MPC ONE Tutorial - A Step by Step Guide to Great Sounding Mixes!!

[@Marrcello]

Hit me up if your interested in Music Production Online Lessons - [e-mail]✌

[@GrootsieTheDog]

Width is not necessary historically speaking. In fact some think stereo is an unnecessary gimmick. The great producers (and some masters today) who mixed all these great albums from the fifties and sixties worked in mono and concentrated wholeheartedly on depth. Thus we get the term: “Deep mix”.

[@EverettVinzant]

What you provide here is worth more than I’m paying, I’m sorry for that. THANK YOU for making this approachable.

[@Marrcello]

Thanks so much Everett!!

[@powderedtoastman3093]

This is the video I was looking for as not one other KZbinr has made one on full production.Everything is about chopping and song mode. Thank you Marrcello!!!!

[@fade2blak91]

Bro…bro…BROOOO, THIS is what i needed!!!! I appreciate how in depth you were and how you explained it. Between this and the video you made on making a beat from start to finish…That’s all a new MPC user or beat maker needs man! So many gems bro 🙏🏾

[@Marrcello]

☺Great to hear that its helpful!! I'm glad you like it!!Thank you!🙌🙌🙌

[@droussel7359]

Wow, that's a deep one, I'll need to set my evening aside for it. Awesome tutorial Marrcello, thanks a lot!

[@Marrcello]

🙏 I appreciate that, droussel! I hope its helpful!

[@Fresh360]

Thank you so much for this video! Mixing has caused me to plateau in my music production endeavors but now I have decided to put the hours in to actually learn the fundamentals and this video was a massive help for me! Although it took me almost three hours to make it until the end as I kept pausing and rewinding the video. Regardless, thank you so much sir!

[@Mikeppodcast]

Don't worry about talking to much, this is valuable information, music lovers that was t to learn really appreciate it, I know I do!

[@BuchanonProductions-fy3mj]

Just wanted to say thank you for all of your videos, it has helped me immensely in learning the new mpc i just brought. :)

[@itsthemusiq4me73]

Actually, this (THEORY) was MUCH NEEDED information to begin with and I appreciate it! I'm going to replay it and take notes this time, I wasn't ready...LOL!

[@buddhapalmtv6878]

Marcello..... nice work my friend. Great resource for cooking and mastering in standalone

[@kabe-argosfamily-3064]

Thanks so much for your great job ! I learn every week to use MPC and english at the same time ! Kabé (Nantes, France)

[@joeboubert1517]

Best 1:33 min spent on a KZbin video. Thank you sooooo much !!!!!!!

[@Marrcello]

Thanks a lot for watching!!!

[@arvindbeeharry8214]

you sir are Legend. Thanks for taking the time out! Keep em coming.

[@hellomynameisrex]

You know everything about that box man, unfinished thanksss from Italy

[@yukong77]

Marcello - you are my new best friend! this one vid moved me forward light years. love you man and thank you!!!

[@honeya6095]

Hey Marrcello, it was really helpful. Love from India!.

[@Sirloyn-Madkow]

Thank you so much for this video! You have the best channel for the mpc one tutorials and this was just the lesson I needed to start mixing!!

[@kolabboy]

Outstandingly useful watch. A thousand thanks!

[@robg904]

Great video, very useful. Thankyou. Your English is really good btw.

[@Marrcello]

Thanks! Glad you like it! And thanks, I try my best :)

[@mcfreckback828]

Boah digga, nach einem jahr immer noch das beste mix tutorual für mpc❤. Die augen lffnen sich langsam und ich kann sehene ! :D Hab mir vor nem halben jahr die x gegönnt. Givt echt viel zu wenig auf deutsch. Aber wer wirklich bock hat der lernt ganz schnell wieder englisch für die musik :) ❤ Dicke probs ausm saarland

[@Marrcello]

Freut mich zu hören!♥️ wie läufts bis jetz?

