The Akai MPC60II (Quick Start Guide & Overview)

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  • Syntaur's Lucas Fowler steps out from behind the camera to show off the legendary Akai MPC60II MIDI Sequencer and Sampler by giving us a quick overview, then diving down into its inner workings. The MPC60 was first released in 1988, then the MK2 in 1991. Many artists have used the MPC60, from DJ Shadow, DJ Premier, Aphex Twin, Jean-Michel Jarre and even Prince.
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    00:01 - Intro Track (DJ Shadow - Mutual Slump)
    01:24 - Introduction
    03:58 - Boom Bap Demo
    04:45 - Front Panel
    04:56 - Full Level
    05:20 - 16 Levels
    05:42 - Bank 2
    06:06 - HiHat Decay (Note Variation Slider)
    07:36 - Play & Rec
    08:18 - Erase/Timing
    09:24 - Back Panel
    10:03 - MIDI
    11:29 - How To Sample
    12:58 - Edit Samples
    13:50 - Recording Sequences
    17:13 - Recording Pitch Variation
    18:15 - Outro House Track
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  • @chiefbucknell
    @chiefbucknell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The DJ Shadow intro is perfect.

  • @Ancaja123
    @Ancaja123 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Nothing sequences like a 60. It truly has an amazing groove, swing or not, I've had way too many people doubt this but its 100% true compared to the 3 other MPCs I have. Button layout is amazing, everything is burned into my muscle memory. I also love programming in Step Edit vs any other MPC. Sucks because the 60II is technically better (no voice chip issues & headphone out) but I hate the plasticy look and miss the leather arm rest of the 60. Side note: Sending clock from Ableton (maybe other DAWs as well) fucks with the groove/feel and swing of the MPC, not sure why. Ricky Tinez has videos on it.

  • @AveMcree
    @AveMcree ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Can't wait to get the MPC 2000 again and talk about it.

  • @djretro83
    @djretro83 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Actually, Roger Linn’s “Linn 9000” was the first to feature a drum machine with MIDI keyboard sequencing and sampling all in one. That was back in 1984. MIDI sync and SMPTE were added shortly after. After the closing of Linn Electronics in 1986, Bruce Forat (one of Roger’s employees) took over the assets and kept it running under the moniker Forat Electronics. He is currently still in business today. Nice bloke, too.

  • @dentikit3791
    @dentikit3791 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Yes! you guys need to do the sp1200!!! the quality you guys have been pushing out is remarkable!

    • @Syntaur
      @Syntaur  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For sure! Thanks for the feedback! -Lucas

  • @fuckooo
    @fuckooo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have a MK1, it's a beautiful piece, very easy to use and certainly has that natural smoothness.

  • @NM-ir6wd
    @NM-ir6wd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes! More vintage sampler content please and thanks =)

    • @Syntaur
      @Syntaur  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More coming! Thanks!

  • @AnalogiaArtificial
    @AnalogiaArtificial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The most underated music channel on TH-cam.

  • @peterpiper0815
    @peterpiper0815 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great. I'm always happy to see a new vintage sampler video especially when it has good video and sound quality as this one here.😃 Thank you!

  • @77duplicate
    @77duplicate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    add memory and get +26s sampling,
    use the pad corners for velocity variations,
    undo function exists in edit loop menu

  • @dmonster808
    @dmonster808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dayum, dj shadow song On a syntaur vid! And an mpc! Syntaur is where it's at!

  • @dominicnieto7078
    @dominicnieto7078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    MPC baby!🔥

  • @kirstenlanglo1507
    @kirstenlanglo1507 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is sick!!🤩

  • @bolguevara
    @bolguevara ปีที่แล้ว

    that Shadow intro hit me right in the feels

  • @CrisBlyth
    @CrisBlyth 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve just started watching and I love it already :)

  • @Hook930
    @Hook930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You guys rock!

  • @jameswest8447
    @jameswest8447 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job guys

  • @raynamarie439
    @raynamarie439 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    such an informative video 🤩 super interesting

  • @espelizarov
    @espelizarov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mpc 60 the best

  • @spillyonthetrack6619
    @spillyonthetrack6619 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful Machine..👍

  • @CrisBlyth
    @CrisBlyth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    YES LUCAS !!! you go !! :)

    • @Syntaur
      @Syntaur  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Cris!

  • @brettlemmings
    @brettlemmings 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    it is so tight!

  • @swaroopa1965
    @swaroopa1965 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Like just for the DJ Shadow

  • @Gus-jb8cm
    @Gus-jb8cm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A nice decent machine 😊 Nicely explained, who wouldn't mind one of these samplers??? Me for one, yes please! Thanks for uploading another well explained video!!!! 👍👍

  • @Rr0gu3_5uture
    @Rr0gu3_5uture 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've always been more of a E-mu user. The only Akai I ever owned was the S612! I think I paid £85 for it in 1993! Always wanted an MPC for beatmaking, was interested in the Isla Instruments S2400, a bit out with my price range at the moment! Sorely tempted to buy an MPC2000 or 2000XL plenty of people from Japan selling fully upgraded models w SD drives for under £650!

