The 2 mpc's trick

I hear there's a special trick where two mpc's are used, R Kelly uses this technique, anyone have an idea of what this is?

I don't think there's a special "Trick" involved.I've heard that some producers use em to seq. on one and do drums on another.Like the combo of a 2k and a 60.A 60 to add that grit.A 2k for seq.

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a lot of producers use more then one MPC to produce, i have even heard of up to 8 MPC's being used at once, i mean, u might use all of em, cause u wanna use more programs then u have available for each MPC in particular, so if u got more MPC's then u can use more drums and also MIDI Handshake a lot more stuff

that some bull shit cuz theer is no producer do that. maybe two that it dont fall for that u dont need 8 u need 1 thats it

Dre uses 5

Damn, 8 MPC's. That sounds redundant to me. I don't think those guys heard of midi outs. I mean, look at the MPC60/3000/4000. They have 4 midi outs. That means that they can control 4X16 channels = 64 midi devices with one MPC.

So why would you need more than one MPC? I'd be interested to know how that works.

DJ Shadow said he uses 2 MPC's so he can have access to more samples at one time in the sample banks. This was in an old Remix article.

yeah i would love to have like 4 mpcs and have all the banks right there. So i could chop shit like crazy and just be able to replay it all right on it.

more than one MPC is geigher than tin foil fronts

elmacaco wrote:more than one MPC is geigher than tin foil fronts

yeah right. see i chop my loops in 8 pads for 2 bars in 1/8th notes. So anything over 2 bars i gotta setup another bank. which sucks dick when replyaing it live casue u gotta be all switching the banks. I usally have to lay the first part down then wait for it to come around again for the 3 and the 4 so its a hassle. ill take another mpc.

i wish i would have bought 2 mpc's when i bought mine i got the studio plus 8 outs digi in/out plus effects for at the time for $2099 take away the 8 outs digi in/out and effects it was $1299, i should have bought two in the mean time upgraded one with effects and both with digi in/out. i dont use midi i sample every thing so i can use the mpc filters etc. some times i will almost max the mpc using all pads just for a piano or bass patch so i have all the keys to get creative with then sample that sequence and throw it down on one pad. but i like trying to keep everything in a sequence then just get rid of unused notes i could definitley use two or even better a rack sampler, better for keyboard stuff and u can use the modulation wheel and Lfo's

elmacaco wrote:more than one MPC is geigher than tin foil fronts

Word, get a good rackmount and an 88 key keyboard and sequence with one MPC.

That way you'll have access to 88 different keys in which you can store your samples (if you need more I suggest you learn to play an instrument rather than chopping a loop this extensively to disguise it).

I don't think the reason is so he can have more midi outs or have access to more disks I mean he uses a 3000 which has 4 outs, and most of his drums ETC are from keyboards like the triton and motif...and he doesnt use alot of loops either...

heres a snippet of his post...

I intern for Pierre Dee's. He did Olivia (off G-Unit Records) very first song. He is also doing some stuff for her new one coming out. He has also worked with Nas and Profyle. But anyway Teddy Riley taught him how to make beats, but I don't know what Teddy Riley uses. but Pierre has a Trition Studio, Motif, Mo Phatt, MPC4000, and Protools. He has other stuff like a Protues 2000 and a Roland JD some, maybe 550? but I have never seen him use it. I only been interning for him a couple of weeks, but I have learned alot. I am working on my setup, right now I got a MPC1000, labtop(software is a great weapon for attacking hip hip, don't sleep on it), and Mo Phatt. I am looking a for Triton on Ebay as we speak. But anyway, I watch Pierre as he recreated a track from the new New Edition CD, and it sounded just like it. He knows Teddu Riley so good that he can do Teddy Riley sounding tracks when he feels like it, but he does his thing the most. Just my 2 cent. Pierre also told me R. Kelly has 2 mpc's. He said there's a trick to it, but he won't tell me what it is, he said he's gonna show me when he comes a MPC2000XL to work with this MPC4000. Anybody know what he's talkin about?

He posted that like 3-4 months ago...I pmed him last month and he said he doesn't know because they havent had access to another mpc yet...the guy is pretty well respected, never says any stupid stuff so I don't see why he'd lie...

You only get 64 pads so a 5 octave keyboard should hook you up fine. MPC's make ill controllers but if you want to have 64 pads around you all at once there has to be a better way than multiple MPC's. I think its retarded. I've only heard a few good explanations for having more than one MPC, and they never have anything to do with what we are discussing here.

Maybe get 3 mpd 16's and a picnic table.

divinci uses two 2k's (i think xl's)for his live set . a lot of times it looked like he had drums on one side and chopped melodies on the other. don't know about anyone else but i like the mpc 2k for the feel and the ease of use, i just got a s6000 and their were def times when i wished i would have just got a seconnd mpc so i didn't have to learn new gear, plus all those pads... sounds good to me.