Akai MPC Tutorial. How to program 90s New York Style Old School Deep House beats on the MPC.

In this video, I discuss how to program those old school NY style House beats on the MPC. A homage to Kenny Dope, Louie Vega, Todd Terry, Mood II Swing, KOT, Kerri Chandler, etc Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:15 Getting your sounds right 03:20 How I build my beats 04:50 Start with the kicks 06:12 Hi-Hat layers and swing 08:00 Clap 08:20 The Snares are important 09:28 A word on Swing 10:34 Extra Kicks 12:08 Adding some cherries on top 13:33 Add some quick chords 16:25 Outro For mixing and mastering services feel free to email me at: [email protected] Rare breaks for your MPC and beat tapes: https://thecratesmotel.bandcamp.com/ If you enjoy our videos and would like to support The Crates Motel, you can donate an amount of your choice to the following link: https://paypal.me/thecratesmoteluk Come and join us at Akai MPC Tutorials. A hub for sharing and learning tips and tricks on mixing, mastering, beatmaking, workflow, production, and sampling on the Akai MPC. https://www.facebook.com/groups/akaimpctutorials Follow us at The Crates Motel: www.thecratesmotel.com https://www.facebook.com/thecratesmotel Equipment I use: Headphones: Audeze LCD-X Beyerdynamic 770/880/1990 Shure 535 Sennheiser HD25 MKII Pioneer HDJ X10 Aiaiaia TMA-2 Wireless+ Reference Monitors: Genelec 8020D Presonus Studio One 6 RME ADI-2 DAC FS Audient Evo 16 Audient SP8 Presonus HP4 (My Grot Box) Presonus Faderport V2 Arturia Minilab MKII Novation 49SL MKII Arturia Microlab Akai MPC One Akai MPC Live II Roland SP404 Mk2 Isla Instruments S2400 Omni Portable Turntable Content Creation: Presonus Revelator IO24 Zoom H6 Recorder Earthworks Custom Icon Pro Microphone Sennheiser MKE 600 Microphone Logitech Brio 4k Cam Apple iPhone 12 DJI Osmo Mobile 6 OC White Ultima Mic Arm Davinci Resolve Filmic Pro Knobs: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TXYBB7Z Data Wheel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R5THKZD