Akai MPC 3000 Operator's Manual page 49

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Chapter 3: Recording Sequences
selected not by note number only as in MIDI
tracks, but also by the pad number and sound
name currently assigned to the displayed note
number.
D. Drum tracks are not affected by the Transpose
function.
• The Track On/Off field (
This choice field turns the output of the active track on (
(
NO
). Pressing SOFT KEY 1 toggles the field's state between
NO
and
.
• The MIDI Channel/Port fields (
screen):
There are actually two fields here, which together are used to
determine which MIDI channel and MIDI output port the active
track will output its data to. The to fields are:
1. The MIDI Channel field (
This field determines which of the 16 MIDI channels the
active track will play through. If you don't want the track
to play through any MIDI channels, select 0 and the word
OFF
will appear.
2. The MIDI Port field (
This choice field determines which of the four MIDI
output ports (
through. (If
the left, this field can't be seen.)
COMMENT: If
output assignment) and you want to select a MIDI channel or
port, first move the cursor to the letter "
the data entry control one step to the right.
• The MIDI Channel/Port Name field (
example screen):
This is the eight-character name for the currently selected MIDI
output channel/port combination. This would commonly contain the
name of the synthesizer that is being played from the displayed
MIDI channel/port combination. There are 64 names—one for each
of the 64 output MIDI channel/port combinations. The name is
changed in exactly the same way as the sequence name field.
COMMENT: These 64 names are intended to be used to
identify the MIDI devices that are externally connected—not
the data contained in the track. For this reason, they are not
saved within sequence files or ALL files. They are, however,
retained in memory after power is removed and are also
saved within Parameter files.
• The Auxiliary MIDI Channel/Port fields (& OFF in the example
screen):
These two fields have exactly the same function and operation as
the MIDI Channel/Port fields shown to the left. These two
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On:YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
in the example screen):
Chn:OFF
OFF-(off)
OFF
OFF
OFF
Chn: 1 1 1 1 1 A-(off)
Chn: 1A A A A A -(off)
A
B
C
D
,
,
, or
) the active track will play
OFF
is selected in the MIDI channel field to
OFF
is displayed in this field (no MIDI
Chn:OFF-(off)
YES
) or off
YES
in the example
):
):
O
" of
OFF
and turn
(off)
(off)
(off)
(off)
in the

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