How I sequence drums on my Akai MPC 2000xl

[@AmazonCrime]

Hey bro, I bought a SP-404 SX this week. You videos helped me tremendously. I wanted to thank you. The culture needs more people like u.

[@spvidz]

Glad to hear they’ve helped! Thanks for the support ✨

[@AmazonCrime]

Some youtubers inspire, some youtubers give technical tips. You do BOTH of these things very well. Keep'em coming. You'll have my likes.

[@spvidz]

Thats very kind man, comments like these keep me pushing so thanks a lot for that!

[@chrisgalactic]

The MPC 2000XL is a beautiful machine. Nice work!

[@spvidz]

Agreed yeah it feels so nice. Thanks a lot man!

[@KSJone]

Dope stuff man! That MPC is lookin' fiiiiine. Keep em coming!

[@spvidz]

Thanks a lot for watching man! yeah this thing is so clean!

[@MuhammadLaher]

@@spvidz please do some more videos on the MPC 2000XL. More shots of the screen would be useful and better explanation of the timings and stuff, all of that can be confusing. Thanks man!

[@jackn5866]

I've spent so much time seeing this one q tips album cover, it's kinda surreal seing it in action for the first time

[@spvidz]

nice man, legendary bit of gear and so fun to make beats on!

[@KrisCashMusic]

Damn that MP is clean!!

[@spvidz]

Thanks man yeah got really lucky with it, its in mint condition!

[@favouritethings11]

Love this little box

[@spvidz]

For sure. Need to do more vids on it 👌

[@Dougie-]

Love it too. It's not little though 😄

[@davejohnson3860]

Sounded sort of like Mobb Deep " Right back at you" Nice!!

[@spvidz]

Massive compliment! Thanks 🙌

[@softeyez6700]

i always quantize my hats 1/16 with 55-65 swing and late 1-3 and then use that as my metronome and play my kicks n snares with no quantize then decide if i erase the quantized hats and record in non quantized or leave it be

[@spvidz]

Nice man yeah there’s so many workflows on this machine it’s cool. I’ll have to have a try if that 👍

[@MyManDan]

Solid advice

[@Ross_Antonich]

Yes more MPC videos!!

[@livetoskate111]

Showin love for spvidz from ollyoxenbeats big ups man

[@spvidz]

Thank you my guy! Appreciate that watch!

[@raidernationfullmoonrecord9516]

Great stuff

[@spvidz]

Thanks man!

[@seydevilchick8]

The classic beast its a work horse 4 sure

[@spvidz]

Yeah man! Can’t wait to knock some beats out on it

[@holmzey4]

Dope

[@spvidz]

Thanks for watching again man 🙌

[@chibukun]

Nice man, similar to how I do mine...love my 2kxl...great combo with the sp as well 👍 you still round the corner from me man ? Lol 😝

[@spvidz]

Nice man yeah this is probably a pretty standard way but I know some people are doing it a little differently...and most likely yes haha!

[@BruceLeef]

My zip disk isn't reading... does the mpc xl2000 not have built in sound kits??

[@spvidz]

Nope you have to sample everything in yourself. Mine came with some factory floppy discs as I mentioned in this video which are nice for drum sounds

[@BruceLeef]

@@spvidz thanx appreciate your speedy response... again thanks for sharing 👍🙏

[@spvidz]

no problem bro!

[@user-lt2rw5nr9s]

Great video! Day 1 of waiting for the Discord server to launch.

[@spvidz]

Soon! 😁

[@lucastoh8940]

Where did you found floppy disks

[@spvidz]

They came with it when I bought it

[@user-lt2rw5nr9s]

Anyone have an archive of all the sounds that came with MPC on the floppies? The MPC is pretty old, so I'd imagine someone's uploaded them before.

[@spvidz]

Yeah thinking of getting a floppy drive to see if I can rip them. They’re cheap these days!

[@Arc.hitectureMusic]

Swing! 58-62 is the sweet spot in my experience.

[@spvidz]

Thanks man will give that a try!

[@Mnr.222]

Is there a global “quantize on” feature? That way I can add the swing after? And is there a way to globally swing all tracks, rather then going into percent value for each track?

[@spvidz]

Yeah man you can set it each time you record. I’m not at the MPC right now but if you look at the top middle of the screen (I think) you should see something like ‘1/16’ highlight that and you can change how you want to quantize

[@Mnr.222]

@@spvidz yea, I guess my timing just sucks. Just getting into the mpc style. So use to linear sequencing.

[@spvidz]

I only usually quantize the hats, kinda depends what feel you want in the beat though, loose or tight!

[@op-1g.s]

Maschine+ Video soon?

[@spvidz]

Hmmm. I’m not sure I can drop 1k at the moment but I was interested when I saw about it!

