Akai MPC 4000 User Manual

Contents
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Trimming or looping a sample. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
■ Making various settings for a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
■ Setting various points while the sample plays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
■ Automatically detecting the start/end points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
■ Automatically detecting the loop points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
■ Applying crossfading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
■ Resampling with Q-FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Region page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Dividing a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
■ Dividing a sample into multiple regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
■ Adjusting the region start/region end points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
■ Using the divided samples to create a sequence/program . . . . 179
■ Adjusting the tempo of a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
■ Using commands to edit a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Program mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
List page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Viewing a list of programs in internal memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
■ Creating a new program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
■ Assigning a program change number to a program. . . . . . . . . 193
■ Copying a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
■ Deleting a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
■ Converting the program type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
■ Merging two programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Key group mix page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Editing the mix parameters of a program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
■ Adding new key groups (Key group programs) . . . . . . . . . . . 200
■ Copying a key group (Key group programs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
■ Deleting a key group (Key group programs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
■ Sorting the key groups displayed in the sample list
(Key group programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
■ Copying note number parameters to another note number
(Drum programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
■ Making program modulation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
■ Viewing information on samples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Pitch page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Specifying the tuning or zone of a key group or note number. . . . . 207
■ Specifying the key range of a key group
(Key group programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
■ Specifying mute groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Edit 1 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Adjusting the pitch, filter, and amp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
■ Filter types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Edit 2 page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Adjusting the program LFOs and auxiliary envelope . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Zone page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Editing the zone 1–4 parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
■ Switching between zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
MISC. page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Editing parameters common to the entire program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Akai MPC 4000 Specifications

General

Polyphony	64 voices
RAM	272 MB (expandable to 512 MB)
Pads	16 velocity and pressure-sensitive pads
MIDI	2 MIDI inputs, 4 MIDI outputs
Sampling Frequency	44.1 kHz
Display	240x64 backlit LCD
Effects	4 internal effects processors
Storage	Internal Hard Drive
Sequencer	300, 000 notes capacity
Filter	Multi-mode filter (Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, Band Boost, Band Reject)