RC 202 Loop Station and AKAI MPK mini midi controller

C.A.P. original live looping diddy using RC-202 Loop Station, AKAI MPK mini midi controller. Experimenting with extra web cams and trying out new technique(s) for loop station work flow. Also, I'm finally starting to get the hang of bending the AKAI MPK Mini midi controller to my will.
Shout out to #RoadRunningBuzz for the excellent and straight forward tutorial on how easily assign the pads of the MPK mini in Mixcraft 9 to trigger custom sounds/kits.
Check out his custom beats and tutorials on the MPK mini and loads of other stuff at: • How to Create Custom K...

[@ashb3117]

Sir i was hungering for that solo.

[@HungryForSomeChinese]

Was deciding whether or not to get the RC 202 and I'm sold, what a sick performance!!

[@macksdan9240]

Nice, well thought out

[@marvstercat32]

that was absolutely fantastic!!!!!

[@dexlofi]

You're a true musician Broseph. Mad props.

[@goodlifetheater]

Whoa!! mighty Mike. Love it. Great camera work too.

[@mr.diodez8334]

Sounds great man. Very inspiring!!! time i buy that AKAI MPK mini midi controller

[@JosephBurnsBass]

This sounds amazing

[@prod.jaeden23]

ooh dang that ending caught me off guard! This is awesome!

[@CaptiveAudienceProductions]

Thank you!

[@cb22boarder]

That was awesome. You sold me on that rc 202.

[@CaptiveAudienceProductions]

Thanks Charlie! It's an awful lot of fun!

[@mirandahope1806]

Soooo good!

[@nbreljus]

So glad to land up here so high 😂 what a show #amaizing

[@DanRedReddington]

this goes hard not gonna lie.😮

[@eduardoschneider9841]

awesome

[@ScammedENGINEER]

❤️👌 Captain rock ✌️

[@glitchgoattv2941]

I just bought the same equipment.... Boss RC-202 and the AKAI MPK mini III. So thanx for the tutorial on how to use... Maybe we can Duet on Tiktok. I'm following you :)

[@asalvarezgab]

Dude looks like Chris Robinson from the Black Crowes

[@dusudloiso9408]

excellent that's R'n'R

[@cheese9580]

I just purchased the akai mini, but only have a ditto looper. Gonna work on picking up the rc 202 . Nice

[@CaptiveAudienceProductions]

The RC202 is awesome, you won't regret it, but maybe think about looking at the RC505 that has 5 tracks. Once i realized how amazing the looper was, i wished I had sprung for the "big boy" version of it.

[@physiqueforlife-ltda]

Top Yes.. Rock[

[@user-gm5es6qx2v]

Круто 👍👏👏👏

[@pandalilpig]

enjoyed this! tell me what you think of my loops

[@linzkirk]

Nicely put together. what are you using for drum sounds on the MPK. Great work

[@user-wm9db7fw2q]

Лайк, подписка... Good stuff

[@JesseFragale]

What’s your connection for guitar ? You using an audio interface in addition to the 202?

[@ElectricVideo-cf4yg]

Hello Sir! Really great. First, I like that little smirk right before you start and my avocado shaker wants to talk to your egg shaker! Listen, just bought the RC 202. I have a few questions, is there any way I can speak to you on the phone? Thanks.

[@noahwaggener6990]

Love it! That was a tasty lead guitar at the end🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼 is that a fog machine behind your keyboard?

[@CaptiveAudienceProductions]

Thanks! and, no unfortunately it's not a fog machine, but that would be a fantastic addition to the setup! It's my "lunch box" Joyo BanTamp guitar head. It sounds great and is very friendly to an old man's back. Would recommend!

[@SivanaqueIsStrange]

Love this man you nailed it! I was wondering with which connectivity you plug your AKAI MPK Mini to your looper ? I saw before that you need a DAW or a sort of sound module on your computer to get your drums and sounds ready to be played on your keyboard but I cannot find how to link my keyboard (plugged in my computer) to my looper pedal ! Beside that, really great job man ! 😁

[@CaptiveAudienceProductions]

Thank you @Sivanaque! I have to admit that I had quite a bit of trouble getting the sound of the module to register as an "input" to the looper, and then have it sent back to a track for recording. In a nutshell, the solution ended up being in the preferences setup for what's assigned as sound device "input" and what's assigned as the playback "output" in the DAW. In my setup of the DAW (Mixcraft 9) I would go to Preferences > Sound Device > then select WaveRT as the "driver", then for the input I would select my Audio Interface (Focusrite USB), and for the playback device I would select "Out (RC202)" which is the name of the loopstation. In addition to that, when you create and "arm" a new track, you also need select which midi device and channel is the recording device input for that new track (again, in my case I would create a new track, then under the "arm" pulldown menu i would select "IN-RC202" (then midi name of my loop station" and then "Left" channel (doesn't matter if you choose left or right, just don't use "stereo" - although it sounds tasty, it will limit your mixing and output options). I should also add that before you even mess with the preferences in your DAW, make sure that the DAW is properly recognizing your AKAI MPK mini, the looper, and your Audio interface (mine is the Focusrite Scarlett6i6) are ALL being recognized as midi devices in the DAW software. If I get up the courage to ever actually "speak" on a video, I may do a tutorial on the specific setup that I use, because it really was like pulling teeth to get all the bits and pieces to work together. I hope this helps!

