a bit special too) but I think the Maschine plus is struggling against the Akai's but I am trying to give it some love 👏👏😉😎😎

[@DylanParisMusic]

That live and minirig 3 setup sounds rad!

[@iamrocketray]

@@DylanParisMusic HiYa! I don't like integrated speakers, I prefer a separates solution and Minirig are the best, even got a subwoofer in the post BUT they are not cheap, the batteries last longer than the MPC Lives batteries, and of course you can use them with other sound sources and they are wired so no latency.

[@audiolego]

Nice on headphones. The panning wowwwww a nice trip

[@DylanParisMusic]

Thank you 🙏😎

[@youtubesounds2023]

hey, i have a question.. can i insert different BPM in a single track on the mpc.?

[@alphi3000]

Groovin' beat after the chat.🔥

[@DylanParisMusic]

Thanks! 🙏😎

[@sayname1]

Love my MPC Live 2 ❤

[@Dewane1511]

For all the force users ....I was talking to a guy at guitar center( about the keyboard and just akai in general) and the force 2 is on deck next. No time table but akai is working on it .

[@BeatsByGritty]

Loving the sounds my friend! Glad I found this vid. I subscribed and all

[@DylanParisMusic]

thank you! much appreciated

[@SonicVibe]

I’m with you it’s the best Swiss Army knife and a Chamaeleon of music 🎵 production, bringing the mpc to guitar Center and start sampling stuff is fun, can steal any sound lol, I have the one and like ya said more buttons per function, I like the layout the best.

[@SonicVibe]

Side note I wish the sound bundle was 200 to 300$ and force arranger would be epic, but I use track mutes for making full songs currently.

[@DylanParisMusic]

I find myself doing the same at least for live performances. Build up a whole track and then mute some of them as I play along.

[@WaveformWanderlust]

I like that stand you’re using to hold the Live II. What make/model is is? 🧐

[@DylanParisMusic]

It's a Quik Lok laptop stand, I have two and really like them amzn.to/3ah26tv

[@paulopalacin3337]

nice video! I was thinking of buying a mpc live 2 but do you think a new version will come out soon? or maybe next year 2023? since mpc live 1 came out in 2017 and live 2 in 2020, maybe a new one should come out in 2023.

[@DylanParisMusic]

Not sure! If you’re not in a rush could be good to wait and see

[@BRUCEBLACK227]

I LOVE MY MPC LIVE 2

[@stevenb9209]

Can the new plugins run on the One as not sure if enough space on int SSD and not sure if can run on SD card?

[@DylanParisMusic]

Yeah I believe you can run them off an sd card and they should run on all modern MPCs

[@wren23_bass-synths]

I have the mpc one and thinking of upgrading to the Live ll. But I'd seen the Maschine+ for around the same price. I know you have both. I mainly do ambient, jazz fusion, Electronica. I have a MC-707 groovebox in my setup. Which one would you chose?

[@DylanParisMusic]

If you already have the 1, definitely the Maschine Plus

[@wren23_bass-synths]

@@DylanParisMusic thanks! I just ordered one off Reverb.

[@bigthey1827]

Man so an MPC One, MC-707, and a Maschine+ all in one setup?! That’s one heck of a rig 😮

[@bjamminsincebirth3494]

The MPC Live is amazing and can do more than the OP-1 Field of course. I own the OP-1 Field. I had the Live 2. So I can say yes MPC Live is more of a full daw like workstation in a box. However, that said the OP-1 Field is more about fun and I found sound designing in it better than the Live 2. Now the new plugins in the MPC are opening up that ability but the MPC isn’t as portable as people make it out to be. I still love it. They are different for sure.

[@hornstrum]

WHAT STAND is that you’re using for your Live2 ??

[@DylanParisMusic]

Quik Lok Laptop Stand! (affiliate link): amzn.to/3ah26tv

[@heffe4257]

Having the plus and live 2. The live 2 is just more fun to create in. The new plugins have been enticing me, because compared to ni sounds, Akai can’t win. And I don’t know why, but when I make music on the live 2, everything sounds so much better while I’m making it.

[@DylanParisMusic]

That’s so fair dude! It sounds like the MPC workflow and sound matches more with your style, it’s a dope machine so I totally understand

[@heffe4257]

@@DylanParisMusic It goes back and forth man. I loved using Splice with the Live, but now it doesn’t work. I ended up downgrading back to 2.10 and its buggy as hell. The Plus is so much smoother now (like you said in your video) than when I had it a year ago though. So many great sounds. If they add ported play series, it’s over.

[@Solidsoundfx]

Jip the arranger … for real !

