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MIDI PRODUCTION CENTER

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Software version 3.0

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Operator's Manual

Summary of Contents for MPC 3000

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Page 6: ...losure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intented to alert the user tothepresenceofimportantoperatingandmaintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO ...

Page 7: ... Apart from voiding the warranty unautho rized engineers might touch live internal parts and receive a serious electric shock Do not put or allow anyone to put any object especially metal objects into the MPC3000 Use only a household AC power source Never use a DC power source If water or any other liquid is spilled into or onto the MPC3000 disconnect the power and call your dealer Make sure that ...

Page 8: ...s in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code GREEN and YELLOW EARTH BLUE NEUTRAL BROWN LIVE As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug please proceed as follows The wire which is coloured GREEN and YELLOW must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the let...

Page 9: ...dio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications 27 En FÜR KUNDEN IN DER BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND Bescheinigung von AKAI Hiermit wird bescheinigt daß das Gerät AKAI MPC3000 in Übereinstimmung mit den Bestimmungen der Amtsblattverfügung 1046 1984 funkentstört ist Der Deutschen Bundespostwurde das Inverkehrbringen...

Page 10: ... KEY 3 SOFT KEY 4 FULL LEVEL PAD BANK A C B D 16 LEVELS ASSIGN AFTER NOTE VARIATION 10 0 10 0 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 REAL TIME ERASE r TIMING CORRECT s t HELP MAIN SCREEN u v w REC Z x y PLAY START space A a LOCATE OVER DUB STOP PLAY PLAY REC DRUMS CRASH HIGH TOM MID TOM LOW TOM FLOOR TOM ALT SNARE HIHAT OPEN HIHAT PEDAL SNARE SIDE STICK BASS HIHAT CLOSED HIHAT LOOSE CRASH2 ...

Page 11: ...eys 39 Sequence Recording Example 1 A Looped Drum Pattern 42 Sequence Recording Example 2 A Multitrack Sequence 44 The TIMING CORRECT Key Correcting Timing Errors Swing Timing 49 The Note Repeat Feature 52 Tempo and the TEMPO SYNC Key 53 Mid Sequence Tempo Changes 56 The TAP TEMPO Key 58 The WAIT FOR and COUNT IN Keys 59 The AUTO PUNCH Key 60 The SIMUL SEQUENCE Key 62 The OTHER Key 63 Metronome Fo...

Page 12: ...grams 115 What Are Programs 116 Selecting the Active Program Assigning Sounds 119 Envelope Velocity Modulation Tuning Poly Mode 125 The Dynamic Filter 128 Copying and Initializing Programs 130 Chapter 7 The MIXER EFFECTS Key 133 The Stereo Output Mixer 134 The Individual Outputs Effects Mixer 136 Viewing the Mix Data in Text Form 139 Mixer Source Select Automated Mix 142 Effects Generator 145 Chap...

Page 13: ...Floppy Disk 191 Chapter 10 Syncing to Tape and Other Devices 193 The SYNC Screen 194 Syncing to Tape and Other Devices Examples 201 Syncing to MIDI Clock 201 Syncing to SMPTE 201 Syncing to MIDI Time Code 204 Syncing to FSK24 204 Syncing to 1 4 note Clicks 206 Chapter 11 MIDI Functions 207 Assigning Pads to Note Numbers 208 MIDI Receive Channel Local Mode Soft Thru Note Variation Controller Assign...

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Page 15: ...Chapter 1 Introduction Page 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ...

Page 16: ...er described as sequencer players than as keyboardists or guitarists Album credits often read pro gramming by to denote a musician who has used a sequencer to create the backing track for a recording These new musicians think and compose in terms of total arrangement as opposed to single instruments In many ways the sequencer s panel and display screens are their strings and keys allowing them to ...

Page 17: ... to 16 megabytes 188 3 seconds mono or 94 1 seconds stereo Digital sampling input for direct recording from digital sources 128 sounds samples may be held in memory at one time 32 simultaneous playback voices Dynamic lowpass filter with envelope generator and resonance for each voice Built in effects generator for versatile delay effects 10 polyphonic audio outputs including stereo mix out and 8 i...

Page 18: ...I Time Code FSK24 sync to any sound playing 1 4 notes and SMPTE optional 2 sequence record modes Record erasing existing notes while recording and Overdub merge with existing notes You can switch between modes at any time Step Edit feature allows fast viewing recording editing or deletion of any event within a sequence The Simul Sequence feature allows two sequences or one se quence and one song t...

Page 19: ...to be remotely controlled Swing feature provides a useful method of adjusting the rhythmic feel of your tracks 16 velocity and pressure sensitive front panel drum pads and 4 pad banks provide a total of 64 pad bank combinations Note Variation feature allows a unique value of tuning decay attack or filter frequency to be recorded with each drum note MIDI sustain pedal messages can be specially proc...

Page 20: ...tive program number instead of by loading a new SET file as in the MPC60 There are 24 programs each with a unique set of sound assignments from a common bank of 128 sounds Unlike Set files saving a program to disk only saves assignment and parameter information the sounds used by the program are saved as indi vidual sound files This allows multiple programs to be saved to the same disk without red...

Page 21: ...from Insert and Delete to Paste and Cut The number of pad banks has been increased from 2 to 4 for a total of 64 pad bank combinations The active pad bank is indicated by the LEDs above the PAD BANK key In drum tracks drum notes are now assigned to MIDI note numbers instead of to pads This provides easier compatibility with external MIDI devices and allows pad assignments to be rearranged without ...

Page 22: ...e intuitive If You Already Know the MPC60 Most of the operational differences between the MPC60 and MPC3000 should be relatively simple to understand for MPC60 users but some changes are more complex than others Here is additional information about the more complex changes to the MPC3000 The new Programs system The MPC3000 uses a new system of sound assignments called programs A program is a set o...

Page 23: ...APS containing the data of all 24 programs followed by a sound file for every sound currently in memory Saving of PGM and APS files is explained further in chapter 9 Saving To and Loading From Disk Sounds and sequenced drum notes are now assigned to note numbers instead of to pad names In the MPC60 sounds and sequenced drum notes are assigned to one of a number of fixed drum pad names HIHT SNR1 DR...

Page 24: ...ions Assigning tracks as either Drum or MIDI In the MPC60 a track is assigned to drums by assigning its output MIDI channel to the Drums Channel which is the input MIDI channel of the internal sound generator In the MPC3000 assigning a track to drums is simpler a new data field in the Play Record screen permits each track to be assigned as either DRUM or MIDI MIDI tracks contain normal MIDI data r...

Page 25: ...does everything it did in the MPC60 In addition it can produce 16 levels of either attack decay or filter frequency by working in conjunction with the Note Variation sys tem Delete Bars and Copy Bars Last bar field has different func tion that MPC60 s To bar field In the Delete Bars function the Last Bar field now contains the actual last bar of the region to be deleted This is different from the ...

Page 26: ...Chapter 2 The Basics Page 13 Chapter 2 The Basics ...

Page 27: ...If you only want to use the MPC3000 as a drum machine for now don t connect the MIDI keyboard the sound modules or make any MIDI connections If you choose to make the MIDI connections you can daisy chain all of the sound generators to MIDI Output A of the MPC3000 Connect MIDI Out A of the MPC3000 to the MIDI in of the keyboard connect the keyboard s MIDI thru to the MIDI in of the first sound gene...

Page 28: ... If at any time while operating the MPC3000 you are confused and want to return to this screen press the MAIN SCREEN key COMMENT If you can t clearly see the text on the screen try adjusting the LCD CONTRAST control The Cursor Cursor Keys Data Fields and Command Keys Make sure that the Play Record screen is showing If not press MAIN SCREEN Notice that a small rectangular block is blinking somewher...

Page 29: ... key Notice that the sequence name located immediately to the right of the sequence number now changes automatically because it must now display the name of sequence 2 Another use of the numeric keypad is to select from a list of menu options presented on the screen For example pressing the PRO GRAM SOUNDS key causes the following menu to be displayed Programs Sounds 1 Sel pgm asn snds 5 Sample ne...

Page 30: ... has the same effect as turning the data entry control one step to the left It either decrements a number in a numeric field or chooses the previous option in a choice field The Soft Keys Make sure that the Play Record screen is showing If not press MAIN SCREEN Immediately below the LCD screen are four keys labeled SOFT KEY 1 SOFT KEY 2 SOFT KEY 3 and SOFT KEY 4 The functions of these keys change ...

Page 31: ...n the contents of the screen will be temporarily replaced by text explaining the function of the data field where the cursor is currently located To return to the previous screen release the HELP key There is a different help screen for every data field of every screen in the MPC3000 ...

Page 32: ...ey all play simultaneously For example track 1 could be drums track 2 percussion track 3 bass track 4 piano track 5 horns track 6 more horns etc Each track can be assigned as a Drum track or a MIDI track but not both MIDI tracks contain normal MIDI data recorded from the MIDI input and played out through the MIDI output Drum tracks are the same as MIDI tracks except for the following 1 The output ...

Page 33: ...e 64 bank pad combinations are named by combining the bank letter A D with the pad number Pads in bank A A01 through A16 Pads in bank B B01 through B16 Pads in bank C C01 through C16 Pads in bank D D01 through D16 Each of these 64 bank pad combinations A01 D16 is referred to as a pad Notice that sounds are not assigned directly to pads but rather to MIDI Note Numbers In order for a pad to play a s...

Page 34: ...on of 64 sound assignments and can be thought of as a drum set In a program each of 64 MIDI note numbers 35 98 is assigned to one of the 128 possible sounds currently residing in memory Once assigned to a note number a sound can be played in one of three ways 1 By receiving a Note On message from the MIDI input 2 By playing a front panel drum pad each pad is also assigned to one of the 64 MIDI not...

Page 35: ...reen will display the following message Akai MPC3000 Copyright 1987 1994 AKAI ELECTRIC CO LTD Version 3 00 Loading files When the disk has finished loading the Play Record screen the Main Screen will be displayed All sounds and programs from the disk are now loaded into the MPC3000 s memory Playing the Pads the PAD BANK FULL LEVEL Keys Each sampled recording in the MPC3000 is called a sound To hea...

Page 36: ...C3000 can hold up to 24 programs Each program has a unique set of 64 sound assignments so you can think of programs as drum sets If you change from one program to another playing the four banks of pads will produce entirely different sounds When you just played the pads and heard the sounds you were hearing the sounds assigned in Program 1 To change to Program 2 1 Press the PROGRAM SOUNDS key and ...

Page 37: ...hat pedal allowing a unique hi hat decay time each time the pad is played 2 The slider can be assigned to tuning for a tom tom sound By moving the slider while playing the tom pad a wide range of tom tunings is possible 3 The slider can control filter frequency for a sound containing a resonant filter setting This would allow each note played to have a different resonant filter frequency simulatin...

