MPC Arranger 3.0 building beats

[@malobeats]

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[@seantrik]

Thank you for all of your insight. I am loving and 3.0 as well love the linear workflow. I’ve been rockin Mpc for the past 15 years and this is definitely nice.❤

[@malobeats]

@@seantrik thank you so much brother. Really means a lot 🙏

[@haaake]

This video convinced me to pickup a standalone MPC finally. What they did in 3.0 finally transforms these things into a proper DAW in all the useful ways. As someone that started on software using the old Logic sampler before I ever had any hardware, this workflow is just 100x better than the normal MPC approach. Love what they did with this update, thanks for all the good videos on the new workflow.

[@joshuagriffith4245]

I bought my mpc one a couple of years ago . Even though I'm 48 and have been into hip hop since I was eight years old. I was mostly into writing lyrics and trying to find a producer that would inspire me to lay the bomb track of vocals. It was hard to find the right sounds back then. I came back to hip hop after getting side tracked with reality. Now for the first time I can learn by myself how it's done. It's not easy for first timers, I'm just getting familiar with all that goes with it. So I'm sure I'm not alone , I'm apprehensive about upgrading because I don't want the confusion. So I stay with the original software.

[@carlosbranch9106]

Keep getting busy with it bro. I'm 52 and I really love hip hop too. I was fortunate enough to be able to buy a few pieces of gear, MPC one plus and the key 37. I copped the stems, bought expansion packs and sample libraries and the MPC software. Because of work and family stuff I haven't been able to go hard but I'm all set to go with everything. So good luck and keep cooking up whether it's once a week or everyday just keep going bro. Your post inspired me.

[@joserivera1054]

Dope beat.

[@chosenonebeats]

Biggest difference is there’s no programs in 3.0 just tracks, so if you familiar with 2.0 it’s easy to use the upgrade. Also if you don’t like it you can press the downgrade option & it’ll bring back to 2.

[@themrworldwide]

I just bought your mpc live 2 course, i know how to use the mpc but only the surface, and i really wanted to learn it inside out, so i went and bought the course and i will start learning the ins and outs and how it should be used, hope you keep updating the course especially now with the mpc 3 update, thanks for you efforts to teach others. God bless.🙏🏾

[@malobeats]

@@themrworldwide hey brother, your feed back means so so much and I’m so exited to roll out the 3.0 videos. I’m definitely updating the videos as we speak. Pleas feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions while your taking the course 🫡

[@themrworldwide]

@@malobeatsThanks for responding brother, I will definitely get back to you if I have any questions about it, and it's really good to know that you're updating the 3.0 course. PS: I also subscribed to your patreon a couple days ago, as i struggle to find and choose good samples and i also struggle to chop the samples and fitting them to the bpm of my choice on the fly without having to timestrech them, you make it seems so easy to chop samples and fit them to the bpm, i hope i can learn how to chop samples like you, and your patreon samples are 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I never used patreon before, but just to try and see if it fits my needs. Thanks again for all that you do and keep it up.💪🏾 💪🏾 Have a nice weekend Blessings.🙏🏾

[@ys521wow]

Could you do a beginner to advanced course based on 3.0?

[@jonmakesbeats]

This video is a banger man

[@malobeats]

Yo thanks man. Means a LOT coming form you. 🔥🔥🫡🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@sirsilver1968]

I love the creativity using the arranger, im loving 3.0 so far 😎

[@TheCratesMotel]

Thanks for the video.

[@Djangounframed]

The OG in the house.

[@malobeats]

your welcome

[@Nicksteez]

3.0 is a game changer man!

[@ericcollapsar8402]

You convinced me to update to 3.0 thank you for the video

[@carbonvibes]

Thanks again for sharing Malo, @5:18 you explained something I had been struggling with from the version 2. Every time I wanted to explore different ways with the same sample I had to save what I had turn off the MP plug in the SD card to my computer and make a copy of the sample so it wouldn’t interfere with my original chops. This for me is a game changer.

