How I make My Drum Loops | Akai Mpc X

[@TheButtaSpot]

I say all that to say, This video alone has the potential to take someone’s beats to the next level just like that if they apply these techniques properly. This video marlow is so Important.

[@StewartGaming23]

The double hi hat tip is amazing! Hope life has been bringing you lemons Marlow.

[@TheButtaSpot]

You have THAT page every producer is looking for. Where you touch on the very small things that play a huge role in boom nap and lofi hip hop that most ppl starting out wouldn’t know how to research. But you touch on it all bro. Your page is such a gem and this is me giving you your flowers and saying thank you.

[@mpchead]

The simple things make a beat sound good

[@lostdogarmymusic]

Love finding this older tutorials....Thanks so much Marlow...!!

[@JayBee6801]

This channel is my favorite beatmaking channel. Should have a million subscribers.

[@jaycotto2889]

Bro…. Finding your videos is magic to me. You give so selflessly. I haven’t even applied any of it yet. Just listening and taking notes. I wish you all the success man. I can’t wait to apply all you’ve taught me.

[@MrBlueHaze]

Among the best videos on KZbin for drums and the mpc.

[@TeraGreene1]

Ps: this is one of your best tutorials of all time... and I’ve consumed practically all of them 😆 I’m going to look into the sequencer tonight after I wrap up my radio show. Good stuff!

[@mpchead]

Do it, that sequencer has potential.

[@TeraGreene1]

@@mpchead Went straight to work, and yup, SO much potential! Thank you!

[@kyraedoe]

Great explanation of everything. I just got my X back ,and started smashing pads with no feeling. This!!! Brought me backk. Thanks brother.

[@AkashiVIII]

Bro thank you for the knowledge you give, I’ll take what give and bare fruit 💯

[@mpchead]

🙏🏼

[@josephgomez1579]

Bro I was legit gunna message you soon and ask for a more in depth explanation about this. But to my surprise you're already on it! we appreciate more then you know Marlo! Thanks for all the knowledge and teachings brother, stay blessed! 🙏

[@mpchead]

✌🏼happy beatmaking

[@guil_juliao]

Just subscribed to your channel. This is the best MPC guidance channel. Period. You're da man!

[@mpchead]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@jonhollinsworth8785]

Some of the best drum sounds and techniques. Amazing work! This will be a game changer for many, myself inlcluded

[@lpn369]

Drumz be smooth as butter&syrup flooding hot 🔥🥞🥞🥞🥞🔥

[@TeraGreene1]

Double hi hat! Sick tip for creating your own. Thank you, per usual. I just started teaching a friend how to create on the MPC. Next session tomorrow. Thank you for everything you share with us!

[@danielsolomon63]

Man what an awesome beat! Amazing tutorial also.

[@Kaltschale]

Great that you are sharing this!

[@DJ279V]

Thx for dropping the knowledge on your techniques. DEFINITELY beneficial as there is always different methods to learn!!

[@jaelawrence1456]

So that is how it's done... thank you sir. One of the top tutorials.

[@scrummyvision]

i learn something new from every one of your videos, both about sampling in general and the MPC live/x software. thanks!

[@mikamusic5679]

Ricky Tinze brought me here. Marlow made me stay. Your channel is amazing man.

[@dbjungle]

There were a lot of cool tricks here that I'd never even thought of.

[@tom22333]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@Farmatique]

Double-hihats technique is dope! I like how you can easily change the feel by adjusting the offset 💣🤙

[@ea5e95]

So glad I found this channel. Learned so much from this channel. Appreciate you yo. Bows respectfully*

[@mpchead]

Thanks for the words

[@ea5e95]

No doubt! You're welcome. You've made my transition from DAW to standalone smooth. More confident. Waiting for the next video.

[@definfected]

Very informative vid!! Love it!! Much love Marlow!!

[@sumitosway]

You always inspire me to jump back on my mpc and experience sounds every time i feel uninspired. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@entyce66]

Dope as always

[@delphic154]

Great work ❤

[@Krushtaar]

Thanks for sharing the knowledge and experience.

[@dannysoto8184]

Thanks Marlow can never thank you enough

[@mpchead]

🙏🏼

[@jb8875]

One word... DOPE

[@olatunjimason]

Great Video Marlow!! Happy New Year!!!! I love how you incorporate double hihats in your production!! I've tried it before on the MPC 200xl. It definetely gives your production who different groovy feel!!!

