It’s good to see someone using the MPC to its full capacity, as it’s more than just a beat making machine. I purchased my long awaited MPC X SE about a week ago, and I must admit, I’m mind blown.
Wow! I didn’t know MPC could sound so good! Fantastic performance. Reminds me that sometime just voice and one instrument is enough. Love Arcane also and agree about comping.
Hope your arm gets better! I had my left shoulder arthroscopy literally yesterday so I have a sling as well. Go us. The video is great! Truly creative content, and posted despite the risk of demonetization. Kudos!
Thank you my Brother! I'm so tired of Gear wars! It's one thing to talk about a products short coming's those I can appreciate but of late its seems like a personnel rant! I've deleted most of those accounts and I'm focus on my craft and channels like yours is refreshing in helping to keep me informed. You are a true artist my Brother keep up the excellent reviews and making video's like this please. I have a MPC ONE Plus with all the fixing so I'm defiantly gonna try this out. Have a Great Day Fam!😎
I must say one of the best MPC X SE vidoes that really show cases it's true versatility as a power house workstation. I have a pure analog recording studio and the MPC 4000 is still the heart of my studio. Having 8 analog outputs going into my analog mixer is nice. I use it for composing, writting and arranging. I have been looking at the MPC X for years. I just pulled the trigger on the Akai Key 61, it will be upgrading my Yamaha Motif SX 6. I am not getting rid of the Motif, I want the more modern features of the Akai Key 61. And bring a musician composer I like having the MPC with 61 keys in an all in one unit. I am still thinking of adding the the X SE to add to my studio as well. This video sold me on that :) One of the reasons is the larger screen on the X. I will never get rid of my MPC 4000, IMHO its on of the best MPC's ever made but having a quicker work flow in the Key 61 and X SE is very appealing. I have been looking at the original MPC X on Reverb and you can find some great deals, I really love the black stylish look, but getting a new X SE comes with a warranty :)
I stumbled across your video while searching videos of the mpc x se. I did not know this song of sting and i looked for it after watching your video. I really have to say, that i like your version better. Sting has this great warm and intimate voice but the rest of the song was very disapptointing to me because i feel like it is the usual stereotype of a hollywood style emotional flavor enhancer you always have to listen in movies. It does absolutely no justice to stings voice and in my mind the song could have been hitting much deeper with keeping the intimate atmosphere of the start. 🥲 So it is very good that you don't have access to a violin player and an orchestra. 😄 Well done, sir! Please keep your positive charisma and get well soon. All the best wishes! 🙋♂️
Great job! Very inspiring. Bonus points for using a black MPC screen and camera angle that captures your reflection on the device display as you're singing. Not sure if that was intentional but turned out quite nicely :)
Thank you so much for this. I just make stuff on my iPad, but I'm going to try and duplicate as much of this as I can with what I already have, and I think it's pretty doable, now that I know where to start!
Rule 1 with MPC is that there is nothing an MPC can't do. The insane amount of high-quality plugins it has received in recent years has made it such an omni-production powerhouse in a box. How do you like the Beyerdynamic 900 Pro X headphones? I love them. They sound spectacularly unspectacular IMO, which is exactly what I want for producing and mixing. They are also comfortable and not fatiguing, but they are built like a tank.
Í couldn’t agree more with both assessments! MPC has truly become a powerhouse and the Beyerdynamics are awesomely comfy flat sounding headphones🤘🏻 never take em off😜 thanks for watching my friend!
