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Chapter 2: The Basics
Selecting Programs
A program is an edited set with note numbers and sounds assigned to it. The MPC2000XL can
hold up to 24 programs. Each program has 64 sound assignments. If you change from one pro-
gram to another, playing the four banks of pads will produce entirely different sounds.
When you played the drum pads, you were hearing the sounds assigned in Program 1. To change
to Program 2:
1. Hold down SHIFT and press PROGRAM (6 on the numeric keypad). The DRUM select screen
will appear:
2. Select DRUM 1, 2, 3 or 4.
3. Move the cursor to the Pgm: field. Select program 2 using the DATA wheel.
4. Play the sounds in program 2: Select Pad Bank A and play the sounds, then select Pad Banks
B, C and D.
5. Repeat step 3, except select program 3 and play the sounds. Repeat this procedure to hear the
other programs.
6. To return to the Main Screen, press MAIN SCREEN.
The NOTE VARIATION Slider, ASSIGN and AFTER keys
The NOTE VARIATION slider can be used to change the tuning, attack, decay, or filter value for a
sound assigned to a drum pad by moving the slider while playing the pad.
Here are some examples for uses of NOTE VARIATION slider:
1. The slider can control the decay for a hi-hat sound. This would simulate the action of a
drummer’s hi-hat pedal, changing the hi-hat decay time each time the pad is played. By using
the decay switch feature in the program and setting the sound so it switches according to the
decay value, it is possible to simulate a closed hi-hat gradually opening by moving the slider.
2. The slider can be assigned to tuning for a tom tom. By moving the slider when playing the drum
pad assigned to a tom tom, it is possible to change the tunings.
3. The slider can control the filter value for a sound containing a filter setting. This will change the
sound each time the note is played, to play analog synthesizer samples and hold filter effects.
The NOTE VARIATION slider data is recorded onto a sequence with the drum notes. For details
about this, please refer to “Step Edit” of the “Editing Sequences” chapter.
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Pgm: 1-NewPgm-A
PLAY
ASSIGN PARAMS AUTO
Pad:A01=Note:37 Pad assign:PROGRAM
Note:60=Snd:OFF
Mode:NORMAL
DRUM PURGE
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