Akai MPC 60, Operator'S Manual, Page: 72 / 228

3.13 The COUNT IN key
This function causes a single bar of metronome clicks to play before the
sequence starts playing or recording, acting as a count in or count down
before the sequence starts playing, to help you to adjust to the sequence
tempo.
To turn COUNT IN on, press the COUNT IN key (the light will go on);
to turn it off, press COUNT IN again (the light will go off).
NOTE: If the current position within the sequence is not at the start of a
bar, and PLAY is pressed (with or without RECORD or OVERDUB) while
COUNT IN is on, the sequence will start playing from the start of the
current bar (after the count in has passed). If not for this, the sequence
would begin playing in the middle of the bar after one bar of count in,
which would not make musical sense.
NOTE 2: Any keys played on the input midi keyboard while the COUNT
IN bar is playing will not be output through midi (by the MIDI SOFT
THRU function) until the COUNT IN bar has finished. For example, if you
were to play a chord towards the end of the COUNT IN bar, just slightly
before bar 1 of the sequence, the chord would sound when bar 1 started
playing, which could be easily misunderstood as a processing delay. This is
normal operation and serves as a reminder that no notes may be recorded
during the COUNT IN bar, and that any notes played during that time will
be held and recorded at the start of the sequence.
NOTE 3: The metronome normally plays on 1/4 notes. However, this
note value may be changed in the RATE field, accessed by pressing the
OTHER key.
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