Mpc key 61 Tutorial - best way to make a full song

best mpc tutorial for song mode this is the best way to make a full song on the mpc key 61
00:00 Introduction
00:58 sound selection
02:27 track setup
06:00 overdub recording
08:02 track explode
09:00 x2 length
11:53 song mode
14:26 export
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[@IamGoddessshekia]

I’m not even 3 mins in and this is hands down the best tutorial on KZbin. Thank you

[@PoliPopo]

This just made my day thank you 🙏

[@applemarkwantsvids]

Dood! RIGHT ON, man!!! Not only is this a great demo of the keyboard, you were so nice just to make the video and help people get into a crative workflow, Thank you for taking the time to record, explain, edit and post this! This is great!

[@littlenige]

Hands down the best 'straight outta the box' user vid out there! I am the type without the patience to read all the manuals and sit though hours and hours of video - this got me down to the basics immediately. Thanks man!

[@mg-sj3ug]

Clearest demo of MPC basics I've seen, thanks.

[@ANDREGILKEYSr]

BEAST!! Thanks for this man, VERY helpful.

[@drindy5166]

Great vid brother. Always checking in and watching just to keep slamming the tips into my brain. Repetition is key! ✌🧡👍

[@lfstudio1333]

Amazing tutorial. It's been 27 years since I made beats... I purchased a Key 61 last week!! This video was very helpful!!

[@runnerhide2353]

Seriously great stuff mate. Just bought a Key61 and you've just shown me how to do exactly what I bought it for. Much respect.

[@PoliPopo]

Just made my day thank You 🙏 I love to teach 💯 🎶

[@mzonemusicful]

Very well explained bro. I just got this BEAST

[@we61212landover]

Thank you for your simplicity!

[@proviib]

Def appreciate the tutorial. I’m a first time Akai user and I got the keys. It’s very simplistic which adds its value, but the intricate operations are only found from watching videos such as yours. Salute

[@tfelii3503]

Awesome tutorial, thank you!!

[@PoliPopo]

Thank you 🙏 💯 🎶

[@INeedsMoneys]

Great stuff right here 💯🙏

[@whiskeybravomusic]

Thanks for this, I picked up a few good tips for sure.

[@THE.MICHAEL.ANGELO]

New Subscriber here Poli!!! This was an awesome in-depth tutorial!!!! WOW! Thanks Brotha!

[@tanatiliekirkland4343]

Hi Poli... Just want to thank you for taking the time to make these videos... Just got my Key 61 two days ago and I subscribed to your channel and have already got some good workflow habits... You are pretty awesome!

[@PoliPopo]

Thank You this made my day 💯

[@nathanbrauer6462]

This is REALLY GOOD! I almost did it perfectly. Thank you so much.

[@PoliPopo]

I’m glad I could help with the workflow 💯 just made my day.

[@ChangeforJonathan]

This was so helpful for me fr🙏🏿 I feel I can take my composition to the next level cause of your video You rock🤟🏿

[@denniswitherspoonful]

I’m new to the “MPC” world and that was 1 of the best demos yet great content full of knowledge and easy to understand,thanks Bro!

[@PoliPopo]

Thank You so much this definitely made my day 💯 🎶

[@loucleveland2448]

Excellent video! Simple, concise and clear. I was kind of stuck and you clarified so many points for me. Love your style! Thank you very much Poli Popo!!

[@PoliPopo]

Thank you very much. I’m glad I could share along the way 💯

[@luislugo633]

Thanks man continue teaching the tricks in the mpc

[@dustyr1122]

Thanks so much for this poli!

[@tubasco504]

thank you! you made the workflow make more sense to me. 🥇 💯

[@PoliPopo]

Just made my day thank you 🙏 💯 🎶

[@olatunjimason]

Thanks for waking us through this process. Now I have adequate information before making a purchase on this nice equipment.

[@PoliPopo]

I absolutely appreciate you watching thank you 🙏

[@sebastianswigon762]

Man! Thank You!

[@PoliPopo]

Absolutely 💯 🎶

[@patberry3388]

Wow, I had not heard from you in a long time. You gave me my first lesson on the MPC X via the phone. INow I am interested in the 61 and there you are. Good to hear from you again.I am a follower for sure of your creativity.

[@PoliPopo]

The keys is like an m p c with a u s b controller, but it's nice to have it all right in front of you and its fun to use

[@mh22xv]

Great tut. I’m a newbie on MPC so really valuable stuff. Still can’t grasp the plug-in sounds versus other sounds and why I can only sequence 8 of a plug-in sound. But hey, coming from the Montage and Nautilus workstations this is different. And the Korg and Yamaha sequencers are really archaic, the MPC so much more visual regarding editing notes in the daw like mode/piano roll. Keep it coming thank you for your passion.

