By Moin
Sun Aug 06, 2017 1:18 am
I bought the MPC Touch, downloaded all the sounds and samples it came with and it came with A LOT. I also have VST instrument plugins from AIR as well. I'm using MPC 2.0 and I'm having a hard time understanding the aspects of beat making. I primarily rap and I've decided to make beats to have a better grasp and control of my artistry. I'm confused on the timing of the metronome.
I understand metronome is there to help you stay within the measure and not go off beat but does it matter whether I do it from the start of the grid while it's recording or can I start hitting the pads at any time as well long as the pattern is on point? How do I sample? Every time I drag an mp3 it only gives the first 2 seconds of the track. I know I can buy a vinyl player and do it that way by playing and recording, but I want to also learn how to do it by taking a wav or mp3 file I already have and drag it on the software. At what point will a keyboard be a good addition to the MPC Touch drum machine? I know I don't necessarily need a keyboard, but I'm guessing eventually when I get better at producing beats it would help a lot in creating melodies.
As you can obviously tell, I'm very new to this and have a lot of questions and I'm going to keep experimenting and researching, but does anyone know of a go to video tutorial series that can help me hit the ground running and be more productive than I am right now?
I understand metronome is there to help you stay within the measure and not go off beat but does it matter whether I do it from the start of the grid while it's recording or can I start hitting the pads at any time as well long as the pattern is on point? How do I sample? Every time I drag an mp3 it only gives the first 2 seconds of the track. I know I can buy a vinyl player and do it that way by playing and recording, but I want to also learn how to do it by taking a wav or mp3 file I already have and drag it on the software. At what point will a keyboard be a good addition to the MPC Touch drum machine? I know I don't necessarily need a keyboard, but I'm guessing eventually when I get better at producing beats it would help a lot in creating melodies.
As you can obviously tell, I'm very new to this and have a lot of questions and I'm going to keep experimenting and researching, but does anyone know of a go to video tutorial series that can help me hit the ground running and be more productive than I am right now?