User ManualTable of ContentsWARNING2WARRANTY6Table of Contents7Chapter 1: Introduction13Features14General14Sampler14Sequencer15Panel Descriptions16Front Panel16Rear Panel19Handling Floppy Disks20The Disk Drive20Taking care of your Disks21Chapter 2: The Basics23Hooking Up Your System24The Terms Used in MPC200025Sequence25Track25Song26Sound26Drum Pads26Note Number26Program27Operating the Front Panel and Screen28The Cursor, Cursor Keys, Data Fields28The Numeric Keypad and DATA Wheel28The Function Keys29Basic Functions30Loading the Operating System30Loading and Playing Programs30Playing the Drum Pads, the PAD BANK, & FULL LEVEL Keys31Selecting Programs32The NOTE VARIATION Slider, ASSIGN and AFTER keys32The ASSIGN Key33The AFTER key34The 16 LEVELS key35Chapter 3: Recording Sequences37How Sequences are Organized38Bar.Beat.Tick39Examples of Sequence Recordings40Example 1: Recording a Drum Pad Performance40Example 2: Recording a Loop42Example 3: Multi-track Recording44The MAIN SCREEN46Selecting a Sequence46Next sequence function46Renaming a Sequence47Deleting a Sequence47Copying a Sequence48Setting the Tempo49Tempo Change Window49Entering and Modifying a Tempo Change50Selecting a Tempo Source51Setting the Time Correct (Quantization)52Setting the Beat53Setting the Number of Bars54Setting the Loop56Setting the Count57Selecting a Track58Renaming a Track58Deleting a Track59Copying a Track59Turning the Track ON or OFF60Setting the Track Type60Setting the Trackユs MIDI Channel61Settings for MIDI Reception61MIDI Filter Function63Sending the All Note Off63Multiple Track Real-time Recording64Editing the Velocity65Setting the Program Change Transfer66Locating with the DATA Wheel67Units Used to Locate a Point67The Main Screen Function Keys68The Play/Record Keys and the Locate Keys69The AUTO PUNCH Function71Chapter 4: Editing Sequences73Overview74Erasing Data with the ERASE Key74Erasing a Note in Real Time74Using the ERASE Page to Erase Data74Step Editing76Step Editing Screen76The Event Display78Operating the List Display78Selecting and Editing Multiple Events79Copying an Event80Deleting an Event80Pasting an Event80Inserting an Event80Step Recording81The Editing Screen82Copying an Event82Copying by Bar84Rearranging the tracks85Transposing a Track86Sequence Preferences87Chapter 5: Song Mode89Overview90Song Mode91Selecting a Song91Renaming a Song91Deleting a Song92Copying a Song93Setting the Tempo94Setting the Loop95Creating a Song96Selecting a Step and Changing a Sequence97Repeating a Sequence97Deleting a Step98Inserting a Step98Setting the Locate Point99Converting a Song to a Sequence100Chapter 6: Creating and Editing Programs101What Are Programs?102Creating a program104Selecting a Program and Assigning a Sound105Selecting Programs105Renaming Programs106Deleting a Program106Newly Creating Programs107Copying Programs107Assigning Notes to DRUMS PAD108The Pad Assign Mode and Initialize109Assigning Sounds to Notes110The Program Sound Generation Mode110Editing Note Parameters112Selecting Programs112Selecting Notes112Copying the Note Parameter113Setting the Envelope113Setting the Filter115Setting the Pitch116Setting the Voice Overlap117The MIDI Settings of the Sampler118Chapter 7: Mixer Functions119Stereo Output Mixer120Setting the Volume120Setting the Pan121Setting the Volume or Pan Together121Setting the Para Out and Effect Send (Option)122Assigning Para Out122Setting the Send Level123Setting the Para Out and Send Level Together123Setting the Volume or Pan for Each Note124Setting Up the Mixer125Setting the Effects126Chapter 8: Creating and Editing Sounds127Sampling a New Sound128Editing a Sound133Selecting a Sound133Renaming or Displaying the Specification of the Sound133Deleting a Sound134Copying a Sound134TRIM Mode135Deleting Unnecessary Samples136Finely Adjusting the Start Point136Finely Adjusting the End Point137LOOP Mode138Finely Adjusting the Loop Point139znEDIT Mode140Finely Adjusting the Start Point of a Zone142Finely Adjusting the End Point143Setting the Sound Parameters144Beat Loop Function145Chapter 9: Disk Operation147Overview148The Device: Field148The Device Icons148Before Proceeding to Use a Floppy Disk149Formatting a Disk150Formatting a Floppy Disk150Formatting a SCSI Drive151Saving the Data152Saving Across Multiple Floppy Disks156Copying a System Disk157Starting the MPC2000 from a SCSI Drive158The Auto-load Functions of the .APS and .ALL Files158Loading Files159Deleting a File from the Disk164Chapter 10: MIDI/SYNC Mode OTHER Mode165MIDI/SYNC Mode166Synchronizing the MPC2000 with Other Sequencers166Synchronizing Another Sequencer or MTR to the MPC2000168OTHER Mode170OTHERS Screen170INIT Screen171VER. Screen171Appendix173Notes on Using SCSI Drives174Connecting an External SCSI Drive174SCSI Cables174SCSI ID175Termination175Cable Length175Installing the OptionsムTo Service Technicians176Location of MPC2000 Option Board176To remove the cover:177To remove the operation panel:177Installing Memory Expansion178Technical Specifications179General179Sound Generator179Sequencer179Rear Panel Inputs/Outputs180Options180Standard accessory180The MIDI Implementation Charts181Size: 1.09 MBPages: 182Language: EnglishOpen manual