Akai mpc3000 Manuel D’Utilisation

The following demonstrates how to use Song mode to create a song
on the MPC3000:

1. Record some drum or MIDI data into sequences 1, 2, and 3.

2. Enter Song mode by pressing the SONG key.

3. In the 

Song

 field, select an unused song number. An unused song

is indicated as 

(unused)

 in the Song Name field.

4. Set the 

Contents of step

 field to 1, which sets the active

step to step number1.

5. Select 1 in the 

Sqnc

 field, indicating that you want sequence

number 1 to play at the start of the song.

6. Select 2 in the 

Reps

 field, indicating that you want sequence

number 1 to repeat two times before completing step 1.

7. Press 

<Step+1>

 to move on to step 2.

8. Select 2 in the 

Sqnc

 field and 1 in the 

Reps

 field, indicating that

you want sequence 2 to play only once for step 2.

9. Press 

<Step+1>

 to move on to step 3.

10. Select 3 in the 

Sqnc

 field and 2 in the 

Reps

 field, indicating

that you want sequence 3 to play twice for step 3.

11. Press 

<Step+1>

 to move on to step 4.

12. Select 0 in the 

Reps

 field, indicating that this is the end of your

song. If a 0 already exists here, there is no need to enter it again.

13. Select the 

TO STEP

 option in the 

Loop

 field and enter a 2 to

the right of the word 

STEP

, indicating that you want the song to

loop back to step 2 once it reaches its end.

14. Press PLAY START. The song will play back as follows:

First, it will play two repetitions of sequence 1;
next, it will play one repetition of sequence 2;
next, it will play two repetitions of sequence 3;
after that, it will repeat steps 2 and 3 indefinitely.

Notice that the 

Now

 field always indicates the position within the

song, not the position within each sequence.