Adjusting The Region Start And Region End Points - Akai MPC4000 User Manual

Chapter 8—Recording and editing samples
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[F1] key (LIST): Accesses the Sample List page.
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[F2] key (TRIM/LP): Accesses the Trim/Loop page.
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[F3] key (REGION): Accesses the Region page from another page.
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[F4] key (BPM): Accesses the BPM Match popup window, where you can adjust the length or pitch of
a region according to a specified BPM value.
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[F5] key (EDIT): Accesses the Sample Edit popup window, where you can edit the sample.
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[F6] key (P
2. Move the cursor to the sample field, and turn the [JOG] dial to select the sample that you want
to edit.
3. Move the cursor to the Region field, and playback [WINDOW] key.
The Number of Regions popup window will appear, letting you specify the number of regions into which
the sample will be divided.
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4. Move the cursor to the Refer to field, and select one of the following to specify the portion of the
sample that will be divided into regions.
TRIM.............. Between the start point and end point
LOOP ............. Between the loop start point and loop end point
SAMPLE ........ The entire sample
5. Move the cursor to the Number of regions field, and specify the number of regions (2–32
regions) into which the specified portion of the sample will be divided.
6. To execute the division, press the [F6] key (DO IT).
You will return to the Region page.
Hint: Region settings are non-destructive, so you can redo them as many times as you like.
The number and locations at which a sample is divided is remembered for each sample.

Adjusting the region start and region end points

After dividing a sample into regions, you can adjust the start and end points of each region.
1. In the Region page, move the cursor to the Region field and turn the [JOG] dial to select the
number of the region that you want to adjust.
The currently selected region will be highlighted in the upper waveform editing field. The Region start and
Region end fields will indicate the starting and ending locations of that region in units of one sample.
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ALL): Plays the entire sample once.
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Currently
selected region
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Refer to field: Selects the portion of the sam-
ple that will be divided into regions.
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Number of regions field: Specifies the
number of regions into which the selected por-
tion of the sample will be divided.
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[F1] key (CANCEL): Cancels the operation
and returns to the Region page.
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[F6] key (DO IT): Executes the division and
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then returns to the Region page.
Region start point
Region end point