Page 38: ...gram and sound 2 DECAY If selected the slider alters envelope decay time This data overrides the program s envelope decay setting 3 ATTACK If selected the slider alters envelope attack time This data overrides the program s envelope attack setting 4 FILTER If selected the slider alters filter frequency This data is added to the program s filter frequency setting The Low range and High range fields...

Page 39: ...ight goes on the slider also overrides the Note Variation data of any drum notes playing back from sequences but only drum notes that are assigned to the same note number drum pad and parameter currently selected in the ASSIGN key s screen Further if in Overdub mode while the AFTER key light is on these changes are recorded into the active track To return to normal operation press AFTER again and ...

Page 40: ... Variation data stored with each drum note in the sequence The Note Variation Parameter field NOTE VAR TUNING TUNING TUNING TUNING TUNING in the screen example above This field has no label and appears only if NOTE VAR is selected in the Param field It is a choice field and is used to determine which of the four Note Variation parameters is active The four choices are 1 TUNING If selected the 16 p...

Page 41: ...key The 16 Levels screen will appear 2 Press the pad of the drum you want to use The Note field will immediately show the note number assigned to that pad along with the pad number pressed and the currently assigned sound name 3 Set the Param field to the desired parameter and if NOTE VAR is selected also set the Note Variation Pa rameter field to the right 4 Press the Turn on exit soft key This w...

Page 42: ...Chapter 3 Recording Sequences ...

Page 43: ...I data recorded from the MIDI input and played out through the MIDI output Drum tracks are the same as MIDI tracks except for the following 1 The output of the track plays to the internal drum sound generator 2 You can record drum notes into the track using the front panel pads 3 In sequence editing screens note events in drum tracks are visually identified and selected not by note number only as ...

Page 44: ... time a beat is one quarter note In bar beat tick fields you enter the three parts separated by decimal points followed by ENTER For example to enter bar 1 beat 3 and tick 24 type 1 decimal point 3 decimal point 24 ENTER If you only want to enter the bar number type it followed by ENTER The beat and tick portions will be reset to the start of the bar ...

Page 45: ...creen but also indicates whether Record Ready status is enabled or disabled by appearing in one of two views 1 Record disabled Play Record This is the normal mode for sequence playing In this mode it is impossible to punch in to Record or Overdub mode while playing the sequence However in this mode it is possible to change sequences while playing To do this simply select a new sequence while playi...

Page 46: ...tive sequence To change the sequence name move the cursor to this field and turn the data entry control one step in either direction This will cause the keys that have alphabet letters printed above them to function as alpha bet entry keys To indicate that alphabet mode is active the cursor changes from the normal blinking block to a blinking underline Now change the name by typing the letters pri...

Page 47: ...tting that applies to all sequences and songs When playing sequences this is useful if you always want each newly selected sequence to play at the same tempo This tempo setting is not saved in the sequence file The Time Signature field Sig 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 in the above example This field shows the time signature of the current bar displayed in the Now field of the active sequence It is for disp...

Page 48: ...thru field is on described in the MIDI Functions chapter of this manual and the pads or MIDI keyboard is played the played notes will be sent out over MIDI in real time using the active track s MIDI channel and port assignments Only one track can be active at a time The Track Name field Trk 1 unused unused unused unused unused in the example screen This field has no on screen title but is the 16 c...

Page 49: ...lay through If OFF is selected in the MIDI channel field to the left this field can t be seen COMMENT If OFF is displayed in this field no MIDI output assignment and you want to select a MIDI channel or port first move the cursor to the letter O of OFF and turn the data entry control one step to the right The MIDI Channel Port Name field Chn OFF off off off off off in the example screen This is th...

Page 50: ...rogram number will change the internal sound generator s active program number COMMENT It is also possible to record MIDI program change events at any location within a track either in real time or in Step Edit mode See the Step Edit section in the Editing Sequences chapter of this manual for more details about this It is important to note that if one of these program change events is inserted mid...

Page 51: ...ape and Other Devices This field is for display only and cannot be edited directly with the cursor It is normally changed by using the REWIND FAST FOR WARD and LOCATE keys described in the Play Record Keys section of this chapter These fields change in real time while the sequence plays However the right most part of each field the ticks and frames parts are replaced with two dashes while playing ...

Page 52: ...1 The MPC3000 must be in Record Ready mode The top line of the Play Record screen must display the words Play Record Record ready If not simply press and release the RECORD or OVERDUB key once while the sequence is stopped 2 While the sequence is playing simultaneously press the OVERDUB and PLAY keys Overdub mode is now active indicated by the light above the OVERDUB key To punch out of Overdub mo...

Page 53: ...a higher numbered bar than bar 1 Record mode will automatically be turned off at the moment the sequence reaches the end and starts to loop COMMENT If an empty sequence is selected the sequence name field shows unused and either RECORD or OVER DUB is pressed the sequence will instantly be initialized using the settings in the Initialize Sequence screen This function is normally accessed by pressin...

Page 54: ...es the contents of the Now field to be loaded into the marker field that currently contains the cursor To load any of the three markers move the cursor to it and enter the desired bar numbers in the format bar beat tick separated by decimal points using the numeric keypad If you only want to enter the bar number type it followed by ENTER and the beat and tick numbers will be automatically reset to...

Page 55: ... field and select 1 ENTER or any other empty sequence 4 The upper line of the screen should display Play Record Record ready If not press either the RECORD or OVERDUB keys once This will make the current sequence ready for recording 5 Set the Trk field to 1 and the Type field to DRUM 6 While holding RECORD press PLAY START The RECORD and PLAY lights should go on and the metronome should be heard t...

Page 56: ... Track 1 TRK01 0 all Ticks 001 01 00 003 01 00 Erase ALL EVENTS Notes ALL Hit pads Do it Initialize Delete Delete All 2 To select a particular drum to erase press the drum pad that was used to record its notes Immediately the Notes field will display the note number 35 98 pad number and currently assigned sound for the selected pad To erase additional notes continue pressing pads The Notes field w...

Page 57: ... MIDI thru connector of the first synthesizer connecting to the MIDI input of the second 2 Set up the synthesizer s so that a bass sound plays from MIDI channel 1A and a piano sound plays from MIDI channel 2A If you are using a single integrated keyboard set Local Control on your keyboard to OFF during this tutorial 3 If no sounds are loaded into sound memory load a program file from one of the so...

Page 58: ...oped These settings as well as the contents of many other data fields in the MPC3000 are remembered when the power is turned off so this new default will remain in effect until changed Now record the drums on track 1 1 Move the cursor to the Trk field and select 1 Enter to make track number 1 active 2 Set the Type field to DRUM 3 While holding RECORD press PLAY START The RECORD and PLAY keys light...

Page 59: ...ust before the wrong notes are about to play hold that drum s pad down then quickly release it as soon as the wrong notes have passed C Release the ERASE key The wrong notes have now been permanently erased from the sequence 6 Press STOP Next overdub the percussion part on track 2 1 With the Play Record screen showing move the cursor to the Trk field and select 2 2 Set the Type field to DRUM 3 Ent...

Page 60: ...ield in the screen that appears 6 Enter RECORD MODE by holding RECORD and pressing PLAY START 7 Once the COUNT IN bar has passed record your bass part in time to the drums and percussion parts 8 Press the COUNT IN key again to turn it off 9 If you make a mistake while recording you can correct it by punching in the new note A Press the REWIND keys or until the Now field shows a location about one ...

Page 61: ...will play through MIDI channel 2 and MIDI output port A 4 If you play the MIDI keyboard now the synthesizer that is set to receive on MIDI channel 2 and port A should play a piano sound If not check the previous steps and your MIDI hookup 5 Enter Record mode by holding RECORD and pressing PLAY START 6 Record your piano part in time to the drums percussion and bass parts 7 Press STOP ...

Page 62: ...icks 001 01 00 001 01 00 Notes ALL Hit pads Move existing This screen presents various parameters relevant to the timing correct function A description of each of the fields follows The Note value field Timing correction works by moving your recorded notes to a preset note timing value This field is used to select that note value The options are 1 1 8 NOTE All notes are moved to the nearest 1 8 no...

Page 63: ...has a timing value of three times that of the second note This creates a very exaggerated swing timing A very important use of the swing feature is to add a human rhythm feel to the timing of your music Here are a couple of useful settings to experiment with Note Value 1 16 Swing 54 Tempo 100 BPM While not enough swing for a true swing feel this small amount of swing timing removes the stiffness f...

Page 64: ...n is performed because there is no space before the start of the sequence for them to be moved to To avoid this problem insert a blank bar before bar 1 of the sequence before performing the shift operation then be sure to include this extra bar within the range of bars to be shifted This way the notes that would have been lost will now be moved onto this newly inserted bar The Ticks fields These t...

Page 65: ...Furthermore the velocity level of each repeating note is set by the current pressure applied to the drum pad or key being played if your MIDI keyboard has channel pressure capabil ity To demonstrate this effect 1 Set up a sequence for recording select a drum track to record and initiate recording 2 While holding TIMING CORRECT also hold the drum pad assigned to the closed hi hat varying the pressu...

Page 66: ...eric keypad The Tempo screen To display the Tempo screen press the TEMPO SYNC key Tempo Tempo 120 0 Tempo source SEQUENCE Display mode BPM FPB BPM Frames 30 DROP Tap Tempo Tap averaging 3 SyncScreen TempoChanges This screen presents most of the parameters that are associated with tempo A detailed description of the individual screen fields and soft keys follows The Tempo field This is the active p...

Page 67: ...the decimal point indicating tenths of a beat This is the most common format used to specify a tempo setting In this mode the range of tempo settings in the MPC3000 is from 30 BPM to 300 BPM Beats Per Minute is also sometimes referred to as metro nome marking or MM 2 FPB This is another way of specifying tempo settings and is often used in the making of music for film or video soundtracks because ...

Page 68: ...ng of the playing tempo by repeatedly tapping 1 4 notes on the key at the desired tempo This is described further in the section The Tap Tempo key Repeated taps are averaged to help reduce timing errors this field sets the number of taps that must be played successively before the tempo is recalculated The options are 2 taps The tempo is recalculated after only two taps This should be used only if...

Page 69: ... In this case the labels are located directly above the actual data fields These four fields work together to allow you to view or edit any tempo changes that exist in the sequence There can be many tempo changes in the sequence These four fields show one of these changes at a time The Change field shows the number of the currently displayed tempo change within the list of changes the other fields...

Page 70: ... settings of the other three fields as you change it Even if no changes have been entered every sequence has one change to 100 at bar 1 This is because the current tempo setting is always returned to when the sequence plays bar 1 whether it does so by playing from the start or by looping back to the start To insert a new tempo change enter the location within the se quence where you want the chang...

Page 71: ...n the TAP TEMPO key After the second tap the new tempo will appear in the Active Tempo field of the Play Record screen This can also be done while the sequence is playing Normally only two taps are required before the MPC3000 recalcu lates the new tempo However it is possible to set this feature so that it recalculates the tempo by averaging the last three or four successive tap intervals This is ...

