Akai mpc3000 Manuel D’Utilisation

Many of the functions in the MPC3000 are associated with control-
ling the playing tempo. First, there is the Tempo field in the Play/
Record screen (shown below in bold):

============== Play/Record =============
Seq: 1-(unused)         BPM:120.0

120.0

120.0

120.0

120.0 (SEQ)

Sig: 4/ 4   Bars:  0    Loop:TO BAR   1
============== Track Data ==============
Trk: 1-(unused)         Type:DRUM On:YES
Chn:OFF-(off)    & OFF  Vel%:100 Pgm:OFF
===== Now:001.01.00 (00:00:00:00) ======
<Tk on/off> <Solo=OFF> <Track-> <Track+>

To change the tempo at any time while playing or recording se-
quences, move the cursor to the Tempo field and change it with the
data knob or the numeric keypad.

To display the Tempo screen, press the TEMPO/SYNC key:

================ Tempo =================
Tempo:120.0        Tempo source:SEQUENCE
============= Display mode =============
BPM/FPB:BPM               Frames:30 DROP
============== Tap Tempo ===============
Tap averaging:3
========================================
<SyncScreen ><TempoChanges>

This screen presents most of the parameters that are associated
with tempo. A detailed description of the individual screen fields and
soft keys follows:

• The 

Tempo

 field:

This is the active playing tempo. It is either the sequence’s assigned
tempo or the master tempo, depending on the setting of the 

Tempo

source

 field. This has the same function as the Active Tempo field

in the Play/Record screen except that this field doesn’t display
tempo changes.

• The 

Tempo source

 field:

This field has the same function as the Tempo Source field in the
Play/Record screen: It determines whether the sequence’s