MPC X, MPC Live, MPC One & MPC Key 61 Forum: Support and discussion for the MPC X, MPC Live, MPC Live II, MPC One & MPC Key 61; Akai's current generation of standalone MPCs.
By DokBrown Tue May 12, 2020 3:00 pm
MPC FX effects list & chain template via MEDIAFIRE spreadsheet

I put together a spreadsheet with all the FX in 1 place: standard, AIR & XY.
I got tired of jumping around the manual.

It has a tab for compiling your favorite FX that I find real handy
you can make your own list & print it as a quik studio reference

It has a tab for noting your fx stacks/chains
since AKAI won’t let you save an FX chain at this point. [OS 2.6]

I will share it via mediafire unless you have another rec . . . . .
By DokBrown Wed May 13, 2020 5:19 pm
Tabletop wrote:Thanks but its saying I have to download an app or update my phone to see these so I'll pass.



The file is an .ODS so any spreadsheet program can read it.
Excel, apache openoffice, libreoffice, google spread . . . . .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument

I may expand it later to add ability to keep tracks of projects/sequences/programs/etc.
By DokBrown Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:32 pm
the FX responding to to tapping the macroknob is fancy. Being able to save an FX chain as an FX RACK is critical.

I expect to see this on the next MPC update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeX-k761uR8
By DokBrown Fri May 07, 2021 11:10 pm
PROPER FX chain : EQ COMPRESSION  MOTHER DUCKER


My Yamaha mixer automatically puts the compressor before the EQ so I don’t have much hardware choice. I run pretty much everything thru this mixer before it hits my MPC inputs to keep my job simple. If it doesn’t sound right, I like to adjust the instrument/mixer knobs until it is 60-80% perfect.

https://www.waves.com/eq-before-or-after-compression

naturally I followed this line of thinking with my MPC FX chain:
1]compression/eq [usually the AIR strip]
Mother ducker here if necessary
2] flanger/phaser
3] delay/reverb
4] [usually blank]

This article has me questioning myself, I was wondering what others were doing ???
which fx chain is best for getting the most out the mother ducker with my kicks & basslines ? does it work best at the beginning or end of the fx chain ?

I don’t use any VSTs, just the tools that came with my MPC
In terms of compressors & EQ, I favor the following:
UPDATES mpc 2.4 / APPENDIX
AIR kill EQ [lotsa fun here]
AIR pumper
PEQ 2-BAND [simplest EQ]

AIR channel strip [simplest compressor here disable gate/EQ]
Per my understanding of the manual ; EQ  gate  compression [correct me if wrong]



https://www.waves.com/eq-for-beginners- ... -equalizer

https://www.waves.com/which-compressor- ... for-my-mix
By DokBrown Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:14 am
For all you trapped my Microsoft, I converted the file to .xlsx.
I have not switched to 2.10 yet so the new FX are not there.

With the new ability to save the whole FX rack, the FX chain tabs are obsolete but I left them in there just in case.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/zidqs73q ... .xlsx/file


U can thank me later . . . . .
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By Ultros Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:05 am
Mother ducker out @ the start of the chain (if applying to drums) and mother ducker in at the end of the chain in the items you want to knock off.

In my mind, you wanna have the mother ducker do its job and not be muddied by other fx in the chain applied to drums, but you also dont want the mother ducker in, to roll off your say.. hmm lead synth with all its fx applied and muddy its chain putting the compression at the start.

That's how i do it anyways. I want the drums to effect the track with out affecting its effects or being affected by the drum tracks effects lol tounge twister!