Akai Force & MPC Live & Access Virus - Live Melodic Techno Trance Hardware Performance Mix Set Jam
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- Akai Force & MPC Live & Access Virus - Live Melodic Techno Trance Hardware Performance Mix Set Jam contains 7 songs. My workflow for this set was to use only 4 tracks per song. The first one is a drum program and the other 3 are midi tracks that are sent to the access virus.
After every song program changes are triggered to load new sounds in the virus. This way you could go on almost indefinitely until the force has no more clips left.
I am working very hard these corona days to create more live performances because it's just an amazing thing to do.
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just did it
Massimo Visconti Thx a lot! Hope you like it!
Yes man, just done it. Awesome tune, totally style Im in to! Great synth quality,
Thanks a lot Aleks for the support!!
Jammin man. You're putting that Force to work!
Thanks a lot Matthew! Really love to do these sets :) Next one I think I will utilize the circuit and monostation. Really awesome sounds from these too.
Again,again,again and now : Again a verry NICE song and Video ! i Love the Workspace u have !
Thanks a lot Carsten!!
Ok first Im seeing a nice new flight case with our favourite bits of kit! Nice! Then....did I spy a screen on Force I dont have yet???😁....ok Im off to dance to rest of this🙌🙌🙌
Yeah love the case! I did install the beta software of the force, but I don’t think you can see the arranger because everything is triggered. What did you see? 🤩
@@Expectaz hopefully a new synth???😁 I never wanted the arranger...I dont use it in mpc lol...just do it manually...like I never send program change if I can instant do on synth either....its part of the fun and you can change your mind live style lol
So I didn't reply lol! Let's hope a new synth will come. I've seen some rumors.. But I think it will be a major upgrade. We saw Nick Trikakis present the drumsynth on NAMM. Hope to see that soon!
wow, amazing performance and beautiful setup. subbed ;-)
Thanks a lot! Love your work too, your sounddesign is amazing
@@Expectaz Thanks :-)
Very cool !!!
a big like for you, my friend !!!
Thx Gerry!!
@@Expectaz 😄😆
Ohhh now that bass line is addictive...thats gonna be in ny head all day😀🙌...like the slightly erie twist..Yum! Good work twin!
Thx Sis!! Fiddling and jamming lol :)
This is great; thank you for sharing. There just aren't very many quality Force live sets on TH-cam, and that's what I was looking for. Cheers.
Thanks a lot! I’m very busy at the moment but there will be much more videos like this in the future. I even have a second force now to be able to play longer sets easily.. Feel free to look around as there are many Force videos here 😚
@@Expectaz.. Thank you for replying; I appreciate you. I will take a look at some of your other videos, and sub. Also, I have a question.. Is the "autosampler" feature available in the Force software, similar to the MPC software, which automatically makes a multisample from any MIDI instrument? This would seal the deal for me, as I regret selling the MPC Live **for this feature alone, which is worth the price of the unit**. In my opinion. Thank you! :)
@SnowMetal Yes the autosampler is definitely available.. Feature wise the Force and MPC are almost the same. Only thing that is really different is the workflow: mpc vs ableton style. I have both mpc and force and would go for the force 9 times out of 10 if I was in the market today 😚
@@Expectaz .. I'm glad to hear that; thank you. I scanned the manual for this, and only found the feature to set an amplitude threshold for automatic sampling. This is not the same, and I'm glad to hear the proper automatic-multisampling is present. Thank you so much!
man it's such a chill mix, that i forgot it's playing and did home job with it.
Glad I could assist during your home job!
great setup and sound !Love the virus ,got me a b recently.
It’s an amazing synth which can do a lot. Love the character of the monster
Damit I just bough a Force now I want a Virus! Keep em bud, lovely set!
Thanks! How do you like the Force? It's real easy to create songs on! I love the Hype Synth. Sounds are very good too. Only thing I would like for Akai to add is program changes for the internal synths. If they do, you can do exactly what I do in this set.
@@Expectaz Love it, I'm only just scratching the surface tho. The internal synths are great, I wasn't expecting too much but I was pleasantly surprised by the sound quality and being able to map parameters onto the knobs blew me away too. That said, yeah its weird that they don't have program changes. Using my external gear I(think) can to that via midi but not with the internal synths?!?
Having it in front of me yet shows how much work(and talent) you put into tracks man, I've got a long way to go but I'm enjoying learning this little beast! :)
Ian Thompson You will have lots of fun exploring this gem! Once you get the grip it will flow one track after the other. What other hardware do you use?
