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Chapter 3: Recording Sequences
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fields allow the active track to play simultaneously through an
additional channel/port combination. If no additional output chan-
nel/port is desired, select
OFF here.
• The Velocity% field ( Vel%:100 100
100 100
100 in the example screen):
This is an overall output volume control for active track. However,
unlike a normal volume control, this function actually scales the
velocities of all notes that play from the track in real time, acting as
a real-time dynamics control. The range is from 0 to 200%. Values
from 0 to 99 reduce velocities; values from 101 to 200 increase them.
Select 100 for no effect.
• The Program Number field (Pgm:OFF ):
This field permits a MIDI program number (1-128) to be assigned to
the active track. To select no program assignment for the active
track, enter a 0 in this field and
OFF will be displayed. Whenever a
new sequence is selected, if any of the sequence’s tracks contain
program number assignments, those program numbers will be
immediately sent out over the track’s assigned MIDI channel/port
(not the auxiliary MIDI channel/port) to the external synthesizer,
causing it to change to the assigned program number. This way, all
external synthesizers are immediately changed to the correct
program numbers by merely selecting the sequence. If a track’s
Type
field is set to
DRUM
, the assigned program 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-sequence and the
portion of the sequence containing the change is played
(causing the external synthesizer to change to the new pro-
gram), the original program number (as set up in the Pro-
gram Number field) will not be re-sent over MIDI until the
sequence is reselected in the Sequence Number field. Simply
restarting the sequence will not implement the program
change. If the MPC3000 did send out all assigned program
numbers whenever PLAY START were pressed, this problem
would be corrected, but there would also be a brief delay at
the start of the sequence because the external synthesizers
must take time to change their program data. If you do want
a program change to be sent out whenever PLAY START is
pressed, it is better to insert a MIDI Program Change event
at the start of the track, using Step Edit.
• The
Now
field (
Now:001.01.00
001.01.00
001.01.00 001.01.00 001.01.00 (00:00:00:00
00:00:00:00
00:00:00:00 00:00:00:00 00:00:00:00)
in the
example screen):
This field displays the current position within the sequence. The left
side of this field shows the current position in musical terms—as a
three-part number separated by decimal points.