Page 72: ...ng a sequence You must turn it on again each time you want to use it The COUNT IN key If the Count In function is on one bar of metronome clicks will precede the playing of the sequence or song whenever you initiate playback of a sequence or song The clicks provide a tempo guide to prepare you to record or play along with the sequence Press COUNT IN to turn the function on and again to turn it off...

Page 73: ... one of three Auto Punch modes 1 IN OUT Both the punch in and the punch out is automated 2 PUNCH IN ONLY Only the punch in is automated Once Record or Overdub mode is automatically entered by the Auto Punch func tion it will not punch out you must manually exit Record or Overdub mode 3 PUNCH OUT ONLY Only the punch out is automated You must enter Record or Overdub mode manually after which Auto Pu...

Page 74: ... the AUTO PUNCH Once you have entered the punch in and punch out locations and you have turned Auto Punch mode on by pressing SOFT KEY 1 locate to a position within the sequence that is a few bars before the punch in point Then enter Record mode as usual by pressing PLAY and RECORD simultaneously Since the Auto Punch function is on however Record mode is not yet entered Instead the RECORD light bl...

Page 75: ...uence On off ON Sequence 23 A_funny_sequence This sequence will play simultaneously with the active sequence or song To turn the Simul Sequence on first enter the number of the se quence that you would like to play simultaneously with the active sequence in the Sequence field The name of the selected se quence is displayed to the right of the number for convenience Next move the cursor to the On o...

Page 76: ...ction later in this chapter Record 16 channels simultaneously Provides access to the Record 16 Channels function which allows all 16 incoming MIDI channels to be recorded simultaneously useful when transferring sequences from another sequencer to the MPC300 This function is detailed in the Record 16 Channels Function Multichannel Recording section later in this chapter Metronome Foot Switches and ...

Page 77: ...before recording only The Rate field This choice field controls the note value of the metronome Nor mally the metronome plays 1 4 notes In this field it is possible to change that value to one of eight options 1 4 NOTE 1 4 TRIPLET 1 8 NOTE 1 8 TRIPLET 1 16 NOTE 1 16 TRIPLET 1 32 NOTE 1 32 TRIPLET The Foot Switches Free Memory section The Foot1 and Foot2 fields These two fields determine the functi...

Page 78: ... while playing press again to duplicate the function of punching out of Overdub mode and back into Play mode Press to duplicate the function of pressing the REWIND key This is very useful for stepping backward through the sequence while Step Edit is on Press to duplicate the function of pressing the FAST FOR WARD key This is very useful for stepping forward through the sequence while Step Edit is ...

Page 79: ...64 MIDI channels Master tempo BPM FPB select and frames per second select MIDI Input Filter settings Default settings for initializing sequences and many more see the Appendix for a complete list To initialize these system parameters to their factory preset state press the OTHER key then select the Init PAR soft key The following screen will appear Initialize Parameter File Data Initialize ALL PAR...

Page 80: ...nerate MIDI clock and song position pointer data 2 Set the MPC3000 to synchronize to incoming MIDI clock and song position pointer data See the Syncing to tape and Other De vice chapter of this manual for details Press the OTHER key then press SOFT KEY 2 Rec 16 Chs to view the first Record 16 Channels screen Record All 16 channels Seq 1 SEQ01 Sig 4 4 Drums on ch 10 Tracks 1 16 recv from chans 1 16...

Page 81: ...CORD play ext sequencer with MIDI clock Bar 001 01 00 00 00 00 00 Done This is the screen in which the actual recording will take place The selected sequence has now been initialized to contain one bar of the time signature entered in the previous screen The first 16 tracks have been assigned to MIDI channels 1 through 16 as described above All tracks have their Type assigned to MIDI except for th...

Page 82: ...equencer playing from the beginning of its sequence As soon as the MPC3000 receives the sync signals it will enter Record mode and begin recording the data from the other sequencer in real time Note The OVERDUB key is disabled during 16 channel recording Once the transfer is finished stop the external sequencer the MPC3000 will stop automatically or manually stop the MPC3000 The MPC3000 now contai...

Page 83: ...ard method for identifying the MIDI channel number within the message and therefore the MPC3000 cannot assign the output MIDI channel over which the message will be sent This means for example that a system exclusive message received over MIDI channel 3 while recording into the MPC3000 will always be played out of the MPC3000 on MIDI channel 3 regardless of the track s output MIDI channel To overc...

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Page 85: ...a key on the MIDI keyboard if the active track is a MIDI track any notes assigned to that pad or key in the selected track will be erased Erasing Notes or Other Events While Stopped While not playing the MPC3000 allows the erasure of specific events from any region within a sequence on one or all tracks This is done using the ERASE key If the ERASE key is pressed while the MPC3000 is not playing t...

Page 86: ...eld directly to the right on the same line In this rightmost field all event types are listed including all 128 MIDI controllers 3 ALL EXCEPT If this option is selected all MIDI event types EXCEPT one specific type will be erased the event type that will NOT be erased will appear in a choice field directly to the right on the same line In this rightmost field all event types are listed including a...

Page 87: ...The Initialize soft key This soft key is used to erase and initialize the entire sequence to specific values Please see the following section Initializing a Sequence for an explanation of this feature The Delete soft key This soft key is used to delete the entire sequence which erases all data and sets the sequence to the same unused state as when power is first turned on When a sequence is delete...

Page 88: ... fields and soft keys are The Select sequence field This field is used to enter the number of the sequence that is to be initialized The selected sequence s name is shown for convenience The General section The Bars field In this field enter the number of bars for the initialized sequence The Sig time signature field In this field enter the time signature for the initialized sequence It is actuall...

Page 89: ... which requires the least amount of memory However if this track is later recorded into it will immediately be initialized to default values 2 IN USE The track number displayed in the Track field will be initialized to the values entered in the Type Pgm and Chn fields The Type field The Type field for the selected track will be initialized to the option selected in this field DRUM or MIDI The Pgm ...

Page 90: ...eature displays the time signature and number of bars in the active sequence as well as any time signature changes Press 1 View chng T sig from the SEQ EDIT key menu and the following screen will be displayed View Time Signature Bar 1 2 4 4 Page Page Change TSig This screen displays all time signature changes within the active sequence and the number of bars associated with each change If no time ...

Page 91: ...e new time signature is longer than the existing one a small amount of blank space will be added onto the end of the bar To change the time signature of a bar first select the bar number to be changed in the top line The existing time signature for that bar will be displayed in the from field in the second line Next enter the time signature you wish to change to in the to fields 2 parts in the sec...

Page 92: ...rs will be inserted The sequence s name is shown to the right The Number of bars field This is the number of blank bars to be inserted The Time signature field This is the time signature of the bars to be inserted This is actually two fields one for each part of the time signature The range of the first part is from 1 to 31 the second part is a choice field with four selections 4 8 16 and 32 The I...

Page 93: ...the right The First bar field This is the first bar to be deleted The Last bar field This is the last bar to be deleted COMMENT For those of you familiar with the MPC60 version 2 operating software this field has a different func tion than the To bar field in the MPC60 s Delete Bars function This field contains the last bar of the range of bars to be deleted whereas the MPC60 s To Bar field contai...

Page 94: ...be copied First bar sets the first bar in the range that is to be copied and Last bar sets the last bar to be copied COMMENT For those of you familiar with the MPC60 version 2 operating software this field has a different func tion than the To bar field in the MPC60 s Copy Bars function This field contains the last bar of the range of bars to be copied whereas the MPC60 s To Bar field contained th...

Page 95: ...ing events or merges the copied data with existing events without adding additional bars Therefore in this function the track s overall length is unchanged after the copy has been executed To use this function select option 6 Copy events from the SEQ EDIT key menu The following screen will be displayed Copy Events From Sequence 1 Track 1 Track_name Ticks 001 01 00 001 01 00 Notes ALL Hit pads Copy...

Page 96: ...its note number pad number and assigned sound are displayed instead and the text to the right displays 2 pads This continues until the user has selected all of the pads he or she intends to copy 2 If the source track is a MIDI track two numeric fields used to set the lowest and highest notes of the note range that is to be erased will appear Each of these numeric fields is editable via the cursor ...

Page 97: ...opy as specified in the above fields COMMENT Be careful to copy MIDI track data only to MIDI tracks and Drum track data only to Drum tracks Otherwise keyboard notes can cause drum sounds to play or vice versa Copying an Entire Sequence to Another This function is useful if you want to make a perfect copy of a sequence including all parameters to another sequence number replacing all data and param...

Page 98: ... 00 Notes 0 C 2 127 G 8 Press keys Do it The fields and soft keys are The Seqnc field This specifies the sequence to be shifted The Track field This specifies the track to be shifted Only one track can be shifted at a time The Ticks fields These two bar beat tick fields are used to determine the region within the track that will be shifted The leftmost field sets the start point of the region and ...

Page 99: ...note number appears in the field followed by the pad number and currently assigned sound name On the right side of the line is the text 1 pad indicating that one pad is selected for shifting Notes 36 A02 SNARE_DRUM 1 pad If another pad is then pressed its note number pad number and assigned sound are displayed instead and the text to the right displays 2 pads This contin ues until the user has sel...

Page 100: ... field This specifies the sequence to be edited The Track field This specifies the track to be edited Only one track can be edited at a time The Ticks fields These two bar beat tick fields are used to determine the region within the track that will be edited The leftmost field sets the start of the region and the rightmost field holds a location one tick after the region to be edited The Notes fie...

Page 101: ...pressed its note number pad number and assigned sound are displayed instead and the text to the right displays 2 pads This contin ues until the user has selected all of the pads he or she intends to edit The Edit field This is a choice field with two options VELOCITY and DURATION It is used to select which of these two parameters will be affected The Do field This is a choice field with four optio...

Page 102: ...notes 64 A01 Sound_name To notes 65 A07 Sound_name Do it The fields and soft keys are The Seqnc field This specifies the sequence to be edited The Track field This specifies the track to be edited Only one track can be edited at a time Since this function only works on Drum tracks if a MIDI track is selected the message You must select a drums track will appear The Ticks fields These two bar beat ...

Page 103: ...es in one operation Select 3 Edit note variation data from the Edit Note Data menu The following screen will appear Edit Note Variation Data Seqnc 1 Seqnc_name Track 1 Track_name Ticks 001 01 00 003 01 00 Notes ALL Hit pads Set notes to param TUNING Value 0 Do it The fields and soft keys are The Seqnc field This specifies the sequence to be edited The Track field This specifies the track to be edi...

Page 104: ... line is the text 1 pad indicating that one pad is se lected for editing Notes 36 A02 SNARE_DRUM 1 pad If another pad is then pressed its note number pad number and assigned sound are displayed instead and the text to the right displays 2 pads This continues until the user has selected all of the pads he or she intends to edit The Set notes to param field This choice field determines to which para...

