Akai MPC 60 User Manual

Section 6: Sampling and editing sounds
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The SOUNDS key provides access to all functions associated with the
creation, editing and tuning of drum sounds. When the SOUNDS key is
pressed, this screen appears:
Press a single number to select one of the displayed options. The
screens which follow are described in the following sections.
This section of the manual does not describe the process of loading or
saving sounds to disk. To learn how to do these operations, consult the
"Disk" section of this manual.
NOTE: As with all samplers, all sounds are lost when the power is
removed. This means that you must load in sounds from a sounds disk
every time the MPC60 is turned on, and you must save any edited or newly
sam
p
led sounds to disk
,
or the chan
g
es will be lost!

Akai MPC 60 Specifications

General

Manufacturer	Akai
Model	MPC 60
Release Year	1988
Sampling Rate	40 kHz
Bit Depth	12-bit
Polyphony	16 voices
Memory	750 KB (expandable to 1.5 MB)
Storage	3.5" floppy disk drive
Type	Sampler/Sequencer
Sequencer	Yes
Pads	16 velocity-sensitive pads
MIDI	In/Out/Thru
Maximum Sampling Time	13.1 seconds
Display	LCD
Outputs	8 individual outputs, stereo output
Inputs	2 inputs