[@margueritatdenis2806]

I never comment vidéos but for the best teacher i've seen i put a Big like ! Thanks you Marcello

[@Marrcello]

Thanks so much, i appreciate it!!

[@lazaruslaser]

I will be purchasing the MPC live 2 soon

[@tireewatson6737]

I appreciate your videos they help me out alot. You understand the frequencies. Thank you

[@beatsrhymesbymarcosmendosa4292]

Been studying this video for 6 hours. Thank you brother. You did great with this.

[@arthurpetersen3215]

Thanks so much for sharing your talents and knowledge ....learned so much

[@eveeyehorizon]

chamber, chaimbö ...😋very nice deep dive.thank you

[@DaCashRap]

Thanks, Marrcello! The thing I noticed right away after you made it stereo again is the open hat. To my ears it had way to much reverb from the send channel, but it's purely a matter of taste.

[@sinewaymusic]

This is a helpful walkthrough of the mixing process on the MPC, thanks for taking the time to do it! I was a little surprised that you wouldn't use any sidechaining between the kick and the bass - that's my go to method for carving out the necessary space for the kick. I need to try your approach to put the kick and bass on a shared mix bus with a compressor to see how that sounds in comparison. Another thing to note is that a lot of inserts across pads, programs, submixes and master seems to be what really brings the MPC down to a crawl. Since you're adding eq on basically every pad, you might want to consider downsampling the pads to free up cpu. For a simple beat like in this tutorial, it makes no difference of course, but on a full fledged song, it would probably help. I found is surprising that you would add eq on the master when determining that the mix lacked some bass. Why not just add the extra bass on the actual bass/kick submix instead? The tip to mix in mono using the Stereo Width plugin was helpful. I'll give that a try.

[@ThinkerThunker]

Thank you for taking the time to do this. I learned a great deal. Cheers!

[@Marrcello]

Thanks for tuning in!!

[@flowwolf420]

You're awesome! Thanks for the helpful tut about mixing and mastering on our beloved MPC :)

[@ERICLCARTER]

Thanks so much. You inspired me today. Peace

[@santiagoperino6502]

Very helpful . Great video .

[@Steve-Tr1Bz]

Finally a step by step tutorial thanks bro

[@negremckenney8412]

I love the way you teach keep it up man each 1 teach 1

[@ANDREYFORBIZ]

Beautiful, very good information 👌👏👍😀

[@andidpictures]

Great video that helped a lot. I'm not good at mixing at all. If you record this mix as a two-track to pro tool where would you want the levels?

[@MrThebald1]

Thank you so much! Now maybe I’ll be able to enjoy my drums.

[@Marrcello]

:) my pleasure!

[@wearysignal3957]

Cheers Bruv. Thats was really helpful.

[@TomLamb1]

I really enjoyed watching your approach and hearing how the mix came together. I did stay to the very end and I'll be following future videos as well as referencing this one when I get stuck or forget your method! Thank you so much!

[@Marrcello]

Thank you Tom, I appreciate that! I'm glad I could help!

[@SmallSeedsQ]

Bruh...thanks for this gold. I will be using this as yet another major resource.

[@Marrcello]

Sure thing!! Awesome :)

[@jensoniqe1688]

Great tutorial. Loved the lesson. Learned a bunch!!!!!

[@richlinnell]

Thanks for the vid @marrcello, hopefully this will help me get brighter sounds from my (early days) mixes. I was surprised that you assigned a second pad to trigger on the Kick, why didn't you add the second sample as a layer in the Program Edit -> Samples view for that pad?

[@josephhaibach166]

awesome video very insightful, it helped me alot with the struggles i have with the frequencies...good job brother, you did a great job. you should feel proud!

[@Marrcello]

🙏🙏 Thank you!! I'm glad to hear that it was helpful!!

[@awjaaa]

Amazingly comprehensive video, man. What headphones are you trusting your ears to?

