Review: MPC Live III vs Live II // What's in the Pro Pack? // Using MPCe & Matrix // Live 3 Tutorial

loopop October 2, 2025
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Loopop is all about in-depth electronic music & synth ideas tips, tricks and reviews!

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Get hundreds of multi-sampled MPC keygroup instruments, as well as my ever-expanding book of electronic music ideas, tips and tricks here: ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/loopop Check MPC prices here (affiliate links help the channel regardless of what you buy): ► Sweetwater: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/N9z3r1 ► Perfect Circuit - https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/S0BERUlFSUBFR0NKR0VATEpITA?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perfectcircuit.com%2Fcatalogsearch%2Fresult%2F%3Fq%3Dakai%2520mpc ► Thomann - https://www.thomann.de/intl/search_dir.html?sw=akai+mpc+live&offid=1&affid=369 ► Amazon: https://amzn.to/3IKVOUj Other places I hang out: ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loopopmusic ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loopopmusic ► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/loopopmusic ► Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/loopopmusic.bsky.social ► Web: https://loopopmusic.com My music: ► Bandcamp: https://loopop.bandcamp.com ► Spotify: http://bit.ly/LoopopOnSpotify ► Apple Music:http://bit.ly/LoopopOnAppleMusic TIMELINE: 0:00 Intro 1:20 vs Live II 2:00 MPCe pads 3:20 Articulations 4:10 Touch strip 5:05 Mic test 5:30 More power 7:00 New features 7:45 I/O 9:25 Content 9:55 Using MPCe 13:00 Drum seq 15:05 Note Seq 16:40 Step edit 17:35 Last step 18:00 Automation 18:35 Other modes 19:45 Macro buttons 22:00 Clip matrix 25:20 Rec to arrange 26:15 Live looping 27:10 Snapshots 28:50 Clip settings 30:35 Sequences 31:00 Super stretch 31:50 New stems 32:30 New FX 33:20 Env follower 34:00 CV tools 35:10 MPC Desktop 35:30 Pros & cons Submit review and video ideas here (sorry I don’t offer 1x1 sessions/setup/purchasing advice): ► Ziv (at) loopopmusic.com NOTE: Occasionally I’ll try out affiliate marketing and include affiliate links. This means that I may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via affiliate links. The content of this clip is entirely my opinion, and was not paid for or dictated in any way by the company creating the gear. Without addressing the particulars of products shown here as they might be under NDA, gear shown on this channel may be either sent by the manufacturer, on loan for review or bought at a discount.

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