What will really blow your mind is Inmusic attitude to its customers, it’s not fixing bugs an your software instruments disappearing if you’ve not logged your machine on to internet for 90 days
@@StatetrooperBillyBillyou’re not wrong but that subtle warmth can be added. Having the modern features, especially MPC 3, will tip the scales forward to the new. I want an MPC X SE but am waiting for the next gen that will sync up better with 3.0 that will be released in the next few months
@@StatetrooperBillyBillI always felt that way. It’s why I hesitated. So I have an ISLA S2400 also for those old warm, hard hitting sounds. I’m finding it’s not needed as much as I expected. Using vintage modes and soft Clipper, on multiple sets of excellent monitors, in a blind test, I can’t consistently pick the sp1200 over the MPC X SE
I finally have been able to get a mpc x se and am floored how the size of it kind of extends everything the mpc live 2 retro was. I still use it without mpc 3 as I’m very used to the old operation system But man it’s amazing what you were able to think of to actually do Sounded beautiful but you should do more vocal songs as I’ve heard things previous from you that sounded just as good
Thanks so much my friend!! And congrats on the X SE! I feel it’s the ultimate physical expression of the MPC and it’s been worth every dime🤘🏻 hope we get more customization available for the knobs and LED strips, so much potential there! Cheers!
Isn't it a vocoder in Sting's version? Does the MPC have a vocoder? Great cover by the way! I haven't watched Arcane, so thank you for turning me on to this song!
Thanks so much for watching! I think it’s a vocoder as well! Push3 has something more similar to a vocoder with the new autoshift, but this came pretty close! See you soon!
Hey Brada, just wanted to ask you how your arm is healing? I hope all is well! Please let me know how everything's coming along with your journey man! I hope you will be back with your patients soon doing better dental care than ever! Cheers!
Thanks so much for asking my friend! I’ll be posting an update soon, but know that the road has been hard and painful. Thankfully I have my family, my music and you to help me work my way back 🔥 lots of love!
Your voice has a lovely sound 😊! I haven’t loaded down mpc 3 yet. Pardon my lack of knowledge, do you record your voice and piano as an audio track? I have had my mpc for a short time, gradually trying to learn things!
Just convinced me to watch Arcane I almost clicked on it but decided to get some TH-cam in first nice demo with the X akai InMusic should use this video for something
Hi! Yes and no. MPC ONE has the same fx, but no phantom power, so you would have to use a dynamic mic instead of a condenser. That might mean it will be more difficult to have that “whispery” vocal in there at a loud enough level, you might have to sing louder, but it should work! Hope that helps!!
I will try Arcane plus Sting is one of my favorite Artist. I've been rocking with him since The Police Don't Stand So Close To Me. Yeah I'm OldS-chool!😂
Love it, but hearing a little distortion/clipping(?) creeping in at about 5:57. The level meters don't look high, so maybe it's the gain on the mic or a fault with the MC? Just a minor thing, still a great performance 👍.
@@sambidudek that’s on me😅 I sent the MPC signal out to the Zoom H6 for recording too hot. I didn’t realize I was clipping cause I was monitoring direct from MPC and not H6. Rookie mistake😜
@@danpreston564 lol😂 according to the doctora I’m more than halfway there 💪🏼I’m using it mostly when I play keys cause the arm gets tired quickly, most of my day I’m sling free🤘🏻 lots of love!
Wild the piano filter is called Shimmer, which is the drug of Zaun in Arcane. G;ad you love the show it’s truly a masterpiece and something special everyone should experience. It’s that good. Even my wife liked it and that’s not her thing.
Please watch it and then come back to me. I challenge you to find the fault in that 100% / 97% rating. I don’t say this lightly, it’s the best thing I’ve seen in YEARS (and I’m somewhat of a cinefile). Cheers
Your voice sound fantastic, but it does not really sound like Sting. That is okay. I sure wish I could sing like that. My wife tells me to not give up my daytime job. I saw the Police live on the Synchronicity tour (summer, 1983) at Hollender Stadium in Rochester, NY (stadium is now demolished). I was 17 years old (yeah pushing 60 now - earliest year of Gen-X). Flock of Seagulls and The Fixx were the warmup bands. It was sunny and hot; "Tea in the Sahara" was in perfect alignment with the weather. Great memory.
