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MPC Live 3 Essentials - Video Training Course

MPC Live 3 Essentials - Video Training Course

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Master Your MPC From Scratch -

And Start Finishing Full Beats With Confidence!

A complete beginner-friendly course designed to help you finally understand the MPC workflow and turn your ideas into fully finished tracks.

🚨 WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR

If you’ve ever felt like:

  • You have an MPC but don’t know where to start
  • You can make loops but struggle to finish full beats
  • The workflow feels confusing or overwhelming
  • You’ve watched tutorials but nothing really sticks

👉 This course was built for you.

Filmed on the MPC Live 3,

but applicable to any MPC running OS 3.7 or higher!


🎯 WHAT YOU’LL BE ABLE TO DO

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

  • Confidently navigate your MPC without guessing
  • Record, arrange, and finish complete beats
  • Build a solid workflow that actually makes sense
  • Layer sounds to create full, professional-quality tracks
  • Export your music and share it with confidence

🧠 WHAT MAKES THIS COURSE DIFFERENT

Most MPC tutorials are random.

This isn’t.

This course is designed as a step-by-step system that builds your skills from the ground up so everything connects and actually makes sense.


📦 WHAT’S INCLUDED

  • 70+ step-by-step lessons (no fluff, no filler)
  • 5+ hours of high-quality video training
  • Structured modules so you can follow start-to-finish or jump around
  • Real beat-making examples (not just theory)
  • Multiple 4K camera angles for clear instruction
  • Progress tracking so you stay on track

🎹 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Inside the course, you’ll learn:

  • The complete MPC workflow (the missing piece for most users)
  • How to record beats from scratch
  • How to arrange and structure beats AND full tracks
  • How to use sampling, sequences, and clip launching
  • How to save and export your music

🚀 THE RESULT

Instead of feeling stuck or overwhelmed…

You’ll have a clear, repeatable workflow that allows you to:

👉 Start beats
👉 Build them out
👉 And actually finish them


🎬 COURSE BREAKDOWN

This course includes 70+ lessons covering:

  • MPC fundamentals and navigation
  • Recording and editing beats
  • Live looping, mutes, and clip triggering
  • Sampling and chopping
  • Arrangement and song structure
  • Effects, mixing, and exporting
  • Advanced features like clips, step sequencing, and automation

👉 Everything you need to go from beginner → confident producer


💡 IMPORTANT NOTE (ACCESS)

This purchase gives you 1 full year of access to the course.

  • No auto-renewals
  • No surprise charges

30 days before your access expires, you’ll receive an email with the option to extend at a 50% discount if you choose to without losing your progress.


FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: Is this beginner-friendly?
Yes! This course is designed specifically for beginners.

Q: Can I use this course if I don't have the MPC Live 3?
Yes! This course works for any MPC running OS 3.7 or higher. Note: Some lessons do leverage components included in Akai's pro pack (https://www.akaipro.com/mpcpropack/) that is included with the MPC Live 3, but an add-on for other MPCs.

Q: Do I need prior experience?
No experience needed!

Q: Will this course auto-renew at the end of my year?
No! 30 days before your access is set to expire, you’ll receive an email with the option to extend at a 50% discount if you choose to without losing your progress!


SAMPLE VIDEOS FROM THIS COURSE:

Sound Mode Overview and Settings:

Setting the Bars and Tempo:

Live Sequence Triggering:

 

FULL COURSE TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  1. Introduction
    1. Course Introduction
  2. General Overview and Navigation
  3. Getting Connected
  4. Quick Start
    1. Creating a New Project
    2. Project vs Sequence vs Track
    3. Setting the Bars and Tempo
    4. Changing Time Signatures
    5. Turning Loop On and Off
    6. Using the Transport Controls
    7. Track Types and Settings
    8. Creating a New Track
    9. Timing Correction Settings
    10. Recording a Quick Drum Beat
    11. Modifying the Beat with Grid View
    12. Accessing the Channel Strips
    13. Adjusting Track Levels
    14. Adding Track Effects
    15. Changing the Input and Output Settings for a Track
    16. Saving the Project
    17. Exporting the Project Audio Mixdown
  5. Main Mode Essentials
    1. Toolbar and shortcuts
    2. Sequence Edit
    3. Track Edit
    4. Arrangement Tab
  6. Working with Track Types
    1. Drum Tracks
    2. Keygroup Tracks
    3. Plugin Tracks
    4. MIDI and CV Tracks
    5. Audio Tracks
    6. Buses
  7. Working With Sounds
    1. Sound Mode Overview and Settings
    2. Selecting and Playing Sounds
    3. Editing Plugin Instrument Settings
    4. Saving and Editing Favorite Presets
    5. Creating and Editing Setlists
  8. Arrange Mode Essentials
    1. Arrange View Overview
    2. Recording in Arrange Mode
    3. Editing in Arrange Mode
  9. Track View Essentials
    1. Overview and Quick Functions
    2. Arming Multiple Tracks to Record
  10. Key Ranges Mode
    1. Overview, Settings, and Live Use Cases
    2. Setting the Ranges for each Track
    3. Quickly Setting Drum Ranges with Drum Split
  11. Channel Mixer Essentials
    1. Overview and Settings
    2. Pad Mixer Overview
  12. Mute Mode Essentials
    1. Setting up a Beat to Use with Mute Mode
    2. Overview and Settings
    3. Event vs Audio Mutes
    4. Setting Track Mutes
    5. Setting Pad Mutes
    6. Recording Mute Automation
  13. Step Sequencer Essentials
    1. Overview and Settings
    2. Adding and Removing Steps
    3. Adjusting Step Velocities
  14. Working with Clips
    1. Overview and Clips vs Arrangements
    2. Recording Clips
    3. Launching Clips and Rows of Clips
    4. Recording an Arrangement with Clips
  15. Sampler Essentials
    1. Overview and Sampler Setup
    2. Sampling a Sound
    3. Editing the Sample
    4. Chopping the Sample and Assigning to Pads
    5. Loading a Sample from the Library
  16. Recording a Beat with Multiple Sequences
    1. Recording the Initial Beat
    2. Duplicating and Modifying the Sequence
    3. Saving the Project
  17. Next Sequence Mode Essentials
    1. Overview, Settings, and Live Use Cases
    2. Live Sequence Triggering
  18. Song Mode Essentials
    1. Overview and Settings
    2. Assembling Sequences into a Song
    3. Converting the Song to a Final Sequence
    4. Exporting the Song Audio Mixdown
  19. Conclusion
  20. Bonus Lesson 1: Q-Link Status and Parameter Customization
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