[@PoliPopo]

Made my day 💯 thank You 🙏

[@karimsadouni4758]

Nice video thank you

[@Personlpp]

Wowwy wow this thing. I got it Monday and although I quickly figured out how to make my first simple sequence learning the advanced stuff is where the magic happens and there is a lot to learn. Something I am learning though is this thing can do anything you can imagine. Just need to know how to program it and this video has help me!

[@marcusholder495]

Thank you 😊

[@WyattLite-n-inn]

Thanks for doing this as close ups.

[@PoliPopo]

Wyatt, Thank you for watching 💯 🎶

[@SonicVibe]

this was dope I use a different workflow but close to this but I learned a few things and ty 🙏

[@PoliPopo]

Thank You very much 💯 🎶

[@richardlee6702]

Just wanted to let you know, you're kicking ass again with your teachings, man. I wish I stumbled upon you back in January. You seem to know 💯 exactly what I'm looking for. 😏 WOW!! __ THANKS! _ Keep at it. _ I'm on board 👍👍👍

[@PoliPopo]

Thank You 🙏 much appreciated

[@huberteaves5800]

Thanks!

[@grandprz1008]

Thanks bro

[@GodzGift_Productionz]

Dope Video Fam

[@colinodea2407]

Just bought this and I think it's to complex for my brain. Will go through this vid constantly and hope it sinks in. Thanks 😊

[@darrink4866]

Solid and focused tutorial. Thank you. Would love to arrange a one on one sessions for a beginning on this.

[@billbradleymusic]

Big light bulb moment. I owe you lunch brother!

[@PoliPopo]

Salute 🫡 glad I could help 💯 🎶

[@watereverywhere7415]

Real Practical advise

[@mh22xv]

Love how you said… sounds like crap, but here we go! Awesome

[@samjones3433]

made me fuckin laugh when you finished recording and immediately “it’s WACK” lmao. I enjoy your videos bro

[@PoliPopo]

😂 awesome and thank You 🙏

[@A1A_Beats]

Dude you just changed my whole workflow! Damn I was clueless.

[@PoliPopo]

Tons of ways to approach it 💯 and thank You 🙏

[@rockncroll1]

Hey Poli. I appreciate you posting, I’m a newbie and this is very helpful. wanted to know how to save and retrieve sequences and songs I am thinking about getting the MPC key 61 thanks!

[@lazaruslaser]

I had the Live 2... but couldn't figure Anything out on it..or load the plug-ins.after many hours of trying... Decided to Put it away for months... I saw the Key 37 and took a chance and ordered one... Either the Documentation was better or maybe I Woke up all of a sudden.. Anyway I got all the plug-ins on the key 37 and live 2.. just recorded my 1st beat and am am so Excited.. Anyway I was having trouble contemplating making a Song with the MPC.. Thanks So Much for the Invaluable Information Which is Just What I Needed.. !!! Bless You in Your Post.. JR..

[@Chrsly]

You should do tutorials for all of the very complex keyboard workstations. This was very easy to follow. Thank you!

[@blknight]

I'm thinking about getting the MPC Key 61 or the MPC Live. I currently have a Yamaha MOXF8 but want an MPC for drums/sampling. would you recommend the MPC Key 61 to augment the sounds of my MOXF8 or go with the MPC Live? Thank you for your time.

[@julienmartin3796]

Hey Poli , like your style, but being new to MPC, l can’t make out what your fingers touch sometimes. Lots of rewinds, but I’m getting it. Thanks!

[@CharlesGreenemusic]

Thanks Poli, your videos are very helpful. I have a lot of drum loops in wav format that I have loaded in. I need help syncing them to the tempo of the sequencer. Could you post a video showing us how to do that?

[@PoliPopo]

Yussir ASAP 💯

[@deepworldlive]

Hi, just got my amazing MPC key 61! How to pad mute in main wiev with the pads akai mpc key 26? without hit the Pad mute knob each time

[@MS-1]

Another good video Poli breaking down just how powerful these MPCs are today. It's hard to believe how far AKAI has come these days. (Arranging in standalone on the MPC is more fun than in a DAW for me personally these days. Yeah sure I can do linear arrangements but, using the tactile button work flow on the MPC One just brings me back to the 2KXL).

[@bumschkinn]

Pretty helpful. Qquestions and answers of constructive crtssm where i got lost at times is .....cant see buttons your pushing to the right. Also im confused on the composing of sections/sequences. The exploding confusion me

[@APOLLOSFREEWORLD]

nice

[@aaimginggraphics2411]

dude i loved your tutorial.....do you do any zooms??

[@simcitybigworldmedia]

Hello Polipop , I have a Akai mpk mini plus , it has 8 Encoders , is there anyway to assign the encoders to plugging Fx dials such as cut off , resonance, LFO and so on I do know that there is a way to assign them to Mute , Volume and so on , but I'm wanting to use the plugging filters with the 8 Encoders and then save project as a template

[@g-track5065]

You Da Man

[@g-track5065]

I'm watching all your videos and you will get likes!!!