Thanks so much for sharing such a precious memory my friend! And thanks for the kind words towards my effort to try to touch the Great Sting, truly a unique and magical voice of our time❤️ lots of love🙌🏻
Great job. The MPC has developed into such a powerhouse for more than just hip hop. Thanks for such an inspiring video
Thanks so much for watching! I feel the MPC deserves to be showcased in more genres since it is indeed a POWERHOUSE! Lots of love!
@@MidlifeSynthesistI held out on getting one for so long thinking it was just for hip hop. Boy was I wrong
definitely better value than Teenage Engineering OP XY
Wow. You can play & sing! You’re not only a great reviewer, but a talented artist. Bravo 🙌
@@onemanwent4059 thanks so much my friend ❤️ lots of love 🙌🏻
Bro this is inspiring. Thanks for the gold content.
Thanks so much for the golden comment❤🙌🏻
The fact that you recorded this video with one arm deserves a new sub 😉. Thank you for this amazing video brother!
Lol!! Thanks so much!! Welcome to the fam!🙌🏻
Woah...I honestly like your voice and singing. It doesn't need to sound like Sting to be good :)
Thanks so much for your kindness! See you soon🙌🏻
I’d love to see more of this reconstructing of popular songs. You picked a great one at the right time for this video.
Thanks so much! I loved doing this but I want to see if I get any copyright strikes or issues before making another lol😅 see you soon!!
Ooooooh. Is that why some of the lyrics are changed from the original? Totally hadn’t thought of that.
@ my biggest fear😅 hope the changed lyrics / higher vocal pitch and slightly faster tempo are enough to throw off the copyright algo🤪
It’s good to see someone using the MPC to its full capacity, as it’s more than just a beat making machine. I purchased my long awaited MPC X SE about a week ago, and I must admit, I’m mind blown.
fantastic work - beautiful! My respect for you as a musician definitely went up with this one. Great video, too
Thanks so much! Lots of love🙌🏻❤
In my youth I listened to police and sting for years. I haven’t heard the arcane song yet but I could hear him in your singing. Very well done!
That’s huge praise my friend, thank you! I’m amazed at how good the MPC has gotten at live vocal processing❤️ gonna have to dig deeper!
NICE WORK MAN!!!! Sounds so sick.
@@jasondugas8184 thanks so much!!🙌🏻
Wow! I haven't seen Arcane but love Sting, and you were spot on! This was awesome, definitely would love to hear more of these, maybe a series??
I’d love to!!! Just need to see if I don’t get copyrighted to hell and back for this😂😂
Wow! I didn’t know MPC could sound so good! Fantastic performance. Reminds me that sometime just voice and one instrument is enough. Love Arcane also and agree about comping.
Thank you so much!! I was left heartbroken after season 2! Lots of love!
Hope your arm gets better! I had my left shoulder arthroscopy literally yesterday so I have a sling as well. Go us.
The video is great! Truly creative content, and posted despite the risk of demonetization. Kudos!
Thanks so much and wish you a speedy recovery!! Pro tip: WARM SHOWERS! Like WD-40 for the shoulder😂 Get well!
Thank you my Brother!
I'm so tired of Gear wars!
It's one thing to talk about a products short coming's those I can appreciate but of late its seems like a personnel rant!
I've deleted most of those accounts and I'm focus on my craft and channels like yours is refreshing in helping to keep me informed.
You are a true artist my Brother keep up the excellent reviews and making video's like this please. I have a MPC ONE Plus with all the fixing so I'm defiantly gonna try this out. Have a Great Day Fam!😎
Dude thank you so much!! I truly appreciate the love🙌🏻see you soon!
Nice upload! Technical tips combined with beautiful song.
Thanks so much for watching!! I really had lots of fun on this one🙏🏼
That was amazing.
