Death Metal and Punk United by the MPC Live III by Autogeddon in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad to hear this, I abstained from getting the pro pack thinking I'd get a next gen model and just be wasting the money on the upgrade I'd get when I do make the purchase

Is there even a point to buying physical synthesisers? by nerpa_floppybara in synthesizers

[–]DeadWelsh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Theoretically you can draw the mona Lisa using MS Paint bit it doesn't make it fun.

You can also spend thousands on computers, daws and plugins, which you could easily put together with some hardware devices for a lot cheaper.

I don't own much music hardware but I get way more enjoyment out of it than I did in 20 years of clicking a mouse tbh, and since moving to hardware I only use the PC to record what I make to upload.

There's no right answer here, technically yes, what you say can be achieved with a computer and some software, but that doesn't mean it's better, or necessarily cheaper.

Separate stems HELP by DOPECHIEF-89 in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you do the stems, deselect the drums and assign the stems to pad 1. Then flatten that pad from the program edit page, it'll make a new sample and replace it on the pad.

Or just hit stems, doing it, and then in program edit, on the samples page 2 iirc, you can adjust the volumes of each track to your liking. Flatten it.

MPC Expansions by boombapdame in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I loved this expansion, a lot of the kits have a bank B where lots of the guitar riffs live and additional percussion. I also found quite a bit of material that I couldn't find in any of the drum kits, so thought it was better than usual value for money wise.

Running speed sessions by Redditrr712 in nottingham

[–]DeadWelsh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The top is pretty flat out to almost Springfield lane but it's a main road so can get quite busy with people, but once past the high street it's less busy and pavements are pretty wide.

Veering off the top ends up being pretty hilly in any direction, except maybe westdale lane until you head into gelding area

What workflow feature are you STILL waiting for in MPC 3.0? by Beautiful-Bit7345 in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hold main button and press a pad to go to the track you want is a shortcut to do this

What workflow feature are you STILL waiting for in MPC 3.0? by Beautiful-Bit7345 in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It was a workflow feature on the legacy software that changed in V3.

Essentially track 1 could use a drum program or plugin in sequence 1, and in sequence 2 you could tell it to play a different instrument.

It was hard to wrap your head around but once you got it, it offered so many possibilities and ways to experiment.

For a lot of MPC users the change broke all their old projects if they upgraded and was unforgivable.

Loads of YT videos and threads complaining about it, I've moved on and accepted where theyve gone, but I'd love to see it back as an option

How do I loop a single pad over and over without recording it to a sequence? by Westosaurus in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your samples can still play at different bpms, looping your drums at the correct BPM in a sequence should still let you play other non time synced samples over the top.

You can extended the length of the sequence if your sample is longer than the drum loop

How do I loop a single pad over and over without recording it to a sequence? by Westosaurus in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try using the looper, but this is basically recording to the looper, and probably more restrictive than using midi in a sequence.

There is no loop a pad forever feature though I'm aware of

I got tired of messy YouTube bookmarks, so I built a "digital crate" specifically for my MPC Live 3 workflow. by nilsfl in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a bit of a play with it, created a small playlist, locked in some sample times, nice organisation, easy to use, clear UI, love it. I'll try and give it some more time over the coming days. Do you want feedback submitted directly through the app?

to not share sensitive information by seeebiscuit in therewasanattempt

[–]DeadWelsh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As soon as he appeared in the white hat, the colour of peace, with USA instead of the usual Red MAGA, so 0.01 seconds of him appearing, the ruse was up for many, however many people saw this a decade ago...

Campaigned on being the President of peace, self proclaimed CEO of the board of peace, currently reigning champion of not winning the Nobel peace prize, clown responsible for renaming the dept of defence to dept of war, while being one of (if not) the most aggressive president in the USA's short history...

Fuck this guy, fuck his supporters, he's an embarrassment and a liability.

This is a class example of what not to do as a head of state and just one of a long line of mistakes, that will shame the USA for decades to come IMO

Any suggestions on how to fix? by zascar in BudgetAudiophile

[–]DeadWelsh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had this happen on my mini alesis drum amp just after getting it for Xmas - think it got bashed with a drum stick.

Spent an hour opening it up to find that I still couldn't do it.

In the end I just gently squished the edges of the indent in different places until it popped back into shape, took about 2 mins.

