Track Group - Akai MPC User Manual

Track Group

The Track Group feature extends the concept of Track
Mutes: you can mute or unmute multiple Tracks
simultaneously by pressing one pad that you have
assigned to a Track Group. This is useful if you want
to hear a Sequence without a particular group of
Tracks or if you want to isolate specific Tracks in
various combinations. You can create up to 16
different Track Groups.
In the software, do the following to use Track Groups:
1. Click the Track Group button in the Mute
Section to activate it.
2. Click the desired bank (A–H) in the Bank section
or Pad Bank section.
3. Click a pad in the Pad Bank section that you
want to assign to a Mute Group.
Alternatively, you can click the the miniature
pads in Bank section. This section gives you an
overview of all 128 pads at the same time.
Unused pads are greyed out.
4. Click and drag the Track __ field in the Mute
Section up or down to select the desired Mute
Group number.
When a Track in a Mute Group is selected, the
other Tracks in that same Mute Group will blink
yellow.
Click the Solo button to solo the selected Track only, muting all other Tracks.
Time Correct lets you quantize Track Group Mutes. This is useful when you want your mutes to line up
with a specific time division. Click the Time Correct drop-down menu and select a value from 1/16th
(sixteenth notes) to 2 bar (2 bars). For example, with Time Correct set to 1 bar, your mutes will always
align with the beginning of the measure immediately after you press the pad.
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