Aris Hooper - MPC Freestyle (MySpace)

[mikroHAUSstudio]

Very good to see MPC videos with diffrent styles. Not only hip hop :)

[ImDino]

too bad the music sucks

[lilkingruss]

Whats good man...quick question. Im an inspiring producer and was wonder what kinda akai do u recommend and programs as well. Basically what all do i need to start?

[ProfessorGerbik]

@lilkingruss all you need is a akai of any kind and a computer with internet. everything is practically free nowadays especially samples are endless online with many free directories to choose from your choices and the samples are limitless.

freesound(dot)org a good place to start for samples

[corless06]

@lilkingruss i think you mean aspiring

[lilkingruss]

@corless06 ha yea thanks bro

[KTrap2000xl]

This is really strange for a guy on an mpc but this is an awesome beat!!!

[andyxxl2000]

real musical magic

[kalibradoboy]

INSANE MEN I i want to get an mpc bue do u need other materials???

[actionjackson1920]

maaad props!!! im gonna download this and listen to it tHAT WAS AMAZIN!

[beatmakermike]

oh yeah thats the stuff

[peteypete1984]

dopeness



[corndruid]

insanely impressive.

[lightoffuturedays]

Excellent work

[erapozo05]

this is sick real skills

[schmidt107]

Nice thats whats up! keep it up !!!!

[djbeatjerky804]

not really my type of track......but still probably the best freestyle mpc playin i have seen on the net. XXXcelent job!

[zlliMR]

@djbeatjerky804 Look up Exile, he's way doper.

[BlackIzak]

Yeah dude this is ill!

[thesamplequeen]

I have all the factory sounds from every drum machine made in the last 20

years including the AKAI MPC range with MPC programmes.

Trust me, you want it I got it I have everything!

[PuCCiPuCCe]

@thesamplequeen You got MPC3000 sounds in .SND format? 

[muzikbj11]

I like that video color change effect that shits dope!

[muzikbj11]

I like that video color change effect that shits dope!

[muzikbj11]

NICE!!!!!!!!

[muzikbj11]

NICE!!!!!!!!

[ricoladon]

Damn.....I mean,that's all I can say.....

[monaybot1]

yes, freestyling a language with 14 words.

[lucidsubmachine]

i like this comment

[CLICKissme]

good!!

[jivinivanhotmailcom]

This has a nice Thievery Corporation feel to it... Mad skills deserve mad respect!!!

[dtmbcorp]

I've been listening to this over and over....

Incredible for a freestyle, my goodness! This is absolutely inspiring

[HipHopJunkyJVT]

that was sick wow

[AiRxSpONgEy]

that was awesome lol

[jaemoon2]

dude, I totally forgot you were freestyling half way thru, lol. WELL DONE

[sakews]

not much to say except awesome

[Semiao91]

Great Job! 4 minutes non stop !!! and still u dont loose your focus, impressive!

[rdomk3]

This is great, You should record this to a program so even if you don't plan on selling it we can download it and listen to it anytime. You have some mad skills.

[1robertpolson]

Do you remember when you were a kid n you wondered how they would play music in the future on some george jettson shit, well this is it.

[CinCBamaboy]

Dayum, ur hands is ridiculous...perfect timing, perfect memory, jus perfect....5 STARS...

is the beats and SFX kit already installed in the 4000

[wfhsguy]

keep it up that is good stuff right there

[ona1r]

YOOU ARE SIIIICK

[revolverfive]

nice! is that a drum break from vinyl or is it seperate drum hits?

[luciok]

its a pity the audio is not syncronized with image.. looks nice! i like the LSD style ;)

[highbridmoments]

dope. shadow style

[TheGift716]

that's ill right there kid!

[paulandjello]

DAAAAAAAMN!

[highrisejustin]

how did u turn green then red then purple then blue

[kash263]

LSD :D

[cbsection8]

Very cool

[sircedric5]

damn thats sum rocking shit right thurr

[bboyboyo]

How much for that mpc m8? I want to pick one up

[kno1undastandzme]

about 2500

[KushKid44]

sick

[ThaGreatBakka]

Yo, seriously dope vid ^_~ I've been watching MPC vids for like.....an hour ish and this is the best MPC vid I've seen so far. Please make/post more vids. I'd LOVE to see more vids.

[ahopkins224]

rock that shit

[southeastslums]

tight as fuck

[RealityCheck101kid]

that's hot.i don't know much about mpc's but this makes me want to learn more about it.

[Sephtacular]

Fuckin sweet mate, quility!

[Blayin]

Awesome !

[corditelove]

That is fucking cool!

[desmint]

absolutly talentet !! 6*

[bluntingtime]

big up homie

[tank9292]

this is cool! big up homie! People talkin ish on here are just haters hiding behind screen names! none of ya'll could do better anyway! Good track man keep it up!