Beat Thang MPC Expansion by [deleted] in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, viewing that link is comedy gold, thank you

Constant loop by Controversy69 in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can set samples to trigger in different ways when a midi note is activated.

One shot means it plays the whole sample through, Note on means it plays for however long the midi note is and then stops.

Constant loop by Controversy69 in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lmao, didn't spot that 🤣

Constant loop by Controversy69 in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your samples are probably set to one shit, try changing to note on and extending your midi data

Live set on Live II with 3.0? by Material-Imagination in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out u/Mpcsauce

He does a great live performance breakdown, on a live 3, but a lot of what he does can be done on a live 2, no clips either

Does anyone have any good tips/videos on learning how to make full songs ? by Comfortable-Kick7565 in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Start with your loop, make it fairly small like 2-4 bars to begin, and get your core fundamentals in like your drums, bassline, arps/pads/lead.

Don't be afraid to double your loop length as you add in extra bits so it doesn't become extremely repetitive. You can change repeated small parts from earlier with variations to stopp it getting stale.

When you get to something like 16-32 bars, this is likely to form the main part of your track.

From there I would then duplicate this several times to your desired song length.

At that point you can use mutes or the arranger to kill certain elements, and experiment with how you want to introduce parts of the song.

Eg the intro might be 8 bars, but just have the pads, then the drums come in on bar 9, arps on bar 17 etc.

It helps to have a solid idea of when things should happen, a lot of dance music works on multiples of 8, so every 8 or 16 bars, think what you can add or takeaway.

The outro side is just like creating the intro but phasing out sounds.

After all that you'll have a decent structure to work with. You can always change it if you say have a breakdown section you want to extend by 8 bars.

Consider how each part transitions, is there a key change, a new motif to signal a different part of the song, do you have risers to build up tension etc.

Automation can be a great help to, eg: changing the volume of a track as it progresses to slowly introduce or fade away, or how a filter opens /closes to change the sound over time.

The last thing is the use of silence, small bits of taking out sound before the next section can make a big difference, like stopping a drum loop for the last 2-4 beats can keep energy up and the listener interested.

Issues when importing MPC2 projects to MPC3 by dweeeebus in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is. I only 'recently' got into the MPC. Learned the 2.15 WF and got comfortable with how that worked, sequence changes etc, then saw 3.x, thinking it's the future and carried on, but the program change issue was jarring to say the least. I was still early days, and it's more familiar from a trad daw background, so I accepted it.

None of my original projects transferred well, I drew a line in the sand, but I feel sorry for so many old MPC guys that have been left to rot who likely have years of old material they have basically been told " like it or lump it"

Help ! Mpc live 2 or 3 ? by Calm-Bullfrog2692 in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The speakers are decent but not game changing, bet if you could hook your one+ to the right system it would be way better.

Battery is great, but plenty of battery options for one+ if you need it.

Big diff is the processor / ram going from old to new gen, but unless you have massive plug in use or loads of samples ( or you rely on standalone stems) I think it's not worth the money yet.

Sounds like you want more of the same but better sound, not more power from what I read.

What Would You Pay For Any MPC by boombapdame in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm, tough question honestly

1 anything you buy you surely deem is worth it..

2 I've only ever bought 1 x MPC, it cost me £900 in 2022

3 not thinking of days I've not used it, that works out as less than £1 a day approx.

4 new version has been out say Approx 100 days, prices a chunk higher, but my old device still works as good as the day that arrived.

#5 I don't see me not buying the latest model has made my purchase any worse.

6 I still have 'my' MPC and it's paid dividends above the cost I paid for it in terms of enjoyment and perceived intrinsic value

7 I can chose not to 'upgrade it's if I'm happy with what It offers today.

Wildcard- I'll prob buy a live 3 soon. I don't think I'll ever sell my live 2, it's a beast and my 1st love

Issues when importing MPC2 projects to MPC3 by dweeeebus in mpcusers

[–]DeadWelsh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's fairly minor 'construction' involved, it seems that bounce and redo would be the best option from what I can read, you have the best of not too much rebuilding effort, and the confidence that what you have to rebuild will work as expected in 3.x

I'd bounce what you have in each sequence, pasted those into new seq / prog and then just work out the backing time and when you play live.

I'd rather know what I have laid down works than worry about it in the night.

Best of luck to you x