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AKAI’s MPC Live is a standalone music production center designed for both the stage and the studio. In this hands-on course, music producer and MPC expert Booker Edwards shows you how to create, record and perform with this innovative beat-making machine.

The MPC Live is a standalone music production center in the true sense of the word: no computer is required, and with the internal rechargeable battery, you don’t even have to be tied to an electrical outlet either! With its gorgeous 7” multi-touch display and 16 amazingly responsive pads, it really begs to be played, tweaked and programmed. In this in-depth 27-tutorial course, renowned MPC specialist Booker Edwards explains in great details all features of this incredible music production center.

Booker starts with a detailed look at the MPC live hardware, where you learn everything about its pads, buttons, knobs, touch-sensitive display, and rear panel. After this in-depth tour of the interface, Booker shows you how to use templates and projects, how to import and edit samples, and how sequencing and arranging works. You also learn some very cool automation and mixing tips, and you discover how to do DAW-style audio recording, editing and wrapping, and more... Of course, this course wouldn't be complete without live performance tips and tricks, and there's plenty of them inside!

So fire up your MPC Live hardware and join Booker Edwards in this video manual, and learn how to use this amazing beat-creation machine to its full potential!