Akai MPC Touch User Manual

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Let’s add a second layer and set the layers’ velocity ranges so the bass will sound different when played
at a higher velocity (as a real bass would):
1. Go back to the Browser and select a different bass sample that sounds similar but a little bit brighter.
2. Double-click a sample to add it to the project.
3. Back in the Layer section, click the Layer 2 drop-down menu and select the new bass sample.
Press a pad—both samples will sound at once. Maybe this new sound is interesting as it is, but let’s
make some quick edits to get as close as we can to a real-life bass sound.
4. Set Layer 1’s Velocity slider to cover the velocity
range from 0 to 80, and set Layer 2’s Velocity
slider to cover the range from 81 to 127.
Now when you press a pad, the lower velocities will
trigger the Layer 1 sample only, while higher
velocities will trigger the Layer 2 sample only.
Let’s record that bass line now. Prepare your recording as described earlier, and record some bass
notes. You can edit your recording just like we’ve done earlier.
A sequence using a keygroup program in the software window.

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