Akai MPC 5000 Reference Manual page 102

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The Main page will be displayed.
The Direct Recording window will be displayed. If you press the [F5] (Turn ON)
button, the window will be closed and the MAIN page will be displayed with waiting
for the Direct Recording.
If you press the [F4] (CANCEL), the window will be closed and the MAIN page will be
displayed.
The MPC5000 is now in stand-by mode for Direct Recording. You can start the
sequence freely in stand-by mode for Direct Recording.
The MPC5000 will start the recording.
The MPC5000 will go back to the ordinary MAIN page.
The MPC5000 will go to the 'Click/Metronome' page. For more information, see the section entitled 'Click/Metronome' on page 25.
The MPC5000 will start the recording and the bottom of MAIN page will be changed
as shown:
You can stop the recording by pressing [F6] (STOP) button. If you want to cancel the recording, press [F5] (CANCEL).
After finishing the recording, the Keep or Retry window will be displayed.
If you press the [F4] (PLAY) button, you can hear the recorded sample until you release the button. If you do not like the recording, you can delete
the recording and return to the SAMPLE page by pressing the [F2] (RETRY) button. If you like the recording and decide to keep it, proceed to the
next step.
If you wish to enter in a new name, use the [CURSOR] buttons and the [DATA] wheel to enter in the new name.
For more information about entering in a sample name, see the 'Setting Names section on page 18.
If you just wish to keep the recorded sample in the MPC5000's memory and not assign it to the Pad, select OFF with the [DATA] wheel.
In the Keep or Retry window in Direct Recording mode, if you select the pad in the 'Assign to pad' field, the new 'Record event' field will be
displayed. If you select YES in the 'Record event' field, the recording start timing is written as track events in the sequence. The recorded sample
can be played back with the same timing that the sequence is playing back. For this example, select 'YES'.
This closes the Keep or Retry windows and goes back to the MAIN page with Direct Recording waiting. After the recording, play the sequence.
You will hear the recorded sample is in the same timing as the sequence.