[@sndobeats]

Thanks ma man Really appreciate this help Now I know how mix into Mpc I living in Glasgow if one day you come to Scotland just let me know I have a beer 🍺 waiting for you 🍺😃😉👊🏽👊🏽 respect

[@djaxpecial]

thank u so much ...this is what i need😊

[@stunembeats8423]

Great instructions best I've seen so far. This gave me a new found respect for the mixing and master capabilities of the mpc one. Thank you for this Marrcello👍🏼💯💯💯

[@Marrcello]

I appreciate that a lot! Thank you!🙏🙏🙏

[@TheMicksteph]

Thank you so much. I learn tons and tons with all your advices and the amazing way that you take the time explain in detail your Mix - Process. I have to repeat and repeat this tutorial to get all the details but your work is just brilliant.

[@Marrcello]

Thanks a lot for your kind words!! Glad it helps!

[@PabloDeModeOfficial]

Excellent and well explained video. I’m watching it in its entirety but later I’m gonna watch it again step by step to understand the process better and follow these steps using one of my beats. Thank you so much!

[@Marrcello]

Thanks a lot Pablo! I'm glad you like it :)

[@PabloDeModeOfficial]

@@Marrcello Absolutely. One thing regarding the lead: I would play another melody, an octave higher. Also, maybe tunning the open hi hat could help because I’m not feeling it in this context. The low end mix is one of the most difficult things to mix but you managed to get a clean and powerful sound! I’d dare to write some lyrics to this vibe to be honest :)

[@Marrcello]

I'm also not a huge fan of these hats ^^ yess do it:) I can send you the beat..

[@PabloDeModeOfficial]

@@Marrcello I could try something, cause I like the vibe of the track and also the sound! Looking forward to it :)

[@optuyiamusic5887]

Hi, I wanted to know if with mpc I can do everything completely without needing a PC.

[@MicahYork]

Right on time with this one! MPC ONE GANG 💯🎛

[@Marrcello]

😀😀🙌👊✌

[@HurricaneRonnie]

are you saving mastering for mastering the whole song after vocals are should I master the beat first then re master the song after completed?

[@joiduarte736]

I been kinda neglecting my mpc 1 cuz I been obsessed wit my turntables but your videos always make me wanna break my mpc back out which is wut ima do thanks Marrcello LOVE YOUR VIDS!!!!

[@Marrcello]

Haha :) thank you, I appreciate that!!

[@jordanademar8387]

i learned a lot ! shout out man!

[@houseofrighteousmanners9820]

How do I put effects on my keygroup bass program? Awesome tutorial. Thank you

[@Marrcello]

Just go to track mix where you see all of your programs and then you can insert your effects, like you would do with drum programs..Thank you!

[@mossomstylz]

Are you monitoring your mix through the mpc headphone jack ? Good video

[@Marrcello]

Yes exactly.. thank you!

[@healingenergies639]

Hey Marcello, i recently subbed and this video will most likely hit a million views by the time I’m finished! I am not so good at mixing and mastering and this is really helping and supporting bigtime thanks man! keep up the good work for supporting us with your knowledge it’s much appreciated 👍🏼

[@Marrcello]

I’m very glad to hear that 🙏

[@herransem9317]

Hallo Marcello, ersteinmal danke für deine geilen Videos. Die sind einfach Bombe ich hab ein paar Sachen schon gelernt und bin erst am Anfang meiner Reise mit der Mpc One. Ich hätte da ein paar Fragen: Ich habe mir im Internet eine Soundfont2 (Sf2) Datei runtergeladen, in denen mehrere Kicks, bass hats und snares drauf sind, auch piano und Gitarre. Meine Mpc erkennt die Datei leider nicht. Allerdings weis ich dass Fl Studio die Datei erkennt. Ich wollte mir aber Fl nicht kaufen, weil ich nur auf Akai oroduzieren möchte. Gibt es Möglichkeiten, wie ich es auf meine Mpc one bekomme, ohme dabei Geld auszugeben? Die Nächste Frage wäre, ich mochte meine eigenen Kicks u d Snares zu jeden neuen Song den ich mache nutzen. Kannst du mir vl zeigen oder ein Videohinweis geben wie ich gleich ein fertiges Programm mit meinen eigenen Drumkit machen kann? Es kostet bei jeden neuen Song immer so unheimlich viel Zeit. Danke dir nochmal für die Videos. Grüße Timo

[@strategikbeats3212]

Thanks Bro, you got my vote, this is the most in depth video for the MPC ONE on KZbin. Keep making fire ish like this Bro. (Thumbs UP!) Keep it TRAPPIN!

