MPC Beats | Making a Drum Kit

As you develop your style and sound, you'll find building your own kits necessary to tailor your workflow to your own needs.
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[@freddy3190]

Who ever designed this is genius ... To put this together is amazing... There should be more people teaching this..

[@mannymcpolin7786]

Thank you very helpful

[@updown5238]

Great! Thanks.

[@mistafreeze7241]

Great tutorial bro...but question.....I.m using the Oxygen Pro Mini and did what you said step by step but nothing is coming out of the pads....What did I miss?

[@3kbeatz]

Now that you've shown us how to "load" samples to the drum pads how do you create a "Drum Kit"? Would've been nice to see him show how to actually save the drum program he created as a drum kit to load in future projects.

[@baybizzle84]

@laze mz But after u create the name for it and save it like in the video then where do we go and find it to use again?

[@djchemie]

yeah I found this tutorial useless too. Pretty cool but how do I make my own kits and call them when I want. I don't think there is a solution.

[@ussrfeniks]

And if I want to take sounds from different loops and not one-shots, how do I do it then?

[@PeteOnTheBeat]

Hello, Where are th chops from a sample saved? I want to create a new program with some samples

[@chriscampbell4857]

Can I make a pad randomize from a set of sounds? For example if I have 4 hi-hats and one pad should play one of them at random on each hit.

[@bdownrecords]

Do I not have access to this Producer Collection being an X owner?

[@ironmedsvr]

If i active the 16 tones for a sample from a kit my nanokey won't play the 16 tones it just stays midi'd to and plays the drum kit sounds. Any help here?

[@ironmedsvr]

I have a nanokey 2, it plays matched up with the pads, but when i try making my own kit it didnt match up...?? Any idea Also how do i purchase new kits?

[@88keyz]

👍🏾

[@michaelpaul2CMTB]

How can you make the pads more sensitive? In the video he's barely tapping...My new MPK Mini I have to hammer on the things...

[@Dblup]

If your on PC to layer the pads you need to hold down shift.

[@Soundahfeks]

Thank you, I’m on a Mac but this worked

[@baybizzle84]

Say when I save my project I can load and see some of them but I can't see all of them why is that? I wanna load some of my older beats I made but it won't let me help?

[@taintedrenotsrecords4148]

How do I sync note repeat on my mpk 249?

[@jaymingoodson9338]

I can’t layers to the pad like that. I hold control and it still replaces the whole sample?

[@pedro-ehlamaar8084]

try holding shift instead

[@mikeyterrillmusic1177]

is there a way to save it for later use

[@777wisdom7]

I sure wish AkAI would make this app for IOS

[@oblio10]

When I add a sample to the new kit I'm making, my midi controller doesn't correlate the sample with the pad I put it on. So like if I add a new sample to pad A01 it won't hit. Any ideas??

[@masondwellers5715]

im having a similar problem. Have a wav file i want to sample, but for whatever reason, mpc beats isnt taking the sample. It keeps saying loading. Im wondering if anyone has a solution( using a mac btw)

[@donteroberts9384]

How can I get another's drum kit into bank B though

[@zachskram6537]

can I use any of these inside a different daw? I have the akai mpk mini but don't like using mpc beats

[@AkaiProVideo]

The MPK mini will work with an DAW that accepts USB MIDI.

[@ericholmes5962]

I'm looking for a beat machine.Something i can take with me on the go.Something i can use without a Pc and with a pc if i need to and something i can plug headphones into ??

[@AkaiProVideo]

Sounds like the MPC Live II. akaipro.com/mpcliveII

[@reech7423]

Cool video. Can u please show me how can I export separate drum track so I can work it on Logic then?

[@michaellopez4746]

Ok I feel dumb but I'm getting frustrated. How do you open the actual drum pad on screen? Mines just non existent and there's no options to open it and every video starts with the assumption that you've already have one on screen.

[@fabiosonzogni5549]

After grabbing a sample into the pad scheme, when I push the pad no sound comes out. The software recognizes the input from the MIDI controller (the pad icon light up), but no sound comes out. Can anyone help me? Thank you very much.

[@petard100]

i have a problem on my end.. it seems that i cant play two sample at the same time. for example i play a kick i cant play a clap at the same time. one or the other will mute. any suggestion ?

[@maceyomaze]

Should probably switch from mono to poly

[@maceyomaze]

@laze mz for real 😂

[@user-vm7pt6hf3x]

Subarashi..

[@eastwoofer]

can you load your own (non-mpc) drum samples and sound library into mpc beats?

[@masondwellers5715]

as long as you have the wav file of a sample, you should be able to load into the mpc( thats my understanding at least)

[@moppenboek]

Is there a way to use my own samples inside MPC Beats?

[@PaulBrownclk-me]

That's what I want to know!

[@MrPSWAYS]

Yeah just drag and drop to the pads

[@moppenboek]

@@MrPSWAYS Yes but how do they show up in the library. I can only go through pre-existing ones. I would like to find out how to add my pc folders into the library of MPC Beats.

[@PaulBrownclk-me]

Apolysus use the viewer bottom right, it looks like a hard drive 🤘

[@sergio4679]

Click bottom right browser. One of those will access your computer, hard drive, library, your music... Everything. There is a couple of browsers on the bottom right corner. Click on the right one. Try it out

[@dmoneymusik365]

Can you use the joystick 🕹 on mpk mini with mpc beats software

[@elliottr6213]

Yes, you can use it to control the pitch and modulation.

[@dmoneymusik365]

@@elliottr6213 thank you!! Interesting for some reason when using plug in the knob works but when i use samples on the keys via midi the knob doesnt work. Not sure if you have any idea how to make it work by any chance? Thanks

[@elliottr6213]

@@dmoneymusik365 sorry I don’t know

[@elliottr6213]

@@dmoneymusik365 I’m not sure if U even can

[@jesswilson6012]

Why can’t I preview the sounds on mine?

[@jesswilson6012]

Never mind. I found it. There’s a little speaker icon at the bottom of the expansion screen that has to be selected to preview the sounds.

[@wadewilliams1892]

Jess Wilson settings

[@jacobbeats0631]

Where do I download the daw

[@wadewilliams1892]

From the Akai website pal

[@jacobbeats0631]

Wade Williams thanks

[@georgeabraham7256]

😃😲 hold ctrl to layer....😮

[@swanjaymusic]

You guys have to do a better job of teaching how to get around this plugin, so far i get lost in one click in every 1 of your video's , to many over lapped thing that happen in a wink of a eye... Not very user friendly at all.... And am an ex MPC user soon to be EX again.... And i bought an expansion pack...what a waste of money.... Am glad this plugin is free because 3 days trying to figure this plugin out and so far, i do not like it...... You can get lost very easy....ONE CLICK LOST.....

[@westongator6828]

this doesnt work