Learning MPC One Song Mode!

[@thierryroche2342]

Finally someone is explaining exactly the CONCEPT of the MPC. THX!!!

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks for watching!

[@douglasgillarddcprofessoro5285]

For those of you wondering, the tutorial about song mode actually starts at 9:20 into the video.

[@FreeBeat]

This is not a tutorial. It is part of a series that I made about my personal process of learning the MPC One upon first purchasing it. Thanks for watching!

[@FA-Q]

in song mode just hit record or overdub then you can just hit the sequences in order of play. if you want 4 times just tap the sequence 4 times... try it. makes song mode super fast

[@FreeBeat]

Omg awesome!

[@FA-Q]

Dude this thing speeds up everything. Make a beat ... Explode your tracks ... Go to track mute... Mute some parts... Bam unlimited sequence options. We Need to make a killer track sooner than later . I'm starting a page answering music questions and product s. A follow or shout out would help ☺️. Seriously though hmu

[@CarlosNaltes]

@@FA-Q hi. Do you know to put several projects together to make a live performance?

[@oilbaserecordings]

When you said hit the sequence 4x are you speaking on the insert tab?

[@toabove2]

You make long story short. Super helpful and straight forward example , thank you very much. Geeze, …such a nice dude!

[@FreeBeat]

Wow, thank you so much for the kind words!

[@JackAcid]

Awesome video! I'm a Deluge user, but recently got an MPC One to have along side - VERY different animals but both spectacular beasts! This has helped a great deal!!

[@FreeBeat]

Yeah, they both cover a LOT of ground haha. Thanks for watching!

[@jammer777]

Dude, this was extremely helpful! Thanks for posting! I just got the MPC One and trying to wrap my head around everything. So much to learn but man is it fun!

[@FreeBeat]

Glad you're enjoying the learning process, that makes it so much easier. Any topics you'd like me to try and cover that I haven't touched yet?

[@rahvisionproductionz2929]

I thought I was the only one still trying to wrap my head on this thing I just bought myself. I'm use to the mpc2000xl thanks for confirming

[@movigi]

Thanks a lot for your videos and your enthusiasm, I enjoy a lot this MPC One serie. Just a quick tip in case you do not know, you could copy sequences instead of creating new ones each time, then you have all your tracks in the proper order with correct naming and kits loaded. You can then either erase the tracks or pressing record will anyway overwrite it. Hope that's clear ;-)

[@FreeBeat]

I realized that as I was editing the video haha. I wish there was a way to just copy the tracks without any of their midi data into a new sequence. Thanks for watching!

[@kmankman6923]

Hello, thanks to your video I have finally understood the song mode.

[@jeebustrain]

Thanks for this! I'm totally new to MPCs and this was the main reason I got the One - as an arrangement scratch pad. I'm super excited to use it as a composing tool.

[@FreeBeat]

I love how versatile it is. It can fit into almost any workflow!

[@jeebustrain]

@@FreeBeat I know the typical user is hip-hop/electronica, but I'm using it for jazz-fusion and prog rock. I discounted it for many years because of that stigma, but it really can be used with anything.

[@FreeBeat]

@@jeebustrain Oh yeah this thing is infinitely open ended! Even with the stock plugins and samples you can make some insanely cool charts!

[@MichaelBLevi]

That was a quick and effective tutorial. Thanks for putting in the time for these videos.

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnruschulte2593]

I like watching you learn this because you have ideas for using the features that I hadn’t considered. Never thought about bouncing a song back to a sequence to do an audio track or other midi track over the whole thing. I can’t wait to see you get to the parameter automation features I think you will like them.

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks! I'm excited to get into automation, it looks so easy!

[@infriad]

Love to follow your journey with this machine!

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks so much!

[@niclasdahltv]

Thank you so much for making this video, gave me all the answers i was looking for!

[@FreeBeat]

Glad you found it helpful, thanks for watching!

[@RosssRoyce]

Very nice! This means that we can endlessly add tracks, even audio tracks, then bounce them into a whole sequence, then do the same, if a great number of layers is needed!

[@FreeBeat]

It's super powerful!

[@woodgreen8982]

yo thanks men your fast but i can keep up whit it 👌 im new whit the mpc one this makes me smile that easy !🔥🔥 greetings from holland

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@rayman627]

this is solid. so you can perform track to track with this live

[@FreeBeat]

Absolutely!

[@kettlecup]

Thumb up if you think he should remove the screen protector

[@FreeBeat]

Maybe it's gone already :)

[@unclemick-synths]

Good tutorial. Another bit of the One I should make more use of.

[@FreeBeat]

It's super powerful. Thanks for watching!

[@sweetlespaul62]

wonderful tutorial, thanks

[@smokeybrown80]

MPC One is good for video game soundtracks. Who needs track lists?

[@andreklein8287]

Wow cool video thx bro, huw dit ya learn all that stuff I am new on this mpc! Dit ya have a tip for me??

[@FreeBeat]

Honestly I just watched a lot of videos, read the manual, and played with it haha.

[@BJ-fj6jw]

Very Good. Please tell me if it's possible to take what you did and track a vocal/s over that. You seem to hint at that at 12:53, but not completely sure. Also what other gear (please be detailed) would I need to accomplish this. Thank you!

[@FreeBeat]

Absolutely! You would simply need to run your microphone through any necessary components (preamps, phantom power, etc) and then plug it into one of the inputs in the back of the MPC :)

[@wiggesobk]

Damn you already use the Song Mode. I have my mpc500 since 2013 and i've never used the song mode 💩the drum part at the end was fantastic.

