16 Levels Vs Velocity Pads - Which is best? MPC Live 2 Tutorial

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Published 2021-10-27
In this video I talk through a few reasons why I use 16 levels for pretty much everything I want to do with velocity on the MPC LIve 2.

Let me know if you have a decent way of using the velocity sensitive pads. I'd love to know some!

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All Comments (11)
  • @Ross_Antonich
    Mate you are great at these videos and the MPC-I love seeing the MPC content
  • @PHeMoX
    Getting a natural velocity trigger has a lot to do with adjusting the pad sensitivity to your exact play style. I do agree 16 levels is great, but there's a risk of getting a pretty robotic velocity. In reality no drummer hits their drumkit exactly the same velocity every time. Even within 16 levels. By default, my MPC One really wasn't set up right in terms of velocity sensitivity (neither was after touch). By the way, doing triplets on a single pad with a variation in velocity can pretty much only be done using velocity sensitivity. I'd say most drum performances with distinct accents really need that live play feel. I'd recommend not so much practicing finger drumming, but more so diving into the settings and find the right velocity sensitivity settings (threshold, sensitivity etc.).
  • @apexone5502
    You gotta have the pads set to poly in order to get velocity sensitivity to work properly. That lack of response is because they’re automatically listed at mono at the global setting.
  • @TomKuhl
    Thx. Helps a lot! Never thought to use 16lvl in this way. Peace
  • @hip360hop
    Full level always on, 16 levels for variation
  • @Michael-kn6tl
    When I drum in my beat most of the time i have the grid screen up. It usually shows that I hit the pad a little different every once in a while naturally instead of trying to make it sound different on purpose. But I also like to do it with 16 levels sometimes too.
  • @_-Marcel-_
    I also can't/don't want to do it with the velocity sensitivity of the pads.