Dahkter on the MPC - 16bars

[dahkter]

I spent seven minutes watching the Akai rep make a beat on the MPC5000 today. That got me inspired to turn on the MPC and tap a quick beat out. Wifey just got a new camera, so hoping to do more videos this year.



Two more weeks til this album I been working on is done, looking forward to making some new music this year.

All the best,
Jay aka dahkter

 

[Ash Holmz]

thats pretty illl .. i got mad respect for cats who can do an entire drump loop in one pass... i cant ....my hh comes out all fuced up lol .... good shit ...

 

[dahkter]

thanks Ash, much appreciated.

 

[Sanova]

good shit.. everytime i do that my beat is MADDDDDDDDDD simple lmao.

boom ch ch snap ch buh boom ch ch snap ch ch (repeat) even then my hands get confused.

 

[dahkter]

good shit.. everytime i do that my beat is MADDDDDDDDDD simple lmao.

boom ch ch snap ch buh boom ch ch snap ch ch (repeat) even then my hands get confused.

Thanks Sanova, appreciate it.

Regaring the tapping beats live, it's always a work in progress. I've had an MPC since 97, however it was only last year is when I started playing everything simultaneously. In the past I would put each sound on 16 levels velocity and do one thing at a time. That worked too (actually a bit easier when you're playing to a click on a loop, it's hard to play live and exactly on beat, a lot of time the loop flips and I find out I had sped up or slowed down).

It's all good, as long as the end result (the song) is live, it makes no difference how you do it.

I'm out the door for some good food, peace y'all...

 

[Fade]

Nice video, very well done. Me too I have a hard time banging shit out like that in 1 take, for now I'll stick to my basics!

P.S. I fixed the youtube embed for you. Just use the YouTube icon you see above when you're posting and put the ID from the URL.

 

[Relic]

HAHAHA!! Good shit Dahk!!
Thats like a four step process for me! HAHAHA!
Im like "ok , hh's ok snare ok play the kick! now a crash.." lol
You just played the damn thing! nice!
I have all of the rythm and none of the coordination.

 

[dahkter]

LOL @ Relic
To Fade, appreciate the help, I still can't link up youtube videos for the life of me, I tried it like three times!