[@op-1g.s]

spvidz a ok. I have heard that the MPC one is better anyways so.

[@spvidz]

Yeah had a little look after you said and people are saying the live 2 is better 👍

[@linussvard6553]

My man!!!

[@spvidz]

Thanks for watching man!

[@S3FGraffiti]

Hey, quick question that’s bothering me for months now: How do i load samples/ sounds on a floppy usb emulator which i use to boot up on the mpc 2000? Thanks in advance. Dope vid and super clean XL big ups from vienna, austria :)

[@spvidz]

Yo man, afraid I have no idea about that one. I just have the standard floppy drive in mine! Hope you find a solution!

[@reggieedwards7058]

Go to atapi hit save. Then at top of screen save sounds that that you want

[@BlakeTheGreat83ight888]

🔥

[@dylanmakesbeats]

Nice video, man! Do you like to sample drums from records?

[@spvidz]

I don’t do it much but do plan on working on it a bit more in the future and doing videos around it. I’ve got a couple of break records that I want to make use of 👍

[@petroleumgiant]

Great vid! Would love to see one on the swing function. I've got a mpc2k and even though I technically know how to use the swing I've not really perfected it to where I like how it sounds yet lol

[@spvidz]

Cool man yeah I'll look into that! Thanks for the idea!

[@tmpecho]

Legdendary!

[@spvidz]

Cheers for watching!

[@LucaBrasiDrunkCatPaw]

Yo cool vid, i would point out some tips to help you moving faster. Why not use the "play from start" button? I see you using locate button or even changing the location manually from the screen.. Simply press play start, i think i have never used the other "play" button :D also when u rec hats you change from 16 to 8quantinize,its not necessary you can rec them at 16 also, you would have to hit reaaally sloppy to miss them :D keep rockin!

[@spvidz]

Yo man thanks for those tips! I think someone else mentioned about the button yeah I need to remember to do that 🤣

[@luckyy1700]

can I quantize certain tracks or can I only turn on quantization for every track

[@spvidz]

To my knowledge, You turn on quantize as you record, so for example, I usually have it on when I record the hats, and then turn it off again for the kicks and snares. I record each drum on separate tracks too.

[@pharcyde522]

How much did you get it for ?

[@spvidz]

I think I paid about £560 if I remember correctly which obviously isn’t cheap but it was worth it for the condition it’s in

[@luckyy1700]

@@spvidz damnnnn thats crazy im hoping to get one but the best looking one is 1500 us dollars 😂

[@TonyMell819]

My mpc seems to not keep the timing from the previous track when im on my second track and im doing the timing for my kick for example. Its on the timing setting that ive just did on second track and what ive done one the previous track is at the same setting that ive just did for the second track lol its annoying.

[@spvidz]

Thats really random man! Are you using quantise? Also check the tempo doesn't change when you change track maybe. Tough to help with that one really

[@TonyMell819]

@@spvidz Everything is quantise at 1/16 except my kicks i turned it off and everything is at the same tempo. Like are u supposed to see the specific timing setting of each track change when u are scrolling trough tracks? cuz if yes mine is not doing it. ex first track its my snare at 1/16 and ive shifted it to 4 earlier and press the snare pad to assign it to only this pad and rec it, then i go to second track laying down my kick, turn off quantise and assign it to only my kick pad, rec it then go back to first track and the timing of the snare is unquantised too even tho ive pressed specificly this pad first

[@spvidz]

I've no idea with that one sorry man. I was going to suggest different tracks but sounds like you are already doing that. I have a track for each drum sound and set the quantise accordingly before I record. It shouldn't affect the other tracks :/

[@gigabytekilla]

Quantize just means snaps to the nearest 1/16 grid or whatever step you choose.

[@spvidz]

Can't remember what I said in the vid lol but yeah thats it :)

[@stefanodash4528]

How did u get drum sound? Thanks

[@spvidz]

Yo man 1:08 - I got a load of floppies with the MPC, the sounds are off those

[@MrBlueHaze]

Play start always start from the beginning with a count in. Play button starts from current position.

[@spvidz]

Thanks man, I always forget about that button haha

[@CDeering]

SPVIDZ!!

[@TheOutliersOfficial]

really really want one of these. super expensive tho

[@spvidz]

They are a bit pricey but if you look after it you are unlikely to lose money! Great piece of gear 🙌

[@guillaumecarteret1642]

Thats the real shit, no computer, real stable heavy long hours instrument !!!

[@ayyubfaiyaz3368]

Damn I really wish I knew how to make beats

[@spvidz]

with a bit of practice you can get there man!

[@ayyubfaiyaz3368]

@@spvidz 🙏🏾 keep up the great work

[@ayyubfaiyaz3368]

@@spvidz how long have you been making beats for?