Recording Clips; Recording With Note Mode - Akai FORCE User Manual

Recording Clips

Now that you're more familiar with the basics of clip launching and editing, let's try recording new clips to add to the
project.
Before recording, let's create a new scene and an empty clip to
record into:
1. Press Matrix to open Matrix Mode on the display.
2. Hold Edit and press the top Scene Launch button to open the
Edit Row window.
3. Tap the Insert icon. A new row will be created at the top of the
Matrix.
4. On the display, double-tap an empty clip slot in your new scene to
create a new clip. New clips are always created at the default
length, which can be set by holding Shift and pressing the second
Track Assign button.
Alternatively, you can create an empty clip using the clip launch
pads. First, press the Launch button to enter Launch mode.
Then, hold the Select button and double-tap an empty pad.

Recording with Note Mode

In addition to using the clip launch pads for launching clips, you can use them to record notes chromatically as you
would use a MIDI keyboard. This is enabled by pressing the Note button to enter Note Mode.
In the Deep House – Colors project, select Track 6 – Classic Bass and press Note to view Note Mode in action. In
Note Mode, the appearance of the pads will change. The root note or chord will be lit in one color, and the notes or
chords in between will be lit white.
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