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3.7 An example of recording a sequence
containing both drums and keyboard
instruments
The following is a step-by-step example of recording a multi-track
sequence with a format of 4 bars of 4/4 time, containing the following
tracks:
Track 1: Drums Track 2: Percussion
Track 3: Bass Track 4: Piano chords
Track 5: Piano melody
First, set up the instruments:
1. Connect the MIDI OUTPUT of a midi keyboard to the MIDI IN 1 of
the MPC60. You may alternatively use input 2. Both inputs merge
together.
2. Connect the MPC60's MIDI OUT 1 to the MIDI INPUT of a
synthesizer. Set that synthesizer to play a bass guitar - like sound and set
its midi receive channel to 1.
3. Connect the MIDI THRU of the first synthesizer to the MIDI
INPUT of a second synthesizer. Set that synthesizer to play a piano
- like sound and set its midi receive channel to 2.
4. Set your audio mixer so that the MPC60's drums, the bass
synthesizer and the piano synthesizer are all at the desired
volume.
5. The PLAY/RECORD screen should be showing. if not, press
MAIN SCREEN.
6. The upper line of the screen should display:
If not, press either the RECORD or OVERDUB key once. This will
make the current sequence ready for recording.
Note: The MIDI SOFT THRU field, accessed by pressing the MIDI key
and described in section 9.2, should be set to "ON". However, if you are
using a single integrated keyboard synthesizer for this recording example, it
should be set to "OFF". If, while recording the keyboard parts in this
example, your synthesizer isn't receiving the keyboard notes, or it receives
two notes for each note played, the