@@Expectaz Yep, its my sanity device for lockdown Joris. I'm still finding my way around and letting the hours slip by with choosin samples for it. Currently I have a Behringer Deepmind 12, Korg Emx-1, Korg Esx-1, Synthstrom Deluge, Roland TB3, Dubreq Stylophone GEN R-8, also various mixers/FX/interfaces etc. LOL, I'd ask you but it may be a bit to long to list by the looks of it! What is your favourite external gear?
At the moment I use the virus a lot, but I also love the Novation Circuit and Monostation. Have some analog semimodulars like the minibrute 2s and moog dfam. That’s totally different. Still have to find a way to use these because there are no presets. Maybe record everything straight to audio.. You have great synths too. Think you can do almost anything you want!!
it is good to see the Force in a positive light It has gotten a lot of bad press. I have the Mpc One. Though After seeing this it might warrant another look.Thank you for the great video.
Have the MPC Live here too, but the force is another thing really. Love it for my live sets and to control all my gear. Works amazing
Nasty set man. I live in the United states but I’d love to come out to the UK and the nederlands to see some of those techno/ acid shows. Looks like a blast!
Thanks a lot Colin! Would love to see you here 😉 (or in the US for that matter lol)
@@Expectaz one day my friend! And indeed, I know they have those shows here but I’ve heard they’re mostly in Chicago and Detroit I believe. If you have a lead on that by chance let me know. I’m in Colorado so we’ve got more of a glitch/IDM/ bass scene which is still cool.
Yeah that’s also very great! Having fun
Oooo lookit that case! Someone's ready to play the clubs!
When they open I would really like to! 😎
Hi man, that was a really hot jam. Your studio looks great too. And it's good to see you, too. Thanks for this great video. . . Best regards Neighbor 😀🎶
Thanks a lot!! Really love to make them :)
Checked out Sun Groups vid and ended up here! Great performance and nice setup you have here! Good techno, subscribed for more! Be safe and keep on jammin ✌️
Thx a lot! I’m sorry for the late reply, overlooked it somehow :)
Oh wow this set is full of bangers, great tunes bro, so professional, well done transactions. Love melodic Techno feel right through the set.
Thanks a lot Aleks! Really love to make these sets. Think I've found how I want to do it ;)
@@Expectaz sounds great. So you have many tunes finished and recorded?
Yes! I record the audio straight from my set and call that a song! Sometimes I edit them in ableton as well
@@Expectaz awesome, I do the same, but always feel if I would of recorded every sound separately and compress it separately and then mix again Inside DAW and master then result would so much more powerful and deeper with higher dynamics. But I just don't want to spend time on it.
Joris!❤❤❤ Wow, amazing! And the video!
Thanks a lot Klaus!! Learning a lot these days!
Good work as usual!
Thanks a lot!! Had great fun making it!
Hey Joris, really great performance! It's definitely getting better every time. Pro!
Thanks Hans!! Building a full set now has my attention.. love the sound of the virus. Next one is going to be with the circuit and monostation to the left. Maybe the virus as well! Was thinking: tracks 1-3: force, 4-7 virus, 8: program changes for the circuits :)
@@Expectaz The Mono Station alone would create a whole new dimension to the set if it sounds anything like the Bass Station 2. Man, I love that synth. Easy to use and so versatile. Run it through the FX of the Virus and you're in sound design heaven! Or you could use the FX of the MPC Live. They are very nice too :)
Yes it does sound like the bass station! So I will create patterns that work together, so have 2 synths on the circuit and 1 from the monostation. Add the virus to that and it will shine! Working on that now!
@@Expectaz Great! I'm looking foward to it :)
Will do!! How’s your decision on getting some gear?
._.sir..this is dope..of several reasons..first cause of your pro-skills..second the sound that you get third..out of your wonderful gear. I'm just thinking of getting an akai force too..already got the mpc one..think it could perfectly fit in..not least the brandnew updates on both machines lead to this step too I think. stop the virus but leave your viruses...greetz from germany._.
Thanks a lot Gerri!! I think the force is a welcome addition. Love the update with the new synths. In this jam the access virus does a lot of work
Great work man! Force is pretty powerful with the new firmware
It sure is great!! Love the midi functionality
This is so good! Love your harmonics, totally my style 🤩 will check out your other tunes. Keep it up man!
Thanks a lot!! Love to play live stuff like this. The Force has had a lot of great updates since this set :)
Very nice!
Thx!! I see you have a similar setup and genre!! Subbed to your channel!
@@Expectaz Nice one! watching you actually inspired me to get the force!
Great jam and quite a setup you've got there ;)
Thx a lot!! Love the machines here. Always nice to spark the creativity :)
Very nice track
Thanks a lot!! It’s one of my favorites
Very excellent
Rocking hard!
Kristjan Gorenc Thx a lot, are you planning on uploading videos of your jams too?
