Akai MPC 2500 Operator's Manual page 49

• Selecting a event
If a box in the grid contains any Pad Events, it will
display a " " symbol.
When you select the Pad Event, move the cursor to
the grid of the Pad Event by pressing the cursor keys.
For example, if you wish to select the PAD A03 event
at 001.04.00 in the display, press the right cursor key
several times (or turn the DATA wheel) and move
the cursor to the position of 001.04.00. The vertical
marker moves and the display in the Now field be-
comes to "001.04.00". Next, move the cursor to the
PAD A03 row by pressing the down cursor key
twice. The display will looks like this.
The Pad Event will now be displayed as white " "
symbol within the black Now Time marker. Now
the event in the grid is selected.
In the Event area, you can select several pads and
regions by pressing the [SHIFT] key and moving
the cursor key.
When the cursor is in the Event area, pressing the
[WINDOW] key will display the Events window.
The selected Pad Events are displayed in this window.
If you select several grids, all the Pad Events in the
grid will be displayed.
Tick field (left side) :
This shows the tick value of the Event. It cannot be edited.
P (pad): field :
You can select the Pad Number in this field
Note Variation field
In the above picture, the area that displays "T" is
the Note Variation field. You can select the type of
note variation.
T : ........ Tune (Pitch)
F : ........ Filter
L : ........ Layer
A : ....... Attack time
D : ....... Decay time
- About the note variation -
Note variation data, which is used for the Q-Link slid-
ers/knobs or 16LEVELS function, is the information
used to control the sound of a pad, and is recorded in
the track along with the pad event. With the note
variation data, you can change the sounds of the pad
even during play back.
Note Variation Value field
In this field, displayed to the right of the Note Varia-
tion field, you can select the Note Variation Value.
D (duration) field
You can specify the duration, or length of a note.
V (Velocity)
You can set the velocity of any Pad.
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