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Thank you for a) showing the automated track mute recording process + b) throwing together the muted parts with others for a quick song sketch. This helped me 💯times more than what other TH-camrs did - just by explaining the menue otions and steps clearly and with no fuss. You are great at what you do, Conan

is there a way to record a performance internally to the SD card?

with automation for multi pads, you need to put all the pads you want to mute into a mute group, then the automation will work with multi pads, rather than soloing and trying to automate that way, there is a few things which seem bugged.

I have to admit I have been mostly using 2.15 (now 2.15.1) because it doesn’t break my workflow. I have no guarantee Akai will fix the Song mode / Track mute issues. Still testing the beta though. If I make something I like in the beta, I transcribe in 2.15 so I don’t loose it. I never made it to using the arranger. I need to get something to that point and try it.

Word! Dope beat bro

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Yes man, this is such a good way to make tracks.

This is the style! Thank you

Back for more… 📝

Nice, my fav way, great upload, lovely beat.

When I do my track mutes like you did them, it does the same automation for all sequences. Are you having the same issue?

Without being an Ableton style arranger, which is what I & others requested from Akai, it's just window dressing. Whilst waiting around for Akai to implement these changes I've found workarounds that enable me to complete songs, & so I no longer think I would want an Ableton style arranger. MPC 3.0 has now pretty much broken my workflow though in terms of song arrangement, so its back to the drawing board. I can see the good side of 3.0 though. At least Akai are constantly trying to improve the platform & make it easier for beginners to master.

I’ve saved this to share it with people, there’s only one other drum processing tutorial of this kind of quality, that teaches in this way… that I’ve ran across that is. Good job and thank you sir.

As always.....great video. I had a feeling I could get the skinny from you, just waiting until they fix the bugs and I will absolutely be using it in 2025!!

Will it be possible to use a daw as a sound module if I worked entirely in standalone, I use Studio One? And Arranger is good like you said as an Overview. I think it will help me be more organized, it’s good for visual learners too. Thanks Conan

Akai had something that was outside other daws that was special. if you wanted to go into the daw for the final tweak then, we can because we have computers that can do that. I'm not upgrading.

I just wish the mpc one was smaller for coffee shop times 😎.

I wonder if there’s an MPC plugin that can replicate cranking the preamp gain on an analog mixer? I miss doing that I haven’t had an analog mixer for a while

Hey Conan it’s Steve (Waxer), dans mate, hope your are well, I really appreciate all your work here as after producing since the late 80s I finally bought an MPC1 plus 2 weeks ago and I’m looking forward to going through all your videos and getting to learn this properly after being on Logic since version 4 when it was emagic! Thanks bro, peace!

Love the arranger Conan, however, today as I sat down to do some actual work, I found that the pitch wheel and mod wheel on my key 61 do not work anymore (ok in 2.x). I have reported it. However, I have not seen any reports of this issue. I spent the entire afternoon going through every bloody menu to see if something was turned off. But after this and examining the midi monitor, there is no data from either of these (important) wheels. Darn. Looks like I will actually have to roll back, but I don't want to. Can anyone else with a key 61 verify my findings? All the best.

i hope the software and the hardware does the samething this time

Brilliant work once again. I thought the arranger view was going to be more tactile, with the ability to move stuff around easily, so thanks for pointing out that isn't the case, at least for now...

Nice I need a M1 piano set I only have one note sampled, thanks!

Thank you for the pros and cons, folks is jumping out the window with there reviews, do you know how to pad assignment?

Regarding the time signatures.. I did not read all comments but version 3 is for me exactly what I missed in earlier versions. On the track page you see down under "length'" with 'SEQ' selected. If you turn that off you can give every track a different time selection so one 4 count one 3 one 7 and let the shifting rhythms happen! I hope this also solves your issues.

With the increased dependency on the touch screen, why wouldn’t you just use Logic for Ipad?? Has song mode gone now? You can go through Next Seqs? Or is that Arranger basically just one Seq with a different overview? (Maybe with audio track integration is good.)

Thanks for doing these videos!!

First of all I love that beat! It’s got a great bounce! Anyway,man I went back to the old version 2.15 yesterday lol. For some reason the new GUI is sort of distracting to me, I prefer the old one for some reason. 3 has too much going on or something, I don’t know I’m a weirdo I guess! The way I work in MPC I don’t really need any of the new features honestly so I just went back 🤣

Thank you for taking time to do this series!

Currently the Arrangement view only seems useful if you completely build your track from a single Sequence. Because only then can you see everything that's going on in your track. I was hoping the Arrangement view would allow you to mix and match multiple Sequences and its building blocks/tracks on a single time line, giving it proper DAW functionality.

Unrelated Question: if I create qlink macros, they may be affecting multiple parameters on multiple tracks. How can I record that automation? Or is it for performance only?

It's great for after you converted a bunch of seqs as a song into a seq & want to add automations. You can even make multiple copies of the song & create different takes on with the automations until you find the version you like or take the best ideas from each & make one with all the best parts.

Have you found an way to record an arrangement in realtiment in realtime? With Trackmutes etc

I want my notes in the editor the color scheme of my track. Yes, a glorified overview.

Thanks 🙏 great your doing these helps massively.

Great breakdown of the arranger and much needed to hear that honest opinion. You’ve said what was in my head lol

Back in 2.15 song mode and 2.15 track mute behaviour, we could have a few sequences with variations. Non-destructive and would be real quick to create interest , emotion and b sections, then when you have a arrangement you like in song mode you could convert to sequence to start mixing and automating effects, volumes, pans etc. This is my work flow and was looking forward to MPC3 arranger as it would give ability to see that converted sequence and the tracks all on one screen and then to be able to jump between tracks and use the new macro feature to create complex automation transitions etc. We can still do this in MPC3 with slow workarounds but we definitely need 2.15 track mutes behaviour back per sequence and a few other things that are missing from 2.15. I love this update but please Akai....... Do not take things away from us

The mpc is now a daw in a box, preferred the simpler workflow, always enjoy your vids bro.

That first tip happens when it switches banks on you. Users look out for that when switching windows.

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can we insert a sequence BEFORE/at the start of another sequence. ie to insert and intro sequence before the main sequence?

Thank you for the clear and precise analysis of this over-hyped feature. At its current stage, it is only a visual aid. Thanks for real-world examples from someone who really knows their stuff. Appreciated, as always!

Yo Nice Video Conan, How To Bounce the komplett sequens to a Sample>? it only works on single tracks?

This was the best review on the use cases of the arranger. Also very honest summary as well and although I like 3.0 l agree with him whole heartedly. Excellent review \ overview 🙏🏾

Thanks. Once I have created a complete song using a converted sequence from Song mode, I may do tweaks here and there on the finished work. Maybe this will help but I can’t say it’s giving me something I never had before. Just a different view. But since it broke the track mutes in song mode, I never tested it in the “arranger”. I might take a finished project done in v2.15 and test drive it. I just haven’t been motivated because of the Song mode issue.

Freshness cheers!!

Nice man, been wiating for this.

Boooooooom thank you

Thanks man, looking forward to this.

Yes:) I was waiting on your perspective and how you will use it 🎉