Still exploring Motu BPM, making a beat using just the factory sounds this time, no expansions or anything.
Everything in here comes from the factory library.
It’s a nice little workstation, with the expansion packs it becomes even more powerful, despite some little quirks hear and there, I like it.
I find myself opening it more when I don’t feel like messing with samples, and don’t want to deal with a daw…now only if I could open my vsts in it 🙂
check it out and let me know what ya think.
Good Stuff…The BPM looks and sounds pretty cool…God Bless man…Peace!!!
@Kruz, thanks for checking it out fam, I appreciate it, still getting to know the software but so far it’s pretty coo
west coast beat this is the real hip hop not souldja boy and lil wayne. i luv it.i could see 2pac and 4 tay in this.could you do me a favor please send me this beat please.god bless you brother keep going…
@hitch, thanks for checkin it out man I appreciate it, sorry I don’t send beats out lol.
Nice look on the beats! At one time I almost pulled the trigger on BPM then opted out once I got wind of Eco. So far, for me anyway, I feel the combination of Maschine & Eco is a good fit for what they both can do in tandem. Not to mention if you add some other NI goodness like Urban Arsenal 1-2, sample libs as well as the record store dollar bin…I’m good for a solid minute or two. But as they say “one man’s meat is another man’s poison”, that being said we all have to feel our way around into our comfort zones.
@jamari, I hear ya man, it’s all good, you know I’m equal opportunity, I like how you can expand BPM with UVI/Motu sounds, that’s a good look. It gives me a different workflow, sorta like working on a keyboard again because their sounds load pretty fast. I use it more for making stuff from scratch than chopping samples and such. I use it with the Maschine controller too 🙂
There’s definitely no shortage of good tools available man, I like to try them all, if they fit my workflow, I keep them, if not…they get pushed to the side lol.
Like the beat man, very nice. The sound is gonna make keep BPM. I noticed when I previewed my sounds through Live’s browser and then the same sound through BPM’s browser there was a big difference. MOTU’s audio engine is really cool. I’m just gonna deal with the shortcomings of the interface and workflow. I got my MPD32 handling transport and pads, but I’m still trying make some permanent assignments for the knobs and faders. All that seems kinda futile though with the assignments being on per pad/kit basis. Any luck on your end with that?
@Metatron72, Thanks fam, you are right the sound engine is superb lol.
I haven’t finished mapping yet, but it seems their stuff responds to the default midi cc map, so I’m going to look in one of my old synth manuals, and see if they match up properly. Then I’ll manually make some settings in a maschine template so I can control knobs and such.
Good thing is, you can set midi to control whatever bank you’re on, so mapping once will let you control whichever bank/pad you happen to have selected at the time.
I don’t know how the mpd maps, I thought they had a specific file for bpm? But I’m sure you could do it with the mpd editor.
@saintjoe, The MPD maps pretty straightforward and old school. Choose a channel, note# or cc. That why some of these plugins drive me crazy, I prefer them providing a list I can match up, or a txt file I can edit. I know BPM will pick up some of the standard ones, midi cc 7 for volume for example. My problem is say you want to map the filter, if it’s not turned on you can’t map it. And you can’t turn the filter on unless the pad has a sound loaded. If you change sounds on the pad your assignment resets. It’s like they think a midi learn here and there is what we want rather than mapping the whole GUI.
The mpd maps from motu have no default knob or fader assigns.
Yeah man I’ll be kicking it old school with a midi chart all day too lol.
@Metatron72, hahahahaha, I feel ya man, they can def improve the midi learn/mapping of this.
That’s why Maschine with it’s controller is so awesome, it’s just all hand on. But I’m still liking BPM and I can map most of the basic stuff I use the most, I don’t mind tweaking some of that stuff with the mouse out of habbit, sometimes it’s quicker lol.
Dope vid saintjoe. How you map it to Maschine? You got a template you want to share?
