Akai MPC Touch, User Manual

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Use the Chord fields to determine what chord type will play when pressing a pad. The chord will use those scale
degrees based off of the pad’s root note. You can use this only when the
Type
is set to
Chords
or
Chromatic Chords
.
When set to Chords , the available chords are:
1-3-5 (major/minor) 1-3-5-7 (major7/minor7)
1-4-5 (sus4) 1-3-5-7b (dominant)
1-2-5 (sus2)
When set to
Chromatic Chords
, the available chords are:
Major Major7 Augmented
Minor Minor7 Diminished
Sus2 Major9
Sus4 Minor9
Use the
Banks
selector to determine how the notes are mapped across the pad banks.
Start on Root : Pad 01 will always be the root note of the scale in every pad bank.
Continuous : Pad 01 of one bank is always one scale degree higher than Pad 16 of the previous bank.
You can use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to quickly select different Types and Chords:
Tap Notes to automatically set the Type to Notes .
Tap
1-3-5
to automatically set the
Type
to
Chords
and set the
Chord
to
1-3-5
(major/minor).
Tap 1-3-5-7 to automatically set the Type to Chords and set the Chord to 1-3-5-7 (major7/minor7).
Tap Progressions to automatically set the Type to Progressions .
Tap
Octave –
/
+
to shift the pad assignments down or up by an octave.
Press Shift + 1-4-5 to automatically set the Type to Chords and set the Chord to 1-4-5 (sus4).
Press Shift + 1-3-5-7b to automatically set the Type to Chords and set the Chord to 1-3-5-7b (dominant).
Press
Shift
+
Note –
/
+
to shift the pad assignments down or up by a semitone, essentially raising or lowering the
Root Note field by a half-step.