Converting A Stereo Sample To Mono (Stereo To Mono); Sample Window Features; Changing The Sample Name; Changing The Pitch Of A Sample - Akai MPC5000 Reference Manual

104 Sample Editing: TRIM Mode
04. In the 'New name' field, set the name for the new sample.
05. Press the [F5] (DO IT) button.
The part between the start/end points will be saved as a new sample.

Converting a Stereo Sample to Mono (STEREO TO MONO)

This function will convert the current sample to a new mono sample.
01. In the 'Sample' field, select the sample you wish to convert.
02. Press [F6] (EDIT).
The Sample Edit window will be displayed.
03. In the 'Edit' field, select STEREO TO MONO.
04. Select how you want the file converted.
The following options are available:
Left
The Conversion will only use the left channel for conversion.
Right
The Conversion will only use the right channel for conversion.
Sum
The conversion will combine the left and right audio channels to a single mono channel.
05. In the 'New name' field, set the name for the new sample.
06. Press [F5] (DO IT).
The current sample will be copied to a new sample, and converted to MONO. It may take some time to process depending on the length of the
sample.

Sample window features

Pressing the [WINDOW] button in the 'Sample' field bring up the Sample window. In the Sample window, you can make
several settings for the selected sample.

Changing the sample name

01. In the 'Sample' field in the TRIM page, select a sample that you
wish to change the name of.
02. Press the [WINDOW] button.
The Sample window will open.
03. In the 'Sample name' field, enter the new name.
For more information for setting the name, see the 'Setting Names' section on Page
20.
04. Press [F4] (CLOSE) button.
It closes the window and goes back to TRIM page.

Changing the pitch of a sample

In the 'Tune' field, you can set the sample's pitch. The 2 digits in the left is semitones, the 2 digits in the right is cents
(100 cents = 1 semitone). You can change the pitch in the PROGRAM mode as well.
The changes you made in the Sample window will be applied to the actual sample. So if you assign one sample to
several pads, or use one sample in several programs, the change will be applied to all of them. To change the sample of
a specific pad, use the PROGRAM mode.

Copying a sample

You can copy a sample and create a new sample.
01. In the 'Sample' field in TRIM mode, select a sample to copy.
02. Press [WINDOW].
The Sample window will be displayed.