Akai MPC User Manual page 222

Hardware: Create or delete steps by doing the following:
1. Use the Cursor Buttons to select the Trk field, and use the Data Dial or -/+ buttons to select a
Track.
2. Use F5 (Pad-) and F6 (Pad+) to select the pad whose steps you want to create or edit. The pad
number and its sample name will appear in the upper-right corner of the display. Alternatively, you
can use the Cursor Buttons to select the Pad field in the upper-right corner and use the Data Dial
or -/+ buttons to select a pad.
3. Use F2 (Bar-) and F3 (Bar+) to select the bar whose steps want to create or edit.
4. Each pad represents a step in the bar. Keep in mind that the number of steps depends on your
Time Correct settings, which you can set by pressing F1 (T.C.). For time divisions larger than 16
(e.g., 32), the bar's steps will be represented by multiple pad banks. Use the Pad Bank Buttons A
and B to view all the steps within a bar. You can press and hold the Note Repeat button to change
the time division of the Sequence grid and use the F-buttons to select the desired value.
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If the pad already has note events on the selected Track, the corresponding pads (steps) will be lit
with colors corresponding to their velocities.
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Press an unlit pad to enter a note event at that step. The pad will light up with a color
corresponding to its velocity.
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Click a lit pad to delete the note event from that step. The pad will be unlit.
Working with Step Sequence Mode in the MPC hardware display.
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