Thank you so much!!!🙌🏻🙌🏻
I must say one of the best MPC X SE vidoes that really show cases it's true versatility as a power house workstation. I have a pure analog recording studio and the MPC 4000 is still the heart of my studio. Having 8 analog outputs going into my analog mixer is nice. I use it for composing, writting and arranging. I have been looking at the MPC X for years. I just pulled the trigger on the Akai Key 61, it will be upgrading my Yamaha Motif SX 6. I am not getting rid of the Motif, I want the more modern features of the Akai Key 61. And bring a musician composer I like having the MPC with 61 keys in an all in one unit. I am still thinking of adding the the X SE to add to my studio as well. This video sold me on that :) One of the reasons is the larger screen on the X. I will never get rid of my MPC 4000, IMHO its on of the best MPC's ever made but having a quicker work flow in the Key 61 and X SE is very appealing. I have been looking at the original MPC X on Reverb and you can find some great deals, I really love the black stylish look, but getting a new X SE comes with a warranty :)
Great vocal chops dude!!
Thanks so much!!🙌🏻❤️
HOLY SHINTO BATMAN!!! You sound amazing!
🙌🏻🙌🏻 thank you!!
I stumbled across your video while searching videos of the mpc x se. I did not know this song of sting and i looked for it after watching your video. I really have to say, that i like your version better. Sting has this great warm and intimate voice but the rest of the song was very disapptointing to me because i feel like it is the usual stereotype of a hollywood style emotional flavor enhancer you always have to listen in movies. It does absolutely no justice to stings voice and in my mind the song could have been hitting much deeper with keeping the intimate atmosphere of the start. 🥲 So it is very good that you don't have access to a violin player and an orchestra. 😄
Well done, sir! Please keep your positive charisma and get well soon. All the best wishes! 🙋♂️
Fantastic singing. 🎉
Gotta agree. Usually I find singing on Synthtube channels awkward (can you imagine Loopop singing? 😂), but that was really good.
Thanks so much❤️🙏🏼
😅 thanks my friend😜
Great job! Very inspiring. Bonus points for using a black MPC screen and camera angle that captures your reflection on the device display as you're singing. Not sure if that was intentional but turned out quite nicely :)
Thanks so much!! It was a happy accident I noticed while editing😅 gonna use it intentionally next time lol
You're getting the best out of the MPC. Nice singing & I'll check out that' show. Get well!
Thanks bro!! Let me know if you liked Arcane, I’m absolutely obsessed with it after season 2🤘🏻
Wow. I need to dig deeper into the MPC. I had no idea it could so things like that. And your singing voice is amazing.
Thanks so much! I was just as shocked as you are😅 gonna keep digging, there’s loads to uncover!! See you soon!
Sounds great!
Thanks for the video, cool performance!
Thanks for watching!!
Wow that sounds great!!!
🙌🏻🙌🏻❤️😊
Thank you so much for this. I just make stuff on my iPad, but I'm going to try and duplicate as much of this as I can with what I already have, and I think it's pretty doable, now that I know where to start!
You're so welcome!🙌🏻🙌🏻
Rule 1 with MPC is that there is nothing an MPC can't do. The insane amount of high-quality plugins it has received in recent years has made it such an omni-production powerhouse in a box.
How do you like the Beyerdynamic 900 Pro X headphones? I love them. They sound spectacularly unspectacular IMO, which is exactly what I want for producing and mixing. They are also comfortable and not fatiguing, but they are built like a tank.
Í couldn’t agree more with both assessments! MPC has truly become a powerhouse and the Beyerdynamics are awesomely comfy flat sounding headphones🤘🏻 never take em off😜 thanks for watching my friend!
You have a great voice. Fine singing! Hope the shoulder is healing well.
Thanks so much my friend! Really appreciate the good vibes!
What will really blow your mind is Inmusic attitude to its customers, it’s not fixing bugs an your software instruments disappearing if you’ve not logged your machine on to internet for 90 days
Wow! Beautiful voice ❤
Thank you so much!!
Haunting tune... love it.
Truly beautiful 😊👍🏼👌🏼👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏼
Thanks so much❤️
Wow. This was amazing.
Sting, line 2
😂 thanks brother!!
I got my MPC X SE about ten days ago. I can’t believe I didn’t get it sooner. It’s shocking how good it is.
