Akai MPC 2000xl User Manual

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Chapter 3: Recording Sequences

7. While the

Loop:

field is selected, press OPEN WINDOW to open the Loop window.

8. Select the

First bar:

field with the CURSOR keys and set to 1 with the DATA wheel.

9. Select the

Last bar:

field with the CURSOR keys and set to END with the DATA wheel.

Close the Loop window by pressing

CLOSE

[F4].

10. Select the

Count:

field with the CURSOR keys and rotate the DATA wheel to the right to

turn it

ON

.

11. While the

Count:

field is selected, press OPEN WINDOW to open the Count/Metronome

window.

12. Select the

Count in:

field with the CURSOR keys and select

REC ONLY

with the

DATA wheel. Also select the

In rec:

field and set to

YES

by rotating the DATA wheel to

the right.

13. Press

CLOSE

[F4] to close the Count/Metronome window and return to the main window.

14. Start recording by holding down REC and pressing OVER DUB. After a one bar count, record-

ing will start and the bar.beat.tick numbers in the

Now:

field will start to increase. Play the

drum pads to the click or drum sounds.
When the two bars have been recorded, the numbers will automatically return to the first bar
and you can keep overdubbing as the bars loop.

15. To finish recording, press STOP. You can play back the loop by pressing PLAY START.

If you want to delete the recording, press UNDO SEQ and you can start again (see page 5 No.
10 for full explanation of this key).

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CLOSE

Loop

First bar:

First bar:

1

Last bar:END

Last bar:END

Number of bars: 2

Number of bars: 2

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Sq:

01-Sequence01

TrMUTE

SOLO

Tr +

Now:001.01.00

STEP

EDIT

Tr -

™:120.0(MAS)

Timing:OFF

Tsig: 4/ 4

Tsig: 4/ 4

Count:

@

ON

Loop: ON

Loop: ON

Bars: 2

Bars: 2

Tr:01:(Unused)

ON:YES

Pgm:OFF

S:DRUM1:OFF New Pgm-A

S:DRUM1:OFF New Pgm-A

Velo%:100

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CLOSE

SOUND

Count/Metronome

Count IN:

Count IN:

REC ONLY

REC ONLY

In play: NO

In play: NO

Rate:1/4

In rec :YES

In rec :YES

Wait for key:OFF

Wait for key:OFF

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CLOSE

SOUND

Count/Metronome

Count IN:REC ONLY

Count IN:REC ONLY

In play: NO

In play: NO

Rate:1/4

In rec :

In rec :

YES

Wait for key:OFF

Wait for key:OFF

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