User manual AKAI MPC3000

[. . . ] MIDI PRODUCTION CENTER Software version 3. 0 WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. Operator's Manual MIDI PRODUCTION CENTER MIDI Production Center Software version 3. 0 Operator's Manual By Roger Linn Copyright 1987-1994 Akai Electric Co. , LTD. Document Revision date: May 1994 WARNING!! To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. 1-En CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. THE SYMBOLS ARE RULED BY UL STANDARDS (U. S. A). The lightning flash with the arrowhead symbol superimposed across a graphical representation of a person, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure; that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock. [. . . ] If you are editing a sequence that contains 1/16-notes recorded at a swing setting of 50%, the even-numbered Page 100 Chapter 4: Editing Sequence 1/16-notes will NOT be heard as you step through the sequence, because only notes existing in swung 1/16-note locations will be viewed. This same rule applies to the Shift Timing function: if the Shift Amount field is set to 0 and you are editing a sequence that was recorded while it was set to any amount other than 0, none of the notes will be seen as you step through the sequence, because these notes fall on shifted locations, and you are currently viewing only those notes that fall on nonshifted locations. NEXT EVENT: Pressing the REWIND [<] key searches to the previous event within the track. Pressing the FAST FORWARD [>] key searches to the next event within the track. To search for specific event types, set the Step Edit Display Filter to the desired event type; pressing these keys will then cause the MPC3000 to locate to the next or previous event of the specified type, ignoring event types not included in the display filter settings. · The Step Edit Display Filter section. This is similar to the erase filter or the MIDI input filter, except this one controls which types of MIDI events are displayed in the Step Edit screen. For example, if the only events you want to edit are pitch bend messages, it is bothersome to view all the other events. Another use is to filter out continuous controller data to make it easier to view only the note events. To use the display filter, move the cursor to the View field. This is a choice field with three options: 1. ALL EVENTS: If this option is selected, all possible event types will be displayed. ONLY VIEW: If this option is selected, only one event type can be displayed, and the type of event to be displayed is selected in a new field appearing directly to the right on the same line. In this rightmost field all event types are listed, including all 128 MIDI controllers, each one individually named as listed in the MIDI 1. 0 Detailed Specification. ALL EXCEPT: This option is similar to ONLY VIEW, detailed above, except that all event types except the event displayed to the right of the words ALL EXCEPT are displayed. Page 101 Chapter 4: Editing Sequence Step Recording Step Edit also makes it possible to record new notes from a MIDI keyboard while the sequence is not playing. To record a note while in Step Edit mode, move to the desired position within the sequence, then play and release the desired note on the MIDI keyboard. This note will then appear as the new active event, with its pitch, velocity, release velocity, and duration displayed numerically. The duration of the note is taken from the actual duration played, relative to the current tempo. However, if the Duration of recorded notes field in the Step Edit Options screen is set to SAME AS STEP, The duration always defaults to the current step value. If the Auto step increment on key release field in the Step Edit Options screen is set to YES, the current position within the sequence will automatically advance one step forward when the newly recorded note (or chord) is released. This allow you to, for example, record a series of notes (or chords) one at a time while stopped, and automatically play them back with evenly spaced timing. Set up your sequence and track for recording from your MIDI keyboard as you would to record in real time. In the Timing Correct screen, set the Note value field to the desired step value. [. . . ] NO (FASTER): When saving a program (and its sounds), if a sound file exists on disk with the same name as one of the sounds to be saved, the file is not overwritten by the sound in memory. If when saving a program you know that the sounds have not changed, this option will permit a faster save. YES: When saving a program (and its sounds), if a sound file exists on disk with the same name as one of the sounds to be saved, the disk file is overwritten by the sound in memory. If when saving a program you know that the sounds have changed, you should select this option. Enhancements to the "Save all programs and sounds" screen In order to add the enhancements, the "Save All Programs" screen has been enhanced. [. . . ]