Project Defaults - Akai MPC X User Manual

Screen Dimming: This determines how much time must pass before your MPC hardware automatically dims its
touchscreen (if if it uses a battery, this can help preserve battery life).
Screen Brightness: This determines the brightness of the screen during normal operation: normal brightness
(Day) or dimmed (Night).
Power On Screen (MPC Live only): This determines if/when a special screen will appear when you power on
your MPC Live. On this screen, you must tap and hold a button for a moment to begin using MPC Live or it will
automatically power off. This feature prevents it from powering on accidentally and wasting battery life. You can
set it to the following options:
Never: The screen will never appear.
When On Battery: The screen will appear only if you power on MPC Live while using battery power.
Always: The screen will always appear.
VU Meter Source (MPC X only): This determines what audio signal level is shown in the level meters (on the right side
of the screen). When set to Master, the level meters show the audio signal sent out of Outputs 1/2 (the Main L/R
outputs on the rear panel). When set to Current Program, the level meters show the audio signal of the currently
selected program (i.e., the program used by the currently selected track and any other tracks that also use it).
Date (MPC X & MPC Live only): This is the current date, formatted as Month / Day / Year. When saving files on
MPC X or MPC Live in Standalone Mode, the file will include the current date in its metadata. If you use MPC X
or MPC Live in Controller Mode, this setting will be overwritten with the current date of the host computer.
Time (MPC X & MPC Live only): This is the current time, formatted as Hour : Minute. When saving files on MPC
X or MPC Live in Standalone Mode, the file will include the current time in its metadata. If you use MPC X or
MPC Live in Controller Mode, this setting will be overwritten with the current time of the host computer.
Time Zone (MPC X & MPC Live only): This is the current time zone, formatted as Continent / City, which you can
change here.

Project Defaults

The settings on this screen determine various default values for any new project that you create.
New Project Dialog: This determines what options you see when you start a new project. When set to Off, a new
project will be empty with no preconfigured settings except for the project defaults shown here. When set to Demo,
you can choose to load a demo project (from several different genres) as a starting point or an empty project. When
set to Demo/Template/Recent, you can choose to load a demo project, a project template file, or an empty project.
Default Tempo: This is the default tempo in BPM.
Default Master Tempo: When enabled, the default tempo value will be used for the master tempo. When
disabled, the default tempo will be used for sequences.
Default Sequence Bars: This determines the default number of bars of a new sequence.
Default Time Signature Numerator: This determines the number of beats per bar of a new sequence (the top
number of a time signature).
Default Time Signature Denominator: This determines the value of each beat of a new sequence (the bottom
number of a time signature).
Default Pad Slice: This determines how new samples will play when you load them or record them into a
project. When set to Pad, the Slice menu in Program Edit Mode will be set to Pad, which lets you set the start
point, end point, etc. for the layer. When set to All, the Slice menu in Program Edit Mode will be set to All, in
which the entire sample plays.
Default Drum/Keygroup Filter: This determines the default type of filter that drum and keygroup programs will
Appendix > Glossary > Filter
use. See
Default Plugin Synth: This determines the default instrument plugin that a new plugin program will use. Use the
window that appears to select it. (For MPC X and MPC Live, this option is available only when using your MPC
hardware in Controller Mode.)
to learn about this.
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