Akai MPC X User Manual page 338

Use the Scale & Octave fields to determine the root note and the scale type.
Root Note (pitch and register): This is the starting point of the scale. The available notes are all chromatic notes
across the range of the pads. The pad that's assigned the root note will be lit differently (and highlighted on the
screen) to indicate where the scale starts in each octave.
Scale Type: This is the scale or mode based on the root note (this is disabled when Type is set to Progressions).
The available scales are:
Major
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Pentatonic Major
Pentatonic Minor
Use the Chord fields to determine what chord type will play when pressing a pad. The chord will use those scale
degrees based off of the pad's root note. You can use this only when the Type is set to Chords or Chromatic Chords.
When set to Chords, the available chords are:
1-3-5 (major/minor)
1-4-5 (sus4)
1-2-5 (sus2)
When set to Chromatic Chords, the available chords are:
Major
Minor
Sus2
Sus4
Use the Banks field to determine how the notes are mapped across the pad banks.
Continuous: Pad 01 of one bank is always one scale degree higher than Pad 16 of the previous bank.
Start on Root: Pad 01 will always be the root note of the scale in every pad bank.
You can use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to quickly select different Types and Chords:
Tap Notes to automatically set the Type to Notes.
Tap Chords to automatically set the Type to Chords.
Tap Progressions to automatically set the Type to Progressions.
Tap Octave –/+ to shift the pad assignments down or up by an octave.
Press Shift+1-3-5 to automatically set the Type to Chords and set the Chord to 1-3-5 (major/minor).
Press Shift+1-4-5 to automatically set the Type to Chords and set the Chord to 1-4-5 (sus4).
Press Shift+1-3-5-7 to automatically set the Type to Chords and set the Chord to 1-3-5-7 (major7/minor7).
Press Shift+1-3-5-7b to automatically set the Type to Chords and set the Chord to 1-3-5-7b (dominant).
Press Shift+Note –/+ to shift the pad assignments down or up by a semitone, essentially raising or lowering the
Root Note field by a half-step.
Blues (minor) Major Bebop
Flamenco Whole Tone
Gypsy Chromatic
Hungarian Gypsy Dorian
Persian Phrygian
1-3-5-7 (major7/minor7)
1-3-5-7b (dominant)
Major7
Minor7
Major9
Minor9
Lydian
Mixolydian
Aeolian
Locrian
Augmented
Diminished
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