Akai Mpc Export multitrack out to your daw - good or bad?
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You could also export your files A & B.......... A = Edited/Processed files, B = Original, "All effects/processing off" files, (Simply label them "OG"). Always good to have the Raw Files handy.😎
Was just about to type a comment asking this and saw this one first. Thank you.
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I've been doing this for the past few years, i am a Studio One Pro user since it came out, i also made alot of beats in Studio One, but the MPC workflow is still the best for ME. Studio One Pro is where i mix and master, no more pro tools for me 😎
I see a lot of people using Studio One, must be good.
Thank goodness for your videos man, never knew about the project export, always learning from you. 🙌
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Yo! Thank you for this!! I think I finally figured out my workflow on the MPC live.
how long did it take .. and how u doing now
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Man I relate to everything you have said related to workflow... I rarely make it this far, all my track are still in the MPC's hard drive and I can't finish them lol, I don't want to. Im just about to sell my Push 2 and give up on Ableton, I can't use it anymore. Almost 2 years since its release and the MPC Live is still king imo.
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Good points that if you've mixed on the MPC, you can really only cut a bit more in the DAW, not bring frequencies back again. However, you could in theory export the stems without the insert effects and while setting built-in synth effects to off, if you really want to leverage the capabilities of the DAW by recreating things like reverbs and delays there instead. Maybe for a masterpiece it might be worth the effort.
Fantastic beat.
Great tutorial. Thank you
Word and additionally for those who plan to perform out live they will need to bring the sounds back into the MPC. I feel like using the software as a vst is a compromise and then treat the mpc tracks as mix buses ✊🏼
Thanks for this video
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Thanks Rufus, happy to hear that.
I personally record track them out the master into Motu M4 into the Logic. Then you can all the MPC interface sounds.
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Yo! Nice videos men, very inspiring and minimal, just focused in music vibes🔥.
I’m working with the MPC Live in standalone mode and i can almost finish all my prods with, but i need a way to export some of my exploded tracks in mono, mostly drum samples and bass, but also monophonic synths etc.
When I drag the bounced files from MPC in PT (or Ableton, or any other) they are all stereo, and splitting in mono make a loss of about -2db. I really need this tracks in mono to mix them without phasing issues or losing some audio spectrum when it’s played on mono systems.
In some cases if I have just 6 mono tracks I can recording them directly in a DAW with an audio interface, but if I have more tracks I have to record several times, and there are some sync issues with DAWs and MPC that makes impossible to have a stable clock to sync all these audio files and keep the groove of your MPC session..
Do you have any idea to achieve this?
Thanks a lot!! 🔥
What issues are you having with sync from mpc?
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I just got one. Should i sell it? I already have 2 akai studio. And where can i get those floppys or should i just do the swap? Thanks
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Brilliant.
The fact they are already.wav files and you can’t change the midi with the original sounds is not bad imo, forces you to continue with what you got. You can always go back in standalone, sync it with the ableton track and mie some new sequences. Another easy way is taking the wav file and a sound from it and use the sampler in your daw. Btw I always export as ableton set, quick process to do and import it in ableton, but if you use another daw stems are the way to go. For you standalone people you can use a tascam model 12/16/24 put in usb from mpc and you can have 32 tracks (more than the Tascam scan handle lol) this is great wit another midi controller connected to the mpc like the novation launchcontrol xl with filters, fx etc linked and just do a freestyle jam and then cut or arrange the parts you like. So many options😅😅😅
That beat is dope
many thanks bro!
Could also just open the project in controller mode and mix and master in the MPC software to couldn't you? Not sure how this compares to other DAWs for mixing and Mastering purposes as I haven't even made it that for yet. Just got my X last Thursday and have so much to learn.
Did you figure it out ?
It’s a monster pain to set up, but I use Jack Audio to send the Mpc’s 32 outs to a 32 input template in my daw. Once I get song mode filled out I just record the beat into my Daw just like the old days. It can be finicky, though.
I was thinking about going this route as well -I like to run some out board compressors straight out the mpc to shape the drums and give color and I’d assume that’s the only way unless you resampled everything. Anyone have experience with is method Vs exploding.
Quick question. I have a method for using the 32 outs in vst mode in studio one easily where it will “render audio” it bounces it down to audio files but this is just digital to digital I believe. I think it ends up similar to drag and drop. (?)
