Marco Polo -"MP On The MP" S01E03 - Pro Tools Dump (tracking a beat from MPC 2000 XL)

This week I track out a full beat I made using the AKAI MPC 2000 XL and a locking system we like to call "PMPTE" !!! You can apply this method to any older samplers that dump beats the old way using analog outputs into any daw. It never fails. I also cover basic rough mixing of a beat (making it good enough to shop or send to artists.) Let's go! (film: @ShyTheBeatYoda)
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[@elketerbentzadik]

This was all really level headed and practical. No ego. I appreciate it.

[@glizzyhendrix]

facts no ego, just sharing what he knows

[@Viabeat]

Great episode, this is the way to do it right, separate tracks always puts you closer to a unique pro production in the end. Think creative mixing! This is how we did it the 80’s, but with tape. Every sound 808 909 Linn etc went through the console. SBX80 sync’d it all.

[@tr38cho]

This was incredible. Homie literally gets closer to my favorite producer everyday.

[@Cicero82]

Same here

[@descargamusicalny]

This is great, one suggestion... when you dump the first pass create a edit/mix group(command+g) then create another group for the second pass. Then use tab to transient to get to the sync kick, then command+E to split. Do the same for the kick on the second pass. Then just make sure p tools is in grid mode and lock each kick of the separate passes to bar one beat one.

[@Netm8kr]

MP, Salute for the transparency. I luv these type sessions, as there is always tips you can learn from others. Ultimately, your introducing newer creatives to the depths their productions can evolve too. Thus inspiring them to make better music. Furthering the culture. Keep em coming bruh. ✌🏾👍🏾🔥🔥🔥

[@saif.eldurssi]

thanks man we really appreciate this. we need a mixing episode, not a detailed deep mixing on an engineer level just the regular essintial mixing for a full track. thank you

[@aleksandarstoev1930]

watching these makes me go and start up my XL right away, lol

[@bboydreaded]

Sick. So good to see how the pros do it. Especially the ones I actually listen to. Such a cool thing this series. Much appreciated. Thanks for sharing. I will be buying your sound packs for sure after seeing this.

[@Dcyde86]

Wow, simply thanks MP. That is valuable stuff . The best tutorial in MPC tracking so far . Really appreciated this as a move and the information at the same time

[@johnringopowers4527]

EXCELLENT brother! I’ve watched ALOT of tutorials over the years and I’ve never seen or heard of PMPTE...freakin genius! Thank you for teaching me something new Sir. LOVE IT keep em coming. Beat was bananas as well!!

[@TheRenaissanceShow]

Beyond helpful, GOD!! I searched everywhere on KZbin and no one explained anything well enough ! many thanks

[@jonesconrad1]

Rewatching this, really enjoying this and Jake One, total lack of ego. Very refreshing.

[@nodoze123]

Bruh, this series is MAD informative and I thank you for this!!!

[@ukbullybeats]

That beat!! Classic Marco Polo right there! 🔥💯🗽💪🏻

[@enterthesloth]

Huge props for this MP! It took me years to figure out how with the legacy MPC'S

[@TheDJTwitch100]

Can’t put into words how dope I think it that your, doing this. Been a big fan since Beat Society/ Knitting Factory days. I stumbled over one of these segment on your IG, figured it would be on here. Lookin for word to seeing more. I appreciate you and dudes like Illmind sharing the knowledge 🙏🏾 thank you.

[@FuckDbLegend]

Elle déchire cette musique! Merci de nous partager ton talent!

[@saltybeatz1]

Definitely one of the best tutorials and it’s funny because you probably didn’t even try that hard. Too many people don’t know how to teach you do a really good job man actually inspired me and your beats are always so fresh

[@LocaliLLocano]

Love the channel bro. I love the studio geeking in this episode

[@joserivera1054]

Very informative. Been a fan....you're the goat God. Mad Marc at work is fire!

[@maleekbeats]

Thank you so much for this!!!! So happy to see that i worked in a similar way when i was dumping my beats into protools. Fire mah dude!!!

[@faces316]

So glad I subbed. This was DOPE! Thanks Marco. Salute!!

[@williamhatcher4471]

I need those 8 outs, man. 4000 got me tracking one at a time... Super helpful, cheers MP!

