Akai MPC Touch User Manual

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Now, let’s create a new program containing all of these slices as individual samples. It will also
automatically create corresponding note events to play back these slices sequentially.
1. Press and hold Shift and then tap Convert at the bottom of the touchscreen to enter the Convert or
Assign Slices window.
2. Tap the Convert To field, and then use the Data Dial or –/+ buttons to select New Program with
New Samples.
3. Make sure Crop Samples is checked. If it is not, tap it.
4. Make sure Create New Program is checked. If it is not, tap it.
5. Make sure Create Events is checked. If it is not, tap it.
6. Tap the Bars field, and then use the Data Dial or –/+ buttons to select how many bars the entire
sample should use in your program.
7. Tap Do It to proceed. Each slice will be assigned to a pad, and each pad will have a recorded note
event in the track. When you play that tack, it will play each pad (each slice) in the original order.
Press Menu and then tap Grid View to see how the sample appears in your sequence.
8. Press Play and listen to how the drum loop matches your song tempo now.
Grid View with a sliced sample assigned to pads with notes.

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