Akai MPC 500 Quick Start Manual

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QUICKSTART MANUAL (ENGLISH)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Basic Information..................................................................................................................................2
 Cursor, Cursor buttons................................................................................................................................................................ 2
 Field, DATA wheel..................................................................................................................................................................... 2
 [SEQUENCE] button.................................................................................................................................................................. 2
 [TRACK] button ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2
 [PARAMS] button ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2
 MODE button.............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Tutorial of the MPC500 .........................................................................................................................2
Playing Back a Demo Song..................................................................................................................3
Playing a Preset Program.....................................................................................................................3
Recording a Performance with the Pads............................................................................................4
Pla ing Back Several Sequences in a Series.....................................................................................4 y
 Selecting the sequences in real time ...........................................................................................................................................4
 Playing back the sequences in the selected order....................................................................................................................... 5
Recording a Sound ...............................................................................................................................5
 Preparing the recording............................................................................................................................................................... 5
 Starting the recording.................................................................................................................................................................. 6
 Assigning the recorded sound to the pad.................................................................................................................................... 6
Loop Playback of the Phrase Sample.................................................................................................7
 Adjusting the start/end points of the sample .............................................................................................................................. 7
 Recording to a sequence ............................................................................................................................................................. 7
 Setting the same number of the bars for the sample and the sequence ...................................................................................... 8
Saving the Data .....................................................................................................................................9
Turning Off the Autoload Function .....................................................................................................9
Other Useful Functions ........................................................................................................................9
 Q-Link slider ............................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Akai MPC 500 Specifications

General

Polyphony	32 voices
Sampling Frequency	44.1 kHz
Sampling Bit Depth	16-bit
Display	Backlit LCD
Pads	12 velocity and pressure sensitive pads
Storage	CompactFlash card
MIDI	In/Out
Power Supply	6 AA batteries or AC adapter
Connectivity	USB