Akai mpc2000 User Manual
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Contents
Table of Contents
Features .............................................................................................................. 2
Panel Descriptions ............................................................................................. 4
Panel Descriptions ............................................................................................. 4
Front Panel ............................................................................................ 4
Rear Panel .............................................................................................. 7
Rear Panel .............................................................................................. 7
The Disk Drive ....................................................................................... 8
Taking care of your Disks ...................................................................... 9
Taking care of your Disks ...................................................................... 9
Hooking Up Your System ................................................................................ 12
The Terms Used in MPC2000 ......................................................................... 13
The Terms Used in MPC2000 ......................................................................... 13
Sequence ................................................................................... 13
Track ........................................................................................ 13
Song .......................................................................................... 14
Sound ........................................................................................ 14
Drum Pads ............................................................................... 14
Note Number ............................................................................ 14
Program .................................................................................... 15
Track ........................................................................................ 13
Song .......................................................................................... 14
Sound ........................................................................................ 14
Drum Pads ............................................................................... 14
Note Number ............................................................................ 14
Program .................................................................................... 15
The Cursor, Cursor Keys, Data Fields ................................... 16
The Numeric Keypad and DATA Wheel ................................. 16
The Function Keys ................................................................... 17
The Numeric Keypad and DATA Wheel ................................. 16
The Function Keys ................................................................... 17
Loading the Operating System ........................................................... 18
Loading and Playing Programs ........................................................... 18
Playing the Drum Pads, the PAD BANK, & FULL LEVEL Keys .... 19
Selecting Programs .............................................................................. 20
The NOTE VARIATION Slider, ASSIGN and AFTER keys ............. 20
Loading and Playing Programs ........................................................... 18
Playing the Drum Pads, the PAD BANK, & FULL LEVEL Keys .... 19
Selecting Programs .............................................................................. 20
The NOTE VARIATION Slider, ASSIGN and AFTER keys ............. 20
The ASSIGN Key ..................................................................... 21
The AFTER key ....................................................................... 22
The AFTER key ....................................................................... 22
Example 1: Recording a Drum Pad Performance .................. 28
Example 2: Recording a Loop .................................................. 30
Example 3: Multi-track Recording .......................................... 32
Example 2: Recording a Loop .................................................. 30
Example 3: Multi-track Recording .......................................... 32
Next sequence function ........................................................... 34
Renaming a Sequence ............................................................. 35
Deleting a Sequence ................................................................ 35
Copying a Sequence ................................................................. 36
Renaming a Sequence ............................................................. 35
Deleting a Sequence ................................................................ 35
Copying a Sequence ................................................................. 36