Akai MPC4000

Chapter 3—Creating and editing a sequence
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Deleting a track
Here’s how to delete a track from the sequence.
1. Access the main window and move the cursor to the Trk field.
2. Press the [WINDOW] key.
The Track popup window will appear.
3. Press the [F4] key (DELETE).
The Delete Track popup window will appear.
A Delete track field: Selects the track to be
deleted.
4. Move the cursor to the Delete track field, and turn the [JOG] dial to select the track that you
want to delete.
5. To execute the delete command, press the [F6] key (DO IT).
The specified track will be deleted, becoming an empty track. The track name will revert to “(Unused).”
Editing a sequence
The following pages explain how to perform editing operations that apply to an entire sequence, such as
copying or deleting a sequence.
Copying a sequence
Here’s how to copy a sequence in the memory of the MPC4000 to an empty sequence.
1. Access the main window, and move the cursor to the Seq field.
2. Press the [WINDOW] key.
The Sequence popup window will appear. In this popup window you can edit the sequence name, or
copy/delete a sequence.
A Sequence name field: Edits the sequence
name.
B Default name field: Edits the default name
for sequences.
3. Press the [F6] key (COPY).
The Copy Sequence popup window will appear.
A Copy source field: Selects the copy-source
sequence.
B Copy destination field: Selects the
copy-destination sequence.
4. Move the cursor to the Copy source field, and turn the [JOG] dial to select the copy-source
sequence.
5. Move the cursor to the Copy destination field, and turn the [JOG] dial to select the copy-destination
sequence.
6. To execute the copy command, press the [F5] key (DO IT).
Hint: A sequence in which MIDI events have already been recorded can also be selected as the copy-destination.
In this case, the copy-destination sequence will be overwritten by the copy-source sequence.
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