By Sinius
Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:27 am
Hallo,
i know the MPC4k now for 8 years and i am working on a dayli basis on this thing - and i am still happy with it.
The MPC get´s better and better as my skills and listening habits grow!
(I do live-shows with the MPC ever since)
But there is one thing i am allways struggling with - that is mixing songs and the gainstage!
As i am preparing/mixing for a show my instruments-GAIN/Volume went up and down - like a helter-skalter.
There is no improvement in mixing - no orientation.
Simple example: I do the bassdrum one day louder and the next day quiter and so on - never ending...
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Please led me explain first how i prepare my setup for live:
1) I build my own programs (instruments) with my own waveforms ( Singlewaves or Wave-Samples of real intruments)
2) They are collected in the MULTI
3) One Sequence is a ONE SONG - A song consists out of many TRACKS
4) A "song" struktur is performed by muting and unmuting TRACKS ( and other tricks)
a) The same PROGRAM is used in several songs/tracks!!!
b) Since every song/track has a different volume -
c) I controlle the VOLUME/GAIN of the same PROGRAM via "velocity" in a TRACK.
d) The "VELOCITY" is set to "Tilt VELO = AMPLITUDE" in the mod-matrix.
MASTER LEVEL is set to "0" / PROGRAMS to "-6" / Samples are normalized
My problem is that my mixes are inconsistent and they do not improve - since years.
I am struggling and i don´t know what to do - that is why i am here...
Any hints are greatly appreciated!
THX!
i know the MPC4k now for 8 years and i am working on a dayli basis on this thing - and i am still happy with it.
The MPC get´s better and better as my skills and listening habits grow!
(I do live-shows with the MPC ever since)
But there is one thing i am allways struggling with - that is mixing songs and the gainstage!
As i am preparing/mixing for a show my instruments-GAIN/Volume went up and down - like a helter-skalter.
There is no improvement in mixing - no orientation.
Simple example: I do the bassdrum one day louder and the next day quiter and so on - never ending...
__
Please led me explain first how i prepare my setup for live:
1) I build my own programs (instruments) with my own waveforms ( Singlewaves or Wave-Samples of real intruments)
2) They are collected in the MULTI
3) One Sequence is a ONE SONG - A song consists out of many TRACKS
4) A "song" struktur is performed by muting and unmuting TRACKS ( and other tricks)
a) The same PROGRAM is used in several songs/tracks!!!
b) Since every song/track has a different volume -
c) I controlle the VOLUME/GAIN of the same PROGRAM via "velocity" in a TRACK.
d) The "VELOCITY" is set to "Tilt VELO = AMPLITUDE" in the mod-matrix.
MASTER LEVEL is set to "0" / PROGRAMS to "-6" / Samples are normalized
My problem is that my mixes are inconsistent and they do not improve - since years.
I am struggling and i don´t know what to do - that is why i am here...
Any hints are greatly appreciated!
THX!