Machine Favourites: Ian Pooley on his MPC 3000 Pt. 1 (Electronic Beats TV)

Since the early nineties Ian Pooley is one of House music’s key figures and well known for his use of Akai’s legendary MPC 3000. Still in use today as his main sampler and sequencer, in this new series for Telekom Electronic Beats TV he shows how he uses it, and why this machine is still unbeatable.
In part 2 of the video, Ian Pooley dives deeper into the sequencing capabilities of this classic device. Watch here: bit.ly/MPC3000-SEQ
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[@stevehanlon7627]

fantastic. i've been telling everyone for 20 years to get an MPC to make great house and techno and here Ian shows us why that rings true. even in this age of DAWs and plentiful budget gear, an MPC as the heart of your studio will connect you to the music in a very different way than mouse driving your way thru a DAW. Thanks Ian and EBTV for sharing these videos.

[@inf0tr8r]

mouse forever... different tools for different fools

[@MrSTAYUP33]

yeah now find an mpc3000 for less than 3500$usd

[@DarioPiet]

@@hotwax761 So you're calling mr Pooley a bedroom producer?

[@nic3939]

I agree with you. But I would say you could also get a Maschine! And getting an MPC doesn't mean you need to get a 3000...there are many more:)

[@rafsanrahi2469]

@@hotwax761 I use the Modules from Korg Gadget 2 and it doesn’t have a dedicated sequencer. I hook up my MPC One to the iPad and assign each module to a midi track on the MPC and use its sequencer for a better track build. And I will also use samples within the MPC and on rare occasion…the synths in the MPC One. It’s a cool combo and works very well for me. Keeps it fun and interactive also with the MPK Mini MK3 to control the knobs and such for a tactile beat creating session. But I think I can get away with doing everything on iPad alone. Especially now with the M1. Also lots of sample packs help for inspiration and groove building. All in all a decent and simple setup.

[@samsicles_jr]

MPC 3000 is such a beautiful machine - aesthetically, operationally, and sonically.

[@TampaRedd]

Not to mention, his looks like he just pulled it out of the box this morning!

[@studio4ffofficial]

Just when I swore to myself to not procrastinate today, this comes in …

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

😂

[@d.novzee]

straight up

[@leekarwai]

Geez...exactly the same situation and thought here. :)

[@Schneewittchensarg]

HAHA!!!

[@michaels5166]

Pooley is all up my crates,with his great tracks...

[@suitandtieguy]

That VGA output!!!!!!!!

[@mattm3729]

Woa, this dude just whips up a brilliant house track and he’s just playing around with it.

[@patrickhall7884]

Mr G is another master of the MPC. Would love to see him making a track on one.

[@maxmaxington5873]

Ian Pooley’s ‘Chord Memory’ is one of the great classics in electronic music. What a treat to see some of his workflow. Would love to see more of this, even just a stream watching a new track being born and completed.

[@MolloyPolloy]

Rock the discotheque!

[@jasonbowen3842]

Omg totally agree I could watch or listen to Ian pooley describe the phone book or tax code and be on the edge of my seat!❤

[@606808909]

...Uhh!​@@MolloyPolloy

[@shadowghost7636]

Since so many years Ian is such a creative, nice and polite musician and producer! Stay healthy and keep up that great work Ian!

[@goodboid]

This made me really appreciate my Akai Force! It's so easy to get overwhelmed on the Force, this video really helped me re-look at the basics of what the Force can do. Great job Ian. Thank you for this.

[@grumblekin]

An absolute legend....been listening for years and finally glad to get this video!!

[@naldu4096]

It's always a great pleasure to watch Ian Pooley. Thank you!

[@mike_qbik]

Golden. Calssic for years to come! thx Telekom

[@deanivan3951]

Still my favourite mpc to this day and I have many. The 3000 is special!

[@NicsLibrary]

This makes me miss my MPC3000. Lovely videos, great to see!

[@nicy4655]

Thanks Ian, couldn't put my finger on any particular tune but those beats brought back memories. Always a good night when a flyer said live set (mpc).

[@FrederickRincon]

Thanks IAN, awesome to see how it was done back in the days and still today :)

[@timeTravellin]

Ian, keep the MPC 3000 videos coming, much appreciated!

[@trevorgordonofficial]

Great video. Always great to listen and watch legend - Ian Pooley!

