Editing A Song - Akai MPC4000 User Manual

Chapter 4—Creating and editing a song
When you modify the contents of a song, a song name of "Song_xxx" (x will be a song number 001–128)
will be assigned automatically.
5. If you want the sequence you assigned in step 4 to be repeated, move the cursor to the Repeat
field and turn the [JOG] dial to specify the number of repeats.
Hint: You can also set the Repeats field to HOLD. In this case, that sequence will continue repeating until you
press the [F6] key (NEXT) during playback.
6. Move the cursor to "(end of song)" in the Sequence field, and turn the [JOG] dial to select the
next sequence.
The Start bar field will indicate the starting location of the next sequence.
7. Repeat steps 4–6 to finish registering sequences in the song.
8. If you want to edit your settings, select that step, move the cursor to the desired field, and turn
the [JOG] dial to edit the setting.
You are free to change the settings of each step in the song at a later time.
Hint: You can also use editing operations to copy, delete, or insert steps ( p.45).
9. If you want all sequences to play back at a common tempo, move the cursor to the SEQ/MAS
field and turn the [JOG] dial to change the setting to MAS.
If the SEQ/MAS field is set to MAS, all sequences in the song will play at the tempo shown in the tempo
field.
Hint: You can also use the [MASTER TEMPO] key to switch the SEQ/MAS field.
If you press the [WINDOW] key when the cursor is in the tempo field, the Tempo/Fix Tempo popup window will
appear. For details on this window, refer to the PDF reference manual.
10. When you are ready to play the song, press the [PLAY] key.
Normally you will play songs only in Song mode. You can play, stop, or locate a song in the same way as
in Sequence mode.
During playback, the function key assignments will change as follows.
• [F4] key (SUDDEN).............When you press this key, the playback will jump immediately to the next
• [F6] key (NEXT) ..................When you press this key, the playback will continue from the next step when

Editing a song

Here's how you can copy, paste, insert, or delete steps within a song.
1. In the Song page, move the cursor to the Song field and turn the [JOG] dial to select the song
that you want to edit.
2. In the Sequence field, move the cursor to the step that you want to edit.
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step even if you were in the middle of a step.
the currently-playing sequence reaches the end, even if there were repeats
still to be played.