[@malobeats]

Yo, I’m so glad you took the time to share this with us. While filming this video, I questioned myself if I was the only one having this issue in the past, but thank you for sharing this with me as I know I’m not the only one that was struggling with that lol. It’s almost like they knew.

[@wiggesobk]

Great Workflow! I will definetly come back to this video.

[@craftform]

Great to see this method of arranging. What would make it even speedy to build an arrangement, would be if the clip grid functionality of the force was included in MPC 3.0. There could be a seperate overview screen of the 64 pad matrix. The pad bank selection buttons could select which of the 16 pads buttons you were currently using (imagine the 64 grid divided into 4 quadrants) or you could plug in a grid controller like the APC mini or APC64 controller.

[@FazersOnStun]

I’m loving the 3.0 beta. The arranger mode is so helpful that I feel I can make beats a lot easier than before. They just need to add the individual track mutes per sequence and track muting not cutting off audio, just MIDI and I’m satisfied

[@billB101]

Good flow, getting use to V3 myself. You have a new sub :)

[@timetrvl-vhs]

Hey Malo, thanks for the video. Really helpful as always! I really love the MPC 3 workflow, the only thing is I'm having trouble loading my old MPC 2.0 projects, they open up all messed up and I don't want to got back to MPC 2. Do have any idea or maybe planning to make a video about loading old MPC 2 projects properly?

[@ukbullybeats]

MPC 3.0 Honestly, I think 3.0 is cool. It’s a welcomed solid update overall. Once the kinks are ironed out and some of the legacy functionality restored, it will be on point and usable for the near future. Overall, I believe its was good of Akai to put this update out free of charge. It keeps the community excited, engaged and inspired! When this generation of MPC’s dropped back in 2017 it was pretty monumental. The X and the Live have both been a huge success overall a game changer to be fair. But with that, are getting to the end of their shelf life now and need an update… I feel it’s time for them to update the hardware and OS completely from the ground up. Faster processor, more on-board ram, enhanced I/O ect. I’d certainly pay for that over a re-dressed MPC SE.. These machines are 7 years old now. This new update is just putting lipstick on a pig. Other than disk streaming, there’s nothing really new here other than a streamlined workflow and the arranger borrowed from the Force. People have cried about the sound quality of the current machines. I don’t disagree at all. These units just don’t sound like the legacy. I think the next move from Akai is to make a hybrid, hybrid- with standalone/controller capability and hybrid LoFI/HiFI option kinda like the Isla S2400… Let’s be real… The current vintage built in effects are just the AiR plug ins in disguise with a different name and GUI.. They sound ass cheeks to me IMHO. Akai!!! Give us back the real MPC sound!! Get Rodger Linn involved. The man’s a living legend and started it ALL. They owe it to him. Give him his flowers, a monster contract $$$$$ and have him design the circuitry/hardware of the future!! Don’t you get it?? We want the modern workflow with the vintage sound!!! It ain’t rocket science!! Love the channel BTW great content! Keep rockin man! Peace.

[@malobeats]

@@ukbullybeats everything you said in this comment is on point. You could not have said it any better. I hope we can see the next MPC focused mainly on its hardware and sound

[@Ramblingdads]

Nice one! 🎹🎬🫡🇬🇧

[@davidneau8830]

nice to see this vid and to discover how you work with 3.0. I'll try your method to see if it fits to me

[@kellcoleStyleEnt]

And that beat hard bro

[@bboymac84]

Did you know the MPC captures your midi inputs even before you hit record. It’s call retrospective record. Hit shift+record 😁👍🏽

[@malobeats]

@@bboymac84 thank you for this. 🔥🔥🙏

[@bboymac84]

@@malobeats np I’m here to help

[@malobeats]

@@bboymac84 blessing to you. 🙏 this is what I’m here for. Let’s get it 🫡

[@bboymac84]

@@malobeats I’m based in Vegas, you?

[@malobeats]

@@bboymac84 yo !! No way same here in here right in front of the m resort

[@Yhuntermusic]

Killed this bro!!!

