This tutorial video by Tubedigga is a beginners guide to beatmaking on the MPCX/MPC Live. He shows many of the fundamental processes and workflows to create an original beat out of two breakbeat samples and go digging on YouTube briefly to find some contrasting musical elements. | Akai Professional

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