Manually Entering And Editing Automation - Akai MPC User Manual

Manually Entering and Editing Automation

In the software, follow these
steps to manually enter or edit
automation in Grid View:
Tip: You can manually enter or
edit automation regardless of the
setting of the Automation button
on the Program Channel strip.
1. If you want to manually enter or edit automation for a pad in a Drum Program, select the pad whose
automation you want to enter or edit. Otherwise, skip to the next step.
2. To manually enter automation for a new parameter: To the left of the velocity lane, next to
Automation, click the triangle () and select a parameter. Depending on the Program type, you
can select parameters that affect the entire Track, the entire Program, or a specific pad.
Parameters that are dark blue already have automation, while parameters that are grey do not,
though you can still select them.
To edit existing automation: To the left of the velocity lane, under Automation, click the
desired parameter. Parameters with a green T icon affect the entire Track. Parameters with
a blue P icon affect the entire Program. Parameters with a red P icon are specific to the
current pad.
3. In the automation lane, you can enter or edit the automation points that make up the automation
curve.
To move an automation point, click and drag it. Dragging it up and down adjusts the parameter
amount, while dragging it left or right adjusts its location in time. The automation points will
automatically align with the grid set by your Time Correct setting, but you can hold the Shift key of
your computer keyboard while dragging the automation points to ignore this quantization.
To add a new automation point, double-click the desired location in the automation lane.
To delete an automation point, double-click it.
To draw a curve, use the Pencil Tool (Draw Mode) and click and drag it across the lane.
To adjust several adjacent automation points simultaneously, use the Select Box Tool (Select
Mode) to select them and then click and drag any one of the automation points as desired.
Tip: List View offers a different way to edit automation. See the
more.
List View
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section of this chapter to learn