Creating a song
01. Press the [MODE] key and then the [PAD 16] (SONG). The SONG page will be displayed.
02. In the Song field, select a song whose name is (unused).
03. Move the cursor to (end of song) and select the sequence to play first using the DATA
wheel.
Turning the DATA wheel creates the new step and you can select a sequence. Then the new song will be
created and its name will change from (unused) to Song## (## indicates the song number).
04. In the Reps field, set the times to repeat a sequence.
The MPC1000 will repeat the sequence the number of times set here before starting to play the next step.
1 – 99 The MPC1000 will repeat the sequence the selected number of times.
HOLD The MPC1000 will repeat the sequence until you press the [F4] (SUDDEN) or the [F6] (NEXT) key.
If you set the Reps field to 0, the MPC1000 will finish the play back after the previous step. It will not play the
next step.
05. Select the (end of song) field by pressing the down cursor key, and select the sequence
that you want played back next.
Assign the sequences in the desired order by repeating the steps 03. and 04.
06. Press the [PLAY START] key.
The assigned sequence will be played in the selected order.
Deleting a step
To delete a step in the list, proceed as follows.
01. Select the step that you wish to delete.
You can select the step by using the up/down cursor keys in the step list.
02. Press the [F5] (DELETE) key.
The selected step will be deleted and the following steps will be moved forward.
Inserting a step
To insert a step in a song, proceed as follows.
01. In the Step list, select a step that you wish to insert a new step into.
The new step will be inserted before the selected step.
02. Press [F6] (INSERT) key.
A new step with the same contents as the select step will be inserted right before the selected step.
Playing a song
You can play the song by pressing the [PLAY START] key. To play from the middle of the song, select the position
that you wish to start the playback, using the cursor, and press the [PLAY] key.
During the playback, the function key will change as follows.
[F4] (SUDDEN) key
If you press this key during the playback, the MPC1000 will skip to the next step before it finishes the current
sequence.
[F6] (NEXT) key
If you press this key during the play back, the MPC1000 will skip to the next step after it finishes playing back
the current sequence regardless of the number of repeats in the Reps field.
Tips: If HOLD is selected for a step in the Reps field, the MPC1000 will not go to the next step until you press the
[F4] (SUDDEN) key or the [F6] (NEXT) key.
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