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Chapter 1: Introduction
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3. Notes may be recorded from MIDI directly into drum
tracks without the need for the MPC60’s “Assign incom-
ing notes to pads” conversion table, which has been
removed. Now, when viewing a drum note in Step Edit,
the actual MIDI note number received is displayed, as
well as the currently assigned pad number (A01-D16) and
sound name.
4. Drum notes are sent out over MIDI without the need for
the MPC60’s “Assign pads to outgoing note numbers”
conversions, a function which has been removed. When
viewing a drum note in Step Edit, the actual MIDI note
number displayed is sent out.
When MPC60 SEQ or ALL files are loaded, a screen is presented
explaining that the pad assignments of drum notes will be converted
to note number assignments and offering conversion options.
For a more detailed explanation of how the MPC3000 uses note
numbers, please refer to the beginning of chapters 6 and 11: “Creat-
ing and Editing Programs” and “MIDI Functions”.
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 recorded from the MIDI
input and played out through the MIDI outputs. 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 in MIDI tracks, but also by the pad number and
sound name currently assigned to the displayed note
number.
4. Drum tracks are not affected by the Transpose function.
Independently, each track (DRUM or MIDI) may be assigned to any
MIDI channel and MIDI output port. As a result of this change, the
MPC60’s Drums Channel and Drum Data Sent Out fields have been
removed.