Editing Note Events - Akai MPC X User Manual

Editing Note Events

In the grid, you can see your recorded notes (or note events) as a sequence.
To enter the Grid View, press Menu, and then tap Grid View.
In the Grid View, you can do any of the following:
To zoom in or out, tap the magnifying-glass icon in the upper-right corner. Then, in the grid, spread two
fingers apart or pinch two fingers together. You can do this for each axis, horizontal or vertical.
To automatically set the grid to view one pad bank and two bars, tap the grid-and-magnifying-glass icon in
the lower-left corner.
To undo your last action, press Undo.
To redo the last action you undid, press Shift+Undo/Redo.
To enter a note, tap the pencil icon in the upper-right corner. Then, in the grid, tap a square.
To delete a note, tap the eraser icon in the upper-right corner. Then, in the grid, tap a note.
To select a single note, tap the select box in the upper-right corner. Then, in the grid, tap the note.
To select all notes for a pad, press the desired pad.
To move the selected notes, tap Nudge at the bottom of the screen, and then use the data dial or –/+ buttons
to shift the notes left or right. By default, you can position notes only by quantization values defined by the Time
Correct value (learn about this feature in
To move the selected notes without restricting ("snapping") them to the quantization grid, tap and hold
Don't Snap in the lower-left corner of the screen, and then use the data dial or –/+ buttons to shift the notes. In
this case, each nudge is equivalent to four ticks.
To adjust the start point or end point of the selected notes (without changing their position), tap Edit Start or
Edit End at the bottom of the screen, and then use the data dial or –/+ buttons.
To transpose the selected notes up or down, tap Transpose at the bottom of the screen, and then use the
data dial or –/+ buttons.
To switch to the previous or next track, tap the Track field in the upper-left corner, and then use the data dial
or –/+ buttons.
To mute or solo the track, press and hold Shift, and then tap Mute or Solo (respectively) at the bottom of the
screen.
Operation > General Features > Timing Correct (TC)).
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