How to Master on MPC LIVE 2

[@MrBadboomer73]

I almost sold my MPCLive2 last month. I was just having a hard time clicking with the machine. I’ve watched a lot of videos and was really frustrated. Your videos have made a big difference. Your attention to the details and keeping the videos relatively short has been really helpful. Great work! Thank you!

[@waheex]

Great video and helps a lot with finally getting a track off the machine. The first 5 minutes of this video saved my 1 hour of head scratching.

[@kippreggelogan9570]

Jae freshman is the best mpc content creator in the solar system.

[@JaeFreshmen]

much appreciated bro thanks for watching

[@kippreggelogan9570]

@@JaeFreshmen de nada

[@beatsandsamples]

😂😂😂

[@senseiresmi]

Can you show how to mix and mastering with the vokal mastering

[@ASAP1991]

I just got a mpc live 2 (coming from Maschine mk3) and your videos are the best tutorials. The learning curve for the mpc is pretty steep, but you make it a lot easier to understand the workflow. I appreciate the uploads boss! ✊🏽🔥

[@s.gharavi1614]

How do you like it versus the Maschine? They're very different beasts.

[@VIPMUSIC47]

bro thank you! this video helped so much... took my beat mixes to another level

[@AKIRA_GOLD]

Sheesh, I been struggling to master strictly on MPC Live for a while. This def helped me level up, thanx a lot!

[@JaeFreshmen]

i appreciate you watching , glad this video can help

[@riddim7774]

DJ Scratch said his album with RZA was made, mixed, and mastered entirely on mpcx.

[@JaeFreshmen]

thats dope my mindset i think only the real creative can work under any condition and not judge it and express themselves, to many producers have to much contradiction when it comes to how music should be done

[@vernlarge2908]

That's a fact.

[@followthewaytaylor5872]

Could you point me to that album .

[@riddim7774]

@@followthewaytaylor5872 it’s called Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater

[@kippreggelogan9570]

Where you here this from?and don't lie either!

[@djla4558]

Just from watching a few of your videos taught me a lot. Thanks.

[@JaeFreshmen]

thanks for watching bro

[@Gregory0978]

Excellent Content Bother. God Bless You. Please keep these coming.

[@JaeFreshmen]

much love bro

[@beatrocka5]

This is info that I needed. Another way for me to get things done. Subscribed!!

[@JaeFreshmen]

glad i can help thanks for the support bro

[@bashali7245]

Thanks for sharing bro because I’m just learning how to master after 2 yrs on the MPC

[@JaeFreshmen]

thanks for watching bro glad i can help

[@kippreggelogan9570]

You must be a busy man.two years?

[@SLUMSON]

Very nice.. he know his way around the joint. GOOD WORKS BRO!

[@FreakyNoyz]

Hey man I tried your suggestions and my track is quite better now, thanks a lot!! 🤟

[@tmajorgotbeats4965]

Thanks bro for this I was patiently waiting for this 🙏🏾

[@JaeFreshmen]

no problem bro thanks for watching , any suggestion for the next video?

[@tmajorgotbeats4965]

@@JaeFreshmen I would like to see how you going about making your key groups and how you go about making your own drum 🥁 programs 🙏🏾

[@FreakyNoyz]

Yours all videos are amazing and I thank you for them! If you put the camera straight on top of the screen in order to see every detail on it it would be great!

[@JaeFreshmen]

lol you got to watch my new videos thats how the camera is now , thanks for watching

[@servantbenjamin919]

your content is incredible. i still hear all these type beats on youtube that seem way louder and bigger than what i can seem to make come out of the mpc - do you think i need to dump the beat into a daw and use any particular mastering plug in to make that happen, or can i do it all this way in the mpc, and is it just learning to mix better?

[@jamieharvin5536]

Thanks for your help💯

[@Gregory0978]

Great content Brother. Thank you..

[@JaeFreshmen]

thanks man

[@joshellisjr8548]

This helped so much bro! The only major issue I seem to have consistently when mixing and leveling my beats is sometimes my beats are not loud enough. Any helpful tips on this?

