Akai MPC 500 - Page 5

MPC500 Operator's Manual rev 1.0
Additional Program Editing ..................................................................................................................................................... 80
 Changing the Program Name.................................................................................................................................................................80
 Copying a Program ................................................................................................................................................................................80
 Deleting a Program ................................................................................................................................................................................80
 Delete All the Unused Samples at the Same Time (Purge)...................................................................................................................80
 Setting the Program Change Number ....................................................................................................................................................81
 Setting a MIDI Note Number to the Pads..............................................................................................................................................81
 To Reset the Setting to the Default ........................................................................................................................................................81
Chapter 13: Effects...........................................................................................................................83
Applying Fx1 to a Specific Pad Sound.....................................................................................................................................83
Applying Fx2 to a Specific Pad Sound.....................................................................................................................................83
Applying Effects of Fx2 to Fx1 ................................................................................................................................................. 84
Editing Effects ............................................................................................................................................................................84
 Bit Grunger.............................................................................................................................................................................................84
 4 Band EQ (4 Band Equalizer) ..............................................................................................................................................................85
 Compressor ............................................................................................................................................................................................85
 Phase Shifter...........................................................................................................................................................................................86
 Tremolo ..................................................................................................................................................................................................86
 AutoPan..................................................................................................................................................................................................86
 Reverb ....................................................................................................................................................................................................87
 Delay ......................................................................................................................................................................................................87
 Chorus and Flanger ................................................................................................................................................................................88
Using Master Effects..................................................................................................................................................................88
Editing the Master Effects ........................................................................................................................................................ 88
 4 Band EQ ..............................................................................................................................................................................................88
 Compressor ............................................................................................................................................................................................89
Selecting the Effect Set .............................................................................................................................................................. 89
 Copying the Effect Set ...........................................................................................................................................................................89
 Resetting the Effect Set..........................................................................................................................................................................89
Chapter 14: Save / Load...................................................................................................................91
Saving Your Work .....................................................................................................................................................................91
 Selecting the Destination .......................................................................................................................................................................91
 Creating a New Folder ...........................................................................................................................................................................91
 Saving a Sample.....................................................................................................................................................................................92
 Saving a Program ...................................................................................................................................................................................92
 Saving a Sequence .................................................................................................................................................................................93
 Saving All Sequences and Songs...........................................................................................................................................................94
 Saving All Programs and Samples at the Same Time ...........................................................................................................................94
 Saving All Data in Memory at the Same Time .....................................................................................................................................95
 Creating the Autoload Folder.................................................................................................................................................................95
 Replacing the Sounds and Sequences in the Internal Flash Memory ...................................................................................................96
Loading a File ............................................................................................................................................................................. 97
 Selecting a File .......................................................................................................................................................................................97
 Loading a Sample...................................................................................................................................................................................97
 Loading a Program.................................................................................................................................................................................98
 Loading a Sequence ...............................................................................................................................................................................98
 Loading the All File ...............................................................................................................................................................................99
 Loading an Individual Sequence from the All File ...............................................................................................................................99
 Loading a Project ...................................................................................................................................................................................99
 Loading a Folder ....................................................................................................................................................................................99
 Deleting a File ......................................................................................................................................................................................100
 Setting the Autoload Function .............................................................................................................................................................100
 Formatting the Memory Card ..............................................................................................................................................................100
 Saving Data to the Internal Flash Memory..........................................................................................................................................101
Chapter 15 Connecting the MPC500 to your computer............................................................... 103
 Windows 2000/Me/Xp.........................................................................................................................................................................103
 Macintosh.............................................................................................................................................................................................103
Chapter 16: Other settings ............................................................................................................105
 Adjusting the Master Level..................................................................................................................................................................105
 Adjustment of Pad Sensitivity and Velocity Curve.............................................................................................................................105
 Initialize To Factory Default................................................................................................................................................................106