[@Beatsbooksandbits]

Can’t believe i wasn’t already subscribed! Just want to say thanks for the consistent content. Truly have accelerated my mpc comprehension. 🙏🏿

[@mpchead]

Thanks ✌🏼

[@XekeStyle]

Good job bro!! Tus baterías tienen un toque único!, Un abrazo locura!!

[@teodorselemba8793]

Always good and effective 😀

[@ElginChris]

Great tips! Thanks

[@JackJazzm]

Like the techniques bredren 👍🏾 Thanks for sharing

[@jamesvines3379]

Cool!!!!!!!!!!

[@fade2blak91]

I’ve started using the enhancer since your low end video and it’s made a huge difference! 🙏🏾

[@mpchead]

Yes 🙌🏽

[@fade2blak91]

@@mpchead with this new 2.10 i’m surprised we’ve not seen ppl slinging their fx chain presets since we can save the racks now 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@migahiphop]

that little hihat trick is dope, im steal that ! :)

[@TomaBeats81]

Inspiring! Big up!

[@rickywashington2594]

That snare is knockin

[@shinbakihanma2749]

Dope.

[@jazzroom]

Nice drums workflow ! Thanks for sharing with the fam! Singers Unlimited on MPS cult label - love that record! 🙏

[@BulgBeats]

Blessings brother this work flow for your drums on the X are great, I love that you are very passionate into getting your sound how you want. I have been experimenting for years on the Boom Bap and always good to see how other top beat makers work Love your style ♥️👊🏼

[@rafsanrahi2469]

Do you like using the MPC X? I have the MPC One and really like the layout of the buttons but since I'm using a lot of Korg Gadgets from my iPad, I don't get to use the Q Links as often as I would like. Instead I use the knobs from MPK Mini MK3. The ecosystem is nice but some odd quirks like midi channels don't get summed to a Master bus. You have to bounce it and then assign it to a pad and play the whole thing again if you want to render the full track with everything. But I have to resort to doing it this way because Korg Gadget doesn't have proper sequencer but the modules sound amazing for musical sketches. MPC has a good sequencer and I can use the chord function and experiment with different phat ambient pads. Essential for the music I make. Do you know if there's a way to record audio directly from the headphone port? Any special cables or devices?

[@notthesame4935]

Wow @5:53. That is exactly what we are all trying to sound like.

[@MakingMadBeats]

That double Hi-Hat by using sample delay doesn' t work with older MPCs, right? I' m using JJOS2XL and as far as I remember that the program edit does not provide this function.

[@ILLNOIZE]

Legend 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@SoulN1]

gope video and great tip on the hi hat..preciate you fam

[@mpchead]

🙏🏼

[@christopherbaines8421]

How do you stop the kicks snars from phasing together when layed

[@procamara359]

Can you make a video explaining the difference using a MPC and a DAW?

[@victorgarcia650]

How do you get that lush reverb on the snare?

[@jaybone5616]

Can someone touch base more on the difference between the functionality Program Edit/ Samples/ Tab4, "Randomize Screen" as Marlow says in the video. What's the difference between adjusting those parameters on Tab4, vs those of Tab2? From what I understand it to be, any adjustments made in Tab4 will Randomize for that specific function depending on the level set?

[@deeloy5142]

Do you have a video on how to choose the right kicks and snares

[@Rd30269]

Do you normally make multiple beats under one project? I've thought about doing this to simplify my workflow and sounds i like to use.

[@PeteOnTheBeat]

I used to that on the DAW. Like, I'm working on a beat and "by mistake" a make cool vibe,like a bassline or something,that doesn't fit into what I'm doing. So i copy it to another sequence. My Vibraphone Chronicles are all from the same project. One was the second verse of the other and then i turned it into a full beat eheh

[@Rd30269]

@@PeteOnTheBeat i've tried it a time or two. It helped to recreate a "sound" i dialed into. You just have to be careful of what tracks you're using and what things you're changing. And making sure you save correctly. Kinda a double-edged sword.

[@Den-il3zm]

Is it possible to do all the things you did on touch screen with only knobs and buttons without touching screen? Or it’s impossible on this akai console?

[@bahutu802]

Owning an MPC1000, I wonder whether it has a comparable feature as the sample offset? Did you own or try a 1000 / 2500 and found such a feature? The only workaround coming to my mind would be to introduce silence right inside the WAV file itself, by resampling it or combining it with a silent wav...

[@mpchead]

If the 1000 has offset it should be the same thing. I had the 2500 but I can't remember if it had offset.