[@SivanaqueIsStrange]

@@CaptiveAudienceProductions What a lot of informations out there, i really appreciate ! Thank you so much for your answer, i'll try that next week

[@JesseFragale]

How are you connecting the bass and guitar to the rc202 with the focus right and the audio/mic at the same time? How’s it routing?

[@CaptiveAudienceProductions]

The RC-202 has an independent XLR mic input and trim/gain knob for that, and for the guitar and bass, I'm think I just switched the instrument cord from guitar, to bass, and back to guitar in the middle of the tune. That being said, i also have a simple line-switching pedal so I can leave both plugged in and simply use the pedal to switch between them.

[@user-mx6hg7kg2g]

Красава! Я тоже с этим лупером работаю,но без daw,.в качестве звукового модуля у меня roland mc 101

[@idanieljr2282]

All your audio is hooked into your 202 right? All I want is 3 things but it sounds like crap. How u hook up ur geer?

[@espacolaremniteroirj5920]

Hello bro, a quesiton. Why is necessary the headphone? U hear the compass? I mean, what u put at the phone.? All sounds? Thx you !

[@CaptiveAudienceProductions]

Hello! I use the headphone mostly for the click track. I didn't want want that in the loop but I'm able to separate it out if I use headphone jack on the front of the RC 202 loop station. Also, when I use the mic for the egg shaker, it would feed back or muddy the loop if I put it through speakers/monitors that close to the mic. Thank you for subscribing to my channel!

[@bradshaw_rs]

Absolute legend, thank you!! Could I ask how you got your drums sounds/samples onto the pads for the Akai MPK Mini? Which software did you use?

[@CaptiveAudienceProductions]

Thank you Ross! I uses Mixcraft 9 as my DAW, which is relatively inexpensive and user friendly software for PC users. In Mixcraft I assigned a track for the Midi device (Akai MPK mini controller shown in the video) and assigned "VST Instrument > Omni Sampler", which let me assign a generic/universal drum samples labeled "808" and "909" drum kit sounds to the different pads. There's loads of other drum sounds available on the Mixcraft library, but you can also sample your own sounds, or even download sound for snare, kick, etc. from the web, and then load them to your DAW/midi device pads via the Omni Sampler. The software that came with the AKAI MPK mini is terrible, but the Omni sampler midi instrument allows you to bypass that garbage software and makes assigning different sounds to different pads directly in your DAW pretty simple.

[@ethanrafaty3937]

​@@CaptiveAudienceProductions Hey ! First of all thanks for your insights, I also have a Akai MPK mini controller but everytime I try to use it in a DAW I get a delay between the moment I press a key and the moment the sound comes out. Sorry if it's a newby question but how do you manage to fix thoses latencies ? Greetings from France ;P

[@CaptiveAudienceProductions]

@@ethanrafaty3937 Hello France! There should be a latency adjustment you can make in the preferences of your DAW, but if you're not able to get it low enough to get rid of that noticeable delay, you might want to take look into your computer hardware or sound card BUT please take that advice with a huge grain of salt. I definitely consider myself to be a bit of a DIY newb as well, not an expert at all. Just like you, I'm figuring it out as I go along. Take a little more time menu diving in the preference of your DAW and just mess with the different options around latency and audio out-put configuration.

[@ethanrafaty3937]

​@@CaptiveAudienceProductions Thanks for the huge reactivity ! I've spent some time on FL and struggled so hard to adjust the latency, I guess i'll try with the DAW you use. Do you think it is necessary to by an external sound card ? Considering that the one I got on my PC is kinda crap

[@christalazar]

Did you connect the Akai mini to the RC 202 directly or through your laptop?

[@CaptiveAudienceProductions]

Hi Christalazar - The Akai mini has to be connected through the laptop first in order to designate which sound library the pads and keys are assigned to because it is just a midi controller.

[@Nostalgicgamerchannel]

do you have courses?

[@CaptiveAudienceProductions]

Hi TNG, thanks for asking - this video is turning out to be more popular than I anticipated, so I I may do a tutorial video in the near future on how to get all the parts pieces working together.

[@georgeleon8957]

What is your audiointerface?

[@CaptiveAudienceProductions]

Hi George, I use a Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 for my interface. It's great and doesn't break the bank. Would recommend!