[@Marrcello]

Thanks a lot for you kind words, glad yo hear that!🙌

[@SoafZik]

Thank you Marcello, i have learn many things to mix my beats. You have an incredible skills in music production congratulations

[@prosperocedrola5411]

hi, thanks for the video .. i always follow you ... help me ... because when i export the tracks on sd card i don't have all the sounds ??? I miss for example the kick of the drums ... I tried to export the separate tracks in all ways but nothing to do ... even when for example I do not use effects on mpc and I want to export to go to daw and export the sequences I do not have all the sounds and even I have empty tracks, tracks with the clock etc etc .... can you help me ??? I would like to export all the separate tracks both with effects and without effects ... both with mixbus and without etc etc .... thanks

[@UcheOG]

Love the detail & methodology in this!

[@Mikeppodcast]

Thank you so much for taking the time to put this information together and share it with the world, cheers

[@johngoodlass]

Thank you for this video, so much to learn

[@Dictyproductions]

Great tutorial bro this helped my beats alot i appeciate this thanks!

[@seesquadrecords]

Appreciated… high five from Sacramento 😎

[@Marrcello]

✌👊 High five from Berlin ✌✌

[@Marrcello]

On a scale from 1 to 10 how would you rate Your Mixing Skills? Do you think the Mpc Standalone provides everything in order to achieve a good mix? If not, what's missing?

[@PeteOnTheBeat]

4 or 5 on the MPC. My music is listenable :D

[@PabloDeModeOfficial]

Good question. I would give myself a 6 when mixing, not only on the MPC but in other DAWs too. I think it’s definitely possible to mix and master using only the MPC and get a professional sound.

[@poorrichard1321]

My mpc now takes a back seat to the ssl 6 i aquired... I think we all need more vids like this... Marcelo said,( its likes solving a puzzle), true words said...

[@poorrichard1321]

Marrcello*

[@Marrcello]

@@poorrichard1321 I can imagine, the ssl 6 looks so dope! :) Thank you, I appreciate that!

[@Exrotr]

Level 1, this Video will help me Level Up a bit. Nice work !!!

[@Marrcello]

🙌🙌🙌

[@Juhh356]

This is a very good comprehensive video man! Great job with this one! I will say though, maybe in the future it would be nice if we had direct audio from the MPC as opposed to audio from the Speakers. Loved the vid man, much thanks!!!

[@Marrcello]

Thank you!! I'm recording my audio from the mpc directly into the zoom..

[@lazaruslaser]

My mixing skills are probably 5 or 6.. Not much experience.. but I will be more hands-on in the future... Thank You for Your valuable experience and expertise...

[@Marrcello]

Just keep doing it, sometimes you don't notice any improvement over months and suddenly you reach the next step.. my pleasure!

[@andresmarroquin1123]

thank you for putting the effort bro appreciate it! happy holidays

[@Marrcello]

Sure thing, thanks for tuning in!👊 happy holidays!

[@SoulsticeHiphopbeats]

Thank you so much man! This was so helpful ! My mixes already improved so much from watching this and I started applying these concepts/ techniques to my beats on my Mpc live. You dropped a lot of useful and awesome knowledge in this video in only about an hour and half! Thanks again man ✌🏽

[@dearvice]

great video! I am struggling with from which side to take that MPC, when it comes to EQ. That thing can have so many tracks, it can become very quick confusing and not sounding anymore due to over-cooking. Now you gave very precious hints on EQ/Comp and also some new ideas how to organize. I will try to setup my tracks: 1 to 4 are lows (kicks-basses), 5-8 percs, 9-12 chords, 13-16 leads. Each "layer" (meaning horizontal) going to a different submix. SO if I am adding some new tracks (which is exactly that easy thing to do on MPC but that gives that mess), it goes almost directly to the corresponding sub. I think that could be a nice workflow.. thanks for your video!!