[@malobeats]

Yo!!!! Thank you brotha, I’m trying to get up at your level, even if it’s 1% lol you straight kill it all the time🔥 thank you brother. It really means a lot coming from you.

[@Yhuntermusic]

@@malobeats Man I appreciate it! I love that we all have our own styles but yet still intersect! Music connects us all! Proud to be alive brother!

[@malobeats]

Amen to this 🙏🫡

[@DivineAudioKings]

i think parts of that sample were used by RZA, for the song 4th chamber on the GZA debut album. dope flip MALO!! and great vid, thank you

[@MainConceptMedia]

Good stuff malo. To answer a couple remarks i saw... And guys you can still use song mode. You can insert different sequences with different changes..like before..export to one.sequence...then switch to arranger and all sequences will be laid out in arranger mode. Search songmode is not dead in YT. Also you can set markers in arranger mode to layout different sections of a song. Tap them to zoom in on that section for focused editing.

[@malobeats]

@@MainConceptMedia yess thank you for sharing this and song mode is steel well and alive on here so there’s definitely options. I really appreciate you tapping in to share this with his brother. 🙏

[@KapoSBR]

this is the way i want to approach it. I think it's nice to work on ideas in different sequences (intro, verse, bridge, chorus, etc.), lay them out in songmode and then make one giant sequence out of it to then refine it. Would be dope if one could just drag&drop sequences into the arranger, though.

[@RogerTreadwellDJ]

keep up the great work young man great content and value thanks im a 2.15.1 user of the mpc software i put the beta in but i cant find my ssd thats installed in my live 2 im wondering if you have any insights or help to offer

[@malobeats]

@@RogerTreadwellDJ hey brother, thank you so much for these words. It truly means a lot. I’m so sorry to hear about this issue you’re running into. I have not had that issue from my end so hopefully they’re able to sort this out on the next update. Thank you so much

[@deebaker4671]

Nice video, bro how does the stem separation sounds in 3.0 ?

[@alanpfeiffer26]

Thanks for the video, this convinced me to upgrade. But i normally work with many sequences, arranging on a daw. How do the new arranger works with different sequences?

[@theareaofgraffitiwild8529]

I have a problem with the update every time I go to record either a progression or I want to open the sampler an alert appears that says please check temporary path in preferences and memory use how can I solve that I hope you can help me

[@kellcoleStyleEnt]

How do you save a new program on the new up date I can’t figure out how to do it

[@GaryCOLLOMAN.]

Can you explain to me ..or make a video on how to add drum fills/rolls to a beat

[@PeteSantiago]

When you get a chance make a video(s) on using the MPC 3.0 software for live sets.

[@LeoColtrane]

Does transpose work for you? From the main page, changing the transpos value up or down doesn't change the octave range on a keyboard or on external synths when using the pads

[@dajazman2k]

So if I created a 4 bar loop. How would I create a 2 bar intro before it?

[@LotusDollaSign]

Are you able to just grab whole sections of the arrangement and move them around? Like for example if I have different parts to a verse and i decide I want to switch them around, can I just select two bars and physically move them, or do I have to do some weird shit?

[@TheEdub1]

I have the Mpc One + and updated it using wifi. But I can't find the new screen for the 3.0 update?

[@giovanijames]

Deffly dope there just needs to be shortcuts to delete instead of having to click the pencil icon/ edit menu and then hit cut on every track you want to delete something from. It Kinda makes it take longer. if you could tap the track and select the area you want to delete you should be able to use one button to just delete without all the extra steps. Would be even better if you could select multiple tracks at once and delete the parts you don’t want in that section instead of having to go one by one. Until then it would be better and faster to arrange on computer rather than standalone, but dope for quick stuff.

