Pad Color Mode - Akai MPC X User Manual

Pad Color Mode

Pad Color Mode lets you assign specific colors to your pads in each program.
To enter Pad Color Mode, enter Main mode and tap the pencil icon in the Program section to open the edit
options, and then tap Pad Color.
Important: If you are already in Pad Color Mode and want to assign pad colors for another program, exit Pad Color
Mode first, and then select another track in Main mode that uses the desired program.
Use the field in the upper-left corner to set how the pad lights will display:
Off: The pads will be unlit whether you are playing them or not.
Classic Velocity: The pads will be unlit while you are not playing them. When you press them, they will light with
colors according to the velocity: red indicates a high velocity, yellow indicates a low velocity.
Fixed: The pads will be lit with their assigned colors whether you are playing them or not.
Off->Velocity: The pads will be unlit when you are not playing them. When you press them, they will light with
their assigned color with a brightness that corresponds with the velocity.
Dim->Velocity: The pads will be dimly lit when you are not playing them. When you press them, they will light
with their assigned color with a brightness that corresponds with the velocity.
Bright->Velocity: The pads will be brightly lit when you are not playing them. When you press them, they will
light with their assigned color with a brightness that corresponds with the velocity.
Use the Empty Pads field in the upper-left corner to set how empty pads will display:
Empty pads off: Pads without any sounds will remain off.
Empty pads dim: Pads without any sounds will remain more dimly lit than pads with sounds assigned.
Empty pads normal: Pads without any sounds will appear the same as pads with sounds assigned.
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