@@Expectaz yes but atm I only have some demos, but unfinished
Kristjan Gorenc Love to see your work as we’re kinda studio twins! You probably know Inky da Cat too then? She also has lots of our gear
@@Expectaz great tip will check it out!!!
@@Expectaz I am just starting with live machines, so no where close to your production 😅
Awesome set buddy, I really liked it! :-)
Thanks a lot Jan!! Really enjoy doing these!!
Really nice, I love the set! Greetings from a Force user.
Hey Milan, thanks!! I’m going to check your channel out. Looks like you have very cool stuff
Yeah man! That's the sauce!
Love sauce!
Great performance. Its rare to see complete live sets from the ground up.
Thanks a lot! I love to make these sets! With these machines it feels natural and lots of fun
Great man!
Thx!!
Awesome set man. Love it. 👍👍👍
Hope to be getting a Force in the next few months. :)
It is a real fun machine! I think it’ll suit your workflow. It helped my a lot. Know ableton in and out but the force is just way quicker when creating music because it’s not as comprehensive and you don’t get lost in long lists of plugins and stuff. More focus :)
Behringer X32 😎
Great mixer! Has lots of amazing features
Gut gemacht. 👍👍🎶 Ist bloß schade das die Melodien so leise rüber kommen. Ist bei mir auch immer der Fall wenn ich mit der Force aufnehme.
Thanks! I think it’s becoming a lot better nowadays. This set is a few years old already 😝
Nice Vibes ♒️
Thx a lot!!
Hab den Track noch nicht ganz durchgehört aber der Übergang bei 12 min ist einfach nice
Danke!! Ich liebe diesen genre zu machen :) First serious live set try
Have similar setup with force, mono, station, circuit, crave and vola drums, and looking to add one more synth
There are lots of great synths! What are you looking for? Polyphonic, multitimbral, keys?
@@Expectaz i am waiting for behringer arp 2600 😍 but don't know realy, mono synths are such a beasts for me as I am a bass player. But mainly like dark atmospheric industrial techno sound.
That’s an amazing synth and I think I want it too!! Also the behringer obxa and poly d
@@Expectaz force is amazing, glad I did not listen to online trolls.
It sure is! There are a lot of people that don’t make music but are always complaining. Their bad lol :)
Yeahhhh baby
Thanks a lot!!!
Nice set of tools. Impressive. But how you build your sets? I mean the drum patterns and all melody tracks? What do you use? MPC Love? Hehe. Coooool set dude, I am sub'n right now.
Hey Adam! Thanks for subscribing! In this set the main sequencer is the akai force which contains 2 drum tracks containing lots of drum samples.Then there are 3 midi tracks that send notes to the Access Virus TI2, so basically I use only 4 tracks per song in this set and tracks 5-8 are also like that. Summary: 1 Drum program, 2-4 Virus, 5 Drum, 6-8 Virus. I also have the bass, melody and pads also on the same midi channel
And Again a nice one :-)
Thanks a lot Carsten!!!
@@Expectaz i don´t see u using the Virus C... is that synth for sale ?
Carsten Herbst Unfortunately not :) I’m also not using my other synths in this set. Trying out all kinds of combinations. Portability vs sound and such 😝
nice
Thanks Julien! Really enjoy making these videos
Niiiiice!)))
Thx!! Got inspiration from your amazing set! I decided to use program changes to control the virus instead of using the hype synth as you did :)
how would you match the bpm of all that hardware with electric drums and a guitar all being played live?
The akai force sends midi clock to every synth. They’re mostly comnected via usb and some older ones are connected via the iConnectivity MIO midi interface. All is in sync
This sounds like progressive - progressive trance circa 1998?? Very cool!
Thanks a lot Chris! Love to make this! But 1998? 😝
Great video and the jam was spot on perfect. I’ve recently gotten a force and it is one of my better decisions. I’m a DJ and want to work the force into my sets. That’s the plan! What are you using to generate the graphics on your monitors - I need something like that for my DJ visual background. Thanks for all your hard work and creativity. Subscribed!!
Thx a lot Chris!! There are multiple ways to do it.. one great software solution is magic music visuals. It’s modular video synthesis. You can also load downloaded videos and VJ
What do you use the akai force for exactly vs the MPC live II?
Hey Jelle, In this set I use the MPC to trigger samples and effects. But my main idea is to connect them both to a dj mixer and play like a dj too. I’m able to sync them with the ableton link protocol and I can load a new track on the device that isn’t playing. Works like a charm! Ps, thanks for subscribing. En je naam klinkt nederlands?
I think you have the best-sounding hardware jams of all the YT musicians I watch. I also have a Force but never got into the workflow (the common complaint, right?). So I recently picked up an SL MKIII as primary sequencer and will use the Force as slave plus secondary sequencer as needed giving me 8 more tracks (plus control of all synths via midi merge) and effects, samples, and whatnot.