@@StatetrooperBillyBillyou’re not wrong but that subtle warmth can be added. Having the modern features, especially MPC 3, will tip the scales forward to the new. I want an MPC X SE but am waiting for the next gen that will sync up better with 3.0 that will be released in the next few months
It’s a POWERHOUSE. I absolutely love it and now with MPC 3 I feel I’m actually using it to its full potential. Congrats!!
@@StatetrooperBillyBillI always felt that way. It’s why I hesitated. So I have an ISLA S2400 also for those old warm, hard hitting sounds. I’m finding it’s not needed as much as I expected. Using vintage modes and soft Clipper, on multiple sets of excellent monitors, in a blind test, I can’t consistently pick the sp1200 over the MPC X SE
Dope!🔥
❤🙌🏻
Very good sir!!
Thank you!!
woah I so need this device to create the dreamy vocals!
Beautiful 🤩
Thanks 🤗
I finally have been able to get a mpc x se and am floored how the size of it kind of extends everything the mpc live 2 retro was. I still use it without mpc 3 as I’m very used to the old operation system
But man it’s amazing what you were able to think of to actually do
Sounded beautiful but you should do more vocal songs as I’ve heard things previous from you that sounded just as good
Thanks so much my friend!! And congrats on the X SE! I feel it’s the ultimate physical expression of the MPC and it’s been worth every dime🤘🏻 hope we get more customization available for the knobs and LED strips, so much potential there! Cheers!
Isn't it a vocoder in Sting's version? Does the MPC have a vocoder? Great cover by the way! I haven't watched Arcane, so thank you for turning me on to this song!
Thanks so much for watching! I think it’s a vocoder as well! Push3 has something more similar to a vocoder with the new autoshift, but this came pretty close! See you soon!
Love my MPC, and the 3.0 os
That was beautiful man. Your voice is pretty nice btw, you should release songs with vocals. How’s your shoulder?
could you do more vids on mpc vocals
I’d love to!! Thanks for the confidence boost🙌🏻
Hey Brada, just wanted to ask you how your arm is healing? I hope all is well! Please let me know how everything's coming along with your journey man! I hope you will be back with your patients soon doing better dental care than ever! Cheers!
Thanks so much for asking my friend! I’ll be posting an update soon, but know that the road has been hard and painful. Thankfully I have my family, my music and you to help me work my way back 🔥 lots of love!
Wey, cantas super bien, y tu brazo ya luce mucho mejor, un abrazo.
Mil gracias hermano!!! Un abrazo gigante y gracias por pasar a dejarme unas palabritas de aliento🙌🏻
Fantastic!
Your voice has a lovely sound 😊! I haven’t loaded down mpc 3 yet. Pardon my lack of knowledge, do you record your voice and piano as an audio track? I have had my mpc for a short time, gradually trying to learn things!
All effects are new with Mpc 3.0 update the plugin was there before but with only 4 presets
Dope.
The Auto Tune from "Vocal Tuner" is official too
Is that the MPC alone giving you no input latency?? Because thats crazy
Wow. I recently spoke with a friend and asked him what is his main daw for writing ✍🏾 he responded by telling me the MPC.
Dude know’s what’s up!😜
Arcane rocks!
ROCKKSSSS🔥🔥🔥🔥
great voice!
Thank you!!!
Mpc 2.0 has the the effects chain presets also. The 3.0 might have more presets
I love my mpc x se 😎
100%❤️
Just convinced me to watch Arcane I almost clicked on it but decided to get some TH-cam in first nice demo with the X akai InMusic should use this video for something
Thanks so much for the kind words and YES!! Go watch arcane NOW!! Let me know if you liked it🤘🏻
Can you do this with the mpc one? the vocal stuff i mean
Hi! Yes and no. MPC ONE has the same fx, but no phantom power, so you would have to use a dynamic mic instead of a condenser. That might mean it will be more difficult to have that “whispery” vocal in there at a loud enough level, you might have to sing louder, but it should work! Hope that helps!!
