Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
Byimpatient-member Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:29 pm
Rookie question, I know I figures this out on ableton back in the day but when I export a beat from the mpc and listen to it, the finished product is SO QUIET, anyone know how to raise the volume of an export so Its as loud as other songs in Soundcloud? I play mine and I have to crank the volume to 10 and then when another song plays after mine It basically rips my ears off. Any ideas?

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Byimpatient-member Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:38 pm
When Iistening to the loop I made within the mpc using headphones or speakers it is clearer and way louder than it is exported
Byimpatient-member Sat Jan 15, 2022 4:26 pm
Nobody else has ever had this issue ?
Byimpatient-member Sat Jan 15, 2022 4:41 pm
This is the least helpful forum I've ever been a member of
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By Lampdog Sat Jan 15, 2022 4:46 pm
Your trippin.

4 posts.

Within 1 1/2hrs.

Going from “help me”.

To “this is the least helpful….”

And here I was gonna answer. I’m gonna pass and just say main out path.. it’s other shit too.
By Patientrichard Sat Jan 15, 2022 4:56 pm
In answer to your original post-

Look at some things like basic mastering, to understand why the exported file is a different level. On your main channel there's lots of options to enable you to get a bit further on. You could look at normalisation of the file, if you're not wanting to get more than some volume raising. You can always raise the level in your daw, of you're in a rush to get something a bit louder. There's a master template that a forum member has designed, so why not try that and reverse engineer it to understand things a bit better. Or maybe it's the way you have your own settings too low and you need to take a look at that. There's a plethora of reasons, and there's a plethora of answers

To your more recent post - every post you've made, has offered you advice and guidance from members on the forum. Most of which could have been discovered by either rtm, watching YouTube vids, or searching here.
To suggest it's the most unhelpful forum is a fallacy.

If you've not had an answer straight away, it doesn't mean people aren't being helpful. It may be that the person to give you the answer just hasn't logged in today, or it may be that the questions are either already answered elsewhere or don't have an answer. To repeatedly bump your thread all day, and complain that you're not getting any answers, isnt great forum etiquette and likely to wind people up. Its also worth remembering that a forum is a communal place, and not a place just for answers to your questions alone.

There's a lot of helpful folks here, who have been around a long time who know the mpc line from the very beginning.

Just be patient and whilst waiting, try to work it out for yourself.
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By Lampdog Sat Jan 15, 2022 6:19 pm
Patientrichard wrote:In answer to your original post-


User name checks out!

:-D
By T-Monk Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:32 pm
Try throwing a limited plugin on the master output before you export your mix.
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By BostonGreen Mon Feb 14, 2022 7:17 pm
Lampdog wrote:https://www.masteringthemix.com/blogs/learn/76296773-mastering-audio-for-soundcloud-itunes-spotify-and-youtube


An excellent article, thanks for that. Might post it over in the FB groups.

Dynamic range is sadly lacking nowadays, everything compressed to within an inch of its life. I'm in my 50's, so grew up pre loudness wars, music had so much more 'detail' I suppose is one way of putting it.
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By Lampdog Mon Feb 14, 2022 7:24 pm
BostonGreen wrote:I'm in my 50's, so grew up pre loudness wars, music had so much more 'detail' .....


51 here. And yep the sound was better because of dynamics. Squashed sound on individual instruments is cool when used artistically, but I don't like when it's just an overall squash to hell type shit.
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By Monotremata Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:09 pm
Lampdog wrote:
Patientrichard wrote:In answer to your original post-


User name checks out!

:-D


He's a good one, the man knows his Basic Channel dub techno!