[@andreasprime2493]

the best tutorial I had ever seen on mpc, pure gold

[@vaniarouleau968]

Wow! That was nice! We want more of machine favorite! 👍👍🏿👍🏾👍🏽👍🏼👍🏻

[@dianevrules]

That is Roger linn's best creation. It's a beast. Especially with the Vailixi upgraded ram capacity. You took great care of it. It looks clean like my 2000. Bought my 2000 in 1997. It still looks brand new. One thing I like about the 3000: There is 1 physical single function button for every single menu. Which makes the 3000 intuitive af. Akai started putting that double function button (hold shift and press other key bs) in 2000 and newer MPCs. Which was their way of adding fewer buttons (56 physical single function buttons in 3000 vs 41 physical buttons in 2000). My 2000 has 12 buttons that require that double function button bs. Including "sample," "song," "disk,' "program," "midi/sync," "mixer," "other," "punch," "trim," "assign," "start," and "end." There is no "help," "timing correct," "count in," "seq edit," "step edit," "edit loop," "simul seq," or "wait for key" button. Some of those buttons are virtual buttons that are accessed through menu with cursor. Others, such as "simul seq," dont exist. Just imagine if Akai removed all of the "commands" physical single function buttons in the 3000 and relocated them as double function buttons under each of your "data entry" physical buttons. Then added a shift key to access the double function buttons. That's WTF Akai did for the 2000. Bahahahahaha. Despite that bs, I still wouldnt trade my 2000 for a 3000. I cant deal with the lack of wave editing and lack of other upgrades (.wav supported files, less power consumption, less weight, brighter screen, digital output, etc). Although I wish it had the vga output and foot switch outputs.

[@samsicles_jr]

Just curious, why would you not trade? What do you think the 2000 has over the 3000?

[@MrSTAYUP33]

@@samsicles_jr because the 2000 isnt worth near what the 3000. the 2000 is super clean and lacks bottom end

[@nic3939]

Totally agreed with the function buttons. My shift key broke on my 2kxl and now I can't access ANYTHING! , haha! (need to get that fixed, I know it's pretty easy....)

[@SauceSoundz]

​@@nic3939damn that's rough lol

[@alberto.tovar.79]

I would love watching him creating a complete track, to know how he would structure the sequences, making fills, variations and transitions on the mpc!

[@st33Npuist]

This can anybody do.. easy

[@boothbuster]

@@st33Npuist Well what a negative response, lol - why so angry?

[@soonkah8036]

Ian, I love your studio and such a nice approach how you create you music.

[@MrBlueHaze]

It is Wonderful to watch a Artist at work.

[@futureexperience]

Great job Ian! Really enjoyed seeing how the 3000 is used by him.

[@BowlcutSquadBowlcutsLab]

Ian Pooley and MPC 3000 is like Butter and Bread

[@uhoh007]

I recently bought a MPC 1000 and upgraded to JJ and good pads. This is awesome for me, thank you.

[@alberto.tovar.79]

on jj2xl you can jam on the track mute screen while recording mutes, thats a real joy to do

[@morpheus246]

Alberto Tovar whaa? how do obtain this

[@alberto.tovar.79]

www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~mpc1000/os2xl/

[@natura808]

MPC-1000 is the little beast but with jjos it’s a little monster.

[@jasonbowen3842]

Love you Ian huge inspiration to me, thank you for breaking it down, much appreciated and much respect for your craft

[@Superlover]

Great Video. Thanks Ian & ebTv! One thing though: the MPC 3000 has not analogue but digital filters

[@Leon-xv1nh]

All his great drum fills and squelching delayed synths, you can see how they came about.

[@szymeklawik7636]

This episode made me buy an MPC. Not the 3000 but a 1000. I use now it for my external gear. Wish I got on it sooner. One of the best hardware sequencers around. Compliments my SE Engine well too.

[@ItsCarlos_]

Thanks for this video! Loving it!

[@fantomeexperiment5126]

This kind of nice videos make me want to collect all of the models of MPC........

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Very expensive hobby 😉

[@thomasmcnally97]

Master at work

[@esbjornakesson3412]

Wonderful. This guy is great!

[@rcecil88]

Awesome video! Makes we wanna get one for that swing alone!

[@hardenberg_electro328]

Thank you for this video!

[@dorfmarke]

Nice deconstruction of your workflow, Ian!

[@sheenodj]

That is an absolute banger!

[@LaloRaj13]

Amazing video! love it 💣👍🏼💥

[@luantcnguyen]

The man is truly a legend. I have an MPC 2000xl I've been trying to learn so this has come at the perfect time.

[@256k_]

same, i have a 2500 and ive been making some loops on it but was feeling like maybe it's not for me... this helps me re-think how i use it.

[@benhoughtonmusic]

i love my mpc2000xl! Love the waveform view, zone chopping etc. I appreciate the old school editing on the 3000 but 2000xl is king for me! Read the manual and always use the 'open window' button, lots of hidden menus in there ;)

[@256k_]

Ben Houghton I’m thinking of switching to a 2000xl as well. The 2500 feels like neither a modern contender neither a old classic. Just feels like an unholy transitional creation.

