In this video I demonstrate and discuss one of my methods for getting that vintage 12bit vibe in the standalone MPC.
NOTE: This is not a bit-for-bit copy of a vintage sampler. It's a vibe.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:34 DO your research!
03:27 Sample Prep MONO
11:25 Bit Reduce
12:40 Normalize
14:00 The FX Chain The Concept
14:52 Air Lo-Fi Bit Depth & Sample Rate
27:30 Compression...Vinyl Sim?
32:50 EQ
35:00 Vintage Flavor
36:45 A quick look at Drum FX
38:24 Outro
FREE Preset Template:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1deKns65UpYiKlnbuhtnwn9XogsDNo8Or/view?usp=sharing
Drag and drop the Preset Template into a folder of your choice on your MPC. I have made my own Crates Motel FX Presets Folder and store them all in there. You can then open the file on your Master Bus, Program or any other channel for that matter.
For mixing and mastering services feel free to email me at: conan@thecratesmotel.com
Rare breaks for your beat tapes:
https://thecratesmotel.bandcamp.com/album/crates-motel-beats-vol-1
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Equipment I use:
Headphones:
Audeze LCD-X
Beyerdynamic 770/880/1990
Shure 535
Sennheiser HD25 MKII
Pioneer HDJ X10
Aiaiaia TMA-2 Wireless+
Presonus Studio One 6
RME ADI-2 DAC FS
SPL Phonitor 2
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
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