Creating And Editing Programs; About Programs; Creating A New Program - Akai MPC4000 User Manual

Chapter 9—Creating and editing programs

9 Creating and editing programs

This chapter explains how to assign samples to a newly created program and edit the various sound param-
eters to create your own original program.

About programs

The units of sound handled by the Sampler section are called "programs." A program consists of one or more
samples (waveform data) together with sound parameters such as filter, envelope, and LFO.
The MPC4000 has two types of program.
• Drum programs
This type of program assigns a different sample to each note number.
• Key group programs
This type of program shares a sample between one or more adjacent note numbers (collectively called a "key
group"), allowing you to play different pitches with the sample(s).
For either type, sound parameters such as filter, envelope, and LFO can be set independently for each note
number/key group. For each note number/key group, you can use up to four zones (regions to which a sam-
ple is assigned). You can assign a different sample to each zone, and play multiple samples simultaneously
or switch between samples according to velocity.
Drum program
Note: 36/ZN1
Note: 36/ZN2
Note: 36/ZN3
Note: 36/ZN4
The programs of the MPC4000 are all held in memory. When you turn off the power of the MPC4000, all
programs and samples in memory will be lost. If you want to keep your programs, you must save the pro-
grams (in some cases, samples and programs) on a storage device before you turn off the power. (For the
Save procedure,

Creating a new program

In order to create your own original program, you must first create a new, empty program. Here's the pro-
cedure.
Hint: When you turn on the power of the MPC4000, an empty drum program (Program 1) will be created auto-
matically. If you use this default program, the following procedure is not necessary.
1. Press the [PROGRAM] key, and then press the [F1] key (LIST).
The Program mode List page will appear.
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Key group program
KG1/ZN1
KG1/ZN2
Zone 1–4
KG1/ZN3
KG1/ZN4
KG1 KG2
Key groups