MusicTech Magazine 'Choice' Award Winner (8/10)
"If you don't own this, you're probably not getting the most out of your MPC!"
'Beat making on the MPC5000' is the latest in our award winning series of tutorial guides for the Akai MPC, featuring over 400 pages of MPC5000 tutorials, tips and tricks, utilising all the features of the MPC5000 to teach you the essential skills you need to become an expert beat maker.
- Discover how to create fatter sounding beats, make thicker & grimier drums and flip your samples just like the pros
- Learn how to completely change the groove and feel of sampled drum breaks, create your own unique MPC drum kits, and build your own breakbeats that sound just like a real drummer
- Uncover the secrets of MPC 5000 multisampling using both sample and keygroup programs to turn your MPC into a virtual bass guitar or piano
- Write your own instrument loops and riffs, and use filters and the built-in synth to make booming bass lines and special effects
- Integrate your MPC with the rest of your studio, including specialist computer software and dedicated digital recorders
- Create your own complete beats & songs from the ground up using the internal hard disk recorder, with all project files and vocal tracks included!
There's a total of 50 in-depth, step-by-step tutorials inside, with clear MPC5000 screenshots and over 700 MPC samples, programs, sequences and project files allowing you to recreate every tutorial within your MPC5000, for the ultimate learning experience!
'Beat Making on the MPC5000' is fully compatible with the latest Akai OS version 2.0, and has been written to cover all the unique features of the MPC5000 including key groups, the synthesiser, filters and all its advanced sampling and sequencing capabilities. Its author Andy Avgousti (widely known as 'MPC-Tutor'), has long been recognised as a leading expert in the Akai MPC community and is founder of MPC-Forums.com, the largest MPC community on the net with over 50,000 members.
"Your MPC5000 book is perfect for me; it's logically ordered and very well written. I love the way you have it split up into bite-sized tutorials, focusing on one area at a time. Many puzzling features on the MPC5000 are suddenly becoming clear to me after I followed your methods. Also, I'm sure I will refer back to it down the road, when I'm looking for ideas to spice up a sequence."
Jim M (LoFreqOscillator on MPC-Forums.com)
Each MPC 5000 tutorial comes with detailed explanations of all concepts, and assumes no prior technical knowledge. And in addition to the 700 tutorial files, we also include over 300 free drum samples and breaks for you to practice your new found beat making skills on.
Want to see some of the book in action? Download two free MPC5000 tutorials here. In these tutorials, you'll learn how to chop drum loops and create your own unique break beats.
"Beat Making on the MPC5000 is your homeboy, ready to share tonnes of tips and tricks with you as you begin your journey to understanding the MPC5000... a golden reference and resource."
Corry Banks, BBoyTechReport.com, October 2012
No more head scratching, no more frustration – quickly discover how you can use your MPC 5000 to make the beats you've always wanted. Whoever you are and whatever your production background, you will find this book inspiring, challenging and enlightening. Available instantly after purchase.
Customer Reviews
FAQs
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How is this different to the Akai manual?
The manual that came with your MPC simply tells you what all the buttons and knobs do - it's a technical manual. What it doesn't cover is how you use the MPC functions to actually create music in the real world. The Akai manual also assumes a lot of previous technical knowledge. For example, take the 'slice function'. After reading the Akai manual you will know how to access that function and will be able to slice a sample with it - but that's where the manual stops. With our ebook, we explain the artistic and creative things you can do after learning which buttons to press - e.g.
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change the groove and feel of the beat
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create a drum kit from that beat
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change tempo of the beat without time stretching or tuning
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fit the beat to a bassline which has a completely different groove
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create a completely different beat to the original
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phatten up that beat using just your sequencer
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create made sequencing effects with your chopped up beat
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What Is An Ebook?
An ebook is an electronic book that you can read on your computer (or on a PDA, mobile phone, ebook reader, etc). Our ebooks also include folders of example files that allow you to recreate the tutorials as you read them. Our ebooks can be downloaded instantly after purchase and can be opened using any free PDF reader, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader software (most PCs already have this installed), or the built in 'Preview' PDF reader found in all Macs, iPhones and iPads.
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Is this book only for beginners?
No, absolutely not! The first portions of the book are aimed at beginners (although experienced users still comment on how helpful these parts are) - but after these sections, the tutorials get more involved and teach you much more advanced tricks & techniques.
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How do I use this ebook with my MPC?
First, open up the ebook in your computer - it reads just like any standard book. Inside are dozens of tutorials, and each tutorial comes with example files, so as you progress through a particular tutorial, load up the tutorial sounds in your MPC and recreate the tutorial step-by-step - you'll soon master your MPC in no time! We have more information about extracting and transferring files in our file transfer section.
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Is this ebook available in paper format?
No, this ebook is only available in digital (format, which can be read on all computers and most portable media devices, such as smart phones, tablets, laptops and ebook readers. If you need a paper copy, you can of course print the book directly from your computer, or for our larger books, through stores such as Staples and Kinkos.
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Can I make backup copies of my ebook?
Yes, once downloaded it's just like any other computer file and can be copied to a back up disk.
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Is this suitable for operating system version 1.x?
Not really, we wrote the tutorials to take advantage of all the new features Akai introduced in OS version 2 - we recommend you upgrade to OS version 2 via the Akai web site, it's completely free.
Technical Specs
| Contents: | 417 page PDF Ebook for Akai OS (2.0 or greater), 700 example MPC5000 samples & files, plus an additional 300 free drums and breaks. |
| Format: | PDF, WAV files, and MPC5000 samples & files |
| Compatibility: | Akai MPC5000 running OS 2.0 |
| Supported Hardware: | MPC5000 |
| Minimum Software/Firmware: | OS 2.0+ |
| Developer: | Andy Avgousti (MPC-Tutor) |
| Delivery: | Download instantly after purchase |
