Is Beat Making on the MPC 2500 tutorial worth purchasing??

i was just wondering if anyone here has purchased the tutorial offered on the site and if it is worth it?
looks quite good and im sure would be handy but im keen to hear what other people have to say
also does it tutor in JJ or Akai OS?

Not to me, since information in any tutorial can be found for free. But it helps the site and saves you time searching. You decide! It tutors Akai OS!

to me it is like the "missing other half" of the official manual. akai has a tendency to just write what the machines can do technically and not what that feature might do in a musical context. the tutorial steps in a that point and with the use of the included samples it is a "learning by doing" experience. of course you can just read it, but i think it is more fun to actually do the tutorials.
some people with more experience may not need the additional knowledge of the tutorials, and some chapters handle fairly basic stuff which most people who are into making music with machines might already know.

the tutorial is well written and up to date with the latest official os versions 1.23/1.24
i personally like the fact that tutor has provided users who bought the e-book earlier with a free updated version to download.
it is also very nice that one can download the e-book again if it gotten deleted or lost elsewhere.

try the free chapters and decide for yourself. also every copy sold helps tutor run this forum and the website.

peace jo

It looks good - I looked at the free sample tutorial and now I'm thinking about buying the whole thing.

The Akai manual is not great for beginners because although it goes through the features quite well, it does not help you to work out when you would use them for your tracks. The tutorial seems good in this way, and yes you can learn most of it by trial and error and asking questions, but this is probably a pretty good short cut for $40. The tutorial I think, can show what's possible so you'll have those options available to you when making stuff.

It is based around the Akai OS, but it is stated on the site that there are not that many differences with the JJ OS, but the screen shots will all be Akai OS.

everything in those dvds is prob on youtube anyway

im just keen on what information it has on stuff like creating bass lines and pitch correction when sampling multiple tracks to create one
i cant quite get my head around using bass lines from actual songs and putting them into a new context
does it involve alot of eq to sort of isolate the bass from a track?
or do people generally find a cappella type versions of bass lines?

amnesious wrote:im just keen on what information it has on stuff like creating bass lines and pitch correction when sampling multiple tracks to create one
i cant quite get my head around using bass lines from actual songs and putting them into a new context
does it involve alot of eq to sort of isolate the bass from a track?
or do people generally find a cappella type versions of bass lines?

I don't know if the tutorial covers those techniques, but those answers can also be found on this forum.

For isolating bass from a sample u can Eq / filter it by using a shelf eq or the low pass filters in the mpc. Just cut the highend.
Search the productions techniques forums for Low end theory.

For using multiple tracks a have to have a trained ear and a little bit of studdying on music theory to understand how to put everything in harmony by using scales that goes with the key of the song.

Just experiment for the wanted results