[@FreeBeat]

Haha the song mode is basically the main reason I got it!

[@GregDixson]

once converted the song parts to a new sequence, can you then re-arrange parts there to tweak the arrangement and work on it more? thanks

[@asavagehandproductions186]

Dope vid bro

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks so much!

[@andremittelmann7863]

hey this video was really good

[@FreeBeat]

Thank you!

[@alexjarrett6618]

Did you not consider getting the Force? The arranger view on that is a beast.

[@christopherburke3533]

Amazing video 👍

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks so much!

[@natanmandala]

What did you do at 2:47 to make a side bar setting at the right pop out like that? And what was that? If you don't mind either, what number setting do you have your pad sensativity and threshold set to? It sounds like your getting a nice velocity response...SBN RESONATE

[@FreeBeat]

All I did was turn one of the q Link knobs. Whenever you turn one, the little window pops in to show you what they are set to. My sensitivity is actually on the stock setting. Thanks for watching!

[@_-Marcel-_]

The knobs are even touch sensitive. You don't have to turn them, to fade in the side bar and see the controllable values, only touching one knob is enough. I was very impressed about that clever feature.

[@bosslife_bangin]

Reminds me of the first ninja turtles movie, great video .. 🌡️

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks for watching!

[@Mr__Fogg]

Great video this one...really useful. Do you have anything on how to save sounds when you get them how you want them? Haven't got a unit yet but trying to prepare for when I get it a little! Thanks 👍

[@FreeBeat]

I am still pretty clueless when it comes to saving samples, but saving synth presets is pretty easy once you get them the way you want :)

[@lookingforsomething505]

Thanks.

[@FreeBeat]

Absolutely, thanks for watching!

[@StaggGz]

Always add the cowbell

[@Droviderion]

Thank you. I followed all your steps.. but I wanted change little bit.. at the end come out a kind of happy background song as ones you can find in KZbin when upload video😂 ... for start not bad. Bad the outro is terrible as your but in a different flavor😂. Anyway thank u cause now I understand even more the song mode👍👍👏

[@Joebabylon]

Hi! What about if I just have one sequence of lets say 5 tracks and I just want to hit record and record myself muting and unmuting tracks?

[@howardanderson3061]

Mr Finger Drummer, I’m totally jealous. Don’t have your finger drum chops, I’ll have to work on that. That being said, I like the feel of the MPC pads. I feel like I’m playing an instrument.

[@FreeBeat]

That's a great way of describing them, they feel very musical once you get the sensitivity dialed in to your personal preference!

[@howardanderson3061]

@@FreeBeat I haven't changed the sensitivity yet, my left hand is pretty strong from playing guitar but my pinky is weak. Lol...I'm looking forward to more MPC vids.

[@Beatz-Pocket]

Hi 👋Dose somebody knows how to put a oneshot sample into a legato/ glide mode? Thank you.

[@DJDigitalJosh]

Why they don't automatically keep the tracks the same when you change sequence is stupid to me. Is there a way to fix that?

[@FreeBeat]

Not that I've found, but it doesn't wind up being a huge problem, at least not for me. Thanks for watching!

[@DJDigitalJosh]

@@FreeBeat same here, I deal with it.

[@yusufyayo1452]

Getting a weird pop while using any piano/expansion any advice ? It’ll play the sound but also with a certain pop as well it just started to do this

[@FreeBeat]

Interesting, which expansion are you using?

[@djsharpmclive1221]

Not yet still got screensaver plastic

[@FreeBeat]

Watch the latest video I've posted with the MPC haha.

[@CarlosNaltes]

hello. Thank you for your videos. I have a question that I can't solve. How can I put together several songs to make a live performance.

[@FreeBeat]

I would personally just switch projects between songs, but if you want it to all be straight through then you would have to make each song its own sequence

[@CarlosNaltes]

@@FreeBeat thank you. Can you make a short video about this? Please

[@trinathbehera4908]

Please sir . How to sampule convert into loop and play the music. Hindi main batayen

[@morenazo6412]

What I have not been able to figure out is, can I play 16 different sounds on 16 different midi channels, like, a sound module? I'm planning on using Cubase to create the beats, because Cubase's sequencer will be much much much faster than doing it on the mpc, but I cant find any, multi-timbral info on it!!

[@FreeBeat]

I'm honestly not sure, I'll try to find out for you.

[@morenazo6412]

@@FreeBeat Thank you...subscribed.

[@troypol343]

Is it only 8 sequences that can be chained together?

[@FreeBeat]

No you can do way more than that, I'm not even sure if there's a limit!

[@troypol343]

@@FreeBeat If that truly is the case then that is great!. I only see a maximum of 8 sequences on the screen and have not found a way to scroll down to see more then?

[@FreeBeat]

@@troypol343 You have to have created more than 8 to be able to use the main wheel to scroll past the initial viewable 8.

[@troypol343]

Hey thanks! I just figured out you CAN scroll down with the touch screen and see the other sequences chained after the 8th one. I got it figured out. Yeah more than 8 sequences can be chained! Thanks Again!

[@FreeBeat]

@@troypol343 Yeah haha, I've chained wayyyy more than that.

[@bobbyOooaooO]

excuse me , why doesn't my bassline have a sound source?

[@FreeBeat]

When this happens to me it's typically because I need to set a program in the track.

[@LS-pv4dh]

A tutorial where most of the time spent is off topic. The topic part is minimal and not at all in depth. But thx.