@Cane, I just used controller editor to setup a basic template, made it match the pad notes that are default in Maschine, then found out which cc the record/stop/play buttons responded to…and mapped those.
You can have the template if you want it, it’s not complete yet, I want to map knobs and such.
Sounds like a DJ Quik piece. Really nice sj.
@Cane, hahahahaha, thanks that’s a HUGE compliment, folks sleep on quick man, many don’t know!
WHAD UP SOOPA JOE ? IT’S YA BOY STEVIE K.
YEP I HAD THIS JOINT FOR A WHILE ITS GOT SOME GOODIES IN IT . PLUS IT READS ANY SAMPLE FORMAT . I GOTTA GET DEEPER INTO IT .
@STEVIE K., whatup fam! yeah man, it’s pretty coo, i’m gonna checkout some more expansions for it, already bought classic ep library last weekend lol.
dawg that sh*t is fresh!
@Mike, thanks fam, I appreciate you checking it out!
Hey bro!
Likin your joint man. Keep up the good work. When you’ve completed your template copy me in man!
Peace ya’ll
@everythingbutthegirl, no doubt, thanks for checking it out.
Man, as always, you’re KILLIN’ it. That was a very nice beat you put down. Keep doing you thing man.
@William, thanks for watching bro, I appreciate it.
I use it every now and then for the sounds. I consider it a good addition to any producers box of tools.
@Madbull Studios, no doubt man, I like the workflow of it as a workstation, with the different expansions they have for it, the uvi/motu sounds.
it’s a cool lil joint man
if I’m doing something that doesn’t include chopping samples, I’m starting to open this most of the time, instead of ableton live.
Joe,
Feel that beat man,and im glad you have done some thing with BPM cause i have been really interested in it..I would LOVE too see other videos like this (a beat just using factory sounds) from you using other programs,Mashcine,BTV and so on!
@Swamp, thanks for checking it yo. I did like 2 or 3 similar videos with Maschine when I first got it, using only the factory sounds that came with it. Also did the same with btv when I first got it last year.
Dope Vid Saint Joe! Where do you get the expansions? I couldn’t find em on Motu’s website
@Producer, checkout uvisoundsource or ultimatesoundbank, they pretty much have all the expansions, as they make them…as well as all of motu’s instruments.
By the sound of this beat I am convinced you are related to Bootsy Collins….Cuz that bassline was DOPE! Oh and J-Dilla too…Cuz that drum pattern had serious swagg juice in it…Whole beat was dope…I forgot why I was even watching the video and just tuned into the beat!
@Traumah, you know you wild fam lol, thanks for the comment!
wuts up man I’ve been wondering when you where going to do a review on this man hey I’m building my production studio from used equipment and it working out great and the beats sound dope man keep it up
@mehdo, no doubt yo, still haven’t done a review on it, just showing it off. Like I did with Maschine, I want to spend some time with it before I post a review on it, but I definitely like it for sure. Keep me posted on your setup man, I know that’s how I built up my gear, it was all used when I had hardware stuff, nothing wrong with that!
Whattup St. Joe. Tight videos and beats! Quick question/comment: I’ve been checking out some of the comments and debates on the NI Maschine forums regarding Maschine vs. MPC. One dude said he loved being able to make beats on the go ala the MPC 500 (lol). Man, have you checked out the Ipad and Ipod Touch/iphone apps.? A new app. called Nanostudio blows the MPC 500 (which retails for $599) out of the water! It has 4 synths, a sampler (with visual waveform sample editing), a sequencer and a mixer! I can even hook my portable Vestax turntable up to it and sample directly to it via the USB port included with the ‘Camera Connection Kit’. The interface and workflow reminds me of my beloved Maschine:) and it only costs $15. Check it out if you haven’t already: http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/06/05/whoa-its-an-iphone-mpc-nanostudio/
@CoolD, yah man, I plan on getting an iPad JUST for the music apps man, it’s really cool and nanostudio looks awesome. I saw it a while back and was very impressed.
thanks for stopping by!