Tutorial Of The Mpc2500; Playing Back A Demo Song; Playing A Preset Program - Akai MPC2500 Quick Start Manual

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MPC2500 Quick Manual

Tutorial of the MPC2500

The MPC2500 consists of the sampler section, where you record and play-
back the sound, the sequencer section, where you record the performance,
and the pads, which you use to play the sounds.
You record your performance to the sequencer and play the sound of the
sampler by the recorded sequences.
The performance data (MIDI data) is sent from the pads to the sequencer,
and from sequencer to the sampler. The sampler plays the actual sound
from the performance data that is sent to the sampler.

Playing back a demo song

The MPC2500 has a demo song and a preset program in its internal memory and it loads the data automatically when you
switch on the unit (Autoload function). To play back a demo song, proceed as follows.
01. Connect a headphone to the PHONE jack of the MPC2500.
For more information about connecting devices, see the "Connecting MPC2500 to external Audio/MIDI device"
section of the operator's manual (page 6).
02. Switch on the MPC2500.
When you switch on the MPC2500, it displays the start-up screen and then starts the internal data automatically.
After the data is loaded, it displays the MAIN page.
03. Make sure that "01-KEEN BEETZ!!!" is selected in the Sq field and press the [PLAY START] key.
Pressing the [PLAY START] key starts the playback of the demo song. To stop the playback, press the [STOP] key.
When you press the [PLAY] key again, the MPC2500 will start the playback at the point you stopped last time.
After you finish playing back the "01- KEEN BEETZ!!!", try to play back another song. You can select a song by
turning the DATA wheel in the Sq field.

Playing a preset program

Next, let's try to play the preset program using the pads. You can play the program that is selected in the Pgm field of the
MAIN page by hitting the pad.
01. Select any of the (unused) sequences in the Sq field.
(unused) means that the sequence is not used yet.
02. Switch to the Pgm field and select the program that you wish to play.
You can select the program in the Pgm field. You can select the program within the memory by turning the DATA
wheel in the Pgm field.
03. Hit the pad. The MPC2500 will play the preset program.
You can play up to 64 pads by switching between pad bank A through D, but the samples may not be assigned to all the pads.