That said, your method is also digital to digital? I’m trying to hit the converters on way into the interface but I typically use my mpc in controller mode for the additional power. I used to do pmpte and route with a click on old mpcs but only 8 outs at a time.
Do we still have to do that with modern to hit converters?
is it possible to record a beat from akai mpc 2500 through a scarlett 2i2 interface into fl studio?
the other idea that i have is to sample the beat from the mpc 2500 to my mpc one and put it on an sd card...
do you think it'll work?
Both work
Thank you, you just said at the very start of the video that you can mix and master right on the MPC itself. All I'm wondering, is there ANYTHING that the MPC's can't do, that a DAW can, or is everything possible on the MPC itself, like EQ, effects, filters, sequencer, db level meter, etc? Thanks...SBN
Would you know how to sync your midi up with say pro tools to trigger the midi to sync up when tracking out the old school way so I can add outboard gear recorded in real time? I just can’t seem to figure it out- I have all my other gear set up this way but the mpc live 2 seems harder to figure out
What they did to do is introduce a VU meter for mixing and LUFS meter for mastering then you wouldn’t need a daw without these key pieces missing I don’t want anything to do with mixing and mastering in the box
Sweet instrumental!
I run my drums through a outboard comp among other things but the mpc software don't have realtime processing so I have to export stems from my live to studio one. Ashame really because I agree it would be nice to fully produce inside akai software.
Can you export a track you worked on in the MPC hardware in “standalone mode” directly into the MPC 2.0 software without having to do this? Can the software detect projects on your hardware?
Hi, I'm an italian amateur producer, I'm creating some dawless songs with Mpc Live II and some hardware synths that in a few months (I hope) can be exported to a micro sd card and entrusted to a sound engineer in a real recording studio. My questions are: do I have to turn all midi tracks into audio tracks to do the mixdown? If so, do I have to transform midi into audio in every single sequence or is there a faster way to do it? Thank you so much man!
When you do the mixdown all the tracks will be exported as audio files, including midi tracks.
@@mpchead thanks soo much!
when i export my MPC tracks from usb into abelton they end sooner then they should in the grid. both mpc and DAW are at the same tempo. any reason you know of why this is happening? could it be the swing from the mpc?
You ever figure out the reason?
Do you ever track the beat straight into the Daw? Ol’school way
if you mixdown inside the mpc, do you still export multitracks and load it up in a new project and put the stems on midi pads or audio tracks? or do you just mix in midi etc like the sequence is?
when the beat is done do you bounce it to wav, then import it to a new project in mpc to master is with more eq, compressors etc?
Thanks, I've never tried, because since I got mpc I don't use the computer, not even mpc software lol....they are awesome😉
That's true, the Mpc does everything nowadays:)
@@mpchead I love the forces work flow, but its lacking some of the editing features of the mpc, if I had to choose....I'd have to go with the mpc😐atm....but they say they are supporting these is brilliant, I know people think I'm crazy getting force instead of mac...but the force pads really are sensitive, think almost linnstrument?
@@mpchead It's not like logic pro tools cubase sound diff. it's just a hub for editing and tracking it's about the effects and and the mpc software accepts third party and even generic vst's so why export.
if i was to add lets say vocals to my finished track on the mpc. do i need to explode my drum track to further get into the mix on logic? or is mixing with a one track (finished beat) + vocals be enough on logic? thanks a ton
If you wanna export to logic, I would explode the tracks first so with have more control over your mix in Logic.
@@mpchead thanks!
hey man, you seem to know your ways around the akai workflow.... can i was you a question? i usually finish my tracks in ableton, and sure is a software that is great for live performances but I really would like to stop bringing the computer to gigs....... I was thinking, is it possible to perform those projects in a device like a mpc live or one?
yeah you can but you might discover a workflow that you are not comfortable with. If you're used to having an entire gig inside one Ableton project then it won't work that way due to sampling time 2gb. I know 2 gb is a lot but.... If separate song and have breaks in between songs giving you time to load a new project then it might work. but try it out before if you can, some people don't like the workflow.
