MPC X owners get those lovely OLED displays above each Q-LINK to remind them of the current Q-LINK assignments, but all is not lost for MPC Live (and MPC Touch) owners. There’s also yet another option which actually leads us to our fifth tip… 5. Or you can hold down the NOTE REPEAT button and the bottom menu changes to a set of ‘instant T.C.’ buttons – just tap the T.C. (quantize) in GRID EDIT? Well, there’s the tedious option ( SHIFT > T.C > set new TC > CLOSE), and there are a few much quicker ways first you can double tap that teeny-weeny green T/C value in the top left of the GRID to get a pop up list of T.C. You can now record vocals and instruments to audio tracks that span the entire song/sequence, plus it makes mixing a doddle because while it’s not possible to tweak the CHANNEL MIXER in SONG MODE, you can freely adjust mixer settings while playing back a single sequence. Need to lay an audio track across your entire song? Well you can’t do that in SONG MODE, so hit CONVERT>SEQ to convert your entire song into a long, single sequence. Keep on tapping those pads until you’ve quickly built your entire song, and if you need a sequence to repeat multiple times, just re-hit that pad for each required repeat. Rapidly add sequences to your SONG MODE playlistĮver wondered why each pad in SONG MODE is assigned a sequence? First hit the REC transport button and now tap a pad and that sequence is automatically added to your song playlist. Remember you can also ‘double tap’ a button for the same result.Ģ. For example, SHIFT+UNDO = REDO, SHIFT + MENU = BROWSE, SHIFT + BANK A = BANK E. Additional Button Functionality: Hold down SHIFT to change the function of certain hardware buttons – the alternate functionality is literally written underneath the button.Currently you’ll find this in GRID, BROWSE, STEP EDIT, PAD PERFORM and SAMPLE EDIT (both in TRIM and CHOP). Additional menu options: If you see a little upward arrow next to the first menu button on a screen, holding down SHIFT will produce a set of extra navigation buttons.There’s plenty more examples throughout the Touch UI if you can’t set the value you want, SHIFT is normally the solution – if not double tap and you’ll either get a number pad or a larger on-screen dial/slider. Get ‘0.1’ LEVEL increments in the CHANNEL MIXER, ‘TUNE’ in ‘0.01’ increments in SAMPLE EDIT, set the TEMPO via MAIN in 0.01 increments, change PROGRAM EDIT > LAYER OFFSET in single digits instead of 100s. More accuracy: Hold down the SHIFT button while you turn the data wheel or Q-LINKS and the resolution of each dial ‘click’ is significantly improved.The humble SHIFT button is actually quite a powerful tool within the touchscreen UI: MPC 2.10 is available from Jas a free update for MPC One, MPC Live, MPC Live II, MPC X, and MPC2 Desktop users.Here’s 6 handy MPC X, MPC One & MPC Live tips and shortcuts taken from my tutorial book, ‘ The MPC Bible’, guaranteed to speed up your standalone MPC workflow in no time! 1. This makes it possible to record additional tracks and expand the machines’ outputs for use with outboard gear and other good stuff. MPC 2.10 also adds 7 new Insert Effects plugins – Half Speed, Stutter, Diode Clipper, AIR Diffuser Delay, Granulator, Sample Delay and AIR Limiter – as well as 10 new Drum Pad effects.įinally, the MPCs now connect with USB Class Compliant audio interfaces and support up to 32 audio inputs and 32 audio outputs. On the synth side, there’s the WayOutWare Odyssey to coax old ARP Odyssey sounds out of. AIR Mellotron and AIR Solina recreate vintage instruments with the built-in AIR Flavor effects panel present for adding lo-fi textures like radio/phone, distortion, tape flutter, and more. Coming from the AKAI Pro FORCE clip launcher, AIR Hype numbers over 1500 instrument sounds, including pianos and synths. ![]() ![]() Not stopping there, MPC 2.10 brings four new plugin instruments. The line-up also includes AIR Vocal Doubler, which adds thickness and width, and the AIR Vocal Harmonizer that generates 4-part layered harmonies. No other groovebox does that at the moment and, I imagine, beatmakers will be thrilled. This includes the AIR Vocal Tuner which enables pitch correction along the Auto-Tune lines. A major highlight of the MPC 2.10 update is the AIR Vocal Suite – a dedicated set of vocal production plugins that’s available right from the MPC units.
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