Loading A Program; Loading A Sequence - Akai MPC 500 User Manual

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Chapter 14: Save / Load
Selecting Replace and pressing the [DO IT] button will overwrite the data by the new data.
Selecting Rename and pressing the [DO IT] button will show the following page:
Here, you can change the name of the file you are about to save. When you enter the name in this window and press the [DO IT] button, the
MPC500 will start to load the sample.

Loading a Program

You can load a program file one by one.
1. Select a program file and load it. The Load a Program window will be displayed.
2. In the 'Load' field, select if you wish to load the samples as well. You can also choose to clear the current memory in
this page. The following choices are available:
With Sample - The MPC500 will load the samples used for the program as well.
Normally select this option.
Prog Only - The MPC500 will load only the program file. It does not load the
samples. Select this option when you wish to create a new program by
assigning different samples to the saved program.
Clear Memory - Selecting this option will clear all programs and sample from memory.
This field is always No by default. When Yes is selected, the following
window will appear.
Press the [DO IT] button to clear all programs and samples from memory. Press [CANCEL] to cancel and return to the load page.
3. Press the [DO IT] button. This will display the following screen.
You can set how to handle files when a sample with the same name is already loaded.
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.
4. Press the [DO IT] button. The program will begin loading.

Loading a Sequence

You can load sequence files one by one.
1. Select the sequence file and load it. The Load a Sequence window will be displayed.
2. In the 'Load into' field, select the destination sequence number.
3. Press the [DO IT] button.
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