Recording A Sequence - Akai MPC 4000 Reference Manual

I Velocity field
This lets you apply a relative adjustment during playback to the note-on velocities of the
note events recorded in the selected track. (This does not affect the note events recorded in
the track.) The range is 1–200%. With a setting of 100%, the velocities will be unchanged.
If you move the cursor to this field and press the [WINDOW] key, the Edit Velocity window
will appear, allowing you to rewrite the velocities of the note events recorded in the track.
J Track monitor
The indicators ( ) and bars in this area provide a realtime display of the state of MIDI
event transmission and reception for this track. When a MIDI event is transmitted or
received, the will blink. When a note event is transmitted or received, the height of
the bar will indicate the velocity value.
Simul Play block
This lets you play the currently selected sequence simultaneously with another
sequence/song.
A Simul play field
Switches the Simul Play function on/off. If this is on, the SEQ/SONG field will be dis-
played at the right of this field.
B SEQ/SONG field
Selects the type of data that will be played simultaneously.
C Sequence/song number
Turn the [JOG] dial to select the data that will be played simultaneously. You can select
any sequence or song that is loaded into the memory of the MPC4000.
Hint: If you select another sequence in the Seq field while Simul Play is occurring, the current sequence
will play to the end, and then playback will switch to the next-selected sequence (the Next Sequence
function). The sequence to be played back next will be displayed in the Simul Play block.

Recording a sequence

Here's how to use the pads or your MIDI keyboard to record a performance into a
sequence track.
1. Access the Main page.
2. Move the cursor to the Seq field, and turn the [JOG] dial to select an empty
sequence.
The empty sequence will have default settings of time signature = 4/4, number of mea-
sures = 2, and tempo = 120.
3. To change the number of measures, move the cursor to the Bars field, and turn
the [JOG] dial.
The Change Bars popup window will appear.
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