[@PoliPopo]

I definitely appreciate you 💯 I just try to share as I go

[@pierrefitch]

Hey is it possible to connect my Roland Keystar axe edge would be awesome if possible thank you

[@PoliPopo]

Looks awesome if it has midi or usb you should be 💯

[@jameshardy5578]

How do you keep the sequence from changing every time I make a new midi channel on my fa 06?

[@kaynedoherty765]

I have a question. I load up my drums and that works fine but them when I go to load up instruments it doesn't let me load them and nothing comes up.

[@RubenSmith]

Question can you put that in controller mode & still play the keyboard and use the computer at the same time?

[@TCordy]

Do you know if a foot switch will work with the play/start,and if so where are the settings?

[@tronlady1]

Okay I’m coming from the Akai force and the reason I love it is that you can have completely different song sections on each scene just like on Ableton. It looks like there is “kind of” a song mode on the key 61 but there seems to be a lot of button pressing? The force is a bastard to use but you can create and see all the different song sections quickly like Ableton. I was so excited when I found out about this thing but I’m not gonna lie I’m massively disappointed…… is there not even a clip and scene mode on the touchscreen?

[@tigerboy4516]

Should be like hypersonic 2. So easy to set up.

[@user-hs8fs7op2l]

Thats so funny i just exported a song as mp3 then saw this 🙌🖖

[@LurkingCrassZero]

If you have an MPC X is there any substantial advantage (worth the retail price) to also owning the MPC Key 61?

[@PoliPopo]

The x is the boss 💯 but I really like having everything in front of me. Midi keyboard to the x is 🔥

[@holyred7]

Award 🥇

[@MusicIWrite]

Hi. I am getting some ringing in ears using my Kali speakers on this piano. What monitors do you use and have you had this problem with this piano or others at all ?

[@joonglegamer9898]

So, when you use double the lenght it copies the first 4 bars to 8 bars to repeat? You're so fast I have a bit of a hard time following you, I'm gonna have to watch this video over and over again to fully grasp it. Thx again for your tireless efforts in teaching us the MPC universe.

[@PoliPopo]

Yussir it will 💯 and thank You 🙏

[@OUMC_SOLDIER]

I have the MPC Key 61, If I send you a track are you able to break it down, mix and master for me. I’m still learning it but I definitely would like to hear what you could do to it

[@professionalshine]

find difficult, I got one..I am in early learning phase..anyways thank you

[@PoliPopo]

I’ll definitely make a better video

[@dhwani74]

I am from India. I couldn't find a dealer yet. So can anyone tell me how can i buy it?!

[@Mopantsu]

I make the beats go boom boom! 👍🤩

[@PoliPopo]

🫡 💯 🎶

[@tgpword]

PP, can you use the MPC Expansions on this board?

[@PoliPopo]

Absolutely 💯

[@tgpword]

@@PoliPopo Thanks, for sharing your knowledge...Peace!!

[@tgpword]

@@PoliPopo Could make a video that shows how to do this in the MPC KEY 61? Thanks, Sir!!

[@SunlightOfTheSpirit]

Does this workflow still apply to other MPC’s Poli?

[@INeedsMoneys]

Of course it does my guy

[@amosandy123]

A song to me has a verse and a bridge. How do you record a verse (let's say made of 5 instuments/sequences) and then record a bridge (let's say 3 instruments/sequences at a different bpm setting) and then hook the two together to make a song? I appreciate what your doing here but it's not a song...it's just activating/deactivating different sequences as the "song" plays.

[@PoliPopo]

If you want a verse you can put it on a different sequence also the hook on it’s own separate bpm I copied one sequence but in song mode you can tie them all together 💯

[@PoliPopo]

So in my case I would copy my main sequence and mute out parts but keep verses on separate sequence. I’ll definitely make a video on this.

[@amosandy123]

@@PoliPopo Can't wait to see how you do this....thanks for all your generous help.

[@PoliPopo]

@@amosandy123 I’ll definitely give it my best it will be my next video 💯

[@tronlady1]

At last! A songwriter and not a beatmaker! I went with this because it’s the only video that had the word “song” in the title and not just YET ANOTHER beatmaking video. The title is a bit misleading sir…..

[@sirtom3011]

Why does a song need drums? What about East Forest?

[@axelmaldini4218]

How many arpeggiators does it have? None. WTF?

[@PoliPopo]

As many as you want 💯

[@axelmaldini4218]

@@PoliPopo hahahahahaha WHERE ??

[@PoliPopo]

Hold down note repeat And on the bottom right of the moc screen it says arp.

[@axelmaldini4218]

@@PoliPopo weird...other users saying just only 1 and mediocre....

[@PoliPopo]

I’ll definitely make a video on this to clear the mud. There is only one arp yes but if you record ,after it loops, change to track 2 and the arp will or should be available again.

[@cjaybvibin3199]

Thanks!

[@PoliPopo]

Thank you 🙏 💯 🎶