Akai MPC 3000 Operator's Manual page 165

Chapter 8: Creating and Editing Sounds
An example of sampling a new sound:
The following is a step-by-step example of how to record a mono
sound from the analog input:
1. Connect a mono audio signal source to the LEFT RECORD IN
jack.
2. Press the PROGRAM/SOUNDS key, then select 5 from the menu
screen. The Sample New Sound screen will appear.
3. Set the fields to the following values:
Set Input to
Mode MONO-LFT
Set to
Monitor
Set
Set Length to
Set Thres to
Pre-rec
Set
4. While playing the source signal and watching the screen meter,
adjust the rear panel GAIN switch and front panel RECORD
LEVEL knob so that the screen meter goes as far to the right as
possible when the sound plays, but not into the clipping region
(clipping is indicated by
peak received is indicated by a
the peak level, press <Reset P>
5. To begin sampling, press
Waiting for input signal
screen will display
6. Play the sound into the audio input. Sampling starts once the
record threshold is exceeded at the audio input, indicated by the
bottom line changing to
7. When recording finishes, the screen changes to:
=========== Sample New Sound ===========
Done. Press <Playback> to hear it, then
<Keep & name> or <Discard> to try again.
================= Meter ================
Left :
Right:
========================================
<Play/stop><Keep&name><Discard>
As the screen explains, sampling is finished. The
the screen shows the highest peak levels received during recording.
To hear the newly sampled sound, press the
key. Pressing the key a second time will stop playback immediately.
If you don't like how it turned out, press
the Sample New Sound screen.
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ANALOG
ON
to
1 (1 second)
1
1
to
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P
within the meter range. To reset
.
<Rec ready>
. The bottom line of the
Recording
.
<Discard>
.
P
P
Meter section of
<Play/stop> soft
to return to