[@garnetbey4227]

question how do I go back down to my previous version ive been asking everyone to no help...❓❓❓❓❓❓

[@malobeats]

Yes, go in to your settings under your MPC info tab you should be able to see a downgrade button in your lower left-hand side screen

[@garnetbey4227]

@@malobeats I keep pressing that button but nothing happens, this is crazy,

[@Thehxtlxst]

Yeeeeeeeah man! Love this work flow! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@malobeats]

Dude, thank you for sharing this with me. 🙏🙏

[@Thehxtlxst]

@@malobeats always! 🙏🏾 your content is the best! And your excitement with all of your videos just motivates me to push harder at getting my channel off the ground. Keep it up man we appreciate all you do! God bless you!

[@Bricks_shakur]

That beat is smoking fam🔥🔥🔥

[@malobeats]

Thank you so so much this means a lot

[@DcapoVGM]

Awesome video! The arranger is such a great upgrade. I really want to use it but it seems like Akai removed the ability to change time signatures outside of 4/4. Do you know if they are bringing that back soon?

[@malobeats]

@@DcapoVGM hey brother, great observation and you’re not the only one that has pointed this out. I’ll find out as soon as I can and get back to you on this. Thank you for dropping by. 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@DcapoVGM]

@@malobeats Thank you so much! I appreciate it. It's literally the only thing keeping me from fully updating. Thanks for doing what you do btw. I just upgraded to a MPC Key 37 and I'm taking your masterclass. It's the best.

[@malobeats]

@@DcapoVGM dude, thank you so much for sharing this with me. You have no idea how much this means. I think you’ll be perfect timing since I’m rolling out the 3.0 videos as we speak so hopefully hopefully they’re able to get this signature issue sorted out by the time they launch the official release, which hopefully will have all the videos updated on the course by that time as well. Please feel free to reach out via email. If you ever have any questions I’m here with you, brother. 🫡

[@dzerobeatz]

Great video Malo really puts 3.0 in perspective . I look forward to the mixing video and channel strip XL

[@malobeats]

Thank you brother. Your feedback really means a lot.

[@Formatbeatz]

Powerranger 🙌

[@RickyTinez]

I don't need it... I don't need it... I don't need it... HHNNNNGGGG

[@malobeats]

Oh man!! I already know seeing you here is good news… 📰 🔥🔥🔥 I hope I’m right 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@jorgecds]

If we could keep the new arranger tools and song mode, that would be the best solution. I still think of sequences as parts of my song and I want to join them altogether at some point.

[@SaluteDon]

FIRE BRO

[@malobeats]

Thank you so much, brother

[@homeboy740]

The arranger is cool. But creating different sequences was much quicker in MPC 2 by copying sequences and then working with track mute. You definitely have to restore that. It simply takes too long to delete the notes in the arranger over several tracks to then realize that you would like it to be different.

[@PRODUCEDBYAD]

Any tips to fix broken beats in 3.0? In 2.0 i used full track mutes plus multiple drum/sample tracks with the same programs which seem to cause my 2.0 beats to break in 3.0. Love the content man!

[@88keyz]

Fun agreed🔥

[@stilltrippin6100]

✌🏾.. did Akai scrap the x/y effect or is that in the future?

[@homeboy740]

It is there just like before. But now it is also possible to write automations to the output

[@stilltrippin6100]

@@homeboy740 ooo ok copy 🫡

[@malobeats]

@@stilltrippin6100 yea XY still here

[@stilltrippin6100]

@@malobeats ooo ok copy .. thanks Malo 🫡

[@thahyst]

Dope video, man! Really respect how hard you work on this 💪

[@malobeats]

@@thahyst this means the world brother. Thank you for being here and sharing. Truly means a lot. Blessings to you 🫡

[@smiles9048]

Great explanation! I never laid out a full track on the previous version. I like this workflow though! Appreciate you explaining it!

[@malobeats]

@@smiles9048 dude, thank you so much for taking the time and sharing this with us. I really appreciate you showing up and sharing this input.

[@Vxt667]

Thanks for insight Malo 👌🏼

[@malobeats]

@@Vxt667 thank you so much for taking the time and sharing this with me. It truly means a lot.

[@samgoldsberry3029]

What about naming the song sections?