[@tigergame]

This is such a great video man. Thank you for deciding to make it! This helped me solidify my choice to cancel my SP404 mk2 preorder and get the MPC One instead. I’m going to be checking out your other videos man! Thank you again!

[@Marrcello]

Thank you!!I'm glad this was helpful to you! I think the mpc is way more versatile..

[@tigergame]

@@Marrcello yes it has a lot more versatility for sure! The power this thing has is amazing. I’m excited to hook up my microfreak to it!

[@servantbenjamin919]

you are a good teacher thank you

[@Marrcello]

Thank you!!

[@servantbenjamin919]

@@Marrcello do you offer mixing/mastering services?

[@Marrcello]

@@servantbenjamin919 yes👍just hit me up on my email and we can talk about the details:) „[e-mail]“

[@reginaldchapman4028]

This was super helpful thank you!

[@topcityproductionz-bimzthe5086]

Question did you work in West Springfield Mass., Cause I think I worked with you...

[@Marrcello]

No never:) I'm in Berlin, Germany ✌

[@Mikeppodcast]

Fantastic video, just finished it. Tremendous information, well presented. Well needed. Thank you!

[@ea5e95]

Very very good. I've been looking for more videos like this. Clear and to the point. Pack with useful info. Thx 💯🙏🏿

[@Marrcello]

Thanks a lot! I appreciate that!🙌🙌

[@goomerko]

Very helpful video! I think I improved my mixing following this step by step guide. Thank you, Marcello!!

[@jasonsheridan5848]

Brilliant well taught out tutorial on mixing music. Very well explained. Great advice for anyone making beats even if not on mpc this advice goes for all aspects of what we try to do. Well done. I wish I found this video sooner. Nice one 👍👍

[@Marrcello]

Thanks so much Jason, I'm glad you dig it!☀️

[@tom22333]

Finally finished this. Had fun watching in chunks! Thoughts on the limiter vs maximizer?

[@Marrcello]

:) I personally like the sound of limiter better..as of now :D

[@staniubrd]

Massive knowledge!!!

[@benjaminstokey6007]

Ja Bier haste dir verdient Hab viel gelernt Und noch mehr vergessen Daumen hoch Für diese Session 😉 Aber Berlin is bissle weit weg digga Aber irgendwann kriegst du es...oder mehrere Öhmm guckst du immer auf die Uhr oder was hängt da an der Wand? Vorher hatte ich nen Korg Electribe 2. Mit dem Akai komm ich bis heut nicht so wirklich klar 😒

[@ssserotonin1373]

Really nice knowledge bomb here fr nice vid. Please do a video explaining vocals on here too it’s like you covered every topic of mixing beats on here and I swear you could kill vocals too

[@PeteOnTheBeat]

Got through it all. I took like 2 sheets of notes and I'll be coming back to the video to check it again for sure. This was an amazing tutorial, probably one of the best I've watched on YT (there's also Tubedigga but I was way less into the MPC when I tried to watch it and I couldn't pull through). You did a great job. And you seem a bit nervous at some parts that I attribute to trying to "think in English" (?). Everything was dope. Congrats and thank you!

[@PeteOnTheBeat]

First try was a fail :D

[@Marrcello]

🙏🙏 thats great to hear man, I really appreciate it! It was an experiment to do such a long video but I'm glad its working.. Yes, sometimes I get a knot in my head when I try to explain something^^

[@PeteOnTheBeat]

@@Marrcello it worked pretty well,but when trying to emulate it, I managed to make my beat sound worse :D Got the bass sounding way better but i killed the snare. I think I'm going to try different drums before trying mixing again

[@Marrcello]

@@PeteOnTheBeat ^^^yeah Mixing starts in the sound choice... and also how its all arranged..How did you kill the snare? bass too loud?