[@dianevrules]

@@256k_ Never used a 2500. I dont know the sound of one vs 2000XL. But I am familiar with the differences. 2500 has bigger LCD screen. Compact flash slot. 2 Foot switch plugs. USB slave plug for transfers. 4 midi outputs (64 midi channels). You can record a live performance while listening to a sequence. You can normalize a sample. 4 band eq and compressor effects. It comes with 16mb of memory. It's expandable to 128mb. All of which are features that are unavailable on any 2000XL. Although Akai came out with MCD versions of 2000XLs, which feature a compact flash slot (in addition to other card slots). The actual expandable memory of the unit is 32mb. It comes with only 2mb of memory. In addition, 2500's Time stretch and Chop Shop function is quicker and have a lot more features than 2000xl's version. If that ish isnt important to you, than switching shouldnt be a problem. I own a 2000, which doesnt have any of the aforementioned features, except for 32mb expandable memory. But I'm used to that ish. It works perfectly for me.

[@maxmaxington5873]

Ian was nice enough to speak to me recently about his experiences using an older MPC. I was questioning about whether to either incorporate one into my workflow, or adapt my workflow around the MPC. Now there’s a video for people like me!

[@Mr3mos]

bigggg up for the vid!! heaps of useful info ty!

[@grahamdougherty226]

Good stuff. Thanks Ian

[@sarahrothfuss5419]

I have a huge respect for this man !! So much tracks he did with a lot of vibe .. More pls :)

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Part 2: Ian Pooley on his MPC 3000 - Sequencing (Electronic Beats TV) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqamXmN_o7WXoLs

[@sarahrothfuss5419]

@@ElectronicBeatsTV Done ! Thank you guys for making my quarantine feels like holidays .

[@256k_]

@@ElectronicBeatsTV thanks!!!

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Our pleasure

[@32smokesome]

Einer der besten Maschinen, hab auch eine mit 3 Samplern aus der S Reihe.

[@aHmeDKWT]

Good video thanks, I love this channel 🎶🎵

[@joeljames1587]

FANTASTIC!

[@gixerags750]

Killer video !!!

[@lcaise]

GREAT waiting for mpc 2000 edition

[@souldefunk]

Fantastic video! Dope to see peeps making house on physical samplers. Another one who does it all on the 3000 is Phil Weeks. I dunno if I could master it like that, I'm quite spoiled with my Toraiz SP-16. I do see alot of parallels between the 2 machines though. Thanks for sharing this video! 👌👍🙏🎶🎵🎧🎛🙌💯

[@rorz999]

SP-16 is a hugely underrated machine and I feel like it is the spiritual successor of the older MPCs. The new MPCs try and do too much and are really cluttered

[@hughfasher8070]

I’m new to the world of mpc. I got a 2500 recently and am so happy to see a modern video on workflow.

[@Beatz-Pocket]

Nice visual showcase man. 👍🏽👍🏽

[@manuelsouza2992]

No hay nada que hacer el sonido del mpc 3000 es el mejor , gracias Ian por tu tutorial !!

[@lilmarktube4773]

Great Tutorial. Just picked up a LTD edition to sit along side my 2k classic.

[@SauceSoundz]

Me too!! Which is your favorite

[@andytupaia]

Man thank you for the video at least I learned something about the Mpc 3000

[@dandman2k11]

he makes it look so easy

[@bullydully7428]

Love the beat

[@256k_]

please more videos going in depth! and how do you expand from a MPC idea/concept/jam into a full track. please :D

[@SiHargreaves]

Those drums are so crunchy! ooof

[@studio4ffofficial]

Definitely do a "how I did my live-show edition" too, please!

[@Kickdrum00]

Thank you!

[@MarcS4R]

super nice thank you for sharing that

[@carlosbuggaface]

One of the best...

[@sebp400]

exactly what I was looking for. Producing house on an mpc. thanks!

[@atarix_official]

a legend!

[@EvLoutonian]

Legendary!

[@Kablehead]

Thank you very much!

[@airgaborpara3824]

He is a Legend!

[@SEFFOfficial]

Brilliant stuff, Ian. You really can’t beat the swing on the old MPC’s!!! would love to see how you go about the rest of the process after this :-)

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Check the 2nd video

[@SEFFOfficial]

Telekom Electronic Beats I watched that one first ;-)

[@KarsonNow]

Great. I do almost the same at Amiga with Tracker software. The problem was only the sample size to put one track at one 3,5" floppy disk.

