Creating A Song; Exporting The Song - Akai MPCX User Manual

Creating a Song

This section explains how to make a song out of your
sequences. Before starting, make sure that you have
recorded some sequences (which we described earlier).
To enter Song Mode, make sure playback is stopped,
press Shift+Next Seq/Song. In Song Mode, each of the
sequences you've created in this project assigned to a
pad. The sequence playlist is to the left of the pads,
showing the song's structure.
As a song plays, it moves through each step of the
sequence playlist. Each step contains a sequence you
assigned. Each step can be repeated, determined by
the value in the Repeat column (the repeat icon; a
value of 1 means the sequence will play through only
once). The Bars column on the right indicates the length
of that sequence.
Each step can be set to play its sequence at an independent tempo, determined by the value in the BPM column.
Important: Each sequence has its own tempo, while the project itself may use a different master tempo. The BPM value
for each sequence may be different from the master tempo. As long as playback is set to follow the master tempo, each
sequence's individual tempo will be ignored. By default, each project is set to use the sequence tempo, which you set
back in the Creating a Drum Sequence
touchscreen (so the button displays Mst) and entering a master tempo to ensure all sequences use the same tempo.
To insert a step at the current position, tap Insert.
To delete the currently selected step, tap Delete.
To set which sequence plays for a step, tap the step's Sequence field, and then turn the data dial to select a
sequence.
To set how many times a sequence repeats, tap the step's Repeat field (next to the sequence name), and then
turn the data dial to select a number.

Exporting the Song

Want to share your new song? Just export it first.
To export a song:
1. While in Song Mode, tap Export at the bottom of
the touchscreen.
2. In the Audio Mixdown screen that appears, do the
following:
•
Make sure the Start field is set to 1, and set
the End field to the last bar of your song.
•
Tap the Audio Tail field and turn the data
dial to set it to 2 seconds.
•
As you'll likely share the song online, tap the
mp3 file format option in the lower-left corner.
3. Tap Export. Choose where you want to save the song.
To name the song, tap the File Name field, and
use the virtual keyboard that appears to enter a new
name, and then tap Save to start exporting.
chapter. We recommend tapping the Seq/Mst button at the top of the
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