Layering samples with Akai MPC 3000 + iPad MiniMoog

[@timothyharrison]

I love this bass, drum, sample foundation.

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks! I'm patiently re-working this, building around this foundation with cleaner samples to fill the higher frequencies. Peace!

[@screamchand]

Your beats already sound pretty melodic... With your sensibilities - it would be so much fun to see you do more of these Synth videos....might start sounding like movie scores!

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks bro! I may try that if i ever get some free time! It's really fun to actually play keys. That's a good idea...

[@uriel-heavensguardian8949]

Awesome video!!! Loving it!!!! Keep it up.

[@eddieleonard6925]

Glad you enjoy! Happy music making,

[@AceBoogieProductions805]

Groovy homie 👊🏿. Quick off topic question. How's band camp been to deal with? I'm thinking about dropping a tape on that site. Thanks.

[@eddieleonard6925]

I love bandcamp. Very transparent, great analytics, and a solid community. Nothing but positives. You can drop all types of merch, too. Hope this helps.

[@chriscandela7548]

Dope content and a family man!!! I dig it….keep it coming man. Very inspiring

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks! Hard to find time to create with life responsibilities, but always fun to teach my young dude the basics.

[@dopesnare]

Nice! Kiddo is sweet too. Studio is dope! Peace & God bless.

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks for checking the process. Looking forward to cleaning this one up.

[@eyeamunlimited]

blessings to you, sir peace

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks for listening and following the process!

[@phdirac]

Sounding good ✨

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks bro. I really overdid it with lots of dissonant notes, cluttering the mix, but I know what to remove to make this work.

[@phdirac]

@@eddieleonard6925word, keep exploring! It’s dope seeing/hearing the work in progress.

[@djReason19]

That was a fun one. Cool beat. Love seeing young E behind the pads. What's the red and yellow lit machine in the rack?

[@eddieleonard6925]

Thanks man. I messed this mix up, but it'll work once I finish it off. I think that's the summing mixer.

[@djReason19]

@@eddieleonard6925 cool. I didn't realize you could rack it. Funny side note, a video just popped up in my feed titled something like "can you use a summing mixer in 2023?" Lol. I don't think people realize that real artists, real creatives can work with anything at anytime.

[@traitortotheliving]

Nice one! 🔥

[@eddieleonard6925]

Appreciate that...Not my best jam, but it's all part of the process.

[@AMWTSCAM82]

I would had a midi keyboard connected to my ipad nice beat brother

[@eddieleonard6925]

I need to try that. tapping fingers on virtual keys isn't really playing.

[@fade2blak91]

I know your beats still have a hip hop feel but they aren’t the typical, how long did it take you to get to place where you didn’t care to try to replicate what everyone else did but just what felt good to you?

[@eddieleonard6925]

Great question, fam. Honestly...I've always loved weird beats. But for the first 8-10 years, all I did was mimic and copy the greats. Then I stopped trying to release music and simply made for fun, and that's when I started to really enjoy it. Sampling is a unique, post-modern art form that has limitless possibilities. Even if nobody listens to this stuff or buys it, it's incredibly satisfying to engage with the art-form. I feel like I haven't even started actually creating yet. Still learning. How about you?

[@fade2blak91]

@@eddieleonard6925 that’s what’s up man! I just REALLY started taking beat making serious at the start of the Pandemic but I’ve already learned it’s the creative part I enjoy, the part that comes after the beat is made where i have to mix and all that is where i typically give up. Lately I’m struggling with sampling bc I feel like I’m looking for the samples that sound like what the greats or KZbin goats would use and I skip over stuff I actually connect with bc it doesn’t sound like what I’m “supposed” to be trying to make. Gives me this weird beat making anxiety I can’t shake. Your videos are therapeutic though man and inspire me to make whatever i feel and not chase a “sound”

[@eddieleonard6925]

@@fade2blak91 No two producers will ever flip a sample the same way. I'd say trust your gut and find your own sound. May get messy along the way, but at least you won't sound like everyone else who just plays copycat instead of trusting their ear

[@fade2blak91]

@@eddieleonard6925 I appreciate the advice man 🙏🏾

[@g3oooooe]

what lead do you use to hook up the ipad to the mpc ?

[@eddieleonard6925]

just looking for alternative sources (besides records) where I could get new sounds into the drum machine.