Dividing A Sample Into Multiple Regions - Akai MPC 4000 Reference Manual

• LENGTH .................... Number of samples from the start point
• TIME........................... Time from the start point
Waveform display field (upper)
This area displays the waveform of the entire sample, and indicates the locations at which
each region will be divided. The region that is currently selected for operations is high-
lighted.
Region select block
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A Region field
Indicates the region number that will be the subject of operations. If you move the cursor
to this field and press the [WINDOW] key, the Number of Regions popup window will
appear, allowing you to specify how the sample will be divided.
Waveform display field (lower)
According to the field at which the cursor is currently located, this area displays the
waveform before and after the start point, before and after the end point, or before the
region start/region end points of the currently selected region.
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A Display field
Indicates the points that are currently shown in the waveform display field (lower).
By holding down the [SHIFT] key and pressing the BLOCK CURSOR [
can zoom-in/zoom-out on the waveform display field (lower).

Dividing a sample into multiple regions

Part or all of a sample can be divided into as many as 32 regions. The divided regions can
be written as individual samples, and can be reassembled by a program/sequence that
plays those samples.
1. Move the cursor to the sample field of the Region page, and turn the [JOG] dial
to select the sample that you want to divide.
2. Move the cursor to the Region field, and press the [WINDOW] key.
The currently selected region
Region page
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