Akai MPC Lounge Series User manual

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Akai Professional MPC Lounge Video Series
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Video 1 | MPC Lounge – Pairing With Ableton Link
Start 0.01 Welcome to the MPC Lounge. Within this workflow tutorial, we’ll look at how to set up Ableton
Link using MPC Live’s built in WIFI capability within standalone mode. This allows MPC Live or X to connect
to any available WIFI network, synchronising your MPC for Live DJ Performance or Studio Production with all
supported Ableton Link devices. To enable Link, press the menu button – then the settings icon. From there,
simply select the WIFI option and turn on the feature. MPC Live will now display all available networks. Once
you’ve chosen your available network, press connect and enter your network password. Once connected,
your MPC is now WIFI enabled. End 0.47
Start 0.48: Now Press Menu, and navigate to the sync option at the top of the UI. Here you can turn on
Ableton Link. Once selected, your MPC will now connect to any Link device. End 0.58:
Start 0.59: Now let’s demonstrate MPC Live, syncing in Standalone mode seamlessly with Remix Live for
IOS, using Ableton Link.

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Video 2 | MPC Lounge – Pairing Bluetooth MIDI Keyboards
Start 0.01 Welcome to the MPC Lounge, within this tutorial, we’ll look at how MPC allows you to seamlessly
connect to any wireless keyboard by using Bluetooth Technology.
To enable Bluetooth, simply hit menu, then settings, and now go to Bluetooth. Simply, turn on the feature –
and MPC will now scan any devices available. Press pair on our wireless keyboard, and now our LPK
Wireless is connected seamlessly to our MPC Live. End 0.29:
0.29 – 0.34 Demo Playing the Keyboard (No Voice)
0.34: Now let’s create a full track.
0.35 [AUDIO DEMO STARTS]
0.47 Now we’ll navigate to our drum part
1.15 Now we’ll navigate to our Bassline and use the LPK 25 Wireless
1.35 Now let’s add some more Chords
1.52 Let’s navigate to a Clip Program and add a Loop
2.03 Let’s add some more textures
2.12 Let’s add a Rhodes
2.27 Now let’s end our track adding some high chords
Video 3 | Easy Drum Layering Using Flatten Pad
Welcome to the MPC Lounge, within this workflow tutorial, we’ll take a look at a brand-new feature called
“FlattenPad” This allows MPC to seamlessly render out any Pad Sample which has been layered, filtered or
edited using internal or 3rd party Plug-in FX without the need of Resampling. This is a powerful feature,
allowing instant creativity when designing your own unique samples. End 0.26
Start 0.29 Let’s start by selecting a sample to edit. Now we’ve selected our sample, let’s navigate to
“Program Edit”. Here, we can see our drum layers. Now let’s edit these layers by using MPC X’s “OLED
DISPLAYS”. Here we can see our sample names, our tuning, velocity levels and much more. End 0.48
Start 0.49 Let’s start by increasing the volume of each layer by using the OLED Displays. End 0.54
Start 0.55 Now let’s bring in the 3rd layer, then the 4th. And now you can hear our kick-Drum has 4 layers.
1.04 End
Start 1.06 Now we’ve finished tweaking our sample, let’s navigate to our main window on MPC X. Here we
will select our pencil icon, and you will see the FlattenPad option. Once you press this, you can either
rename the sample, or select a new destination pad – then press “Do It”. And now, our original Kick-Drum

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sample has been flattened into one single sample. This feature really allows you to be creative when
designing your own drum samples. End 1.36
Start 1.37 Now let’s do the same but using a Clap.
Start 1.40 Now we’ve selected our clap, let’s go to “Program Edit” and bring up the volume of all the
individual layers, creating a new clap sample. Once we’ve edited this sound, let’s navigate back to our main
menu, pencil icon, “FlattenPad”, then Press “DO IT”. Now as before, we have resampled our layers, and it’s
now one sample. End 2.04
2.04 – to end of video
Video 4 | Drum Warp
Start 0.01 Welcome to the MPC Lounge, within this workflow tutorial, we’ll look at the brand-new drum warp
feature which enables any sample within a drum program, to utilize MPC’s real-time pitch shifting algorithm.
To use this feature, simply press “Warp Sample” then select a pad with your sample on, and then turn on
Warp. You can now either stretch the sample by using the BeatGrid and looking at the transients of your
sample, or simply hit BPM, then enter the original tempo data. Your sample will now Time-Stretch in Real-
Time to your master tempo. End 0.38
Demo From 0.40 to End of Video.
Video 5 | Pitch Shifting & Reverse Trails
Start 0.09 Welcome to the MPC Lounge. Within this workflow tutorial, we’ll look at recreating some of the
reverse vocal trail effects and pitch shifting vocals in standalone mode – utilizing MPC’s Audio Tracks and
Plugin insert FX. Let’s take a listen to the effect we’re going to create. End 0.27
0.28 – 0.35 Audio will now play
Start 0.36 To create this vocal effect, let’s navigate over to edit audio. This will display our audio regions on
Audio Track 1. We will now use our select tool to highlight and edit the start and end points of our audio
region. End 0.52
Start 0.54 Once we’ve selected the region of Audio, we will now apply a Reverb effect by opening up our
channel strip – selecting the type of effect that we want, Press our “Edit Tool” making sure the reverb is on a
100% wet. We will now navigate to our timeline and play our effect. End 1.13

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Start 1.16 Now that we’ve applied our effect to the region, we’re now going to re-sample this directly inside
MPC X by pressing “Sampler” and then making sure our inputs are selected to “Resample” L & R. Press
“Arm” – “Record” and then playback our sample.
Once this is recorded, press “Stop” and now we can either rename the sample or send it to a new location.
Press OK, and now we’ll navigate back to the main menu. End 1.45.
Start: 1.48 Now we’ve created our sample, let’s add this to our AUDIO TRACK by hitting “EDIT AUDIO”,
“BROWSER” and now, we will see our sample. We will adjust our timeline, then press “DO IT”. We will now
also turn off the original reverb used on the audio track. Now let’s select our Audio, by using our select tools,
and we will reverse the audio. Once reversed, let’s now play back the audio track. End 2:15.
Audio Demo 2.15 – 2.19
Start 2.19 Now let’s reposition our audio file, making sure the end point ends, at the start of our vocal track
on Audio Track 2. To do this, simply navigate back to Audio Track 1, and then using your select tool,
highlight your Audio Region by touching the bottom section which will end the start and end points. Now
highlight the top section of your audio, which allows you to move the audio region in real-time to the start
point of your vocal track. End 2.51
Start 2.52 Once in position, let’s select the audio and increase the volume.
Start 2.57 Now let’s look at re-pitching a part of the lead vocal line which is located on audio track 2. Now
we select this track - simply select the region we want to effect - and I will select semi and I will now change
this down a whole octave. “Now let’s listen to the effect with our new vocal reverb tail”. End 3.13
Audio Demo of FX 3.13 – 3.16
Start 3.17 Now let’s listen to the effect with our new vocal reverb trail. End 3.21
3.27 to End “Audio Demo”