Anyways. Can I ask what compression you're using, if any? I think I hear some, although the Force's sound can kind of give the impression of compression where there is none. I want a little tighter sound out of my live synth setup so I just ordered the FMR RNC to check it out, but I'm curious what your approach/thoughts are on using live compression on the main outs of a keyboard rig. Not even going for the EDM "pump"... just adding a little glue.
Thanks for the music, you help inspire me to keep at it. :)
Thanks a lot!! To me it’s the other way around. I come from ableton and must say that the Force really helps me flow my creativity because there are not that many distractions.
Fun fact, on this set I don’t use compression. There’s only a maximizer on the master to make sure there’s no clipping and all drums across the set are about the same loudness. Yeah I do lower the threshold a little and there is a fairly high ratio. I think that’s what you hear. But this set is really easy. Track 1 is a drum program on the force, 2-4 are midi channels going to the virus. Same for the last 4 channels (5 force, 6-8 virus). The virus has this vibe to it that makes it fit into the mix. No special eq used on the sounds. On the drums I do spend some time to get them exactly right. Most important is tuning/pitching them correctly to the root note of the track. Also some subtle distortion on the kick for some extra punch. I think that’s what makes them fit perfectly giving then their own space and blend together with the sounds.
Great set man! Do you only use Mpc live to trigger samples? or you use it to create clips on the fly? Cheers
Hey @Rubbé thx man! I use the mpc in many ways. The workflow is different than the force and love to play the notes in realtime instead of step sequencing. Works very well together with other grooveboxes like the elektrons and novations..
Do you also play the mpc?
@@Expectaz OFC! I got the live 2 retro as the brain of my setup. I love it, but the live looping is horrible and the step sequencer isn't user friendly to create quick pattern. Which is why I was wondering if Akai force was more appropriate for my use.
@@johanberube3490 The step sequencer on the force is a lot better and quicker to use. Still love to have them both and jam away. The different workflow inspires
Do you create empty patterns that only contains the program changes?
Yes! Nowadays it’s very easy on the force. When you hold the clip on the screen there’s a settings button. On that screen you can set the bank and program number for each clip, works great
Great tunes and demo of the Force! Do you have any videos where you explain your setup?
What do you mean by "
After every song program changes are triggered to load new sounds in the virus. This way you could go on almost indefinitely until the force has no more clips left."?
Exactly! I don’t use much ram of the force. Only for drum sounds in this instance. The rest of the sounds is from the access virus and new sounds are loaded when needed by sending a program change
Very solid set with minimal gear and tracks! Curious if the MPC Live was doing anything more than the occasional one-shot... it looks like the Force was handling drums and midi sequences.. was the MPC Live used for anything else in this track? I'm really loving the Force/Virus combo, btw...
Yeah you saw that correctly!! In this set there are only some swooshes and oneshot fx on the mpc. Wanted to focus on the force, not sure how to integrate the mpc yet. My initial thought was to set them up with a dj mixer so I cpuld load new tracks on the device thst wasn’t playing and put the DJ mixer between them. How would you approach it or do have have suggestions? Love to know!
Expectaz on the Force you can save tracks, so you can have different parts of a song assigned to the pads of that track, when that one is playing you just need to load a new track with the next song and keep jamming forever. A dj mixer would be useful so you have instant access to volumes, eqs etc. What do you think?
Yes that’s totally true. I did a set like that too. Started with an empty project and load tracks progressively. You don’t even need a dj mixer then, but it’s really nice to have. I use a djm 2000 from pioneer for that. Still figuring what’s the best way but that’s definitely an option!
Occasionally you need to delete tracks that you’ve played and purge the unused samples after that.
@@Expectaz What other way would you suggest to do a DJ set? Btw do you know Widi Master?
How do you record the force to upload it in good quality?
Hey Simon. This recording was done with my iPhone XS. Both video and audio. I have the camera connection kit which is connected to my pioneer djm2000 mixer. Any usb class compliant audio interface or mixer should work. The video and audio are recorded together which i then upload to my computer. I open the video file in davinci resolve and use ozone 9 to bring up the levels and apply some mastering eq. Works like a charm!
Thanks for the fast answer. I have a force too and i want to upload some tracks. I am recording into fl studio but the mp3 data at the end doesnt sound like i have played it before on the force. The kick is too loud and a bit distorted. I've got a focusrite scarlet interface. I will try your way and see if i can do something. :)
My tip: don’t set the force master output to the maximum value. I mostly have the master knob half way
Gain staging is important
Ok i will do that. Thanks.
Good sound but isn’t it just pressing presets
The clips contain loops if that’s what you mean. But both audio and midi. Program changes are sent to the virus when a new song is coming.