Page 105: ...escription of the fields and soft keys follows The event display area lines 2 through 6 of the LCD screen This area of the screen displays up to five events one per line that exist in the active track at the sequence location displayed in the Now field These events are most commonly notes either drum or keyboard notes depending on whether the active track is a Drum track or a MIDI track but they c...

Page 106: ...ermost line of the screen preceded by the 2 Cut When pressed the active event is deleted from the screen and saved internally If the Paste soft key is then pressed a copy of that stored event will be in serted into the screen SOFT KEY 3 PlayEvent Pressing this soft key causes the active event to be played The active event is the event at the uppermost line of the screen pre ceded by the SOFT KEY 4...

Page 107: ...nce any events in the active track at that position will be displayed on the screen and any events on all tracks at the current position will be played output through MIDI just as if the sequence had been played at that position only If you don t want to hear a particular track turn that track OFF in the Play Record screen if you want to hear only the active track turn solo mode to ON in the Play ...

Page 108: ...field shows the first eight characters of the sound name currently assigned in the active program to the note number selected to the left This field is for display only and cannot be edited 4 The Velocity field V 127 127 127 127 127 This is the velocity of the drum note 5 The Note Variation Parameter field Tun Tun Tun Tun Tun 120 Each drum note contains Note Variation data a unique value of either...

Page 109: ...ocity field V 127 127 127 127 127 This is the Note On velocity of the note 4 The Release Velocity field V 64 64 64 64 64 This is the release velocity of the note 5 The Duration field D 96 96 96 96 96 This field shows the note duration in ticks 96 ticks one quarter note The range is 1 9999 ticks The Program Change event Program_change Val 1 The single field Val with a range of 1 128 is used to sele...

Page 110: ...xi mum size of a system exclusive event in the MPC3000 is 999 bytes 2 The Byte field The number of the byte whose contents are currently displayed in the Val field 3 The Val field The current value of the byte number displayed in the Byte field The Stereo Volume event Stereo_volume Pad A01 Val 100 This message is exclusive to the MPC3000 and is used to change the Stereo Mixer Volume setting of a p...

Page 111: ...e individual output effects mixer volume setting of a particular sound in mid sequence When the Record Live Changes feature is used accessed by pressing MIXER EFFECTS then 4 many of these events are recorded into the active track to simulate a smooth and continuous individual output effects mixer volume change There are two fields 1 The Pad field This field determines which of the 64 pad numbers m...

Page 112: ...l be inserted when the Insert soft key from the Step Edit screen is pressed The options include all the available MIDI event types and 128 MIDI controllers If one of these controllers is selected the name assigned to that controller number is also displayed The Auto step increment on key release field If set to YES the Step Edit screen s Now field will automatically move forward one step as define...

Page 113: ...rmine the functions of soft keys 1 and 2 It has two options 1 INSERT DELETE The functions of soft keys 1 and 2 are Insert and Delete Insert causes an event to be inserted onto the screen The type of event is determined by the setting of the Event to insert field above De lete removes the active event from the screen 2 PASTE CUT The functions of soft keys 1 and 2 are Paste and Cut Cut deletes the a...

Page 114: ... 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 i...

Page 115: ...lue 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 To do this 1 Se...

Page 116: ...urn on soft key Pressing this soft key turns the edit loop on It also causes the Play Record screen to be displayed and the Edit Loop light to go on indicating that an edit loop is active If EDIT LOOP is again pressed while an edit loop is active the same screen will appear but with two changes 1 The first two fields are displayed but all changes are locked out 2 The bottom line changes to Turn Of...

Page 117: ...g these steps will allow you to try the fill then restore the sequence to its original state if you don t like it 1 Fast forward to bar 4 2 Press EDIT LOOP 3 Set the Number of bars field to 1 4 Press SOFT KEY 1 Turn on which will turn the Edit Loop on Bar 4 will now repeatedly play in a loop 5 Overdub your drum fill 6 Press EDIT LOOP again 7 If you didn t like how the fill sounded press SOFT KEY 2...

Page 118: ...ld specifies the track that will be transposed Enter a 0 here if you want all tracks except Drum tracks to be transposed simul taneously The Amount field This field sets the amount and direction of transposition in semi tones For example to transpose up a fifth enter a 7 To transpose down a fourth turn the data entry control to the left until 5 appears A much faster way to set this field is to sim...

Page 119: ... key 3 Locate Middle C on the keyboard Pressing any key above Middle C will instantly transpose the sequence up by an amount equal to the interval between the new key and Middle C Pressing any key below Middle C will instantly transpose the sequence down by an amount equal to the interval between the new key and Middle C When you press the transposition key it will only be used to set the transpos...

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Page 121: ...ents that have many repeating sections such as drum parts Song mode has the following advantages over using a long sequence to record a song The song structure can be created very quickly The content of the sections of the song can be changed very quickly A song in the MPC3000 consists of up to 250 steps each of which contains the number of the sequence that will play at the step and the number of...

Page 122: ...D FAST FORWARD and LOCATE keys change the position within the song A detailed description of each of the on screen fields and soft keys is given below The Song field This field selects the current song number 1 20 There are 20 songs each containing its own list of 250 steps The Song Name field Song 1 unused unused unused unused unused This field has no title but exists directly to the right of the...

Page 123: ...quence in the current step will play before moving on to the next step For example if you want the sequence to play only once in the current step a 1 should be entered here If a 0 is entered here the MPC3000 will treat this step as the end of the song and either stop playing or loop to a previous step number depending on the setting of the Loop field The Bars field This field shows the total numbe...

Page 124: ...eld and press Delete The Song screen will be redisplayed and the specified step deleted with all higher numbered steps moved down by one position To delete all steps in the song or to delete all songs press Del song and follow the instructions on the screens that appear Other soft keys on the Song screen The Conv2Seq soft key This key accesses a feature that converts the individual steps in a song...

Page 125: ... the Reps field indicating that you want sequence 2 to play only once for step 2 9 Press Step 1 to move on to step 3 10 Select 3 in the Sqnc field and 2 in the Reps field indicating that you want sequence 3 to play twice for step 3 11 Press Step 1 to move on to step 4 12 Select 0 in the Reps field indicating that this is the end of your song If a 0 already exists here there is no need to enter it ...

Page 126: ...ntaining these program assignments is played in Song mode or if the sequence is selected manually while the MPC3000 is play ing the sequence s program assignments are sent out at the moment that the sequence starts to play in the song This can present a problem because most synthesizers require time to change programs which can cause any notes existing at the start of the new sequence to be delaye...

Page 127: ...g and that the song s loop status is used for the new sequence s loop status To use this function select the Conv2Seq soft key from the Song screen The following screen will appear Convert Song To Sequence Convert from song 1 Song_name To sequence 1 Sequence_name The existing contents of the destination sequence will be erased Do it The fields are The Convert from song field This is the number of ...

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Page 129: ...o the 64 sound assignments each program also con tains a number of sound modifying parameters for each of the 64 sound assignments such as envelope tuning filter mixer and velocity response data Each program also contains some param eters such as the settings of the effects generator that collectively affect all sounds The MPC3000 has 24 different programs of which only one can be active at a time...

Page 130: ...mbers A01 D16 is assigned to a specific MIDI note number When a pad is played the pad number is translated into a note number 35 98 using the assignments in the MIDI key option 1 screen The resulting note number is then used by the program to determine which sound to play This way sounds can either be played by the pads or by incom ing MIDI Note On messages both use note numbers to specify which s...

Page 131: ...option 1 3 For each pad you want to assign to a sound select that pad s note number in the Select Programs Assign Sounds screen and assign it to the desired sound and sound assignment mode This screen is accessed by pressing the PROGRAM SOUNDS key and selecting option 1 4 If desired modify the default settings for envelope velocity modulation tuning poly mode cutoff assignments or filter settings ...

Page 132: ...Note 37 A01 Sound BIG BAD DRUM ST Mode DCY SW General MIDI name for note SIDE STICK Play A description of screen fields and soft keys follows The Select Program section of the screen The Active program field The active program is the program that is currently in use Only one program can be active at a time This field is used to select which of the 24 programs is currently active All data displayed...

Page 133: ...lected above This is a choice field containing an alphabetical list of all sounds currently in memory or OFF If a stereo sound is selected ST will appear to the right of the sound name The Mode field This is a choice field with four options 1 NORMAL Only the sound in the Sound field plays when the selected MIDI note number is received The screen appears as below Select Program Active program 24 PR...

Page 134: ...ts right for convenience If only one additional sound is desired select a number below 35 in either of the fields and will appear in place of the number indicating no note number assignment COMMENT When the three sounds play simulta neously it is as though three pads were manually played from the front panel at the same velocity each sound uses all of its individual program parameter data includin...

Page 135: ...OMMENT If you only want to switch between 2 sounds then select the same note number in both use fields and use the first If over field to set the threshold COMMENT Regardless of which pad plays the individual program parameter data tuning enve lope velocity data etc for each of the three note numbers are used but only the main note number s mixer data mix volume and pan output assignment and outpu...

Page 136: ...ield plays The second If over field is limited to values at least one higher than the first If over field COMMENT This feature is provided primarily to emulate the MPC60 s Hi hat Decay Slider Whenever the Hi hat pad on an MPC60 is played one of three different sounds closed loose or open hi hat plays depending on the slider position Also the slider varies the envelope decay time of the selected so...

Page 137: ...vantage of this is that it is only necessary to adjust the volume and pan for example of the main sound in the mix instead of all three sounds Soft keys The Play soft key Pressing this key has the same effect as playing the selected note number at full velocity ...

Page 138: ...ues in the lower portion of the screen apply only to the note number 35 98 selected in this field For convenience the pad number currently assigned to the selected note number is displayed to the right The note number in this field can be changed either by cursor editing or by pressing one of the front panel drum pads the note number currently assigned to that pad will be selected auto matically T...

Page 139: ...en accessed by pressing the PROGRAM SOUNDS key and selecting option 6 from the menu This provides a good simulation of the way a real drum sounds differently when hit softly If you set this field above 0 hitting a pad more softly will start playback later in the sample causing fewer attack transients to be heard Notes with velocity 1 will add the full amount of time entered here to the Soft Start ...

Page 140: ...y currently playing sounds assigned to either of the note numbers in these two fields are immediately terminated This is useful when it is desirable for one sound to cause another to stop playing such as a closed hi hat stopping an open hi hat or a muted triangle stopping an open triangle Each of these two fields allows a note number to be entered 35 98 In each case the pad currently assigned to t...

Page 141: ...ta shown in the fields below apply only to this program The Note field All data values in the lower portion of the screen apply only to the note number 35 98 selected in this field For convenience the pad number currently assigned to the selected note number is displayed to the right The note number in this field can be changed either by cursor editing or by pressing one of the front panel pads th...