@@mpchead thanks man, yes i am studying possibilities
@@mpchead till today i have not seen any other sampler devide that has that much RAM tho........... most other top of the line standalone devices have about 256MB....... and they still perform pretty god dam good
I like to use my MPC Live to programme all my drums, but I'm just starting a project where I will be recording live instrumentation with Microphones and will be recording them with Logic. Like you, I also like to arrange my songs with Logic because of the lay out of the timeline. Would you recommend opening the MPC Live session as a VST in Logic, given the drawbacks you explained in this tutorial to bouncing out tracks from the MPC? P.S liking the new camera set up
Many thanks!
Reg man just go old school and track it out of the outputs to your interface for logic. Then do your further editing. You can use midi clock to sync. But if you don’t mess with that just use the metronome on your count in to lock it up. Bless.
Why use Logic or any other DAW besides MPC 2 Desktop (MPC Controller Mode) if you are gonna lose abilities to further tweak your tracks with original MPC plugins/inserts/effects? I think MPC Live works hand in hand with the MPC 2 Desktop to allow you to compose/mix/master your song within a nice full sized desktop display, not sure what the benefits of Logic/Ableton/ProTools would be besides having more features/stability/popularity/better audio editing tools, etc. I don't know, just my 2 cents, seems like if you stay within Akai MPC world you still get professional sounding mixes and not compromise much.
Thank u. I dont have Logic, but I do have the mpc program that came with the mpc live does that work the same way? With the DAW.
it will be the same to work with the mpc software or in standalone, it's the same thing exactly, this applies more for people that like to use software to arrange and mix/master. You can do it all inside the Mpc live without having to go outside, it's more of a preference than anything.
But why do you need to export these tracks and stems into a daw? How could you do this without having to use a daw at all? See, I'm very confused, because I want to use these as complete stand alones and be able to do everything on these. I know that it's possible to do all of this without having to use a daw? Can't you see what the db is and do all the rest of the mastering process on the mpc's themselves? There's got to be a way where no daw has to be used whatsoever. If anybody has any knowledgeable feedback on this, I would much appreciate it. Thanks
You don't need to, this video is only for people that want that workflow. just an option
I think it is difficult to record vocals at the mpc. Because you can only record per segment or not?
If you export as MIDI, can you use the MPC live to play the instruments?
Can you hook up your casio are any live instruments to your MPC LIVE .
Yes, you can connect almost everything to this machine, just use regular audio cables.
Thank you soooooo very much for taking the time out to respond.
Thanks! Quick question how do you export all trackout files together if u have more than one sequence in a song??
export the song to a sequence first and then export all tracks out.
So what about when you record all the drums on track 1 in the Mpc,and separating the drums kick ,snare, hi-hat etc?
Before exporting tracks you have the option to explode tracks in the main screen. It's on the pencil tool next to the track.
How would it work in I wanna make a remix a cappella
Hey bro,thanks for the vid,the option to explode track from export window is not highlighted on my Mpc,been fightimg with settings to it to work8 cant seem to find where and how to do it,please can u help?
I am using the Touch here, there might be a difference in standalone.
do you recommend to keep the default low pole 2 filter on every pad or should I pull it off and always manually adjust everything (which honestly makes more sense but as long as you dont say it Ill keep it on the default :D )
I have my Pole 2 on project default. but the cut off point is not doing anything unless I want it, it's just the filter I like better that's why I have it ready but I do switch between all of the filter types depending on the effect I need.
@@mpchead thanks =)
is there a way to export a track with sidechain compression in it. when i explode the the tracks the sidecahin isnt in it...thats very sad i love the motherducker sc. Hope someone can help and have an idea. i think theres no way because the sc only works in after fader and not in prefader. this would help to record the track direkt to daw.
if that doesn't work just record direct via audio line in to your daw using an audio interface.
There's a work around. If your kick is ducking a sample for example and you want to export the sample with the side chain, you have to mute all the tracks beside the kick and the sample. Keep them umuted. On the kick you have to change the stereo output from the default 1, 2 to 3,4 or 5, 6 etc. This way you won't hear the kick but it will stil trigger the side chain on your sample during the export. After that you change back output of the kick to 1, 2.
i Think there must be a possibility, because all other effects are on the tracks when i export them.
I wish when you chose to export as midi, you were given the option to export your kits as adg files, so you could replicate the MPC workflow into Ableton. Anyone know a way of doing this without manually dropping individual drum samples onto the rack?