Akai MPC 1000 - Manual (Page 49)

MPC1000 v2 Operator’s Manual rev 1.0
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Other features in the SONG
Changing the song name
01. In the Song field of the SONG page, select a song
that you wish to change the name of.
02. Press the [WINDOW] key.
The Song window will open.
03. In the Song name field, enter the new name.
For more information for setting the name, see the
“Setting names” section on Page 10.
04. Press the [F4] (CLOSE) key.
It closes the window and goes back to the SONG page.
Copying a song
To copy a song to another song, proceed as follows.
01. In the Song field of the SONG mode, select a song
that you wish to copy.
02. Press the [WINDOW] key.
The Song window will open.
03. Press the [F5] (COPY) key.
The Copy Song window will open.
04. In the Song field (below), select a song that you wish
to copy the selected song to.
05. Press the [F3] (DO IT) key.
The MPC1000 will start copying the song. To cancel
the operation, press the [F4] (CANCEL) key instead.
Deleting a song
To remove the selected song from the memory of
MPC1000, proceed as follows.
01. In the Song field of the SONG mode, select a song
that you wish to delete.
02. Press the [WINDOW] key.
The Song window will open.
03. Press the [F2] (DELETE) key
The Delete Song window will open.
04. Press the [F5] (DO IT) key.
This deletes the selected song and changes its name
to “unused”.
Deleting all the songs
You can delete all the song data in the memory at one
time. Proceed as follows.
01. In the SONG mode, select the Song field and press
the [WINDOW] key.
The Song window will open.
02. Press the [F2] (DELETE) key.
The Delete Song window will open.
03. Press the [F3] (ALL SG) key.
The Delete ALL Songs window will open.
04. Press the [F5] (DO IT) key.
All the songs will be titled (unused).
Setting all sequences to the same tempo
Each sequence has its own tempo. When you are creat-
ing a song in the Song mode, it is useful to change all
the sequences to have the same tempo at once. With
this feature, you can change all the sequences that you
are using for a song to the same tempo at once.
01. In the Tempo field of the step list, press the [WIN-
DOW] key.
The Tempo Change window will be displayed.
02. Press the [F5] (FIX) key.
The Fix Tempo window will be displayed.
03. In the Fix tempo field, select the desired tempo.
04. Press the [F3] (DO IT) key.
All the sequences used in the song will be set to the
tempo that is set in the Fix tempo field.