[@smckinney738]

KiNK x Ian Pooley B2B would be next level

[@niqulusviii987]

Man, the 3000 may be the best MPC of all time. Dare we say Mr Linn shot his load with this one! The minimalistic design of the interface is perfectly focused on "where the musician might go while in the middle of creation" destinations and not "cool shit for live performance" buttons. The amount of FX built are just enough for getting a nice sound with just enough space for out-the-box additions.

[@luckystrke]

Legend

[@daanbaas2962]

Thanks!

[@ericcookson168]

Awesome

[@CS-sf1rz]

Awesome 😎 🙌🙏🙏

[@luxnox9303]

Its totally wild to see the technological leap that's been made with the newest evolution of MPC 's, particularly the MCP ONE.

[@luxnox9303]

@Spread Love Im surprised to hear you say that, from what I understand the MCP3000 is all digital, so I wonder what could be so unique about the sound. Do you feel like it has particular characteristics that stand out to you in the sound over other models?

[@SpencerLemay]

@@luxnox9303 It uses a 16 bit sampler so everything has a somewhat lofi crunchy sound, also you forget that every digital instrument has a DAC that outputs an analog signal in the end. Even cheap digital instruments all have very high quality dacs but in the 90s the tech was less refined giving different devices a different character. Not to mention in order to process real time audio in the 90s required highly specialized chips that use different algorithms than modern machines creating a different sound. The MPC 3000 also utilizes analog filters.

[@luxnox9303]

@@Claidheambmor Tape loops are not digital

[@rostislavs.8445]

It's like you are waiting hip hop beats when you see mpc in a video, but here is house music, that's funny

[@calibomber209]

I would love to see more akai mfc42 and space echo in the next one w ian !

[@arifmemovic3383]

This is informative and inspiring. Great video!

[@chadmuskaa2806]

MORE MPC PLEASE!!!!

[@borrisrichards7454]

It's one of a kind

[@savekitmusiccompany]

thank you ian, what about the mpc live/one? same sound and swing?

[@OrlandoDCaros]

I love the workflow, the machine and the music which results from it. Especially the filter stuff is great, combined with the MPC3000 groove. I use a MPC 60 and have bought a AKAI S3200 to have the filters I miss in the MPC60. Still working on the best method to use the filters, and of course the groove is a bit more sloppy, as the MPC 60 is more "laid back" than the MPC3000. Ian, do you have any experience doing the same stuff on a mpc60, regarding groove and tightness?

[@benhoughtonmusic]

have you tried just running a simple click sound into a daw? I'd be surprised if you found any sloppiness at all. I used to have an s950 sequenced from mpc2000xl and i worked out the sloppiness came from my samples not having accurate start points due to the numerical view!

[@keefazstudio]

@@benhoughtonmusic Nice job finding that out

[@stoffenl]

Very inspiring video and the isolated screen raises it. Does the MPC 3000 have a video output or how did you add that effect?

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Camera secrets 😬 Just joking, the 3000 has a VGA Output

[@TsavosAlliance]

"Two Thumbs Up!" 😎

[@florian8020]

Is there some oldschool live set from Ian pooley in that style? Please post below if you know something. That is so groovy!

[@alexmakey8428]

Big man!

[@kenzoblytheproducertv4934]

Dope

[@landwirtschaft2116]

Well… nostalgic! ;-)

[@duckthomas2795]

Where did u get the blue screen from,my first mpc 3000 came the vga and when I hook it too a computer screen,the screen was black and green.how get yours too too be blue and white like the display on the 3000.thank u Holla Back

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Color correction 😉

[@DerGrosseKrieger]

Love this, but a wee correction: filter on the 3K is digital, not analogue.

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

Analog sounding (but digital)

[@robertgarvansnyder4665]

Was coming here to ask this. But the filter does sound sweet.

[@Ancaja123]

was just about to say this haha. But these early digital filters on akai samplers are very sought after

[@N1h1L3]

@@Ancaja123 you can even find vst pluggins mimicking those filters. Like the RX950 Classic AD/DA Converter.

[@RolandKlinkenberg]

@@N1h1L3 ..or buy a S3000 which can be had for next to nothing...

[@medwaystudios]

Great vid, filter is digital on those though.

[@sclr]

Aaaand the price of mpc3k just went up But seriously producers take 📝

[@andytupaia]

Hi Ian just wanna ask you if the midi output a b c d of the Mpc are also a midi thru thanks

[@piotr803]

Is there a way for MPC to play back unquantized midi that you've tapped in?

[@GeorgeM-Music]

Woah how are they screen capping the MPC3K? I never thought you could do that.

[@ElectronicBeatsTV]

via the VGA output

[@chip1pan]

Can see a Roland sh101 in the background