Introduction; System Requirements & Product Support; About This User Guide - Akai MPC X User Manual

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing your MPC. At Akai Professional, we know how serious music is to you. That's why we
design our equipment with only one thing in mind—to make your performance the best it can be.
This user guide explains how to create music using MPC X, MPC Live, and MPC Touch. There is similar documentation
available for MPC products that use an LCD and for the MPC software application. To view these user guides, click the
Help menu in the MPC software, select MPC Help, and select an option.
Questions, comments, suggestions? Let us know at
from you.
Welcome to the MPC family.
Akai Professional
System Requirements & Product Support
For the latest information about this product (system requirements, compatibility information, etc.) and product
registration, visit akaipro.com.
For additional support, visit akaipro.com/support.

About This User Guide

This manual should help you get familiar with using your MPC X, MPC Live, or MPC Touch. For consistency, the
terminology throughout is based on the MPC nomenclature. We also used specific formatting to indicate particular
topics of significance:
Important/Note/Tip: Important or helpful information on a given topic.
Names of buttons, controls, parameters, settings, and other options are written in bold characters throughout the manual.
Examples: Press the Play Start button.
Turn Q-Link Knob 4.
Tap the Mute button.
The Velocity ranges from 0 to 127.
Set the Sample Play selector to One Shot.
Tap BPM, and then use the numeric keypad to enter 120 as the tempo.
Some parts of this manual refer to other relevant chapters or sections, which are cited in
Click the text to skip immediately to that section.
Examples: Read the
For more information about installing the necessary drivers and software, see
To learn more about using send effects, see
Important Notes
section before proceeding.
akaipro.com/support
General Features > Effects > Send/Return
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Installation.
Effects.
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