Page 142: ...section The Attack field This is the filter envelope attack time There are 101 values expo nentially spaced from 0 to 5000 milliseconds The Decay field This is the filter envelope decay time There are 101 values expo nentially spaced from 0 to 5000 milliseconds The Amount field This is the amount of effect the envelope has on the cutoff frequency 0 100 The soft key The Play soft key Pressing this ...

Page 143: ...ogram_name Do it This command copies the program data envelope tuning sound assignments filter etc for one note number to a different note number To perform the copy 1 Enter the source note number in the Copy from note field The pad number and sound name currently assigned to that note number are displayed to its right for convenience 2 Enter the source program number in the upper Of program field...

Page 144: ... 1 Enter the source program number in the Copy from pro gram field The program name is displayed to the right for conve nience 2 Enter the destination program number in the Copy to pro gram field The program name is displayed to the right for conve nience 3 Press the Do it soft key to perform the copy If 3 is selected from the Copy Initialize Program menu Initialize Program Initialize program 24 P...

Page 145: ... 4 is selected from the Copy Initialize Program menu Initialize All Programs Press Do it to initialize all programs Do it This feature initializes all programs to default values with no sounds assigned When Do it is pressed all programs are initialized ...

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Page 147: ...n it the graphic volume slider will move up or down indicating that the volume of the selected sound is being changed To adjust the pan position of a particular sound 1 Press the pad that you want to adjust the small triangle on the screen will move directly above the number of the selected pad 2 Press the CURSOR UP key The small triangle will now point upwards toward the graphic pan knob 3 Rotate...

Page 148: ...ill have its own custom mix or to use a single master set of mix data so that the stereo mix never changes when either the program or sequence is changed This choice may be made in the Mixer Source Select fields accessed by pressing option 4 from the MIXER EFFECTS key menu SOFT KEY 1 Even though no soft key functions are displayed on the screen there is one active soft key pressing SOFT KEY 1 will...

Page 149: ...16 To view other pad banks press the PAD BANK key To adjust the volume level of the individual outputs or effects for a particular sound 1 Press the pad for the sound that you want to adjust the small triangle on the screen will move directly above the number of the selected pad 2 Rotate the data entry control As you turn it the graphic volume slider will move up or down indicating that the volume...

Page 150: ... 7 and the right side is sent to individual output 8 E Both sides of the sound are sent to the internal effects generator Notice that the screen displays pad numbers yet the mixer contains data for each of the 64 note number assignments 35 98 in the active program For each pad number on the screen the data shown is from the note number 35 98 within the active program to which the pad number is cur...

Page 151: ...screen there is one active soft key If SOFT KEY 1 is pressed while the triangular cursor is pointing downward the mixer changes to a mode in which all sliders or output assignments are moved simultaneously indicated by 16 cursor triangles across the screen To return to normal operation press SOFT KEY 1 again ...

Page 152: ...ing sounds from the MIDI input only Also one mix parameter Follow ster vol Follow stereo volume only appears in this screen The fields and soft keys are The Note field A unique set of mix data values exists for each of the 64 MIDI note numbers 35 98 in the active program The mix values shown in the center area of the screen apply only to the MIDI note number selected in this field For convenience ...

Page 153: ...OUT6 The sound is sent to individual output 6 OUT7 The sound is sent to individual output 7 OUT8 The sound is sent to individual output 8 EFCT The sound is sent to the internal effects generator If the sound being adjusted is a stereo sound then the available selections are different OFF The sound has no output assignment 1 2 The left side of the sound is sent to individual output 1 and the right ...

Page 154: ...he Pre Fader Echo Send function on hardware mixing consoles The Soft Key The Set all notes soft key Pressing this soft key displays the following screen which allows the mix data for all 64 note numbers to be set in one step Set Mix Data For All Notes Parameter INDIV OUT FOLLOW STER VOL Set all 64 notes to YES Do it To set a single mix parameter for all 64 note numbers 1 Set the Parameter field to...

Page 155: ...volume and pan that is stored within each program If PROGRAM is selected in this field these settings are used in the Stereo Mixer screen In this mode whenever the active program is changed the stereo mix immediately changes to the newly selected program s stereo mixer settings This option is useful if you want each newly selected program to have a custom stereo mix This is the default setting 2 S...

Page 156: ...ce of the data for the Effects screen instead of the Stereo Volume and Pan screen COMMENT Whenever you change effect settings any effect signals that are still sounding such as a long delay signal that has not yet finished will immediately be cut off This can cause a problem if SEQUENCE is selected while playing a song in song mode because the effect settings will change at each sequence boundary ...

Page 157: ...wn separate drum track then always use record mode not overdub mode to punch in any mix changes This will automatically erase the old changes throughout the punch in region but since the mix changes are on a separate track any drum notes will not be erased COMMENT A large number of these mix change events can cause minor slowing of playback due to the large processing requirement To reduce the num...

Page 158: ...feedback field This sets the amount of delayed signal fed back into the delay input The range is from 0 to 100 COMMENT The feedback level of each delay is independent of the volume level This means that if at least one Volume field is set above 0 then all of the Feedback fields will produce feedback if set above 0 COMMENT Since all three delays use the same delay memory the feedback of one delay w...

Page 159: ... EFFECTS Key effects data or to use a single master set of effects data so that the selected effect never changes This choice may be made in the Mixer Source Select fields accessed by pressing option 4 from the MIXER EFFECTS menu ...

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Page 161: ...c 1 Meter Left PT Rec ready Reset P All sampling is done while this screen is showing A description of screen fields and soft keys follows The Input field This choice field has two options 1 ANALOG The recording source is the rear panel analog Record In jacks 2 DIGITAL The recording source is the rear panel digital input This input can be connected to any 44 1kHz digital SP DIF source such as a CD...

Page 162: ...mory in the Appendix for information about how to do this COMMENT Although the maximum sampling time is limited only by available sound memory the maximum sound file size that can fit on a floppy disk is 16 4 seconds mono or 8 2 seconds stereo If a sound is larger than this it won t fit on a single floppy and the MPC3000 cannot split single sound files over two or more floppies If you need to crea...

Page 163: ...d right inputs In either case the threshold setting is graphically repre sented by a T within the meter s range If the range is exceeded is displayed to the right of the meter s range to indicate clipping In addition a P shows the highest peak level received since the last time the Reset peak soft key was pressed The Rec ready soft key Pressing this soft key commands the MPC3000 to enter Record Re...

Page 164: ... when done To assign sound to a program press PROGRAM SOUNDS key option 1 Done Naming the sound is done in the same way as renaming a sequence in the Play Record screen When finished naming the sound press Done The Reset P Reset Peak soft key The level meter displays a moving letter P This shows the highest peak audio level that has been received To reset this peak level press this soft key When R...

Page 165: ...lipping is indicated by to the right of the meter The highest peak received is indicated by a P within the meter range To reset the peak level press Reset P 5 To begin sampling press Rec ready The bottom line of the screen will display Waiting for input signal 6 Play the sound into the audio input Sampling starts once the record threshold is exceeded at the audio input indicated by the bottom line...

Page 166: ... pads sequences or the MIDI input To do this press the PROGRAM SOUNDS key and select option 1 Follow the instructions in the Creating and Editing Programs chapter of this manual 9 It is a good idea to save your sound to disk now IF YOU DON T THE SOUND WILL BE LOST WHEN YOU TURN THE POWER OFF To save your sample to disk follow the instructions in the Saving to and Loading from Disk chapter of this ...

Page 167: ... st 000 000 00 Zone st 000 000 00 Soft end 000 000 00 Zone end 000 000 00 Length 000 000 00 Play X AFTR SFT END Vol 100 Tune 0 Do COPY ZONE TEMP Ply Stp Best st Play X Do There are two parts to this screen Sound Params and Edit Samples Sound Params permits the editing of certain parameters stored with the sound file that affect its playback Edit Samples permits actual editing of the sound s sample...

Page 168: ...s not at the absolute end of the sound but rather at the position within the sound specified in this field It is a seconds milliseconds samples format field as used in the Soft st field above Decreasing this value below the address in the Length field will cause the sample to stop playing sooner than the actual end but will not delete the unused end of the sound from memory However the end can be ...

Page 169: ...screen reappears with the Soft st field set to the optimum starting value Experiment with the threshold value A value too low will start the sound too early causing a slight playback delay a value too high will start too far into the sound cutting off too much of the beginning The Edit Samples section of the screen right side This section allows the editing of the sound s actual sample data The fo...

Page 170: ...ield used to select one of a number of editing operations that will be performed when the Do soft key is pressed The options are COPY ZONE TEMP copy the contents of the zone to the temporary storage area INS TMP ZON ST copy the contents of the temporary storage area and insert them at the address shown in the Zone st field INS TMP ZN END copy the contents of the temporary storage area and insert t...

Page 171: ...aining an alphabetic list of all sounds in memory Pressing a pad will select the sound currently assigned to that pad in the current program If a stereo sound is selected ST is displayed to the right of the sound name The Play soft key Pressing this soft key plays the selected sound at full velocity level through the stereo outputs The Rename soft key Pressing this soft key causes a new field New ...

Page 172: ...rd screen Once the new name is entered press Do it The Delete soft key Pressing this soft key causes either a new field or additional text to be added to the screen depending on whether the selected sound is mono or stereo If the sound is mono Delete Sound Select sound Sound_name Mode DELETE SOUND Do it Del ALL SNDS Press Do it to delete it If the sound is stereo Delete Sound Select sound Sound_na...

Page 173: ... RIGHT SIDE CONVERT MONO The stereo sound will be converted to mono by deleting only the right side Pressing Do it performs the selected function on the sound Pressing Del ALL SNDS on either the mono or the stereo screen causes the screen to change to the following DELETE ALL SOUNDS FROM MEMORY ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DELETE ALL SOUNDS FROM MEMORY DELETE ALL Pressing DELETE ALL will delete all so...

Page 174: ...ggering is only active while this screen is displayed To use this feature connect the triggering signal to the SYNC IN jack on the rear panel of the MPC3000 The triggering signal can be any percussive sound but best results will be achieved by using a signal of consistent dynamics and little background noise The SYNC LEVEL control on the rear panel should be used to set the triggering threshold Th...

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Page 176: ...s file holds the contents of a single program and the names of all sounds used by that program but it does not contain the actual sounds 5 FILENAME APS This file holds the contents of all 24 programs and the names of all sounds used in those programs but it does not contain the actual sounds 6 FILENAME PAR This file contains all settings that are normally retained in the MPC3000 even when power is...

Page 177: ...Load Other 1 A sequence 7 Load erase rename 2 All seqs songs 8 Load S3000 disk 3 A sound 9 Copy format disk 4 A program 0 Select disk 5 All programs 6 System parameters Select option This screen displays a list of disk options To select one type the number of the desired option Each of the options is described in detail in the following sections ...

