The Alchemist MPC Sampling Technique Deconstructed
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2024
- The Alchemist is a hip hop sample based producer with a unique style. We all know that he uses the MPC 2500 but how does it effect the process? I'll break down his technique and show you how to apply it on modern music gear.
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Pete on the sp1200
@@Elliott.Revell If someone will loan me a SP 1200. I'll gladly do a deconstructed video.
Conductor Williams
If you got a 2500 do some preemo goodness.
Just Blaze
That Larry June Alchemist Project been on repeat for me. Alchemist ain’t never missed
for 60 days lol
One of Uncle Larry's coldest projects! 🍊
Yeehee
Showing how to do it on multiple different daws and machines is awesome nice work. It’s important that the newer gen sees that the tools don’t matter .
they say mind over matter...
I love my mpc live 2 but I need a older mpc these look so amazing
Love how you went thru multiple Devices to achieve the same dope outcome. This is Hip hop ✊🏾
This was the best part.
Natural teacher.
I've been listening to alc's beat all day and happened to come across this awesome video - perfect timing and breakdown thank you
Never knew I can timestretch on MPC live and change the tempo efficiently like that!
I've been doing random math changing the semitone til now. Thank you!
Dope! I think it’s cool how this is explained as to how the different generations of samplers all can translate the same sample the same way.
My goodness, this is comprehensive yet with a simple explanation. Well done.
Yo Ave, this is NICE bro!!! I love videos like this, digging deeper into classic producers/beat makers, and what makes them unique. Great job bro!🙏🏾✊🏾💚
ty so much fam
I want more old school MPC stuff. It can easily be applied to any sampler really.
why tho, aesthetics or functionality. and can i hear your beats
My dude. This was on point! Thanks for putting in the time and effort for this video.
I greatly appreciate it
4:06 You're not using JJ OS, that's why you might be missing some options. But JJ OS gives you all of these options and more. Your MPC will get another life with the JJ OS, trust me bro.
Word!!! I was just about to mention JJOS to @Ave Mcree. Time stretching and, more especially, if you use XL.
So much easier with JJOS destructive chipping. Killer machine.
What I like most about this video you showed us the same technique within the workflow of various MPCs and Daws
Recently found your channel and its sooo nice that you know wtf you're talking about. Subbed !
Salute Ave. This was a good video for people trying to understand how the sample chop game works. A good friend of mind in 1996 figured out how DJ Premier, chopped the original song for Jeru The Damaja song Ya Playin Yaself. It took him 2 days to figure it out. You know what equipment he was using to do it? The gemini sampler and Tascam 4 track. This is before I got my MPC 3000. He got that shit down perfectly how Preemo did it. Like you said, you have to have an ear for music. It took me a good while before I became nice at chopping samples. Learning that the original instrument players never played rigid. Anyway good video as always. Keep teaching brother. ✌🏾
You can actually chop , stretch and pitch with stock FL plug-ins . There are several ways to achieve this . For me though , I prefer analog / hands on a piece of gear as opposed to clicking a mouse or typing keyboard but it can be done .
Cold video bro ! The Alchemist has always been in my top 5
This was one of your best videos Ave 🔥🔥🔥🙏✌️
Legend ! 🔥 great vid! Gave me loads of ideas! 🙏🏼 Thank you
This was fire bro please keep them coming. Can you please do a master class for all the MPC 's like the 500 to newest one in 2023😅😊❤ and the ones with JJOSXL.
Great great video Ave!! This is why when I find my own samples, I create perfect loops out of them!! For this very reason! Once done everything falls into place! That's why overall I think my style leans into cinematic!! It's similar to the jazzy loop the Alchemist flipped! You broke it down on different versions of gear to flip it on too!! Nice bruh!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
thank you for stopping by I really appreciate it
@@AveMcree yes sir my brother!!💯
thanks for this, i have a mpc 1000 that ive been using as my main piece but it makes me just want a 2500!! sick video loved it
they are basically the same units. anything you can do with a 2500, you can also do with a 1000. same OS, only difference is in the nr of ins/outs and q link sliders
You can do it all on MPC 1000 that you can with 2500. Serious
always a good day when ave uploads
ty so much!!! I took a lot of time with this.. Especially dealing with some of my MPC 2500 weird issues lol
Excellent ... I nice practical breakdown for people like myself who might have been intermediated by this type of equipment.. Still in Logic for now but I definitely see the benefits and the quality of sound.
