Akai MPC X User Manual page 36

To load and edit a bass sound:
1. Press Browse (MPC X) or Shift+Menu/Browse (MPC Live, MPC Touch) to show the Browser. Then, use the
touchscreen to navigate to where your bass sounds are located, and load one to the project's sample pool. (You
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2. After loading a bass sample to the sample pool, don't use the Sample Assign tab like you did when creating a
drum program; keygroup programs are different.
Instead, press Menu, and then tap Program Edit to enter Program Edit Mode. Alternatively, press Prog Edit (MPC X).
3. In Program Edit Mode, tap the Samples tab at the bottom of the screen to show the four layers of samples in the
program.
4. Double-tap the first Layer field and then tap your bass sample in the list on the left. Because you're working with
a keygroup program instead of a drum program, this sample is now playable across all pads.
Tip: On your MPC hardware, press the Pad Bank D button to switch to Pad Bank D and press Pad 13. You
should hear the bass sample played back with its original pitch. You can use the other pads to play your sample
chromatically.
Let's add a second layer and set the layers' velocity ranges so the bass will sound different when played at a higher
velocity (as a real bass would):
1. Press Browse (MPC X) or Shift+Menu/Browse (MPC Live, MPC Touch) to show the Browser, select a different
bass sample that sounds similar but a little bit brighter, and load it to the project's sample pool.
2. Return to Program Edit Mode, and in the Layer tab, double-tap the second Layer field, and select the new bass
sample. Press a pad to hear both samples will sound at once. Maybe this new sound is interesting as it is, but
let's make some quick edits to get as close as we can to a real-life bass sound.
3. Tap the Pan Velocity tab to show its parameters.
4. Tap Layer 1's Vel End knob and turn the data dial to set it to 80. Do the same to set Layer 2's Vel Start slider to 81.
Now when you press a pad, the lower velocities (0–80) will trigger the Layer 1 sample only, while higher velocities
(81–127) will trigger the Layer 2 sample only.
if you forgot how to do this!)
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