    • @fuckooo
      @fuckooo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can't go wrong with a 2000, lovely bit of gear, a real powerhouse.

  • @gotmilkblood
    @gotmilkblood ปีที่แล้ว

    This is very very cool.

  • @RoomAtTheTopStudio
    @RoomAtTheTopStudio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the 60 mk2. It's the first one I ever used and it's the one that I saw the most musicians using back in the early 90s. Great demonstrations and walkthrough. I really enjoyed it

  • @thadirtyabbott33
    @thadirtyabbott33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice job guys! I'm a 60II/3000 + other vintage owner and you did more than cover enough basics to get someone started...👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾

  • @truthseeker3907
    @truthseeker3907 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks👍

  • @mikemorrisonmusic
    @mikemorrisonmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I always wondered how Björk got that sound!

  • @kennylee5621
    @kennylee5621 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mutual Slump-Dj Shadow

  • @clauscombat418
    @clauscombat418 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Starting with a Björk sample! 😀

  • @xsm5525
    @xsm5525 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I want this (or the OG 60) so bad!!! but the silly prices on ebay are upsetting me

  • @QUIZXCITE115
    @QUIZXCITE115 ปีที่แล้ว

    From now on: I am going to practice playing piano 🎹 . The guy playing here is very good. I think the first step is to paint my nails red

  • @braien25980
    @braien25980 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Akai S01 in my Digitakt 🔥

  • @douglasfairmeadow
    @douglasfairmeadow ปีที่แล้ว

    That's a beautiful looking 60 dude. Did you get it like this or restore?

  • @saren6538
    @saren6538 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you extract the groove from the sequencer say within ableton and then use that for further sequences and technically having the mpc60 swing without the machine ?

  • @rad1o777
    @rad1o777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Logic raps about mpc in the doc d mixtape. I wonder which 🤔 the doc d mixtape is absolutely golden and such a mix of sounds.

  • @glyndwr15
    @glyndwr15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a cool machine, but the prices for them are absurd now.

  • @joey8639
    @joey8639 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    my mpc 602 samples just fine but im having issues with the output, my volume always ends up with hiss when the turn the volume up on the mpc monitors, and audio interface, maybe im not setting the levels correctly, when monitoring is on or off it makes no difference...so I must not be connecting the output properly or a setting in the mpc 60 that i missed. Any suggestions?

  • @gherat
    @gherat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How did DJ Shadow do the timestrechting/pitchshifting? I've heard samples that are a different pitch but the same tempo. Did he do that on a different machine?

    • @deafbyhiphop
      @deafbyhiphop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Manual timestretching. Look up 8th note chopping

  • @frankjamesbonarrigo7162
    @frankjamesbonarrigo7162 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The s612 can do so much more

  • @streetlife20
    @streetlife20 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just copped the 60 mk1! Quick question, how are you playing the pads without a program selected lol?

    • @saren6538
      @saren6538 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He doesn’t know

  • @planetpoog
    @planetpoog 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    hello! I am an electrical apprentice and I am very interested in synthesizers and repairing them. however, I’ve never been able to get into it because I do not have connections, nor the money to start practicing. so I am wondering, how would one get into becoming a synthesizer repairman?

    • @Heathcliff_hensel
      @Heathcliff_hensel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      just go to school for electrical engineering, it is all the same.

  • @jonsunderland7708
    @jonsunderland7708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What!? Did Dj Shadow release introducing via MPC data.
    Or, did you just sample it in?

    • @Syntaur
      @Syntaur  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was recreated with the original samples. Thanks!

  • @miladbarikani3591
    @miladbarikani3591 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    watching how this devices work is killing lots of myths in your mind
    that variable knob thing was used in lots of songs. and you think it's just mpc 60 automatically doing that and in reality it's just a technique

  • @thejra-gon6991
    @thejra-gon6991 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a 2005 mpc 500...the cheapest MPC I could find basically..I'd love an original MPC..

    • @6581punk
      @6581punk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The best of the 2000s era units are the ones you can get JJOS for it. This is an enhanced and bug fixed version of the OS done by a former employee. So it's the MPC1000 and MPC2500 to get. The 2500 also has a big screen MOD.

    • @thejra-gon6991
      @thejra-gon6991 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@6581punk yeah for sure, unfortunately.. when I bought my 500..the 1000 was still $850...so yeah

  • @devondetroit2529
    @devondetroit2529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The mk2 looks so damn ugly compared to the first one