Well I appreciate you being here
Helpful as always🙌
Yes to a MPC 2500 Master Class🎉
I Love my 2500. Had it since again dropped it. 🔥 video
Also really easy in FL, just align it to the grid and do manual chops. Done manual chops a grip of times. Not as intuitive as with using a actual groovebox but eh is good enough. People have even recreated JDillas songs in Audacity lmao. If theres a will theres a way
This is amazing man thank you so much for posting this.
For sure
Great video Ave!!! Making me miss my 2500xl
Great video Ave. Thank you 💎
massively appreciated thank you.
Thank you for the breakdown!
This was a dope tutorial 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thank you sir! This was super helpful and you have a new fan. :)
Any advice on filming? The sound I get on the iPhone external mic is garbage. I bought a 1/8 cable to lightning to record sound directly in which is better but not by much. I was going to film and at the same time record everything into pro tools. I noticed the volume on your 2500 knob was almost at zero so I figured you were recording audio into something else. Any advice would be much appreciated. Great video.
Great video Ave
You can press SHIFT and change the tune in all of them all together. I think the JJ OS also has time stretch. I would have to take my 2500 to confirm which function that was.
i got love for you bro but. im not feeling the way you say "and then the alchemist would do this". theres actually many different ways to chop on the 2500, we dont know exactly how he does it so we shouldnt act like we know his exact process its miselading to the viewers. honestly id think he doesnt use the chop feauture, he probably chops manually. but thats just my opinion
i second this comment. it isn’t confirmed what he would or wouldn’t do, and especially not something specific like how he chops, using bros example. much love, ave.
On his masterclass he does chop manually
super dope video and content!!
This is legendary 🔥
A clever man breaking down the work of a clever man. Fantastic.
The MPC 2500 + jjos software has time stretch Capabilities. I'm sure you were referring to the stock MPC 2500 though
Great video! 🫡
My MPC500 has time stretch so does the 2500. It's in trim mode. It doesn't sound very good but it's always been there.
This is tough🙌🏾🙌🏾
Thanks for sharing Ave, really enjoyed the 2500 sound. Can’t put my finger on it but the sonics are definitely different. Great job 🫡
Yeah AD/DA & DAC are definitely special on older units. Even if this is a 16 bit sampler.
@@AveMcree same on the 1k right ?
Mpc 2500 sounds better,definitely why alchemist still using it,i miss my mpc 2500,dope video
I’m glad you showed this Thank You🙏
🫡my pleasure
Great Work 👌
This was cool a nice lesson.
Crazy tutorial. Thank u 🙏
Nailed it 🔥🔥🔥
Nice video! Good stuff!
I use that method now. Good video
Nice!
I wanna thank you for taking the time out to explain but it doesnt help me if I do not have the perfect looped sample. How would I achieve that?
Love what you do
REALLY nice content!!!
Great video
So if your sample isn’t a perfect loop before you process it & time stretch will this method still work? On the MPC Live 2 side of things?
Isn’t there another way to adjust pitch and keep tempo without doing it with the process menu? So if I wanna rechange the pitch I won’t have to go thru the process menu?
Columbia no cut my nimble ninja great video you are very knowledgeable on the gear and the process/procedures. I know a few producer's with very expensive equipment but are not well versed in how it works with other equipment. I like this strategy because if Gaga wants our tracks and loves the way the studio sounds were almost there. If she wants to use sl board's or nothing else and we only know how to use Yamaha and she walks for that. Everyone is fired !