Page 178: ...DISK PART A Free 793K Do it Select disk The fields and soft keys are The Seq field sequence number In this field select the sequence number to be saved The sequence name is shown to the right The file name will be created from the sequence s name and the file extension will be SEQ The Disk field This field only appears if a hard disk is connected to the SCSI port It shows the active disk device th...

Page 179: ...ess Select it to return to previous screen Disk HARD DISK PART A Select it To select a different disk device select it in the Disk field then press Select it The options are FLOPPY DISK HARD DISK PART A HARD DISK PART B HARD DISK PART C and other hard disk partitions if they exist When Select it is pressed the previous screen will be redisplayed and the selected disk drive will be active Saving an...

Page 180: ...ft key This soft key has the same function as in the Save Sequence screen described above Saving a SND File Single Sound To save a single sound to disk select 3 A sound from the DISK key menu The following screen will appear Save a Sound Sound Sound_name Size 0K Disk HARD DISK PART A Free 793K Do it Select disk The fields and soft keys are The Sound field In this field select the sound to be saved...

Page 181: ...he sound data itself is saved 2 Each sound used by the program is individually saved as a sound file If a sound file on the disk has the same name as the sound being saved the new sound won t be saved The fields and soft keys are The Program field In this field enter the program number to be saved 1 24 The program s name is shown to the right The program file name will be created from the program ...

Page 182: ...l continue until all files have been saved To load this program file later simply load the PGM file it will load along with the sound files from the first disk then a screen will appear asking you to insert the other disks one by one in order to load the remaining sound files The Do it soft key Press this key to save to disk the program file and each individual sound file used in the program The S...

Page 183: ...s those already on disk won t be saved it is possible that not as much free space will be needed as is indicated in this field The Free field This shows the amount of free space on the selected disk COMMENT The MPC3000 will allow large APS files to be saved onto multiple disks If the total size of the APS file and its sound files exceeds the free space on the inserted floppy disk a warning will ap...

Page 184: ...or a complete list These settings can be saved to disk in a file called a parameter file which has the file extension PAR To save a parameter file select 6 System parameters from the DISK key menu The following screen will appear Save System Parameters File name File_name Size 2K Disk HARD DISK PART A Free 793K Do it Select disk The fields and soft keys are The File name field Enter the name for t...

Page 185: ...a entry control to select from an alphabetical list of the files on the current disk File names can be up to 16 characters and are followed by a period and a three character extension which identifies the type of file SEQ a single sequence ALL all sequences and songs SND a single sound PGM a single program APS all programs and sounds PAR system parameters The Size field This field shows the size i...

Page 186: ...nal screen will appear asking you to confirm the erasure The Rename soft key To rename the selected file press this soft key The following screen will appear Rename a File Rename the file FILENAME PGM To the new name FILENAME Rename it To rename the file enter the new name in the lower field in the same manner as you would change the Sequence Name field in the Play Record screen then press the Ren...

Page 187: ...ected and Load it is pressed you ll see the following screen in which you are asked which sequence number to load the sequence into Load a Sequence file SEQ Load into sequence 02 Sequence_name___ Load it Select the sequence number to load the file into then press Load it If the file is an MPC60 version 1 or 2 SEQ file If the SEQ file is a MPC60 version 2 file additional screens are presented Load ...

Page 188: ...note number assigned to each of the 32 MPC60 pad names To change the note number assignment edit the contents of this field For help in deciding which note num ber to use the General MIDI instrument assignment for the displayed note number is shown to the right It is not necessary to edit the table Your MPC60 sequence will load and play just fine if you press Load it without editing the table The ...

Page 189: ... cur rently in memory will be erased Load All Seqs and Songs ALL This will erase all sequences and songs currently in memory Load it Press Load it to load the ALL file If the file is an MPC60 version 1 or 2 ALL file If the ALL file is a MPC60 version 1 or 2 file additional screens are presented just as when an MPC60 version SEQ file is loaded See the section above entitled Loading an MPC60 version...

Page 190: ...n t be loaded from disk COMMENT If the selected program s sound files span multiple disks the MPC3000 will first load the PGM file then all of its sound files from the first disk Then a message will appear on the screen asking you to insert the disk containing a specific sound file this is the second disk you saved to when saving the large program The MPC3000 will then load all needed sound files ...

Page 191: ...ded Loading an MPC60 Version 1 or 2 SET or ST1 File The MPC60 version 2 operating system used SET or ST1 files to hold an entire set of sounds and their assignments to the pads In the MPC3000 SET or ST1 files are no longer used Instead pro grams are used to hold sound assignments However the MPC3000 allows SET or ST1 files to be loaded automatically converting pad assignments to note number assign...

Page 192: ...If confused just load it Conversion Table MPC60 Pad HIHT CLSD A01 Becomes note 56 Gen MIDI COWBELL Load file In MPC60 version 2 SET or ST1 files sounds were assigned to one of 32 pad names HIHT CLSD HIHT MEDM HIHT OPEN SNR1 SNR2 DR15 and DR16 In the MPC3000 SET and ST1 files are not used Instead programs are used to hold sound assignments But in programs sounds are assigned to one of 64 note numbe...

Page 193: ...because this is the standard for instru ment note number assignments played over MIDI This conversion table is also used to convert MPC60 SEQ or ALL files in which case the sound assignments are converted from pad numbers to note numbers If you modify the conversion table make sure that the same settings are used when loading any MPC60 SEQ or ALL files that you plan to use with the converted SET o...

Page 194: ...d the actual sound to be loaded exists on the corre sponding ST2 disk a screen will appear asking you to insert the ST2 disk Loading a PAR File System Parameters If a PAR file is selected for loading in the Load File screen and Load it is pressed a screen will appear warning you that all existing system parameters in memory will be erased To load the file press Load it in that screen Files That Au...

Page 195: ...the desired programs and sounds then save an ALL file that contains the appropriate sequences and songs to the same disk Insert this disk in the drive and turn the power on the APS and ALL files will load automatically If you have a SCSI hard disk connected If you have a SCSI hard disk connected and no floppy disk is in the drive when power is turned on the MPC3000 will load the following files fr...

Page 196: ...ples may be loaded To load stereo samples see the following section Loading stereo S1000 S3000 samples The fields and soft key are The File field This field is used to select the disk file to be loaded erased or renamed Use the Data Entry Control to select from an alphabetical list of the files on the current disk Only sample files may be se lected in this field no other files on the disk can be s...

Page 197: ...s the message states you now have two choices to load both sides of the stereo sound or to load only the selected side as a mono sound The soft keys are The Yes stereo soft key Pressing this soft key loads both the selected sample and the sample containing the opposite stereo side into a single MPC3000 stereo sound The new stereo sound will have the same name as the selected sample name except the...

Page 198: ...format a disk select option 9 Copy format disk from the DISK key menu followed by option 2 from the subsequent menu The following screen will appear Format a Floppy High density disks HD format as 1 44 megabytes old style double density disks will format as 793K bytes MPC60 compatible Press Format it to begin WARNING THIS WILL ERASE THE WHOLE DISK Format it As the screen shows high density HD disk...

Page 199: ...e following message Searching SCSI for hard disk Cancel This informs you that the MPC3000 is scanning the SCSI port to determine if a hard disk is connected If a hard disk is connected to the SCSI port and the power for both the hard disk and the MPC3000 is turned on simultaneously this message will persist until the hard disk apine up to the proper operating speed then the MPC3000 s MAIN SCREEN w...

Page 200: ...00 and connect the hard drive to the MPC3000 s SCSI port Warning Never connect or disconnect any SCSI device while power is on This could seriously damage both the device itself and the MPC3000 Then turn the power on to both the SCSI drive and the MPC3000 Next press the DISK key and select option 9 Copy format disk from the menu screen followed by option 3 from the subsequent menu The following sc...

Page 201: ... ERASE ALL DATA ON THE DISK Format now To begin formatting press Format now The disk formatting process may take ten minutes or more depending on the size of the hard disk Using the hard disk To use your formatted SCSI hard disk make sure it is connected to the MPC3000 s SCSI port when power for both devices is turned on The MPC3000 automatically recognizes that the hard disk is con nected and rea...

Page 202: ...s Select it to return to previous screen Disk HARD DISK PART A Select it To select a different disk device choose it in the Disk field then press Select it The options are FLOPPY DISK HARD DISK PART A HARD DISK PART B HARD DISK PART C and other hard disk partitions if they exist When Select it is pressed the previous screen will be redisplayed and the selected disk device will be active ...

Page 203: ... ALL SEQUENCES IN MEMORY Are you sure you want to copy a disk Yes proceed The disk copy function requires the use of the sequence memory and therefore will erase all existing sequences before making the copy Be sure to back up your sequences to disk before executing the Copy Disk utility Once your data have been safely backed up press Yes proceed to proceed with the copy function The follow ing sc...

Page 204: ...ed Remove the original disk and insert the blank formatted disk then press Proceed The bottom line will change to Writing to destination disk Please wait If all the disk data have not been copied the cycle of inserting the source disk followed by the destination disk will be repeated until all data have been copied ...

Page 205: ...Page 193 Chapter 10 Syncing to Tape and Other Devices Chapter 10 Syncing to Tape and Other Devices ...

Page 206: ...MIDI this method cannot be used with tape When the MPC3000 is slaved to MIDI clock the internal tempo settings are not used because MIDI clock provides the tempo information 2 SMPTE SMPTE timecode is a standard sync code used in video film and music SMPTE code contains information about absolute elapsed time but no tempo information So when syncing to SMPTE the MPC3000 s internal tempo settings ar...

Page 207: ... NOTE CLICKS In the event that no sync signal exists on tape this feature allows the MPC3000 to sync to any percussive sound playing 1 4 notes The Mode field in the upper left corner allows the selection of one of these five sync input sources The fields in the Sync In section vary according to the sync mode selected If MIDI CLOCK is selected in the Mode field the following screen is displayed Syn...

Page 208: ...coming SMPTE time number that must be received in order for bar 1 of the sequence to start playing Once the MPC3000 knows which incoming SMPTE number plays bar 1 it will automatically calculate the proper point within the sequence to start playing when higher SMPTE numbers are received It will also know that it should not play if a SMPTE number is received whose value is before or after those valu...

Page 209: ...ly omitted in accordance with the SMPTE drop frame standard 3 24 24 frames per second This is the standard for film However since film is usually transferred to video for scoring com posers generally still work with video rates of 30 or 29 97 drop 4 25 25 frames per second non drop This is the standard for European television PAL SECAM standard If MIDI TIME CODE is selected in the Mode field the f...

Page 210: ...MIDI CLOCK is selected in the Mode field as described above If 1 4 NOTE CLICKS is selected in the Mode field the following screen will be displayed Sync In Sync Out Mode 1 4 NOTE CLICKS MIDI sync OUT A Shift early ms 20 Starts at THIS BAR SyncIn ON GenSMPTE In this case the fields are The Shift early field This has the same function as the field of the same name that appears when MIDI CLOCK is sel...

