Akai MPC1000 Step-By-Step Tutorial Guide Book

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Beat Making on the MPC1000 – Contents In Full
Preface
i How to use this book
Section A - Fundamental Skills 16
001 Audio Connections 17
• Outgoing audio connections 17
• Connecting to a hi-fi system 17
• Connecting to a studio mixer 18
• Connecting to a DJ mixer 19
• Incoming Audio Connections 20
• Sampling Directly From a CD player 20
• Sampling from a turntable 20
• Sampling from a microphone 21
002 Understanding MIDI 23
• What is MIDI? 23
• Controlling MPC pads with a keyboard 24
• Connecting Synthesisers 25
• Adding Sound Modules 26
003 Memory & Storage 29
• What is Memory? 29
• What is Storage? 29
• Which Memory Card? 30
• Upgrading Ram 30
004 Loading Part 1 33
• Overview 33
• Viewing the contents of your card 34
• Autoload 34
• Folder Loading 35
• File Loading 36
005 Loading Part 2 40
• Manual Disk Transfer 40
• USB Transfer 40
• Emptying Memory Cards 41
•
Preparing Your Card 42
• Updating the OS 44
006 Saving 45
• Saving to memory card and hard drive 45
• How to name files and folders 47
• Creating Backups 52
• Saving to internal memory 52
007 Naming Samples 55
• How to name sounds 55

Akai MPC1000 Specifications

General

Pads	16 velocity and pressure-sensitive pads
Polyphony	32 voices
Sampling Frequency	44.1 kHz
Bit Depth	16-bit
Power	12V DC
Memory	16 MB (expandable to 128 MB)
Storage	CompactFlash card slot
Sequencer Resolution	96 PPQN
Sample Format	WAV
Filter	2-pole resonant filter per voice
Effects	2 stereo effects processors
Display	240x64 backlit LCD
Inputs	2 x 1/4" line inputs
MIDI	In, Out, Thru
USB	USB 1.1
Sequencer	64-track