[@malobeats]

@@samgoldsberry3029 yes you’re able to put locators/markers with names

[@Firstmajortomlikestoticker]

You are a Great Instructor very clear and concise Articulation and explanation Thank You🏁

[@malobeats]

@@Firstmajortomlikestoticker this means so much brother.

[@dannydecanhas3743]

Making multiple sequences with track mutes available allows you to build out a tune much easier. Or at least it makes it easier for me.

[@malobeats]

@@dannydecanhas3743 dude, thank you for sharing this. Definitely a different approach to this and always love to hear. I appreciate you sharing your input, brother.

[@Firstmajortomlikestoticker]

my loop point knobs are not working?

[@malobeats]

@@Firstmajortomlikestoticker make sure your on the arranger page and your Qlinks are set at the 1st red light setting

[@ZozillaThaGreat]

Closer and closer to a daw .... i like this new version and might grab fiannly an mpc as an elektron and maschine user ;)

[@malobeats]

@@ZozillaThaGreat dude, I miss my Elektron sampler. Thank you for being here and if you do get an MPC, let me know.

[@ZozillaThaGreat]

@@malobeats I can understand why , crazy thing is that the first time i went elektron everybody told me those boxe were tuff to master , and it was a super smooth and logical experience .... Now each time i watched MPC videos , i couldn't get my around the terminolgy and logic behind some stuff , instead of goiung straight , seemed to get around and around roads ... Don't know how to explain it ... but the new update seems "more logical" and in phase with "industry " terminology and sequencial steps to be made in nowdayz production The second thing is that i mainly see poeple doing boom bap / lofi stuff oin this(love this myself) but curious to see an mpc guyz going on more experimental lands ect ....where my syntakt is king as i type (from classic drums to crazy compositions ). Thks for your videos , always a pleasure to watch you ;)

[@keetharris2010]

are you able to bounce midi to audio?

[@FazersOnStun]

Great video btw, if you’re feeling the update than I feel it’s been certified

[@malobeats]

@@FazersOnStun hey brother, thank you for tuning in and I just read your previous message about the track mutes, it seems like the guy is going to be updating this and working on it, which is a good sign so far. Thank you, brother. I really appreciate you taking the time and being here. 🙏🙏

[@darrygswa]

How do you Clips Tracks in the New Mpc 3.0. For performances like Dj.

[@88keyz]

🫡👍🏾🫡

[@SynicalBeats]

I really really really hate this work flow. I hate having to count bars instead of separating everything and working like I'm using Ableton like a dirty filthy daw beat maker

[@developmental08]

So I must say this I love 3.0 I’m new to the MPC as of February of this year. I have an MPC one + I’ve worked with DAWS since I used PlayStation one to make beats and fruity loops back in the early 2000s like literally 2000. So I’m very familiar with a DAW type set up and that in my opinion, humble opinion is so convenient for a beginner like myself. I made a few beats the using the 2.0 or whatever that previous version was and it was rather challenging because I wasn’t used to working and making beats in that format, but I did do it, but I swear to you That the beats that I’m making now sounds so much more well put together and constructed as though making them in logic Pro or fruity loops or Ableton. I am blessed with the timing of the three-point Oh. It has made my day and I’m making tracks more intricately and faster than when I was using a DAW because of how the MPC is designed😊. These are my humble opinions thank you for reading.

[@CVinyl]

Bro get at me for rare vinyl!

[@malobeats]

@@CVinyl yessss, what’s your email ?

[@malobeats]

@@CVinyl or reach me at [e-mail]

[@samuelreaves1372]

That's because you're not looking at it as song arrangement. (Song mode) Sequence 1 intro Sequence 2 breakdown Sequence 3. Verse Sequence 5 chorus Sequence 6: verse 2 And so on....

[@MegaToneProductions]

Respect Due. I dont even use a mpc.

[@malobeats]

It truly means a lot, brother, thank you so so much for taking the time. Much love and blessings.

[@Seekimo]

Bruh I would love to work together one day. I don’t have a huge media presence but I’ve been on the boards for a long time.

[@onlydee1]

🔥🧨🫡

[@malobeats]

@@onlydee1 🫡