Recording Automation With The Xy Pad - Akai MPC TOUCH User Manual

Recording Automation with the XY Pad

Automating various parameters is a good way to add some motion and dynamism to your sequences.
1. Press Menu to open the menu, and then tap XYFX to enter XYFX Mode.
2. When you first enter this mode in a project, you will be prompted to "load" XYFX to the program. Tap
Insert XYFX to do this.
3. Tap Setup to show the Setup panel, which controls how the XY pad behaves.
4. Double-tap the Preset field, and tap an effect to select it. (These are just the effects available in
XYFX Mode, not all MPC effects.) Swipe up or down to view the entire list.
5. Tap and drag any of the knobs (Attack, Release, or Wet/Dry) up or down to set their values as
desired. Below them, you can see parameter what the X axis and Y axis control.
Note: XYFX uses an envelope to control how quickly the effect crossfades between the dry signal
and wet signal. The Attack knob determines how long it takes the completely dry signal to reach the
wet signal (determined by the Wet/Dry knob) after you touch the XY pad. The Release knob
determines how long it takes the wet signal (determined by the Wet/Dry knob) to return to the
completely dry signal after you touch the XY pad.
6. Tap the automation button in the upper-right corner to cycle through the available automation
modes. Make sure it shows the red Write (W) option.
XYFX Mode.
51