[@WeDOTHISprods]

ua stuff is trully great i use it since first card came out years ago ... best plugins! big up MP keep this videos coming! great stuff

[@djalrayder]

Salute @marcopolo !! Great insight on showing us the way you track out beats into ProTools. This is very useful for all of us that still use any of the legacy MPC's. For years, I stayed away from MIDI syncing cause I also felt a slight timing shift in the notes. Much Respect 💪🏼💯

[@LazyDay88]

One on my favorit producer back to youtube! Welcome back Marco. This series is so useful, Thank you for this! Maybe you can talk about drums layering, drums technicue, filtering in mpc ? If you want, or this is not you secret. Second Welcome back. And Greetings from poland ! PMPTE!

[@peepgame7908]

I like this series MP. Very well done!

[@tinktwiceman]

This is the best video ever. Messing with midi can be a nightmare when things drift. PMPTE is magic! For season 2, can you make an episode on how to chop drums and make them knock in side the MPC?

[@marlostanfield4679]

I love this series.

[@gutaninblanco]

im so happy you doving this format dont stop you tube thing

[@brucehathcockmusic]

Dude that was absolutely amazing thank you so much.

[@Mcsteveberry]

yo marco you are the illest i love these videos!

[@masterbogus.]

The 4 kicks technique will finally get my beats on sync despite tracking individually!Thank you!

[@RyNeaSoulMusic]

Nice! I hope that you continue this series.

[@glizzyhendrix]

I learn so much from these videos

[@dnicefilms8550]

That's genius all the way 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DECASH21]

Wow I’m learning a lot from this video

[@neius1594]

Don't use hardware but still good to learn something. The mixing was very interesting also. Gladly appreciate this. Thanks man.

[@itsaTITObeat]

That's exactly what I do with my mpc3000 and pro tools! Good tips

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

7:12 This statement is so obviously from experience. Not letting no one mess up your work like that again. This is how you do your stems and who doesn't like it "Tough." Believe me do I understand lol.

[@3000Stormer]

Great work love it

[@neilwhamilton]

Superb information!!

[@stevesims2307]

Subscribed as soon as the intro dropped.

[@ekclay7]

Awesome demonstration...

[@jbest911]

MP You the GOAT!,

[@BritoWorx]

ah shit I'm here for all the gems. MP on the MP!!!!

[@gigabytekilla]

That’s a dope shirt

[@mikoajczeski1272]

MP is the genius of the MPC. MP and Premier are the best beatmakers

[@samsicles_jr]

Enjoyed this!

[@jmthealumni]

Just wanted to say that this is probably the best MPC ProTools related video on KZbin; @AkaiProVideo & @Avid should write a check to Marco Polo! As “Vertygo (old channel)” suggested in the comments, if you set the Metronome to Count In Record + Play when you press Play Start on the MPC it will count in 4 measures while ProTools is recording. After that you simply align your recorded audio regions to the grid on ProTools to ensure that the click instrument track’s tempo from the PT sessions lines up with the recorded MPC Metronome sound from the MPC, hence the PMPTE technique MP suggested. One issue I’ve discovered (when using the ProTools Transport Control via Midi option) is that when record-play is selected on ProTools it triggers that Play button instead of the Play Start button so in both cases the Metronome Count In on the MPC is bypassed for some reason. 🤔💭 Also, as most of you know, if the tempos aren’t the same it’ll cause the beat to slow down when PT is the Master to the MPC in cases when your MPC tempo is set to double the PT session for production purposes. Thank you again guys and great work to everyone here working on the different workflow solutions!

[@Melodic623]

80s baby here....BoomBap will never die. 90s hiphop was, is and always will be the best.... Imo. Anyway I'm thinking the same concept can be used for any DAW.

[@franklanse]

This is awesome I actually needed some help with this.

[@chili1052]

thank you. would love to see new episodes. I even didn't know I invent my own "PMPTE" lol

[@emersonsmith5775]

Good stuff!!

[@frankhsifu219]

Definitely need an episode for mixing

[@rootsfellasmusic]

THE BOSS

[@lukeisprvkt]

Marco is so underrated.

[@anatolyice]

Quick tip for align this kicks: Just flip the phase on one of the tracks. If kicks are perfectly aligned, You will hear nothing... Because picture on the display sometimes lies... Btw, hope we'll meet again soon! Peace from mother Russia!

[@madsvinter3948]

That beat is heavy with the ill vocal sample

[@smaalasproductions]

Thanks man I’m learning from you!!!!