[@parismusic3590]

Why the op1 is so expensive? Another question please assuming you had only an mpc for hip hop. What would be your two next gear or investment to push your level up as a top producer.

[@DylanParisMusic]

Op1 is expensive cause TE knows people will pay that price for it. For the other question, that is tricky. I would really recommend someone have a computer with a DAW for mixing and mastering. But technically speaking if I could only get 2 more pieces of gear I'd get a microphone and an audio interface as I write full songs not just beats.

[@parismusic3590]

@@DylanParisMusic very good thank you. I have all those gear you mentioned. Keep posting

[@MusicWizard85]

I first got MC-707 which I still have and enjoy but it's a bit tedious to make songs with some external audio. I will say that out of the box MC-707 has better quality sounds than MPC One/Live 2 does. However, if you get newer MPC additions like Fabric, Opx4, etc they really improved their sounds. I finally got an MPC Live 2 this year and I have no regrets. It took me a few weeks and tons of KZbin videos to learn it but once I got familiar it became more fun. It's the main hub of my home studio setup. It pairs nicely with MC-707 and the rest of my gear. The only thing that gets to me sometimes is the whole program connected to a track thing. There have been many times where I change a part like a chorus bass plugin and it ends up putting it on the verses too even though I used a different sound for them. Then I remember oh yeah I need a new program created for each plugin used. So I hope in the future they find a way to make MPCs even easier to use and more intuitive. For now they're as you stated, the "swiss army knife" of stand alone grooveboxes.

[@DylanParisMusic]

Agreed on that program track thing for sure, the way the Force handles that is way more intuitive for me for sure, but it's a hefty boy

[@TheOwlHead]

I agree it’s the best one on the planet

[@babysunn2]

WHO NEEDZZzz An Arranger When You Can Do Something Like That With What's Already There... I Love Organic Beat Making Songs... No Samples Needed, HOW INSPIRING... IF AKAI Were Smart, They'd Craft This Tutorial To Its Advertising Dept. YOU SINGLE HANDEDLY PROVED BY EXPLANATION AND DEMOSTRATION THAT THE MPC LIVE 2 FULLY LOADED WILL KILL OFF ALL OF ITS COMPITITION TO DATE, BAR NONE.👍🏽👍🏽 EPIC ❗

[@DylanParisMusic]

🙏🙏🙏😎 thank you!

[@MS-1]

The OP1 Field is no where near the level of an MPC. (Sorry, that's like comparing a casio keyboard sampler to an ASR10).

[@DylanParisMusic]

Yeah I primarily meant price and portability, I hear you though I clarify in this very video that the MPC is clearly more capable

[@microwavablegiants]

Quick answer : yes :)

[@neoSoulLofi]

Banter bro

[@DocFirewire]

A perfect example of how that Keyboard with its big screens is totally useless when connected to something else than its own Software... 😂 Same goes for Novation and all that other sh*t! But I really appreciate you for showing off the Workflow of the MPC Live! 👍

[@DylanParisMusic]

I mean it’s still the highest quality keybed I’ve ever played and has aftertouch. That said yeah if you want to use the other features then it’s limited with non NI gear

[@InRoB-Music]

Hey, i was watching a lot of your content, what irritating me is how you sold all hardware gear a year ago and now you come up with these devices again, but there is no comment why you come back.. it would be interesting why you came back to hardware again, and why the same devices you sold? I like many of your opinions and your vids. I by my self stay away from DAW, mostly because of your opinions but looked from the otherside.

[@DylanParisMusic]

That’s a really fair question! I’ll probably make a video about it. Basically I realized once I had used dawless gear it was hard to go back to just software. I also thought I would prefer a hardware setup for live performances but I’m not sure about that now, would probably do a hybrid setup

[@maschinelab8598]

No. First its not a groovebox, but bearing with it, I would say the MPC X is the GOTY

[@DylanParisMusic]

The X looks awesome!

[@MS-1]

Yes MPCs are samplers first and foremost. They are meant for you to load sounds in them. This new generation of MPCs we have now, just happen to support vst plugin instruments and, can autosampler hardware to create keygroups to spread across keyboard ranges just as older keyboard samplers (i. e. ASR-10s).

[@aikighost]

How is it NOT a groovebox? I use it as a groovebox, so it works as a grovebox as far as I can see.

[@maschinelab8598]

@@aikighost You can play basket with a tenis ball and it does not make the tenis ball a basketball

[@aikighost]

@@maschinelab8598 thats not an answer, its a personal opinion disguised within a metaphor. Why is it NOT a groovebox? Answer the question straight or admit you are just stating your personal opinion as though it were fact.