Akai mpc2000 User Manual

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Chapter 2: The Basics

4. Press LOAD[F5] to load.  The message “Loading....” will appear on

the display.   The screen will return to 2. when the loading is com-
pleted.

All the files are now loaded.  Press the MAIN SCREEN key to return
to the main screen.

Each recorded sample in the MPC2000 is called a sound. To hear
some of the drum sounds you have loaded, play the 16 drum pads on
the front panel. To hear other sounds, press the PAD BANK key once
so that the [B] light above the key is lit, then play the pads again. The
MPC2000 has four pad banks (A, B, C and D). To hear the sounds
assigned to pad bank C, press the PAD BANK key again and play the
pads, and do the same to hear bank D. Each time you press the PAD
BANK key you change to the next pad bank, and with each bank the
16 pads play different sounds.

The 64 bank/pad combinations are as follows:

Drum pads in bank A: A01 through A16
Drum pads in bank B: B01 through B16
Drum pads in bank C: C01 through C16
Drum pads in bank D: D01 through D16

The 16 drum pads are dynamic—the harder you play them, the louder
the sound will play. Press the FULL LEVEL key (the light goes on),
and no matter how hard you play the pads, the sound will play at its
maximum dynamic level. Press the FULL LEVEL key again to return
to normal dynamic operation.