Akai MPC Touch User Manual

23
Creating a Drum Kit
Let’s start by making a simple drum kit.
Press Shift+Menu/Browse to show the Browser. Then, use the touchscreen to navigate to where your
drum sounds are located:
• To view the files and folders on your computer, tap Project in the lower-left corner.
• To view the pads and the project’s sample pool, tap Samples in the lower-left corner.
• To move to the previous folder, tap the up (
∧
) button in the upper-left corner.
• To move through a list, swipe up or down. To move more quickly, use two or three fingers.
• To skip to the top or bottom of the list, swipe left or right (respectively) with two fingers.
• To select a file or folder, tap it.
• To enter a selected folder, tap it once more or tap Open.
• To load a selected sample file, tap it once more or tap Load. This will load it to the currently
selected pad (lit green) and the project’s sample pool.
• To load an entire folder of samples, press and hold Shift, and then press Load All. This will load
all samples in the selected folder to the project’s sample pool.
• To preview a selected sound, tap Play (X) at the bottom of the touchscreen.
Viewing folders in the Browser. Viewing files in the Browser.

Akai MPC Touch Specifications

General

Display type	LED
Built-in display	Yes
Product color	Black
USB direct playback	-
Built-in optical drive	No
Audio (L/R) in	2
Minimum RAM	4 GB
Minimum processor	Dual Core
Minimum processor speed	2.5 GHz
Minimum storage drive space	2048 MB
Mac operating systems supported	Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Education x64, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Home x64, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 8