Are you using a mic preamp or does the Akai you’re using have one built in?
I will try Arcane plus Sting is one of my favorite Artist. I've been rocking with him since The Police Don't Stand So Close To Me.
Yeah I'm OldS-chool!😂
This was a darn good singing.
@@fpham8004 thanks so much!
Love it, but hearing a little distortion/clipping(?) creeping in at about 5:57. The level meters don't look high, so maybe it's the gain on the mic or a fault with the MC? Just a minor thing, still a great performance 👍.
Yeah, heard it too (more than just there).
The signal is just too hot.
I'm calling "The Police" now 😄
Lmfao! I see what you did there😂
@@MidlifeSynthesist Every beat you take
And every groove you make
Every Push you break
Every step you sequence
I'll be watching you on TH-cam
@ love this!😂
Nice one
Thank you!!🙌🏻🙌🏻
You do sound like Sting. You managed to replicate his "foggy" (?) voice.
very cool
Thank you my friend!! Cheers!
nice voice
Is it me, or is the harmoniser clipping and distorting the sound in the video?
@@sambidudek that’s on me😅 I sent the MPC signal out to the Zoom H6 for recording too hot. I didn’t realize I was clipping cause I was monitoring direct from MPC and not H6. Rookie mistake😜
@ thanks for the answer. Otherwise the video is stellar 👍🏻
@ thanks so much!🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@MidlifeSynthesistand you made me bingewatch Arcane. Thanks 😎
@@sambidudek that makes me extremely happy❤️ what a show!
woooooooooow
@@Pennygame 🙌🏻❤️🙌🏻
Ditch the sling. You have to force yourself to regain some mobility slowly. The sling will get your muscle to atrophy.
The MPC did not do it. Mine cannot do it.
You did it.
How long is this poor guy's arm going to be in a sling?
@@danpreston564 lol😂 according to the doctora I’m more than halfway there 💪🏼I’m using it mostly when I play keys cause the arm gets tired quickly, most of my day I’m sling free🤘🏻 lots of love!
@ all the best to you. Enjoying your one armed content!
@ 😂❤️❤️
It’s a $2500 machine it better sound good 😂
LOL! You’re not wrong!😂🤘🏻
fantom can do that too. just saying
Come on, admit that you just wanted to show off 😊
Lol☺️
Wild the piano filter is called Shimmer, which is the drug of Zaun in Arcane. G;ad you love the show it’s truly a masterpiece and something special everyone should experience. It’s that good. Even my wife liked it and that’s not her thing.
YES, Shimmer!! Easter egg? Happy accident? You decide😜 Thanks so much for watching my friend and fellow Arcane Fan🤘🏻
“The best” has only 30 reviews 🤦♂️
Please watch it and then come back to me. I challenge you to find the fault in that 100% / 97% rating. I don’t say this lightly, it’s the best thing I’ve seen in YEARS (and I’m somewhat of a cinefile). Cheers
@@MidlifeSynthesistchallenge accepted 🤝
@@TeddyBaas hell yeah💪🏼💪🏼🔥
won't just blow your mind. Blow out your wallet as well
Your voice sound fantastic, but it does not really sound like Sting. That is okay. I sure wish I could sing like that. My wife tells me to not give up my daytime job. I saw the Police live on the Synchronicity tour (summer, 1983) at Hollender Stadium in Rochester, NY (stadium is now demolished). I was 17 years old (yeah pushing 60 now - earliest year of Gen-X). Flock of Seagulls and The Fixx were the warmup bands. It was sunny and hot; "Tea in the Sahara" was in perfect alignment with the weather. Great memory.
Thanks so much for sharing such a precious memory my friend! And thanks for the kind words towards my effort to try to touch the Great Sting, truly a unique and magical voice of our time❤️ lots of love🙌🏻
Wow. I recently spoke with a friend and asked him what is his main daw for writing ✍🏾 he responded by telling me the MPC.