The editing screen, Copying an event – Akai MPC 2000xl User Manual
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Chapter 4: Editing Sequences
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The Editing Screen
The editing screen allows you to copy an entire event within a sequence. It is also possible to
rearrange the tracks, transpose, or set the preferences of a newly created sequence.
To display the editing screen, press
EDIT
[F2] in the main screen.
Event edit
Time and notes are specified here for various types of editing.
Copying an Event
When Copy is selected in the
Edit:
field the following screen is displayed.
.................................
Edit:
COPY
DO IT
EVENTS
BARS
Time:
001.001.00-001.01.00
Notes:
ALL
From sq:80 Tr: 1
From sq:80 Tr: 1
To sq:80 Tr: 1
To sq:80 Tr: 1
Mode:REPLACE
Start:001.01.00
Copies: 1
Copies: 1
TrMOVE
USER
Here you can copy all of the events recorded in a sequence, but it is necessary to set a pad for the
drum track and a note range for the MIDI track.
◆
Left Window
•
Time:
Set the range of the event you want to copy.
•
Notes:
Set the note of the copy source. A pad number will appear if the track is a drum track, and
a note range will appear if the track is a MIDI track. You can directly set the copy source
from a drum pad or MIDI keyboard.
◆
Right Window
•
From sq/Tr:
Select the sequence or track that you want to copy. Here, only the number will appear.
•
To sq/Tr:
This selects the sequence or track that you want to copy to. Here, only the number will
appear.
•
Mode:
This selects whether you will be writing over the existing data (REPLACE) or mixing the
data (MERGE). When
REPLACE
is selected, the event in the copy destination is erased
and is replaced with the copy source data. When
MERGE
is selected, the copy destination
data and the copy source data is mixed.
•
Start:
This specifies the point where you want to start copying. The copy source data will be
pasted at the point set here for the number of times set in
Copies:
(below).
•
Copies:
This specifies the number of copies. From the point set in
Start:
, the data will be
pasted the number of times set here.
To execute the copy, press
DO IT
[F6].