[@PeteOnTheBeat]

@@Marrcello it was the EQ. Or I cut too much low end of it,or I gained a lot of high end of the melodic part of the beat. I got the beat to listen now that I'm going to walk the dog but in the meantime I went back to it and changed the drums,chosing a "better" snare. I'm going back to the beginning as in,kick and bass. Rewatching your video as we speak :D Btw,i have a sample,strings,piano and pad. I sent the last 3 to a sub,but to where do I send the sample? It's instrument based,but i don't know what it it is :D

[@garytskvaught7743]

Thanks for the knowledge. I'd love to buy you a beer, but I'll just subscribe. Thanks again.

[@Marrcello]

I appreciate that:) 🍻 there's unfortunately only the possibility of a virtual beer✌

[@stevenbinkewicz2134]

Hey marrcello would you recommend sending like say audio tracks to returns rather then having the certain effect for each individual audio track inside it? I’m trying to work around mixing my ep and I’m trying to do this just inside of the mpc thanks again!

[@nap41123]

Hey Marrcello. What kind of speakers do you use? Happy holidays bro. Btw did you make a new knock knock program yet?

[@Marrcello]

Happy holidays! I'm working on samples but they are not good enough yet^^ They are called Cerwin Vega XD5 but most of the time I make beats and mix on my headphones which are the audio technica ath m50x and the sennheiser hd650

[@passpass8778]

Hey man. Question. I made a nice melody but my sequence it too long. How can I trim the sequence without trimming a whole bar?

[@undergrounderCDA]

You are awesome. Big Respekt!!!!!! Keep going!!! Thanks

[@Marrcello]

Thanks a lot, I appreciate it!!🙌🙌

[@Iredidv]

Either a tascam model 12/16/24 or a behringer 1820 with ada8200 adat expansion and a mixer like fx16ii (direct outs after the mixer to each separate track, if you have a double set of those behringers you can have 16 outs into your daw. I got 1 1820 and a 8200 for 300 second hand, and that is the best soundcard in 20 years of producing for me, if i heard myself saying that 10 years ago i would say i was nuts but it really is a stable, low latency good converters soundcard) that would be the easiest way to mix on the mpc. Use a real mixer for mixing, and get that analog sound into it would be the ideal solution imo. Not saying it can't be done in the mpc standalone but for some time is of the essence.

[@moekababeats661]

Very good informative video I learned a lot thanks Bro. Peace

[@Marrcello]

Glad to hear that!!

[@MatthiasGeistMusic]

Hi. Found this Video very helpful to me cause i m triing to find the best and easiest way to arrange songs with variations and e.g. snare fills, so not too static just with the same sequences. so i saw your single programs does usually not contain a complete drumkit right? e.g. Program 1 contains just Kick Drums, Program 2 just Snares and so on. (just dumb you can not creat a drumpattern with only one program?). But you can mute the Programs via the track mix/mutes later easier for the arrangement. But you still need to do copys of the sequences, right? So at the end a complete song would contain e.g. 50 sequences if you wanna have a couple of fill variations inside verse bars and hook bars. Means a 8 Bar Verse would be made of 8 different 1 bar "Miniverses". so 8 x Miniverse Variations of each 1 bar = Complete Verse Nr 1 which is 8 bars long.

[@alek8410]

elo my audiomoxdown are two most important thing in mix; 1.kick -3dB, 2.snare -2dB so. my hats are different of type the song. is it good ?

[@alek8410]

and in master bus everything are on -1 dB

[@andrewrussell9967]

Congrats is your still watching this...I have watched it...a few times❤

[@Marrcello]

🙏🙏🙏

[@BigSmilezBeats]

Quite a comprehensive tutorial! 👍

[@Marrcello]

Thank you!

[@14Nitzo810]

Dope on point explanation

[@Marrcello]

Thanks a lot!!

[@jesusneverexisted300]

Great video!!

[@Marrcello]

Thank you!!