where did you learn?

man when i first got my mpc i did not knew nobody who using mpc's so i had to learn on my own i just take that damn manual read all the most important parts and then try some stuff and you know what its help a lot lol just be patient every programs or machine are basicly the same drums + chops + midi = beat

I doubt that anybody actually read the manual before plugging that thing in and loading up the first sounds! I had the MP on layaway long before I actually brought it home so I used to go into the local shop and mess with it. Once I got it I didnt want to do anything but mess around. Experimentation is the key to learning and that is exactly what I did. It took several years before my learning finally plateaued and I now feel as if my creativity has a fairly good outlet to quickly put an idea down.

Anyways, this thread kinda sends me down memory lane, haha.

Peace,
~B

http://www.studiobhiphop.com

After turning it on and reallizing that i had no idea how to do anything i picked up the manual and slowly started working through it, using it as a tutorial. I already new what i wanted to do with the machine, so it was just a matter of connecting the dots.

I also asked silly questions on the forums.

And now i just play play play and try to pick up new things as much as possible.

i need to learn alot more.

but i feel very comfortable after a year and a few months of use(MPC1000)

my pads are starting to piss me off though

Lithion wrote:I read the manual cover to cover before even touching my mpc. It's a discipline that I have learned that has upped my game considerably. Then I went to the guy I bought it from, he showed me a few things. Then I found this website, and I spent like 10 hours scouring every single post in the MPC1000 forum. Then I bought the "beatmaking on the mpc1000" e-book and read that cover to cover twice. Then I spent like 4 hours on youtube watching beatmaking videos.

Now, I have a general disdain for people that come in and ask idiotic questions on the forum like "yo where are the speakers on my mpc500?" Or "I want to buy a good pair of midi headphones" (no joke). I have learned that everything in life that is worth anything has taken work, and in the discipline of learning to work, I have found a certian enjoyment in learning new things.

I second everything Lit said. I seriously did the exact same thing. Youtube, Forum (allday!), and copped the Tutorial form this site and went through it (I still go through it just to refresh my memory). Deffinitel watch videos too. Do a lot of reading. Trial and error is a must! And have a hunger to learn. After a while you grow an appreciation and fascination for/with learning.
But seriously, after you get up to par with terms and basic functions, this forum will boost your knowledge soooo much. 2 months ago, I didn't know half the stuff I know now. But I stay on this forum, and these people have all these techniques and different ways of doin' things that they enjoy sharing with each other and you learn stuff that you might not learn on your own.

Hope this helps. And hang in there, don't give up.

I learned between clouds of smoke.

ReckOne wrote:I learned between clouds of smoke.

So did I .... I was camping at the time and learning my mpc500. I was 100 miles away from any electrical outlet. Good times....

Owners manual? My MPC 60 came used - no manual.....it really didn't need one - ....
thank GOD for the 4k manuals however - it a whole different animal........................................

Cap_Ill wrote:my pads are starting to piss me off though

why is that? because they're chunky?

a mate of mine has a 1000 & when i bought over my 2000xl and he just fiddled around, basically checking out the feel difference between the two he almost spaffed his pants over the feel of the 2000xls buttons and wheel

does anybody in here own the 2000xl tutorial manual bought from this site?

My dude LORD RELIC gave me my basic instructions he scored the "Hip Hop Project" movie. and my dude METAPHYSIC who did the "Hell Yeah" remix for Dead Prez taught me how to sample in, both those brief lessons were on the 2000xl which i was obssessed with for a while, but now i rock the 2500 and i like it so much better. i was actually a FLSTUDIO dude from the start, my ***** LORD RELIC who i mentioned before mainly used the TRITON so i used to **** wit that. now i got the MOTIF ES and i hardly touch my computer.
When i got the 2500 i **** wit it, i aint have no manual so i was on youtube watchin videos and just goin back in memory from what my peoples taught me. FruityLoops helped me a lot though, the transition was easy since i understood the language it was just up to me to **** wit the controls and see how the functions effected what i was tryin to do, good or bad

m.sm. wrote:well i had learned on my own at the crib. i had a manual since day one but I am guilty of not always using it when I need it. i learn things very fast usually and this was one of them. i say in a couple months I was able to turn out a decent beat. nothing major. in about a year i was doing aight on the machine. 3 years in and im very comfortable with my machine and I can turn out some great beats!

got a long way to go though and i hope the learning never ends!!!

smoked a couple L's and started 2 experiment

m.sm. wrote:well i had learned on my own at the crib. i had a manual since day one but I am guilty of not always using it when I need it. i learn things very fast usually and this was one of them. i say in a couple months I was able to turn out a decent beat. nothing major. in about a year i was doing aight on the machine. 3 years in and im very comfortable with my machine and I can turn out some great beats!

got a long way to go though and i hope the learning never ends!!!

smoked a couple L's and started 2 experiment

drukqs2369 wrote:why is that? because they're chunky?

a mate of mine has a 1000 & when i bought over my 2000xl and he just fiddled around, basically checking out the feel difference between the two he almost spaffed his pants over the feel of the 2000xls buttons and wheel

does anybody in here own the 2000xl tutorial manual bought from this site?

i have a 1000 and my first two pads barely work

and they are small.