MPC One | Product Overview

[Music] [Music] welcome be makers and producers this overview of the brand new standalone MPC 1 this is our latest MPC to join the family MPC ones our most compact and tactile MPC ever designed without compromising on features running the same MPC software that's in live and X and can also run in controller mode with our MPC desktop software so why don't you join me and let's have a closer look at the brand new MPC 1 now the first thing you'll notice about MPC one is this 7 inch high-definition multi-gesture touch screen this is the same screen that's featured on MPC live now as we use touch on a daily basis I can swipe across the screen I can change my velocity levels or notes instantly if I want to edit a sample I can simply take my finger and drag the start and end points just by a touch and swipe at the screen we can zoom in and out of samples accurately which makes editing a breeze we've also added function buttons for all of the key workflow parameters such as no-repeat 16 levels browsing samples grid mode and notes quantize and much more your also notice the 16 iconic MPC pads which are full velocity sensitive with RGB support allowing you to color the pads to your own liking you can access all pad banks a through 2h directly from the hardware we also have four touch capacitive controllers across four banks allowing you to control all of your parameters in real time you also have up to eight cvj outputs for connecting all of your modular racks so making beats inside NPC one is a real fast and creative workflow because you're not tethered to a computer so let's dive in and have a closer look now the first thing I want to do is access my sounds so you press browser and now this takes us to the Embassy one factory library content now if we select our drum kit icon we can now see all of the kits inside the library now the new library has everything from classic drum machines to modern hip hop old school [Music] to modern-day an automobile trap now to load a clip press our load tap and now this is in MPC ones memory so now to make a beat we're going to select a kit from one of the kits we've loaded turn on our quantize to make sure everything's in time we recording our beat to our sequence and our tempo is 107 now let's start with them a lot example hit record MPC will loop automatically and would turn on our metronome now let's add the kick and snare we're now going to record our high hats by using MPC's note repeat by holding down the pad and the notes will synchronize to our tempo MPC 1 also has a grid editor so you can view all of your notes simply hit shift and grid now let's double up our hi-hat rolls using no repeat and changing the time division and we can double again now to erase any of our notes simply hold down the erase button and the pad and then release you can also achieve this using the toolbar and selecting the eraser we can also draw notes on the grid by using our pencil icon we can also move notes off the grid by using don't snap select in the notes and then using our data will move in the notes left and right this will loosen up your be taking me off the quantize now we also have 16 levels which will dramatically retune we pitch your sound across all 16 pads as I play the pads the velocity has louder and when we select tune in they will be reached across the pads this is great for 808 and trap high hats MPC won features three powerful plug-in instruments and a collection of salvo bass instruments for instant production let's have a closer look this is tube synth which emulates the vintage sounds of analog polysomes integrated with five powerful air effects filters envelopes and presets using MPC ones encoders allows you to affect the sound in real time [Music] then we have electric electric brings the smooth sound of the roads to any demanding dance R&B or modern pop production then you can edit the sound by adding pickup Bell noise chorus tremolo and much more then we have baseline baseline emulates the classic sound of a mono synth with a contemporary twist for today's productions you can emulate such sounds as 303's move basis low subs and much more bass line also includes onboard effects presets and real-time controls [Music] MPC 1 features a powerful chords and scales mode so if you don't have a great understanding of music theory this feature will allow you to apply some great textures to your productions now to enter notes mode hold down shift and press notes we can now see our scale we can change the octave and we can play chord progressions now I'm using the f9 instrument expansion that comes with MPC 1 to drive all of these sounds in our courts and scales mode now we're going to make a track from scratch they were laying our chords down [Music] once you've at our ports we're gonna add some melody I'll select in another track I'm gonna use our scale mode now this is recorded and select another track and we're gonna add a bass line underneath our production now our baselines finished we'll add some LOFAR piano to finish off our B and all these sounds are directly coming from the f9 instrument expansion NPC one features a very powerful step sequencer on board this is great for producing electronic music drive in your modular rack or connect an external MIDI keyboards to sequence now to access the step sequencer you can either press the dedicated button or the touch uy icon now we're in the step sequencer let's select our sound and we can now add the notes on to our touch UI or via the pads select another bar and add our kick press start and now let's select our clap and add this to our sequence now we'll add some high hats and we're going to use to touch you why to add velocity curves you can see how fast this makes programming when you're creating dynamics now let's add them a lot example go to our next bar and we add our open hats and now let's add a row of high hats using our touch UI [Music] and then we'll finish off using kit to add some textures over the top sampling is a real fun and creative way to capture ideas and performances that you can add to your productions let's play our B we hit sampler start our vinyl hit record MPC one is now capturing my performance live once finished press stop now we can save and edit our sample I can even chop in real-time [Music] embassy one can record up to eight audio tracks so you can vocals melodies guitars or live performances to your beads you can also import audio files such as pallets to do remix in let's jump into audio let's set up our record and press play let's capture our full performance in real time like a da W you can see the audio file and recorded now we've recorded our part a Sternoff record and playback MPC one features a powerful collection of tools to edit and slice loops this allows you to create shots and breaks in your productions so let's take a closer look now to edit and chop our samples let's first locate a sound once we found one the press sample edit and now we can see the wav file now to edit the sample we can simply use the touch UI and drag our finger across affecting the start and end points or we could use our encoders to affect the start and end points for finer adjustments you can move down your encoders and it will change the increments now to chop our loop we press trim which would change to chop and we can now use fresh hold or regions or bpm we can also do this manually using our pads [Music] and now that we've made our chops we hold down shift press convert and we make a new program so now let's go back to our main window bring in our beat and let's add our shops over the top embassy one can record all your automation parameters in real time simply turn on automation go straight to the grid edit select the parameter you wish to automate and then draw this in using the Tufts UI you can also do this in step mode using step automation or you can use the four encoders select an effect and apply your change in real time [Music] MPC one allows us to mix and master our beats directly inside the hardware which includes over a hundred studio quality effects which can be applied individually to our pads tracks or across our entire mix you have everything from reverbs delays filters dynamic compression and EQ at parallel and bus compressions your drum mix and mastering on your final track you can also apply low five filters noise gates distortions and vintage effects the touch ey can also become an XY effects pad this will give you effect such as beat repeat filters low-pass high-pass and tape stop embassy one includes a brand new factory library of sounds and samples which have been produced by some of the best sound designers in the industry such as raw cups decap f9 audio MSX audio CR - and MVP you also get the f9 instrument expansion with over a hundred sample bass instruments MBC one can also connect directly to splice by creating a network and synchronizing your entire splice library to wreck inside NPC 1 you can also play all of your sounds and samples by connecting a USB keyboard to write B to MPC 1 and record your parts into the sequencer [Music] thanks for watching this overview of the brand new standalone MPC 1 so if you want more information or you want to watch tutorials or videos head over to the brand new MPC beats academy and you can learn all about the product there see you next time [Music]