[@rasolzamini8678]

Thankyou for tutorial.

[@ItsReezun]

I add filters to everything too

[@saigonproducer]

You got a drum loop pack?

[@marceloribeirosimoes8959]

Very nice. Cool video!!!!!!!!! But what about phase and low-end frequencies or layering kicks and that phase canceling that may occur, are you avoiding these problems or you don't care?

[@mpchead]

I was layering the high frequencies from one kick with the low frequencies from another kick.

[@marceloribeirosimoes8959]

@@mpchead oh, ok. Pensei serem 2 kicks ao mesmo tempo. Agradeço pela gentileza em me responder.

[@khayacele144]

Hey , Marlow is it possible to do that double hihat technique on an Mpc 2000XL/2500?

[@mpchead]

yes separate the hi hats to another pad and do the same thing.

[@khayacele144]

@@mpchead Alright ,thank you bro.

[@kirkstate]

I didn’t even know half these settings existed on my MPC X

[@istvantoth7431]

What's the source of the kick? Built-in? Do you use external drum machines?

[@mpchead]

It's a sample loaded into the mpc

[@darylparagoso4731]

Is there a way to do the delay just in the mpc software without a stand alone joint? I have the ren on the latest software but can’t seem to find a way to add the delay on the layer. I mess with the offset but it doesn’t really give me that delay. Any advise is appreciated 🙏🏾

[@mpchead]

software and standalone is all the same thing, exactly the same. Go to program edit

[@darylparagoso4731]

@@mpchead Thanks for the response! I'll try again when I get home, but that offset screen you have doesn't look like that on my Ren or on the monitor screen. Instead of bars like you have, mines is just an offset knob that I can twist to set the offset, but for some reason it's not giving me the same effect as how you're doing it even as I play around with the setting doing more or less "offset" I'll keep experimenting though.

[@sebo3933]

Double hi hat trick is so cooool.. where'd you get the kick sound from?

[@mpchead]

I think the kicks come from cookinsoul and another pack of mine.

[@destress7730]

Marlow i've been meaning to ask you how many drum samples do you have? I have amassed hundreds but do you have your favourites that you use quite a lot so you dont really need a huge sample library? Cheers.

[@LucaBrasiDrunkCatPaw]

Huge sample libraries are counter productive , the more you have - the less chancr of finding the ones you want. Take a day and browse your samples/project and create your own favourite kits, i have done this and around 100samples (altogether kicks snares hats) should be totally enough, you can mix them different and also layer...

[@mpchead]

Yes, that's it. Just have enough that I love and then I can layer and pitch. I have about 6 packs I use regularly and not looking for more atm

[@saulgood2548]

First to comment first to view. Thanks again for teaching me something new.

[@prod.SharlieBlikesEarlGreyT]

Did you rhyme intentionally because that was hard 👏🏾🔥😁

[@saulgood2548]

@@prod.SharlieBlikesEarlGreyT It was spontaneous but thank you.

[@TB-po5cj]

how do i get the sequence to start from the top without having to hit locate everytime, its so annoying ...when i start or record the beat should start from the begining not where u stop the sequence at u feel me

[@mpchead]

play start

[@PeteOnTheBeat]

I'm still not capable of chosing my own kicks and snares. I usually go to the kits from the MPC expansions and use those drums. Still on that Pad Thai,that never gets old for me! These are amazing tips Marlow. (I think I tried that layering technic following one of your older videos) Thanks man!!

[@mpchead]

Pad thai is dope, also love it

[@bobbyarchaic9649]

Double HiHat is a good idea. I never even thought about it. Good lookin' kid.

[@NickCent]

Are your MPC-X's all working fine ? to the owners of MPC-Xs

[@mpchead]

I always had problems with the qlinks, always freezing or skipping numbers.

[@SuperJg1975]

thx#

[@Elliott.Revell]

So where do you get all your drum hits from then? From records?

[@truelionofjudah4097]

once i heard when u took a sample from a song then u can also sample the kick, snare, hi hat etc. cause they in the right tune...

[@jerzboybeats]

I’m going to tweak a lot of my samples. Now I have have an idea how Masada does his cycle kits. 👍🏾

[@mpchead]

Layers and layers

[@jerzboybeats]

@@mpchead do you have a video on cycle samples where to get a different sound every time you touch a pad.

[@dustydigitally9132]

Your video is good but… a close up of the MPC screen would have been helpful.