By djst
Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:15 am
This song is special to us. It's the first time we've made a song from scratch that didn't really need any enhancements in Ableton Live aside from subtle compression on a few tracks and the master. Not because that couldn't also easily be done on the MPC itself, but because it was things we didn't hear until in the final process of uploading the video.
It uses some of the paid plugins from Akai, including the Jura synth (our favorite synth at the moment!), Air Delay Pro and Air Soft Clipper. The latter was used pretty extensively in the mixing process. Would love to hear any feedback about this one:
The MPC Live 2 is a remarkable groovebox. We took it with us on a 24-hour music-making camper van trip and it's pretty much the ideal groovebox for these kinds of scenarios with its built-in battery and speaker. This allowed us to record this jam in one take without any cables whatsoever. All you need to do is to convert a song into a sequence, arm Automation and then hit Over Dub and it will record all track/pad mutes and one-shot hits on pads into the full sequence.
When we got back home, we even continued to add to the song by resampling tracks to add ear candy. That's part of the MPC workflow that I enjoy the most actually, being able to resample and sprinkle more stuff on top of a beat. It's a really fun and productive workflow.
It uses some of the paid plugins from Akai, including the Jura synth (our favorite synth at the moment!), Air Delay Pro and Air Soft Clipper. The latter was used pretty extensively in the mixing process. Would love to hear any feedback about this one:
The MPC Live 2 is a remarkable groovebox. We took it with us on a 24-hour music-making camper van trip and it's pretty much the ideal groovebox for these kinds of scenarios with its built-in battery and speaker. This allowed us to record this jam in one take without any cables whatsoever. All you need to do is to convert a song into a sequence, arm Automation and then hit Over Dub and it will record all track/pad mutes and one-shot hits on pads into the full sequence.
When we got back home, we even continued to add to the song by resampling tracks to add ear candy. That's part of the MPC workflow that I enjoy the most actually, being able to resample and sprinkle more stuff on top of a beat. It's a really fun and productive workflow.