🔥MPC Beat Battle🔥 - Beginner Beatmaker Battle with the Akai MPC Key 61

[@judddredd8617]

They should get Andy back and see what he can do in 5 mins just to show what a genius he is.

[@geecen]

That interview with him about the voicebox playing is amazing

[@carbonvibes]

Amazing job Jack and Falcon! One of the most notable things about this experiment is the smiles. The MPC in general is a good tool to create music and making music should be fun. In some aspects any tool has it’s limitations, but I think the MPC with enough effort can certainly make any kind of music in its own environment. However if you combine the MPC with a DAW, the possibilities become endless.

[@spoontastico]

Oh my sweet sky above - when the Falcon brought that bass line in!!!! Killin!!!!

[@derekfernandez7701]

I loved this! So good! 💙12:30 - I thought Chris was laying down some mad Questlove polyrhythms here! 😮 Turns out he was just testing the kit sounds! haha

[@TheChrisVella]

If only I was thinking that far ahead!

[@gooneybird808]

You guys are great honestly! This is one of my favorite shows on the KZbin’s. And it feels at home just like captain and chappers. Love this shit

[@garyoneill5648]

That was epic, you guys did a great job and I loved that both of you went in your own direction. The falcons keys were sophisticated and cool but Jacks beats stole the show. Amazing what you did in just a few minutes 😎 shows what the kit can do if you have some time on your hands to really delve into it

[@garyoneill5648]

Sorry to add a ton of work for you guys but this was entertaining 😎 can we get a comparison with your guys actual baseline, I mean in terms of what can you do with a midi controller and a DAW that you know in 5 minutes… then maybe daw and controller that’s alien to you be worth knowing these three things….if the mpc is a workstation killer in theory the alien daw+controller should give similar results on output… will they? Might be good feedback for AKAI as well let them know what’s intuitive and what’s not (the different ways jack & the falcon got to the drums might suggest they should work on this?)

[@MS7.7]

@@garyoneill5648 I think Jack is used to the old way of finding sounds on the MPC. The sounds menu is brand new and after what I saw its much better than the old way.

[@88Fitzy88]

Loved this!!! I dont wanna pick a winner/loser, they're both great!

[@biggiesmalls7939]

If Akai made a fully weighted(with an actual good feeling bed) version of this, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

[@sharingmatters]

Same here.

[@ruffrog]

The first guy had a lovely vibe with the keys

[@itisconsulting]

that was amazing, you should do this on all the synths. to show the real stress and fun of it. keep it up guys! Cheers!!

[@matzer8846]

Fun to watch you getting into it ... like everyone would have to ... great demo 👍

[@josephs2791]

Mpc is absolutely not just for beat making! It has serious midi implementation! I control a few hardware and drum machines and also use plugs to make all sort of music with my mpc one! I'll show you for some Mike and Ike's...or not it's cool

[@royahlascensionlifellc3063]

Mike and Ike zours on deck lol

[@JordanBrennan]

brilliant fellas

[@gooneybird808]

You both killed it...but man do I love that bass line from jack...hell ya

[@MCBrainpower]

Nice one

[@System-1541]

The new MPC OS can do just about anything a DAW can do. It's not just for hip-hop. I use my MPC One for synthwave. Your samples can be up to 5 minutes long and it has an onboard track recorder -- 8 tracks midi, 8 tracks audio. You can plug anything into it to record audio. If you want to record classical violin, go for it. There are great effects and mastering tools built in, synth plugins etc. It really is more like a hardware studio in a box. I don't use my DAW anymore actually.

[@richsandness5409]

Awesome, ... I really enjoyed it, ... the professional instantaneous dynamics and Ad Lib From "Much" experience, ... I'm sure. 👌

[@musevany]

What i have learn from this two beatmakings is that you can't over think it with the mpk key61

[@yeorgemusic]

Impressive! 👌 Can we get Jacks beat out there on Spotify? I promise to listen to it every time while driving to work

[@billbrady4034]

Brilliant, love to see the struggle!

[@dalebills9470]

It's a pretty neat coincidence that they both use Abmaj7b5 as passing chords.

[@davemackinder6518]

SUPRISED not to see a comment fro Andy Mac,,,,,,haha well done lads

[@acolytetrader7768]

That was loads of fun gents

[@billbradleymusic]

You guys.... friggin hilarious 😂

[@liamconner82]

I love your videos Jack

[@TheMinecraftbud1]

It's so unfortunate that everyone thinks the mpcs are only for hip hop! They were originally designed with country music in mind. I've done hip hop, alt rock, and classic rock on mine, and plan to move to other genres in the future!! They're just so much easier to use than a daw for somebody with an instrumental background rather than a production background

[@See_Sharp]

It's basically an underpowered Linux PC with a midi keyboard. All your money goes into the MPC software.

