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Chapter 2: The Basics

A program is an edited set with note number and sounds assigned to
it. The MPC2000 can hold up to 24 programs. Each program has 64
sound assignments. If you change from one program to another, play-
ing the four banks of pads will produce entirely different sounds.

When you just played the drum pads and heard the sounds, you were
hearing the sounds assigned in Program 1. To change to Program 2:

1. Press the PROGRAM key (or 6 on the numeric pad) while holding

the SHIFT key . The following screen will appear:

2. Move the cursor to the Prg: field. Select program 2 using the

DATA wheel.

3. Play the sounds in program 2: Select Pad Bank A and play the

sounds, then select Pad Bank B and play the sounds, then play
bank C, then bank D.

4. Repeat step 3, except select program 3 and play the sounds. Repeat

this procedure to hear the other programs.

5. To return to the Main screen, press the MAIN SCREEN key.

The NOTE VARIATION slider can be used in real time to change the
tuning, attack, decay, or filter value for a sound preassigned to a
drum pad by moving the slider while playing the pad.

Here are some examples of uses of NOTE VARIATION slider:

1. The slider can control decay for a hi-hat sound. This would simu-

late the action of a drummer’s hi-hat pedal, changing the hi-hat
decay time each time the pad is played. By using the decay switch
feature in the program and setting the sound so it switches accord-
ing to the decay value, it is possible to simulate a closed hi-hat
gradually opening by moving the slider.

2. The slider can be assigned to tuning for a tom tom sound. By mov-

ing the slider when playing the drum pad assigned to a tom tom
sound, it is possible to change to tom tunings.

3. The slider can control filter value for a sound containing a filter

setting. This will change the sound of each time the note is played,
to play analog synthesizer sample and hold filter effects.

NOTE VARIATION slider data is recorded on a sequence with the
drum notes.  For details about the data, please refer to “Step Edit” of
the “Editing Sequences” chapter.