Akai MPC4000 User Manual page 102

Chapter 9—Creating and editing programs
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CPU free field: Indicates the amount of free space in the MPC4000's data management memory.
2. Move the cursor to the Disk field, and turn the [JOG] dial to display the Disk List popup window.
3. Move the cursor to the storage device from which you want to load data, and press the [F6] key
(SELECT).
The storage device at which you placed the cursor will be selected as the source for loading.
4. Move the cursor to the View field, and select PROGRAM FILEs as the type of file.
Files other than program files will be hidden.
5. Move the cursor to the desired file in the file list block.
Use the CURSOR[ √ ]/[ ® ] keys to move upward or downward in the folder hierarchy, and use the CURSOR
[ ]/[ ] keys to select a folder or file within the same level of the hierarchy.
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6. Press the [F6] key (DO IT).
The Load a program popup window will appear.
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7. Move the cursor to the Load field, and select one of the following loading methods.
NO SAMPLE: Only the program will be loaded.
WITH SAMPLE: The program and the necessary samples will be loaded.
Note: If you selected NO SAMPLE, be aware that the program cannot be played correctly unless the memory
of the MPC4000 contains the necessary samples.
8. If you selected WITH SAMPLES in step 7, move the cursor to the Replace same... field. Specify
whether any identically-named sample existing in memory will be overwritten by the loaded file
(YES) or whether such a file will not be loaded (NO).
9. Once again press the [F6] key (DO IT).
The program (or program and samples) will be loaded.
Hint: If desired, you can erase all programs and samples from memory before you load a program. To do this,
press the [F3] key (CLEAR) while the Load a program popup window is displayed.
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Disk information: Shows information on the
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storage device that is currently selected for
operations.
B
Disk field: Selects the storage device from
which the data will be loaded.
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File list block: Displays the internal hierar-
chy of the selected storage device.
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View field: Selects the type of file that will be
shown in the file list block.
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Wave free field: Indicates the amount of free
memory for the MPC4000's sampler section.
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Sequence free field: Indicates the amount of
free memory for the MPC4000's sequencer
section.
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Load file: Specifies whether the samples used
by the program will also be loaded.
B
Replace same sample in memory field:
Specifies what will occur if memory already
contains an identically-named sample.