[@matthewgaines10]

The MPC is often used to make R&B, Hip Hop, Dance, Trance, and EDM. Yet, you can make whatever you have the skill and imagination to make. You might use a DAW to make other songs, but prefer to use it for everything. Ableton Live is last mile stuff for me. You can use YT to see others using MPCs for all kinds of things.

[@arcticfoxstudios2018]

Awesome job guys. The winner of the best shirt contest is FALCON!

[@TheChrisVella]

In that case the winner of best Merch is Coldplay! Haha

[@jonnywoodbeast4306]

I've got one of these and it's a gr8 bit of kit....well done lads for knocking something together that quick. For me the Falcon wins....sorry Jack 🙂

[@TheChrisVella]

I'd say it's a pretty even split, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for stopping by!

[@byrdman6752]

👏 great job..

[@peeckle1657]

I still don't get what Maltese falcon is?

[@pierrefitch]

How you like the new Akia MPC 61

[@chrisharrison809]

A lot of it is having good sounds and knowing the Mpc. It’s a slow learning curve. Y’all should try sampling a drum break ;)

[@sadernote]

Please show a blind coparrison whith Native Instruments Komplete s88 Mk3. Very interresting how keybed feels to Mike Patrick.

[@blindjusticeandcommonsense2786]

This generation of MPC (Live/2/X/One/Key) are somewhat cursed by what a lot of people associate previous generations of MPC with. This gen are DAWs in a box with a control surface. The MPC Key makes it more obvious by clearly being a workstation keyboard. And that of course means there is a learning curve. Sure you can knock out a simple loop in a few minutes when you first start playing with them, but you have to put in some time to learn how it all works if you want to get good at it and be able to use it for more than simple boom bap stuff.

[@MS7.7]

You are right. I'm not musician but I love music bought my MPC 3 months ago for some reason I make beats like Jack which not very easy on the ears tbh. I always lay down the drums first but falcon did the opposite. Also having continous loop with heavy sound will take over the melody and make it little irritating which what happened with Jack but they both did great job!!

[@safestackin]

Good job gentlemen

[@meleesus]

why am i so intrigued to know what micanites are?!

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

Fun to see Jack and Chris making tracks but their frustrations/struggles with the UI echo my own feelings - it does not seem intuitive at all.

[@karl.weaver]

Jack, all the way!

[@OGBlackBridge]

Who made the drum track? Because thats normally the initial part of beat making, and i didnt see anyone make one?

[@jamelljacks9356]

💜 💯 💜

[@annother3350]

It was Jack this time

[@richardemerson8075]

Nooo! Fun video, but now do it again with RULE ZERO: NO TRAP AND NO BLOODY BEAT-REPEAT HI-HATS!! ;) xx

[@stevenburns989]

however, other channels are slagging the keys off!!! long loading times, freezing ,channel output issues...etc

[@couchcamperTM]

other channels didn't order 1000 of them and have to sell them, though. this is a music store channel, after all.

[@stevenburns989]

@@couchcamperTM yeah you have a point lol

[@wojtczyk]

Wow, falcon is my winner.

[@safestackin]

Dead wrong its designed to make music period depending on your skill level will determine what comes out....

[@smartwerker]

The Tortoise and the Hare

[@peeckle1657]

Both were great but I reckon duck won this contest.

[@INeedsMoneys]

I think 5 minutes is a fair bit too long mate. Cut it to 2 minutes max. Easy work

[@TyAdams-qm7ei]

Raucus hats🫡

[@safestackin]

Jack Andy give you a head up you didn't pay attention no good..

[@I.M.Guitar-Nerd]

Doom Metal has a beat. . . Just sayin'

[@pickyyeeter]

Don't tell Sunn O)))

[@Leftyone78]

Look too complicated I’ll pass 🙄

[@Pepper-g7l]

Those Goofy guys are extremely cringy and ridiculous

[@jackduxburymusic]

Thanks mate 👍🏻

[@tonylee1794]

Sooo LAME guys!!!

[@peiwei3873]

So does it have cool ass sounds, new effects? Why so special? Akai has a different workflow which doesnt fit my workflow too much