I fucked wit Al from "Hold you down" & "We gonna make it" beat ,but "Covert Coup" wit Spitta in 2010 made em a GOAT 🐐 for me in my books!
im not sure if you have jjos but on my mpc 2500 if i press mode and pad 11 it will allow me to pitch all pads up and down as a group at the same time as well as other edits
Love that sample bro🔥🔥
Thanks los
Ah the MPC2500 is my go to …can’t get enough
Are the new generation of MPCs able to pitch change samples in the old/simple way (that results in the sample length changing as well)?
How does this type of workflow apply to their DAW using a simple drumpad controller like "MPD24" or anything similar?
Reminds me how terrible and frustrating the stock OS on this unit was :-D These units were soooooo limited without jjos. I have doubta on the 32 slices technique though - if you check his video, some of the chops are much longer so I don’t think he blindly chopped to 32 regions…
agreed lol he’s way off
You can adjust the endpoints after chopping if you set your new program to pad parameters therefore u can have as king of a slice as u want still using that technique
Yeah, I couldn't believe the things they didn't update from the 2000XL I was used to. Having to jump through every pad to change the pitch instead of the whole program. Thankfully JJOS added so many little things like that which makes it much more comfortable to use.
Every time I see an MPC video I want one more and more haha
I recently started chopping like that after a 2 to 4 count....fire
thank you
Bruh! Legit demo video
Use the shift and Rotary dial at the same time, to move it quicker
Is this done using the JJ OS or standard mpc functions. Just curious.
Thank you 🫡🫡
Nice Sample 🔥
Awesome Nice work
Nothing like that AKAI though. Great video
I was jus asking today if solange quit... & look u have her vinyl wow
Yooo upgrade to JJOS3! It’s got time stretch. Not as user friendly, but JJ did an excellent job of getting us as close to modern with the machine.
I have jjos version 1 but don’t know how to use it 😑😩
@@AveMcree ngl i had to take a day out, but it was totally worth it! You’re prolly not missing out on anything with the new MP’s
great job!
How did you get the loop from the live 2, to abelton? Or vice versa.
The most prolific!
Ave your a genious you've always got something interesting . Can you do this with the mpc 500?
Thanks but I don't have any experience with the MPC 500. As, it's extremely rare.
@@AveMcree there's a few for sale on kijiji in my area from $290 (Canadian) and up
This is dope ❤
Can you make a video of this same topic using Serato Studio!
Amazing video, im saving up for a mpc rn and which one would you recommend a 15 year old producer?
I recommend the MPC Studio since it cost $270. It’s a midi controller but they’ll get use to it. I love mine
love the lessons I miss my 2000 XL and My 4k🤑
hey can you help me with MPC beats software program manipulation please, for some reason whenever i load up a program template and start recording drums , i use those templates which all tracks written in like drums, sythtube, keys and all that , now if i start by laying drums on the drums tracks , when i get to key and other track my keyboard doesn't play piano plugins or any piano sample if it's there on the template program i loaded , instead i find those piano sounds on my akai mpk mini 3 pads and not on the keyboard somehow
Thank you
Thank u
I’m short.. Alc basically played the drums chops and everything that came with it. That gives it the off-balance-ness that makes it kick. Using time stretch to fill in the “Air”.
bro i lit just got my 2500 today tryna get samples and drum kits in there from hard drive or usb can u make a vid how?
the 2500 sound so so nice. should have put the track in mono in Ableton for a more accurate sound.
Can time-stretch on the MPC 2500 and 1000 as well...
Nicee 🌊
Great video ! But I’m an fl user and I can accomplish something almost identical using Edison and slicex both stock plug ins.
I miss my 2500 sometimes but I’d be surprised if anyone on an mp from that era isn’t using JJOS.
Yupppp Super Dope
Simple, but effective
I miss the cursor button too. They should have kept the layout of the studio black for the live.
on FL it can absolutely be done with SliceX. I myself stick to Serato sample though