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.
By Robert Mathews Fri Jul 05, 2024 7:33 pm
Hi guys. Just got my MPC One a month ago and have made decent progress with learning the basics. I’m venturing into the more complex areas of track effects/automation etc now which is very alien to me. I want to make electronic/downbeat type stuff with ambient tones and wondering how I can achieve certain effects with the MPC One both standalone and in the computer software. For example on this popular track at 01:00

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GjlklxY-f ... dHRhY2s%3D

A pulsing/oscillating movement of what sounds to be a few synth notes begins moving up and down. This type of effect I’ve heard in a lot of electronic/dance music and soundtrack scores. Any one have any ideas as to how to achieve this kind of sound to produce background textures for some of my beats? Is it a case of fiddling with the low pass filter with automation or some type of modulation? As ambient sounds are gonna be a big part of my sound I guess I’m gonna have to get fluent in the technical stuff! :roll:
Much appreciated fellow MPC heads. This is some machine :worthy:
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By Lampdog Sat Jul 06, 2024 8:15 am
Any sample + filter modulated by lfo/lpf.

Or manually, twist resonance/filter on a short synth sound/stab.

It sounds like an arp with some of the above assignments going on.
By Robert Mathews Sat Jul 06, 2024 12:50 pm
Lampdog wrote:Any sample + filter modulated by lfo/lpf.

Or manually, twist resonance/filter on a short synth sound/stab.

It sounds like an arp with some of the above assignments going on.


Thanks man appreciate it :-D :worthy:
By dustyslices Sat Jul 06, 2024 2:39 pm
Sample a note of distorted bass guitar, cut the low end, apply low pass on it and play with cutoff freq.

EDIT:
sorry for the bass sound lol, I guess I cupped the phone a bit too much while holding it :lol: :Sigh:
By Robert Mathews Sat Jul 06, 2024 11:35 pm
dustyslices wrote:Sample a note of distorted bass guitar, cut the low end, apply low pass on it and play with cutoff freq.

EDIT:
sorry for the bass sound lol, I guess I cupped the phone a bit too much while holding it :lol: :Sigh:



Thanks bro for the video explanation :-D massive help