Saving A Sequence - Akai MPC 500 User Manual

You can select the Program data in memory by turning the [DATA] wheel.
3. Press the [DO IT] button.
4. Using the [DATA] wheel and the [CURSOR] buttons, select a folder to save the selected program to.
5. Press the [DO IT] button. The following screen will be displayed.
'Save' Field
You can choose whether or not to save the sample data (sounds) with the program data.
With Samples
The MPC500 will save the program data and the samples used for the program. Normally you should select this option. When you load the
saved program, the MPC500 will load the samples automatically.
Program Only
The MPC500 will save only the program data. It does not save the sample data. When you are sure that the samples used for the program
are in the selected folder, you can reduce the time to save the data by selecting this operation.
'Replace Same Samples' Field
You can set how to handle files when the destination location already has a sample with the same name.
NO - The MPC500 will not save the file with the same name. If you loaded the data from the
memory card and edited only the program, select NO.
YES - The MPC500 will overwrite the data with the new data, which you are about to save. If
you have loaded the data from the memory card and edited the sample data, select YES.
6. Press the [DO IT] button.
The MPC500 will start to save the data.
Note: If the destination folder already has the data with the same name, the File Exists window will be displayed. For more information on
saving, see "Chapter 14: Save / Load" on page 91.

Saving a Sequence

You can save sequences one by one.
1. In the 'Select' field of the SAVE page, select Sequence.
2. In the 'Item' field, select the Sequence you wish to save.
3. You can select the Sequence data in memory by turning the [DATA] wheel.
4. Press the [DO IT] button.
5. Using the [DATA] wheel and the [CURSOR] buttons, select a folder to save the selected sequence to.
6. Press the [DO IT] button. The following screen will be displayed.
7. In the 'Save type' field, select the file type.
SEQ - The sequence will be saved as a MPC500 file. The data specific to the MPC500
will be saved with the sequence. Normally, select this.
MID - The sequence will be saved as the Format 1 of SMF (Standard MIDI File). The
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