[@subkulturebeats]

@marcopolo Thanks for this! 🙏🏽

[@rbt_beats]

nice bro !!!

[@_thevaporz]

Droppin' gems on us! Really appreciate the knowledge shared here. Love the new "MP on the MP" series format from you guys too. More vids on the "house keeping" of production like organization techniques for naming samples/tracks/kits/seq/song files/parameters etc and storage of those important files would be very helpful, especially for the older analog gear. And what kind of computer backup system do you use? I'm not savvy on the computer ish like RAID and want less clutter. Are subscription "cloud" storage services a worthwhile option for backing up everything "automatically"? Thanks

[@ambrushadam]

Yeah I want to learn more about that too 😅 especially the analog stuff. On a computer I can recommend cloud storage, I have a dropbox subscribtion, been using that for years.

[@derrickwebb7230]

Dope vid

[@jus]

gooood lord that shit fire

[@jayemakebeats]

Salute!

[@MITTEL.PUNKT_13]

Professional .. again

[@adamfreiholtz929]

Easiest way is to just turn on the metronome in “count in” before the beat starts playing and then just line those clicks in the waveform up in the DAW

[@DECASH21]

Thank you a lot

[@PowerGearPerformance]

DOPE!

[@Elonmuskchanneltv]

Pure Fking gems.

[@soultabs]

Would love to see you talk about drum layering . Great vid

[@joserivera1054]

I'm getting a cut right now. Can wait to get home to layer some snares....lol.

[@MrWindmills]

beat is fire

[@Roscoewade369]

That cigarette makes him look so cool!!!!!!

[@carleccleston3655]

whole that beat im coming

[@303maddkaos]

Thanks

[@conspirebeats]

Dope

[@jonesconrad1]

What would be interesting and sorry if you've already covered it and I missed it is how you layout your pads, I've been recently just chucking the samples anyway then using simult on a higher. bank to trigger the lower ones when I work out the order.

[@user-qz9rw2um8b]

Ima simple type of guy: i see MP, i push like

[@Harrythomas7]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@str8frmthacr8]

Interesting. Kind of like a sync clap in the video world. Seems like a pain in the ass, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Dope shit, MP!

[@LoLiFeVA]

love the drumkits marco im making alot of Dope Shit remember NOZS

[@itsananke2374]

genio!

[@wrzeszczi]

7:50 - very, very spot on advice, if you managed to layer your sounds in your sampler by ear than it's little chance You're gonna make it better later on in a daw - most likely you would fiddle to much with it and be distracted by the visual representation of the waveform losing the vibe and balance you were aiming for in the first place.

[@michaelstevenkruidenier8261]

🙏🏽

[@poppyflds3169]

🙏🙏🙏

[@elferbeats]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@magnanimo82]

MP, that tee tho! Almost forgot about Tommy Boy records

[@cvltzilla]

A video covering "song mode" and compiling difernt sequences and bar counts to make intro, bridge,verse,hook etc. Would be dope.

[@jack3361]

PMPTE all day

[@conspirebeats]

I've just picked up a mpk mini mark 3 and started making beats believe it or not its been 20 years since I've made a beat the juices are flowing again missed it so much

[@illanoiz1]

The siren was right on time though!

[@spikewilliamz8803]

I like it when producers track every track hot off the MPC. More harmonics. Just give me a stereo track and I can bring it back how it was.

[@dkd8747]

I wish i knew how to do that concept when i was using hardware. I used to just stereo record my whole beat into Cubase and or Protools but thats when i started making beats. I had no clue on the deeper stuff then

[@MakingMadBeats]

I use the same method. 4 Kicks in a 1 bar sequence and then I track out my different sequences with my individual outs on my MPC 1000. I name my tracks in the the DAW the same as in the MPC for convenience and keeping things organized.

[@TommyVamoz]

Thats a dope vid, thanks for the insight! Question: when you shop the beat to a couple mc's and 3 want to use that beat, how to take care of that? Is it the first who calls get the beat? Thanks, respect!

[@rightway-records]

Sup Fam…Always Fire !! You should be able to track 10 channels at once by leaving two sounds on the main outs and just pan 1 left and 1 right !!

[@cattv5063]

Awwww cute!!~

[@CrassPunk99]

Thank you for the video! I'm having trouble mixing bass lines to sound deep and fat. What is your usual process? I'd love to know. Thanks again!