Akai MPC2000XL

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Contents
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ............................................................................................... 1
Features .............................................................................................................. 2
Panel Descriptions............................................................................................... 4
Front Panel .............................................................................................. 4
Rear Panel .............................................................................................. 7
Handling Floppy Disks ......................................................................................... 8
The Disk Drive ......................................................................................... 8
Taking care of your Disks ........................................................................ 8
CD-ROM Care ......................................................................................... 9
Chapter 2: The Basics ............................................................................................... 10
Hooking Up Your System .................................................................................. 11
The Terms Used in MPC2000XL....................................................................... 12
Sequence .................................................................................. 12
Track ......................................................................................... 12
Song .......................................................................................... 12
Sound ........................................................................................ 13
Drum Pads ................................................................................ 13
Note Number ............................................................................. 13
Program .................................................................................... 13
Operating the Front Panel and Screen .............................................................. 14
The Cursor, Cursor Keys, Data Fields ...................................... 15
The Numeric Keypad and DATA Wheel.................................... 15
The Function Keys .................................................................... 15
Basic Functions ................................................................................................. 16
Loading and Playing Programs ............................................................. 16
Playing the Drum Pads, the PAD BANK, & FULL LEVEL Keys ............ 18
Selecting Programs ............................................................................... 19
The NOTE VARIATION Slider, ASSIGN and AFTER keys ................... 19
The ASSIGN Key ...................................................................... 20
The AFTER key......................................................................... 21
The 16 LEVELS key .............................................................................. 22
Chapter 3: Recording Sequences............................................................................. 24
How Sequences are Organized......................................................................... 24
Bar.Beat.Tick............................................................................. 25
Examples of Sequence Recordings .................................................................. 26
Example 1: Recording a Drum Pad Performance ..................... 26
Example 2: Recording a Loop ................................................... 28
Example 3: Recording With External MIDI Equipment.............. 30
The MAIN SCREEN .......................................................................................... 32
Selecting a Sequence ........................................................................... 32
Renaming a Sequence.............................................................. 32
Name Window ........................................................................... 33
Deleting a Sequence ................................................................. 33
Copying a Sequence ................................................................. 34
Next sequence function............................................................. 34
Second Sequence Feature ....................................................... 36