Akai MPC 60, Operator'S Manual, Page: 129 / 228

Section 6: Sampling and editing sounds
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3. You must now decide which of the 34 drums you want to sample the new
sound into (31 normal drums plus 3 for the hihat). Use the DATA
CONTROL to select one of the 34 drums. As you rotate the knob, the
NAME field will display the current sound (if any) which is assigned to the
displayed drum. If you select a drum which already contains a sound, that
sound will be erased from memory to make room for the new sound you
will be sampling.
As the warning states, once you press SOFT KEY 1, <Proceed>, not only
will the displayed sound be erased (if one exists), but also THE ENTIRE
SEQUENCE MEMORY WILL BE ERASED! This is necessary because
the sequence memory is used as a temporary holding area for the newly
sampled sound.
Once you have selected the drum to sample into, proceed to the next step
by pressing <Proceed>, and the following screen will appear:
This is the main sampling screen.
4. Move the cursor to the LENGTH(SEC) field and select the amount of
recording time you want to use for your sample. All sampling is done at the
full 40 KHz sampling rate- no other sampling rates are permitted (This
allows the circuitry to be optimized for full bandwidth recording). The
maximum sampling time will be determined by how much memory is
currently available. If the maximum available sampling time is not enough
for the sound you are sampling, you must first delete some existing sounds
from memory. To do this, select the EDIT A SOUND option from the
SOUNDS menu.
NOTE: Even though the MPC60 has a maximum total sampling time of
13.1 seconds (or 26.2 seconds if you have the memory expansion option),
the maximum sampling time for a single sound is 5.0 seconds. If you are
not sure how much time to use, use a little