Page 211: ...plays MIDI clock output from any one of the four MIDI output ports SMPTE output from the Sync Out jack only while no sequence or song is playing and only while the SMPTE Generation screen is showing There is one field and one soft key on this side of the screen The MIDI sync field This choice field determines which of the four MIDI output ports or none will send MIDI clock and Song Position Pointe...

Page 212: ...he current timecode number being output When Stop is pressed the starting value will be redisplayed The Frames sec field This field has the same function as the similarly labeled fields in the Tempo screen and the Sync Input section of the Sync screen Use it to select which of the four SMPTE modes 30 29 97 drop 24 or 25 you wish to generate Be sure to set the proper SMPTE mode in this field before...

Page 213: ...nal received from an external device 1 Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI output of the device sending MIDI clock to one of the MPC3000 s MIDI inputs 2 In the Sync screen set the Mode field in the Sync In section to MIDI CLOCK and set the MIDI input field to the number of the MIDI input to which you have connected the cable 3 In the Sync screen SOFT KEY 1 should show the text SyncIn ON If it shows...

Page 214: ...the SYNC IN jack of the MPC3000 Set the SYNC IN LEVEL knob to about 1 2 2 From the Play Record screen select the sequence that you intend to record to tape 3 Press the TEMPO SYNC key and set the Tempo Source field to SEQUENCE This causes the MPC3000 to use the tempo setting that s stored within the sequence so that it will always be remembered This is true even when the sequence is saved to disk a...

Page 215: ...ightly late To get around this problem insert a blank bar at the start of the sequence or song This will cause the late timing to occur within the initial blank bar so that the timing is stable well before the notes starting in the second bar start playing To play back a song in Song mode in sync to the SMPTE time code on tape 1 Connect the output of the tape track that contains the SMPTE signal t...

Page 216: ...tion of the song and start playback of the tape The MPC3000 will start playing from the correct location within the song Syncing to MIDI Time Code MIDI Time Code is SMPTE timecode encoded over MIDI Since it is a MIDI signal it cannot be recorded on tape Rather it is used to sync to devices such as drum machines and sequencers The MPC3000 does not generate MIDI Time Code but does sync to it when re...

Page 217: ...er recording 4 Put the tape recorder into record mode and start recording 5 Play the sequence or song on the MPC3000 Let it play until the its end then stop both the MPC3000 and the tape recorder To play back the MPC3000 in sync to the tape 1 Connect the output of the tape track that contains the FSK24 signal to the SYNC IN jack of the MPC3000 2 Set the SYNC IN LEVEL control on the rear panel to a...

Page 218: ...ayback tempo as close as possible to the intended tempo The internal tempo will be used for the time between the first and second clicks received 5 Rewind the tape to just before the point at which the 1 4 note clicks begin 6 Play the tape Once the tape reaches the first click the MPC3000 will begin playing It will start at the current internal tempo then it will gradually use the timing of the cl...

Page 219: ...Page 207 Chapter 11 MIDI Function Chapter 11 MIDI Functions ...

Page 220: ... the MPC3000 and the outside world This communication is shown graphically in the following diagram MPC3000 Sequencer section MPC3000 Sound Generator section MIDI note number MIDI in MIDI out Pad Pad number to MIDI note number assignment MIDI key option 1 As you can see from the diagram hitting a pad will generate a pad number which is then converted into a MIDI note number This note number can th...

Page 221: ...o use a unique set of pad to note assignments 2 MASTER A single master set of pad to note assignments will be used These assignments will apply to all programs and will not change unless manually changed These settings are stored in the PAR file This choice is useful if you like the pad to note assignments to always stay where you last put them The Pad and Note fields Together these two fields com...

Page 222: ... in the Play Record screen This will cause all incoming MIDI note events on the selected receive channel to be routed to the internal sound generator The Local mode field This is a choice field with two options ON or OFF If ON playing the pads causes the internal sounds to play as normal If OFF then playing the front panel pads does not send notes internally to the sound generator but does send no...

Page 223: ... MIDI output to its MIDI input The Assign Note Var slider to controller field The function of the Note Variation Slider can be remotely duplicated by any external MIDI device sending MIDI control change mes sages Set this field to the number 0 127 of the incoming controller that you want to affect the current slider value For example to use a MIDI keyboard s modulation wheel to duplicate the funct...

Page 224: ...od will cause the synthesizer to ignore any new notes played after all available voices are used because the synthe sizer thinks the keys are still held 2 Some synthesizers have the ability to use MIDI controller 64 for other purposes than sustain so it is desirable to record it into the sequence For these reasons the MPC3000 s special sustain processing can be defeated To defeat this special feat...

Page 225: ...the sound generator s overall output volume on all outputs If set to IGNORE incoming MIDI volume messages will be ignored The MIDI vol now field This field shows the last value of MIDI volume controller 7 received A value of 127 is normal no attenuation Any value less than 127 causes the volume of all outputs to be attenuated from normal A VALUE OF ZERO WILL SILENCE ALL AUDIO OUTPUTS EVEN IF ALL O...

Page 226: ...y to be used and will cause the sequencer to work much harder to play all of these messages possibly causing note delays To avoid this turn off the recording of continu ous controller messages unless your synthesizer is using them To do this select CHANNEL PRESSURE in the Event field then select NO in the Pass event field The Min change field This field only appears if the Event field is set to PI...

Page 227: ...127 being the full range of the controller Pitch bend is an excep tion even though the pitch bend messages actually have a range of 8191 0 127 represents the full range here For example to specify that only a change of 10 or more in the total range of the bend wheel may be recorded enter a 12 here because 12 is approximately 10 of 127 which here represents the full range of the bend wheel If the M...

Page 228: ... due to sending the synthesizer too much data or switching an external MIDI switching box at the wrong time or many other reasons Regardless of the reason to turn all notes off on all MIDI channels and ports press the MIDI key and select option 4 All notes off The MPC3000 will send MIDI Note Off messages for every note 0 127 on every channel ...

Page 229: ...ult 16 16 Channel Channel 1 16 1 16 Default 3 3 Mode Messages Altered Note 35 98 35 98 Number True Voice 35 98 35 98 Velocity Note ON Note OFF Always 64 After Key s Used in Note Touch Ch s Repeat feature Pitch Bender Control Can be assigned to Change Note Variation Slider Prog 0 127 See note below Change True 0 23 System Exclusive System Song Pos Song Sel Common Tune System Clock Real Time Command...

Page 230: ... Sense Reset Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO Yes Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO No Note If the Convert Sustain Pedal To Duration field accessed by pressing the MIDI key and selecting option 2 is set to ON then incoming controller 64 messages sustain pedal will not be recorded into sequences Instead any notes that are currently pressed when a Sustain On message is received are in...

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Page 232: ...resonant lowpass filter per voice Maximum sounds in memory 128 Number of sound programs 24 Sound assignments per program 64 Simultaneous voices 32 Sequencer Maximum notes 75 000 Resolution 96 parts per 1 4 note ppq Sequences 99 Tracks per sequence 99 MIDI output channels 64 16 channels x 4 output ports Song mode 20 songs 250 steps per song Drum pads 16 velocity and pressure sensitive Drum pad bank...

Page 233: ...igger input level 0 5V p p level with input control at maximum Sync output level 2 5V p p impedance 600Ω MIDI inputs 2 mergeable MIDI outputs 4 independent SCSI port 1 Apple 25 pin D type SCSI connector Headphone output 1 Foot Switch inputs 2 independently assignable ...

Page 234: ...equences except the first sequence in the song If you are encountering the same problem when changing sequences while playing in which case the new sequence begins immediately following the current repetition of the current sequence then use the same solution remove all program assignments for the newly selected sequence If the timing irregularity does not exist at the beginning of a se quence it ...

Page 235: ...Ready by selecting a different sequence then the original one This slightly lessens the processing requirement 5 If the delay is due to many notes existing at one tick then either delete some of the notes or spread them around to neighboring ticks How can I reduce the time required for the Analyzing sequence Please wait message This message is most noticeable during song mode It appears once after...

Page 236: ...e simultaneously using the pads to program the external sequencer and using the MPC3000 s sound generator to receive from the external sequencer then set both the Soft thru and Local mode fields to OFF These fields are in the screen accessed by pressing the MIDI key and selecting option 2 When I play a key on my keyboard synthesizer while connected to the MPC3000 two voices play in my keyboard for...

Page 237: ...assignment Sequence mixer data for each of the 64 note numbers 35 98 Stereo mixer volume Stereo mixer pan Individual out effects mix assignment Individual out effects mix volume Indiv Out Effects Mix Volume Follows Stereo yes no Sequence effects settings List of events in sequence actual sequence event data The ALL all sequences and songs file Data for all 99 sequences see SEQ file above Data for ...

Page 238: ...imits for each of the four parameter types tuning attack decay or filter frequency For each of the 64 note numbers 35 98 Note variation parameter select Program mixer data for each of the 64 note numbers 35 98 Stereo mixer volume and pan Individual out effects mix assignment Individual out effects mix volume Indiv Out Effects Mix Volume Follows Stereo yes no Program effects settings The APS all pr...

Page 239: ...MIDI clock output assignment Timing Correct screen Timing correct note value swing shift direction and amount Step Edit Options screen Event to insert Auto Step Increment On Key Release setting on off Duration of recorded notes as played same as step Function of soft keys 1 and 2 insert delete or paste cut Function of rewind fast forward keys next event or next step Step Edit Display Filter settin...

Page 240: ...cord time Copy Events screen Mode select merge or replace Edit Velocity Duration screen Edit Velocity Or Duration select Edit Action select add subtract multiply or replace Value Simul Sequence screen Sequence number Hard Disk Format screen Disk Type select normal or Syquest Load MPC60 SEQ ALL SET or ST1 screens Conversion table converts drum assignments to note numbers All screens with two or mor...

Page 241: ...0055 chip is correctly placed as guided by the mark 3 Replace the CPU jack daughter board L4012B509B on the CPU main board L4012A5010 Expanding the Sound Memory The MPC3000 includes 2 megabytes of sound memory but is ex pandable using common SIMM 1 megabyte or 4 megabyte memory modules and an 8 megabyte memory board from Akai the EXM3008 Internally there are two SIMM sockets and one connec tor for...

Page 242: ...6MB total Akai s EXM3008 board can be purchased and installed at your Akai retailer The Video Output Option The IB CRT video option allows a video monitor to be connected to the MPC3000 displaying the exact contents of the LCD screen at all times This provides an easy way to view SMPTE and bar beat location from across a room The option adds a standard VGA video output connector to the rear panel ...

Page 243: ...Page 231 Index Index ...

