Akai mpc2000 User Manual

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Chapter 3: Recording Sequences

After the system disk is inserted into the MPC2000 and the power is
turned on, the LCD screen shows the following contents:

This is called the Main screen. It is the main operating screen of the
MPC2000 and most playing and recording of sequences is done while
this screen is showing. To return to this screen, press the MAIN
SCREEN key. The following is an explanation of each of the data
fields and function keys contained in this screen:

Move the cursor to the Sq: field and turn the DATA wheel to select
the sequence.  The sequence number and sequence name will appear.
(Unused) will appear when there is no data recorded to the se-
quence.

When the cursor is in the Sq: field while the sequence is playing, you
can select the sequence to play next by rotating the DATA wheel.  The
following window appears when you rotate the DATA wheel.

Select the sequence with the DATA wheel.  In the above illustra-
tion, 02-Sequence02 is played back after 01-Sequence01 is played
to the end.  It is possible to play sequences consecutively in this
manner.  When you want to stop the next sequence function, select
the number originally selected (the currently playing sequence in
the Next sequence: field.