Akai MPC 60, Operator'S Manual, Page: 38 / 228

• The
LOOP
field: This is a choice field and
has two options:
1. OFF: If this option is selected, the sequence stops playing when
it reaches its end. However, if in
RECORD
mode, recording
continues past the end, adding one measure (at the time signature
of the previous bar) onto the end of the sequence as each new bar
is entered, until the sequence is stopped.
2. LOOP TO BAR 1 :
If this option is selected, when the sequence plays to the end, it
immediately loops back to the bar number displayed to the right of
the word
BAR.
To set the number of the bar which the sequence
loops back to, move the cursor to the field to the right of the word
BAR
and enter the new number.
NOTE:
If the bar to loop to is 1 and the sequence is in
RECORD
mode, the MPC60 will automatically switch from
RECORD
to
OVERDUB
mode at the moment the sequence loops back- this
will prevent accidental erasure of any notes just recorded. In the
event that the "loop to" bar is
2
or higher and the sequence is in
RECORD
or
OVERDUB
modes, the MPC60 will automatically
switch to
PLAY
mode at the moment the sequence loops back to
the specified bar.
The "Track data" area (lines 5 and 6):
• The
TRAK
field This field displays the active track within the sequence.
The active track is the track which, when record or overdub mode is
entered, will be recorded into. Only one track may be active at a time.
• The "Track name" field This field has no on-screen title, but is the 16
character name of the active track, located directly to the right of the active
track number. It is changed in exactly the same manner as the sequence
name above. If no track data exists, the name is always "(unused)". Once
any data is recorded into the track, the name defaults to
"TRKXX"
with
"XX" being the number of the track.
• The CH field (line 5) This field specifies which of the midi channels the
active track will send its output through. There are 64 possible channels - 16
on each of the 4 midi output jacks. To select the channel number (1 - 16),
move the cursor to the numeric field directly to the right of the word "CH".
To select which of the 4 output midi jacks the track will play through, move
the cursor one additional position to the right of the channel number. This
is a choice field with 4 options: A, B, C, and
D,
corresponding to midi
output jacks
1, 2, 3,
and 4, and can be changed by using the
DATA
CONTROL.
For example, to assign the
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