[@finnthehuman5275]

Wow! It comes with an Air Compressor and a 5 hour battery?! That's perfect for flat tires.

[@quincybraden3191]

Bro thanks just got the new up date i was on 1.6.9 now on 2.11.1 The learning curve was easy but mastering i understand now its in AIR From Top to bottom work flow wise my first session i transfed into pro tools from new up date had to use way to may plugins protools to make up for the lack of there of.

[@EricsBarberStudio]

Great video💯

[@JaeFreshmen]

thanks g

[@ElanBrio]

Sounds good I like having an alternative to leaving the mpc but I like bouncing my mixing into ableton and only master my tracks there

[@JaeFreshmen]

yea honestly i probably still prefer mixing in another daw only because i got to upload it on the internet it so its just more convenient to bounce the track out but its good to know how to

[@ElanBrio]

@@JaeFreshmen I definitely like ableton more but it just depends on what sound I’m going for or what I’m doing a beats for an artist definitely mixing In DAW

[@JaeFreshmen]

@@ElanBrio yea akai can be the goat if they allow third party vst in standalone it would be over , i feel their lacking on sounds and fx

[@BigC-w6o]

MPC is 🕊

[@mickeybreezy]

"A/B just means before and after but they flipped it around." Lmao, bro you're killing me.

[@BScottMusic]

yo was wonder where the export button went when just wanting to export a sequence..Bro thanks a milli!!! Akai be buggin with movin buttons!!

[@AlisherStudio]

Thank you bro🙏

[@RalphLBaer]

wait so is this all you do to mix and master and just put it out? cause i followed your steps and it sounds much more decent

[@alansanchezlopez4018]

I ❤ u! Many thanks Bro!!

[@stormnotesmusic]

Hi, look bro no lie, I have not watch this video but the I watching school the bleep out of me I'm old and I had this mpc x since it came out waiting for the pro and never have I look up things it does so we are bond. Akai mpc bond Def got my subscription Def going notifications on and and thank you on your heel if drop weak bleep keep the going n may Allah bring u peace

[@JavierMartinez-rz4vc]

Love your content!! It’s posible to “realistic” make a track of live instrument to record MC vocals? Have a MPC one and never use the “live recording” feature, mainly because my seq are usually 4 bars long

[@jasontaylor404]

Try double-time and double tempo for more space.

[@keandrejones3571]

Thanks

[@marcusjones3104]

Man I need that song I got a title for it the song jas a southern twist a differently a club banger

[@BobSandifer_Mastering]

This is an amazing technique for selling beats. It allows the customer to hear the beat writer’s interpretation of how he feels his work is best represented. However, after working in the hiphop/rap community, since 1989, as a professional tracking/mixing (and currently mastering engineer) this is not the way to deliver a beat to your client. I’m not a fan of giving your individual tracks if you are a polished and accomplished engineer, with the right equipment. This should involve exporting your individual tracks out of your MPC and mixing it with the understand an engineer will be placing a vocal within your work. They do not want to be forced to go in and stem out your beat or do some magic just to fix that sweet spot, that you can’t hear, because of your lack of experience or understanding the fact it’s not just about your beat. It’s about the entire project. Your perfect kick might sound great on your 600$ monitors but it might sound like total crap in a perfectly tuned “Grammy winning” room on 50,000$ monitors. Has the beat maker produced Grammy winners? This isn’t to say that this can’t be done but why play the odds? If you can’t mix hits then send out the individual tracks or take the time to learn where the vocals are going to sit in the mix and attempt to do your magic. The owner of this channel is good at what he does so as an engineer I wouldn’t have an issue taking something from him as long as we have an open line of communication. This is essential when you are talking about an A,B or even a C level delivery. BTW know your worth. Some of you WAY undersell yourself. Get a manager and don’t pay them unless they get you work and only pay them 10-15% of the work they get you. Now, if you are selling beats for 10-30$ this could all change because of who you are selling your product too. However, I would never let crap leave my place just because my pricing is based on my ignorance of the industry or the inability to make good product. Tags: Stop putting them in your beats. People, like me, take them out anyway. Make a great product so the artist will go out of their way to promote you. In the past year I have worked on hundreds of projects and maybe had songs with 4 tags come in. It took me 5 mins to remove them. I do it while my assistant is setting up the session. Leasing: Don’t do it unless you plan on only working with d and e level artist. Professionals do not want to deal with tracking down other versions of your beat. Again, do not play the odds. So… 1. Mix your work if you have the skills and understand where the delivery is headed. 2. Never master anything unless you are providing the 100% final product to your client. 3. Send out the tracks if you do not have the skills or equipment to mix the work. 4. No TAG. 5. No leasing. 6. Get a manager if you have the chops. This channel owner has obviously got some experience and skills so remember that when he offers you advice. I’m not sure if I agree with this particular video but I’m not sure if this beat is going to his demo site or for delivery as I kinda jumped the gun on my reply. Bless all and I pray all of you have the same career I have had in this wonderful business. This has been my “day job” since I was 16 and many of you should take the leap and make it yours. BobS

