Akai MPC User Manual page 19

11. Pad Bank Buttons: These 4 buttons switch among Pad Banks A–H. Between these 8 banks with
16 pads per bank, you can access up to 128 MIDI events using the pads.
12. Pad Assign / Pad Copy: Press this button to assign a sample to a pad. In the display, the 4 x 4
grid that appears represents the 16 pads. Use the Cursor Buttons to navigate through the grid,
and use the Data Dial or -/+ buttons to select a Program (when the Program field is highlighted) or
a sample (when a pad is highlighted).
You can use this button to copy the samples and parameters from one pad to another. Hold Shift
and press this button to open the Copy Pad window. In the From Pad field, press the "source"
pad. Use the Cursor Buttons to select the To Pad field, and then press the "destination" pads.
Press F5 (Do It)—the samples and parameters will be copied automatically from the source pad to
the destination pad.
13. Full Level / Half Level: Press this button to activate/deactivate Full Level. When activated, the
pads always play back at a maximum velocity (127), no matter how hard or soft you press them.
Hold down Shift and press this button to activate/deactivate Half Level. When activated, the pads
always play back at half-velocity (63).
14. 16 Level: Press this button to activate/deactivate 16 Level. When activated, the last pad that was
pressed will be temporarily copied to all 16 pads. The pads will now output the same note number
as the initial pad, but a selectable parameter will be fixed a specific value (ascending in value from
the lowest to highest pad), regardless of how hard you press each pad. In the software, in the
window that appears, click the Type menu to select the parameter: Velocity, Tune, Filter, Layer,
Attack, or Decay.
You can change the pad by clicking the Pad drop-down menu in the window that appears.
Alternatively, you can press and hold the 16 Level button, press the desired pad, and then release
both.
15. Note Repeat / Latch: Hold this button down and press a pad to retrigger that pad's sample at a
rate based on the current Tempo and Time Correct settings (the available Time Correct settings will
appear in the display, which you can select with the Function Buttons). Hold down Shift and press
this button to latch the Note Repeat feature. Alternatively, press the Note Repeat button twice in
succession. When latched, the button does not need to be held down for Note Repeat to be
activated. Press Note Repeat once more to unlatch it.
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