[YungCyfe]

damn people need to get of jells nuts

[Crivim]

Kinda weak...not sayin I could do better, but if you like this search Jel Anticon....Much better.

[kieranklaassen]

cool old skool :)

[gluesniffer11]

fuck u this sux

[leonmurphy78]

nice live shit homie!!! YEH!!

4K is a BEAUTIFUL beast BTW...

[atxrockstars]

Soooo DOPE!! Bring it to Austin!

[shaolintiger1]

nothin beats jel

[xiro0999]

Flawless.

[ThungurKnifur]

Soooo cheesy...

[kellyssa3]

I never heard a great song like this, thank you bro.

[kellyssa3]

the video and the beat are perfect. So peaceful music. Thank you

[DesguiseFalling]

Great performance!

[starchild123456]

Sorry for the extra post, but your beat reminds me of some Fila Brazillia. They're very heavy on the rhodes, ambient vocals, and drums.

[starchild123456]

Nice beat, very chill and mellow, I like those beats that just go on and you could listen to forever. And not many can freestyle like that. Finally, that is one nice piece of machinery.

[marxhale]

No Jel yet but your getting there:)

(i know how difficult it can be, got an

2000xl&4000 myself)good skilzz nice music good sound 5 stars from me

[jimineedles]

this cat is insane! props!!! beautiful music.

[truceeker]

respect! the hand skillz it's like breath control (KRS ONE) but on the MPC! Ridic!

[HighPrice52]

this shit is sick. this kid is a beast

[str8upskilz]

some real hiphop,this hot man,ceep it up,got an myspace

[CANHCHUAcaloc9]

that's wicked.  very nice!!!

[jozh90]

amazing stuff

[abadonmc]

nice man

[yeaheverday]

get a set a drums bro! it's a lot funner for what your trying to do. you 'd get more respect to.

[Klatoonee]

One of the best MPC vid! True live work! RSPCT!

[Phuzz828]

pretty medicore. . but still better than what i can do on the fly.

[MarvelousProductions]

hat was real nice

[desolate803]

that was sick man, keep it up

[ksksdldkdkd]

nice

[1MinDLesS1]

not really liking the drums

[abbaroc]

one of the best most inspiring mpc vids i've seen... soo free.. so liberating

[btnhsoldiers]

dat a big azz mpc

[kbroomes01]

lol

[izvunzemen]

that was the first thing I thought

[augshaneal]

pretty clever setup.. have the lasters on the top so u have a back beat eh? cool cool. its good hand workin. damn thats a big mpc! mines like the siz of my hand and has only 7 pads

[jakboi]

shit

[rimanjoker]

absolutely fantastik

[jimineedles]

Beautifulness

[dazzisking]

thas pretty sick still

[slowdive922]

bullcrap.. i could do this with one hand only.

[slowdive922]

bullcrap.. i could do this with one hand only.

[jonkjo]

juste magnifique, rien a dire ...

[DeathRowSkater]

do u know how hard that iZ

[lbencivengo]

NO MAN BAD CHOICE

[SAMIRCASH]

trop violent ma geulle pkoi tu mal méne la mpc de cette facon trop bon ton son garcon

[luisdrum]

Mmm... I'm not liking the sounds. Bad sound choice, in my opinion. And it's also a bit monotonous.

Listen to Jel, he's a master

[claporga]

Wow...you are just another person fixated on wanting to see "the best of the best." Of course this beat sounds monotonous...99% of hip-hop/trance/houce/acid is monotonous when you take away the lyrics. And by the way, Mr. Hater, this is a freestyle...and you're right he's not the best...whoopdy-effing-doo brainiac..lol just messin! Peace.

[chillguy509]

nice

[waxpusher]

No way this is a freestyle, he just wants to prop himself up on dumb ass people who don't know how much practice it takes to get a track down on an mpc...He;s probably been practicing this for a couple of months...Peace

[brihighhh]

alot of the patterns he's playing are interchangable.. all the non drum sounds for example could be ANY sound and it would still be the same pattern. the sounds may be carefully chosen but most people who are good on drum pads could probably drop something this tight off the top of their head. i'm not necessarily defending him in regards to the legitimacy of this being a "freestyle", i'm just saying it's possible that this is

[SarkoFan]

thank ussuperman the hero is here to protect us dumb ass people and help us discover the truth!!!

[markdw]

haha

[hamppumarssi]

nice shit, but i would never use those sounds,idon like the sound of the drums, sound too technoor whatever.

funny comments will be written when we cant type english!

[JusBeCuzz]

nice

[KnowledgeProductions]

amazing if it was freestyle....still sick if it wasnt...keep it up!!

[cthapimp]

that was fire!

check out my beats from soul to gangsta and add me please

at myspace(dot)com/cedproductions­07

[djtes90]

whut mpc is dat again....i forgot da name

[shukone]

akai mpc 4000

[acumbass]

Bon travail... good work.

