Akai mpc2000 User Manual

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Chapter 8: Creating and Editing Sounds

◆ REVERSE ZONE

This reverses the range selected as a zone.
Press DO IT[F5] to execute the REVERSE ZONE command.

Select the St: field in the znEDIT mode screen and press the OPEN
WINDOW key to open the Zone start fine window.

Here it is possible to finely adjust the start point of a zone.

• Zn st:

Set the start point of a zone.  Change the value with the DATA
wheel. It is possible to change the value to an extremely large num-
ber by selecting the digit with the DIGIT wheel.  It is also possible to
directly enter a number with the numeric pad and confirm it by
pressing the ENTER key.

• Lngth=

The length of the zone (from the start point to the end point) is dis-
played.  You cannot change the value of this field.

• Zone lngth:

This sets a fixed point from the start point to the end point or from
the start point for the length of the zone.

VARI

When the start point is changed, the end point re-
mains fixed and the length of the zone changes.

FIX

When the start point is changed, the length of the
zone remains fixed and the end point moves.

It is possible to enlarge or reduce the sample wave display by pressing
ZOOM+[F3] or ZOOM-[F2].  Press ZOOM-[F2] to display the entire
wave and set a rough start point then press ZOOM+[F3] several times
to make fine adjustments.

When PLAY X[F6] is pressed, it is possible to play back the currently
selected sound in full velocity according to the settings in the PLAY
X: field.  For details refer to “znEDIT Mode.”