Akai MPC User Manual page 65

You can filter the displayed files with the filter buttons. The selected buttons will light red. Click No Filt to
switch the filter function off. Click Proj. to show only Project files. Click Seq. to show only Sequence
files. Click Prog. to show only Program files. Click Sample to show only audio files.
To load a Project, double-click its corresponding .xpj file in the File Browser.
To load a single sample or multiple samples into a Project, click and drag the files onto the Pad Bank
Section, the grid, or the Project Information. You can select a single file or multiple files in the following
ways:
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To select a single file in the File Browser, click it.
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To select multiple adjacent files in the File Browser, click the first file, press and hold your
keyboard's Shift key, and then click the last file. All files between (and including) those two files will
be selected.
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To select multiple files in the File Browser that are not adjacent, click the first file, press and hold
your keyboard's Control key (Windows) or  key (Mac OS X), and then click any additional file(s)
you want to select. Release the Control key or  key when you have finished selecting the files.
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To load a track from an audio CD into your Project, click and drag it from the File Browser onto the
software window.
Tip: You can also click and drag files from your computer's Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac OS X)
instead of from the File Browser.
Hardware:
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Use the following buttons for the File Browser filter functions: No Filter to deactivate the filter (same
as the No Filt button in the software), Project for Project filter, Sequence for Sequence filter,
Program for Program filter and Sample for sample filter.
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Use the Shift button and the five Folder buttons to select the desired location on your hard disk.
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Once a location is selected, you can select any file with the Data Dial, the -/+ buttons or the
Cursor Buttons.
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Use the left and right Cursor Buttons to enter or exit a folder.
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Press the F6 button (Load) to load a sample on the selected pad.
The Browser display of the MPC hardware.
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