Song Mode; Creating A Song; Selecting A Song - Akai MPC 2000XL Operator's Manual

Chapter 5: Song Mode

Song Mode

Hold down SHIFT and press SONG (1 on the numeric keypad). The Song Mode screen will ap-
pear:
Song:01-(Unused)
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TEMPO:MAS
LOOP:OFF
While this screen is displayed the Song Mode is active, this means that if playback is started, the
active song will play instead of the active sequence.
All of the Play/Record keys (except RECORD and OVERDUB) operate the active song. PLAY
START plays the song from the start; PLAY plays the song from the current location in the Now:
field; the REWIND, FAST FORWARD, and LOCATE keys change the position within the song.

Creating a Song

To newly create a song, select an (Unused) song in the Song: field.
Select (end of song) in the Sequence field with the CURSOR keys.
Song:01-(Unused)
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TEMPO:MAS
LOOP:OFF
Select the sequence by rotating the DATA wheel. The sequence will be assigned to the first step
of the song.
Song:01-Song01
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TEMPO:MAS
LOOP:OFF
Select (end of song), with the CURSOR DOWN key.
Song:01-Song01
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TEMPO:MAS
LOOP:OFF
Step
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(end of song) (end of song)
CONVRT DELETE
Step
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™:120.0
(end of song) (end of song)
CONVRT DELETE
Step
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™:120.0
1 01-Sequence01
(end of song) (end of song)
CONVRT DELETE
Step
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™:120.0
1 01-Sequence01
(end of song) (end of song)
CONVRT DELETE
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