Taking advantage of the MPC Live analogue elements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIQLfQ6KPcs?t=2677

Peace - got another question about the MPC Live - in this video - my mans talks about if you make a beat on the MPC Live and just export it - you don't take advantage of the actual analogue elements of the MPC Live???
I wonder if someone could clarify what I need to do to take advantage of the analogue element of the MPC Live - i.e. I make a beat on the MPC Live standalone for example - then what method do I use to export the beat to take advantage of the analogue element of the MPC Live? (if that makes sense)?
Salute and thank you.

Analogue element? Do you mean exporting through the analogue outputs instead of just mixing down internally? The mpc live analogue outputs are neutral and don’t have any particular sound, so you only need to do this if you want to, for example, route tracks directly to an analogue mixer etc. if so, configure your project’s various channel strips to output through the desired analog outputs (via the channel mixer) and record the outputs in real time via your mixer to whatever recording source (e.g. computer)

Don’t get caught in the rabbit hole of “digital vs analog” sound quality. This is not the reason you think your beats don’t sound good enough

Spend your time learning mixing skills and music theory. I promise your music will benefit way more from that than spending energy on “sound quality”

MPC-Tutor wrote:Analogue element? Do you mean exporting through the analogue outputs instead of just mixing down internally? The mpc live analogue outputs are neutral and don’t have any particular sound, so you only need to do this if you want to, for example, route tracks directly to an analogue mixer etc. if so, configure your project’s various channel strips to output through the desired analog outputs (via the channel mixer) and record the outputs in real time via your mixer to whatever recording source (e.g. computer)

Got it - essentially this is what I was looking for - thank you.

J.O.BEATS wrote:Don’t get caught in the rabbit hole of “digital vs analog” sound quality. This is not the reason you think your beats don’t sound good enough

Spend your time learning mixing skills and music theory. I promise your music will benefit way more from that than spending energy on “sound quality”

Thank you - this is diamond advice and I will do my best to follow it.

Salute ya'll both.

Take your time to find what *you* like and learn how to make it. It's fine to learn how other producers did things, but this can be a huge rabbit hole as a lot of people tend to fixate on a single piece of gear, without understanding all of the effects, instruments, process, mixing, and mastering really brings in.

My best advice is to learn a handful of pieces of gear well, and when you find a gap try and see how you can make do with what you have instead of picking up the "next great thing". A lot of the greats knew how to squeeze every last drop out of their instruments and effects, no matter what they were... and this only comes with time, care, and practice.

The music industry tends to be more about glitz and glam, and often it's easy to get something at home that you find demo'd great but in reality is pretty average or in some cases terrible. Be careful of GAS, and don't just collect gear to have more "options"... options are the workflow killer, but you'll need to learn how many is the right amount for you.

NearTao wrote:Take your time to find what *you* like and learn how to make it. It's fine to learn how other producers did things, but this can be a huge rabbit hole as a lot of people tend to fixate on a single piece of gear, without understanding all of the effects, instruments, process, mixing, and mastering really brings in.

My best advice is to learn a handful of pieces of gear well, and when you find a gap try and see how you can make do with what you have instead of picking up the "next great thing". A lot of the greats knew how to squeeze every last drop out of their instruments and effects, no matter what they were... and this only comes with time, care, and practice.

The music industry tends to be more about glitz and glam, and often it's easy to get something at home that you find demo'd great but in reality is pretty average or in some cases terrible. Be careful of GAS, and don't just collect gear to have more "options"... options are the workflow killer, but you'll need to learn how many is the right amount for you.

Excellent advice - thank you - definitely have to learn and make use of what I have first to the max.

Salute!