Page 244: ...ic keypad 16 Data Entry Control 16 Data fields 15 Deleting Bars 80 Digital sampling input 148 Disk Auto loading sounds and sequences 22 Automatically loading files on power up 182 Contents of file types 225 Copying a floppy 191 Disk Files overview 164 DISK key 163 Erasing files 173 Formatting a floppy disk 186 Formatting and Using a SCSI hard disk 188 Loading a PAR file system parameters 182 Loadi...

Page 245: ... Erasing notes in real time 72 Erasing notes while stopped 72 FAST FORWARD keys 40 Filter Envelope 129 Filter dynamic 128 Foot Switches 64 Free Sequence Memory 64 FULL LEVEL key 23 Gain Switch rear panel 152 Getting around on the MPC3000 15 HELP key 18 Hooking up your system 14 Individual out effects mixer 136 Inserting Blank Bars 79 Irregular timing 222 Local Mode 210 LOCATE key 41 Looping sequen...

Page 246: ...THER key 63 OVERDUB key 39 Overdub Mode defined 39 PAD BANK key 22 Pad defined 20 PLAY key 39 PLAY START key 39 PLAY RECORD keys 39 Play Record screen 32 Poly Mode poly mono or note off 126 Programs Active Program defined 119 Copying and Initializing 130 Cutoff cutting off one sound when another plays 127 Defined 21 116 Effects 145 Filter envelope 129 Filter dynamic 128 Graphic representation of 1...

Page 247: ...er using the MPC3000 s sounds and pads with another 224 Sequences Active Track defined 35 Bar beat tick fields 30 Changing while playing 32 Copying 84 Copying bars 81 Copying events 82 Data Organization 30 Defined 19 Deleting 74 Deleting all 74 Deleting bars 80 Drum Tracks 35 Editing 71 Editing note data global editing of note events 86 Erasing 72 Erasing notes in real time 72 Erasing notes while ...

Page 248: ...een 109 Sound Module using the MPC3000 as a 223 Sounds Defined 20 Deleting all 160 Digital sampling input 148 Finding the Best Soft Start 156 Gain Switch rear panel 152 PROGRAM SOUNDS key 147 Record Level Control 152 Renaming copying and deleting 158 Reversing sample data 156 Sample data editing 156 Sampling a new sound 148 Sampling balanced inputs 151 Sampling stereo 148 Soft end 154 Soft start 1...

Page 249: ...ve Data recording 70 Tap Averaging 55 TAP TEMPO key 58 Technical specifications 220 Tempo Adjusting 34 53 BPM FPB 54 BPM FPB select 33 Frames second 54 Source select master or sequence 34 53 Sync external 193 TAP TEMPO key 58 Tap Tempo Tap Averaging 55 Tempo Changes mid sequence 56 Tempo screen 53 TEMPO SYNC key sync functions 193 Ticks 30 Time Signature Viewing 34 Viewing and changing 77 Timing C...

Page 250: ...238 Index Undo using Edit Loop key 104 Velocity modulation of attack start address volume 126 Velocity or duration data globally editing 87 Video output option 230 WAIT FOR KEY key 59 and keys 40 and keys 40 ...

Page 251: ...MIDI PRODUCTION CENTER Software version 3 1 Operator s Manual WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture SOFTWARE UPDATE ...

Page 252: ...aking a SCSI Device Active Without Recycling Power 7 MIDI Machine Control 10 Sending MIDI Time Code In Real Time While Playing 12 MIDI Sample Dump 13 Saving Program or APS Files Without Sounds Optional Overwriting of Sounds During Program Save or Load 17 New Sound Edit Options Delete Before Soft Start and Delete After Soft End 21 Improved Speed of Saving to Hard Disk 22 ...

Page 253: ...nces between multi track sequencers because the track separation is maintained Type 2 This format is not supported by the MPC3000 When the MPC3000 saves a MIDI file to a floppy it may be loaded directly into any MS DOS Windows computer sequencer This is because the MPC3000 1 44 MB floppy disk format is the same as that used in MS DOS Windows computers Conversely if you save a MIDI file to a floppy...

Page 254: ...nto the MIDI file s single track with each event retaining the MIDI channel assignment of the track it previously existed within Select this format if you want your MIDI file to be played in a simple MIDI file player 3 MIDI FILE TYPE 1 Select this to save your file as a type 1 MIDI file Each track will be saved in its own separate track within the MIDI file and each event is given the MIDI channel...

Page 255: ...S IN FILE NORMAL Do it The fields are The Load into sequence field Enter the sequence number in memory to load into The DRUM tracks from MIDI channel field Tracks in MIDI files do not have a Type assignment DRUM or MIDI so when loading a MIDI file the MPC3000 doesn t know whether to assign any of the newly created tracks to DRUM in the Type field If you know which MIDI channel is used in the MIDI ...

Page 256: ...four tracks assigned to these chan nel ports and containing the events that had the same channel port assignments in the MIDI file This option will cause different tracks containing the same channel port assignments to be merged together but allows MIDI files with more than 99 tracks to be loaded COMMENT If a type 0 file is selected for loading the message For mat 0 file will auto map tracks appea...

Page 257: ...re the same Once you have made the S1000 S3000 hard disk or CD ROM active the remaining instructions are nearly the same for reading S1000 S3000 floppies hard disks or CD ROMs Once the S1000 S3000 hard disk or CD ROM is active go to the Load S1000 S3000 sample files screen by pressing DISK then 8 Load S1000 3000 Sample Files File Ambient_snar Size 44K Disk FLOPPY DISK Free snd 1916K Volume KICKS S...

Page 258: ...appears if a SCSI disk partition not the floppy is selected in the Disk field It is for display only and cannot be edited To change the active volume you must press Sel Vol The Sel Vol soft key Pressing this soft key presents a screen that allows you to change the active volume of the S1000 S3000 hard disk or CD ROM This field appears only if a S1000 or S3000 hard disk or CD ROM is active and one ...

Page 259: ...vice active when two or more are connected go to the SCSI status make SCSI device active screen by pressing DISK then 9 then 4 SCSI Status Status NO SCSI DEVICE IN USE Make SCSI Device Active SCSI device address to make active AUTO Timeout for SCSI scan 30 Make active The fields and soft key in this new screen are The Status field This field shows whether a SCSI device is currently in use and if s...

Page 260: ... a specific SCSI address 0 6 in this field if more than one SCSI device is connected to the SCSI port In this case enter the specific address of the device you want to make active 0 6 Then when Make active is pressed or when power is turned on the SCSI port will be scanned and only the device with the specified address will be made active The Timeout for SCSI scan field This field has the same fun...

Page 261: ...3 to go to the Format Hard Disk screen Format Hard Disk SCSI address AUTO Formatting will erase all existing data and divide the disk into partitions of less than 30 megabytes each Next screen The new field SCSI address has the same function as the SCSI device to make active field described above it contains the address 0 6 of the external SCSI hard disk to be formatted If the only SCSI device con...

Page 262: ...the MPC3000 s MIDI outputs to the external recorder s MIDI input 2 Set the MMC field in the above screen to ON 3 Set the MIDI out field in the above screen to the same MIDI output port to which you connected the external recorder 4 Set the external recorder to respond to MMC commands The ex ternal recorder must be MMC compatible While MMC is on the keys in the Play Record section of the front pane...

Page 263: ...hapter of the operator s manual Syncing to tape and other devices If both MMC is on and the MPC3000 is receiving SMPTE or MTC sync from the external recorder the PLAY STOP and PLAY START keys act as follows PLAY When pressed the external recorder starts playing causing its sync signal to be sent When the MPC3000 receives the sync sig nal it starts playing in sync STOP When pressed the external rec...

Page 264: ...song plays go to the Sync screen by pressing TEMPO SYNC then Sync Sync In Sync Out Mode MIDI CLOCK MIDI clock OUT A Shift early ms 20 MIDI tm code OUT A MIDI Input 2 Song pointer ON SyncIn OFF GenSMPTE Notice the new MIDI tm code field on the right side of the screen It is a choice field with five options OFF No MIDI Time Code is sent OUT A MIDI Time Code is sent out over MIDI output A OUT B MIDI ...

Page 265: ...in puts 2 Using two MIDI cables This is called closed loop mode and is more reliable and often faster than open loop mode Regardless of the direction of data transfer connect one MIDI cable from one of the MPC3000 s MIDI outputs to the MIDI input of the external sampler and another MIDI cable from the external sampler s MIDI output to one of the MPC3000 s MIDI inputs To send or receive a MIDI Samp...

Page 266: ...lable to load new sounds into This number should be exactly double the number of free kilobytes shown in the Load erase re name file screen The Requested sound field This field is used only if you are using closed loop mode two MIDI cables Enter the number of the sound of the sounds currently loaded in the external sampler that you want to receive The Send req soft key This soft key is used only i...

Page 267: ...sfer Once the transfer is complete the following screen will appear MIDI Sample Dump Sound is received Press Play to hear it To rename it enter LETTER mode by turning the data knob typing letters and pressing ENTER then press Done New sound name SOUND001 Play Done Follow the on screen instructions to play or rename the new sound then press Done The sound now exists in memory and you may assign it ...

Page 268: ...e Play soft key Press this soft key to hear the sound selected in the Sound field You may start the sample dump in one of two ways 1 Set the Sound field to the sound you want to transfer then press Send Immediately the MPC3000 starts sending the sample data 2 Send a dump request from the external sampler This method is possible only if closed loop mode two MIDI cables is in use When the MPC3000 s ...

Page 269: ...d not be saved The sound file on disk would not be overwritten Now when saving a program you may choose to either overwrite or not over write sound files on disk having the same names as sounds to be saved If when loading a program a sound existed in memory having the same name as a sound file to be loaded with the program that sound would not be loaded The sound file in memory would not be overwr...

Page 270: ...s two options 1 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 2 YES When saving a program and its sounds if a sound file exists on disk with the same name as on...

Page 271: ...e It has two options 1 NO FASTER When saving an APS file and 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 doing an APS save you know that the sounds have not changed this option will permit a faster save 2 YES When saving an APS file and sounds if a sound file exists on disk with the same name a...

Page 272: ... same name in your sound li brary choose this option because it will enable faster loading 2 YES When loading a program and its sounds if a sound file exists in memory with the same name as one of the sounds to be loaded the sound is overwritten by the sound on disk If you often use different sound files with the same name in your sound library choose this option to insure that the correct sound i...

Page 273: ... any portion of a sound by setting the beginning and end of a zone then deleting it However this was cumbersome for performing the most com mon deletion removing the unused portion of a sound before the soft start and after the soft end Now the Do field in the Edit a Sound screen contains two new editing op tions DEL BEFR SOFT ST delete the area before the soft start DEL AFTR SFT END delete the ar...

Page 274: ...tware Update Version 3 1 Operator s Manual Improved Speed of Saving to Hard Disk In previous system software versions saving to hard disk was slow In this version the speed of saving to hard disk has been greatly improved ...

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