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Published: Wed Jan 15 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/mymyreally]

$700

[u/thewoodbeyond]

I’m gonna need to a see a list of features between the MPC Live and this because the MPC live second hand is about the same price. However I like this form factor a lot.

[u/Kidney05]

anyone an expert on these and know the advantages and disadvantages vs say, an octatrack?

[u/mc_froski420]

I'm curious as to how the workflow compares to the MPC1000 with JJOS. Like I bought and refurbished an mpc1000 about a year ago and it it the central sequencer to my setup.

I like how this thing can be a usb host (opens up the options for midi controllers). I'm just not sure on how much im gonna miss the faders and the extra outputs

[u/JusKolMeaL]

I own the X and the Live and I can see where this would be a gem for those getting back into the MPC groove. The lack of a rechargeable battery and no expandable drive is a killer for me personally. I keep all my drums and other wav sounds readily available on my internal ssd. I have learned to accept the trimmed down work flow from the X to the Live, but anything else would lose the MPC feeling to me. Working from the micro SD for me is simply saving a project and moving to the X upon arriving to my lab. To be dependent on the micro SD to save projects and such can only be disasterous after a couple years when something goes wrong with that flimsy card. I would have been more excited had they had slimmed it up in place of having an internal drive. Flattened the buttons even. I would have been thrilled if they made it about as slim as the MPC studio but kept the touch screen. If you are jumping from the XL or the 5000, you will have to unlearn some of the work flow elements that you are used to. It's still very much alive in the X and achievable in the live with some good muscle memory. The one sounds like it will be even more streamlined. The keypad layout seems more tempting though. I have always banged out with my right hand and work flowed with my left. The live made me mad at first with keeping the pads on the left side, but I learned to adjust. Not as inconvenient as it seemed once I got used to it. I'm not upset with the lack of ports in the back due to the fact that my X is used to fine tune things due to the accessibility of features on board. $699 is pretty good for a price point if you are coming back to Akai with the goal or purchasing a X at some point. Anyone who is looking for true portability with maximum features, the Live is where it's at. The One sounds good on paper but I have to get my hands on it to really judge.