Roland MC-101 Beginner Tutorials: 2) Expanding a loop to a song

Lesson 2 in my beginner MC-101 series. Thanks to everyone who watched and commented and subscribed to the last video! I’m glad I can help people understand this awesome device.

This time we’re going to look at how to expand the loop we made last time into a longer loop and then at how to make different song parts, with a few sequencing tips and tricks along the way. Hopefully by the end you’ll have the tools, understanding, and confidence to be able to make entire songs! In future videos we’ll dive into the effects and advanced features in the MC-101 (and there are plenty) to enhance our creations, but for now I hope you can see how simple composition can be!

Keep asking questions and I’ll keep doing me best to answer them!

Table of Contents:
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Review from last time
01:30 - Remove Parts
03:00 - Double Clip Length
08:00 - Custom Clip Length
09:30 - Sequence Melodies
15:00 - Sequence Chords
20:30 - Clips
22:30 - Copy Clips
24:45 - Changing Clips Live
27:15 - Empty Clips/Structure
28:30 - Scenes
29:30 - Clip Chaining
31:45 - Clip Chaining Ideas
33:30 - Clip Play Length