Akai MPC Touch User Manual

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Recording Automation with the XY Pad
Automating various parameters is a good way to add some motion and dynamism to your sequences.
1. Press Menu to open the menu, and then tap XYFX to enter XYFX Mode.
2. When you first enter this mode in a project, you will be prompted to “load” XYFX to the program. Tap
Insert XYFX to do this.
3. Tap Setup to show the Setup panel, which controls how the XY pad behaves.
4. Double-tap the Preset field, and tap an effect to select it. (These are just the effects available in
XYFX Mode, not all MPC effects.) Swipe up or down to view the entire list.
5. Tap and drag any of the knobs (Attack, Release, or Wet/Dry) up or down to set their values as
desired. Below them, you can see parameter what the X axis and Y axis control.
Note: XYFX uses an envelope to control how quickly the effect crossfades between the dry signal
and wet signal. The Attack knob determines how long it takes the completely dry signal to reach the
wet signal (determined by the Wet/Dry knob) after you touch the XY pad. The Release knob
determines how long it takes the wet signal (determined by the Wet/Dry knob) to return to the
completely dry signal after you touch the XY pad.
6. Tap the automation button in the upper-right corner to cycle through the available automation
modes. Make sure it shows the red Write (W) option.
XYFX Mode.

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