Greetings and cheers for Switzerland

[ChuRocka]

reminds me of that old dj shadow shit, respect!!!

[udsuresh0t]

dude you realy have to send me a mp3 of this song!

[Icybearg450]

Ain't that shit sicknin!?

Dude that's hot all the way!

great!!!!

Groovey!

[shrizulu]

fuck all u people tryin to get plugs on other peoples shit, yall are whack ne wayz

[encode84]

Cool! :)

[udsuresh0t]

and the snare aint wack!

[udsuresh0t]

you are the best!

[rcpro8]

legit man.

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[fookinwotmate]

that snare is wack

[LACROSSECXL]

I AGRRE. YOU GOT HANDLE MANE...

[skinnyboyy]

check out my song "Get Money" I produced the beat

[daniyal89]

dude i think he is white! feelling the beats tho..(preetty fresh) i wish i could afford an akai MPC..

[cstan101]

nice coordination, but the sounds are too thin...sounds white.

[DirkDiggIer]

Gj man, thats crazy shit, you play it like a instrument adding a human element to your machine

[A1exDaGreat]

Honestly, you have some great sounds; however, you are miss using it. If I was the one making that beat, I would have quit and started a new one ASAP! Anyway, keep trying though, good luck!

[rssie]

the beat is too white...

[xavenonstop]

go kill yourself

[kiertheproducer]

damn your hands look freezing lol!!

[JJJcrow]

madd coordination on that thing....how long did it take you to learn that type of coordination....I've had my mpcxl for 5 years...still cant get to that level...how long do you practice a day??????

[nicesdown]

respect!!

the beat's not really the focus....

thats a hot freestyle!!!

no bullshit....

the beats not fuckin Mozart but its a good freestyle...

good job white boy!

[udsuresh0t]

i dont like you, sorry...

this beat rox fgs!

[9638527]

i dont like the beat... srry

[AyeForse1]

constant flow and fluid transition... dogg... no error at steady bpm is amazing... love to see more on that myspace.

[NickAAylward]

if you were a buddist, i imagine u would be one with your MPC....nice work, man...!

[Rassh0le]

Man, your good!!!

[elsewherebeats1]

check out these hot tracks at myspace(dot)com/elsewherebeats

[misaje]

Now thas' talent man. Plus I kinda learned somethin new...never knew what an MPC was til now. Nice work. And for a sec, I coulda swore that I was seein things with green hands but I noticed you put that into effect. lol

[thekidodyssey]

crazy

[dubwiser]

tight! i really like all the transitions.

[drdrepi]

After careful review I will confirm that that was indeed your work. I simulated your techchnique. It is possible and your timing was off.LOL....Good job.

[drdrepi]

I understand "playing" the mpc ut switching intruments and applying effects mid stream?It also sounds like you had more than one track going. Hey if you did it I have much Love and respct for you. Good job. Im not he MPC Police.

[drdrepi]

Is this real? Was this prerecorded and this guy is clownin us?

[pimpinnevaslipin]

very well done

[M4DN3K5]

Nice playing! Respect!

[jules122006]

not bad? more like verry good

[ona1r]

much resepct, i love the mood color treatment you added as well, works well

[lshaw123]

hot

[Exp185]

not bad, like the color effects as well

[blowup333]

GREAT!!!

[robbyrob2006]

so awesome man so good man freestyle beat good :) mix it in nice i guess you could make a beat and fast

[ques75]

nice~!! thanks for the musical ride.

[royalgala]

yeah, that was really amazing. it was not only technically very good, but more important: it was extremely "musical"!

[tussinator]

Wow. Amazing video. I hope I can learn a few things from this. It looks like some samples are layered like hat/snare on pad A01. hat/kick on pad A02.  closed-hat/kick on A07. If that's the case, do you have a certain velocity that you prefer to split the layers on? right down the middle like 0-63, 64-127? hats as layer 1? Thanks for posting this!

[ArisHooper]

thanks mate :) pad 1 = snare, 2 = bass drum one, 3 = bass drum two, 5 = snare (copy), 6 = crash, 7 = closed hihat, 8 = open hihat, 9 10 13 & 14 = music samples. no layering of samples for this freestyle. right index finger plays crash and closed hihat, right middle finger plays open hihat, right thumb plays bass drum one and bass drum two. left middle finger plays snare and music samples, index finger helps with snare and bass drum fills (hitting the pad so it "double hits" like a drum roll).

[ArisHooper]

velocities are set such that bass drum and samples are fairly consistent with velocity, however, snare & hihats are very dependent on velocity to try and give it a more live feel. there is a very slight delay applied to hihats and snare. switching between banks for the different music samples (with the drum sample layout being consistent across each bank).