[@BobSandifer_Mastering]

Btw. I have been using an MPC-60 since 1989 to do my work on. I just sold it in excellent condition and purchased and X-se. absolutely outstanding piece of equipment. You can mix a beat on it, and the newer MPC, with the right experience, and monitor systems/headphones

[@TitanWave1]

🥇🙌🏽

[@beatsandsamples]

Dude thanks for the attempt, but this has just about everything wrong with it when it comes to mastering. I get what you’re trying to do, but it’s just mostly misinformation. Sad, considering how many people seem to think this is the definitive mastering tutorial on the MPC. 🙈

[@BareRareBeats]

Exactly man. Bad info. I sent this to my mastering engineer who is a big MPC user and tutor. He laughed out loud at some of the techniques in this.

[@Djmudmakeudance]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🫵🏽

[@BabayAglu]

Чувак,я уже хотел продать свой akai,потому что треки не звучали теперь передумал.Главная цель была работать без компьютера!!!

[@larrytan73]

Master requires some things mow you can get a good sound from the MPC.Mastering I don;t think so man! $40.000 vs 900-1200 machine(s)

[@larrytan73]

im not hating!

[@JaeFreshmen]

i respect your opinion but honestly I don't care to have the best quality i rather focus more on the production side and i would advise others to do the same as well because if you don't have the money for actual mastering what you gon stop making music because of that? As someone that use to engineer most of these tutorial that do mastering is really rough mastering which is all you need because for the most part the production side doesn't end with you if your working with artist so mastering at a high level for a beat is unnecessary

[@JaeFreshmen]

​@@larrytan73 i don't take it as you hating bro

[@Gregory0978]

@Jae Freshmen Jae!!! I love how humble you are Brother... Keep that quality man. I can tell you have God in your life. Also I did your technique regarding mixing on my MPC X and man the sound is totally different when you use that stereo effect and then level and pan. Thank you Brother. 🙏🏾

[@JaeFreshmen]

@@Gregory0978 much love for watching bro and i appreciate the feedback💯, im glad that help, thats a technique i use alot

[@slice307]

worst advice with mpc. mix in the red with a good drumkit. there is a limiter hidden in the MPC on the output. it is activated only when the master is really hot in the red (find a good drumkit that supports a high volume otherwise not worth it) use air ehancer to soften the high notes on the melodies and percussion. my beats come out at -5 lufs with nothing on the master and being at 0 db. if you don't believe me export a loop that exceeds 0db and put it in your daw. Mpc was designed to be in red. Thats why the démo project are in the red

[@slice307]

Its not a theory is effective. I have 6 certification gold and Platinum with this method

[@slice307]

@@savv.e2088 you Can mix with it. But use a reference.

[@BareRareBeats]

@@slice307😂😂😂

[@beatsandsamples]

@@slice307 Wow that’s more than the amount of subscribers you have 🤣

[@slice307]

@@beatsandsamples slice is not my Real name 🤷