Akai MPC Reference Manual page 37

STOP will stop the playback. Quickly pressing STOP 3 times will act as a "MIDI panic" and shut
off all voices and stop all audio processing. STOP will also stop loading any files that are being
loaded. If you select a Project or Program by accident, pressing STOP will cancel loading and
clear the loaded files.
PLAY will start playback from the current time position.
PLAY START will start playback from the beginning of the Song or Sequence or from the First
Bar setting.
LEVEL controls the MPC software
The MPC hardware's UNDO button can be used differently while in Record Mode. Normally,
pressing UNDO will undo just the last event. When there is an event to undo, the UNDO
button will be lit solid. While recording, the UNDO button will flash. In this case, pressing
UNDO will erase all events from that recording (i.e., since the PLAY or PLAY START was
pressed).
Keep in mind that the audio level coming out of MPC Renaissance's STEREO OUTS is
determined by its MAIN VOL knob. The MPC software's LEVEL knob controls the level before
the hardware's MAIN VOL knob. In other words, the software's LEVEL knob and hardware's
MAIN VOL knob are separate controls.
Click on the VINTAGE MODE button of your MPC Renaissance to toggle between the
different audio quality emulations. This works only if the MPC Renaissance is set up as the
audio output in the Preferences. You can choose to emulate the particular sonic qualities of
the MPC3000, the MPC60, Other and of course no emulation (no LED will be lit).
The Vintage display directly below the output level meter indicates the selected emulation mode.
If your MPC Renaissance is set up as audio interface you can use the MAIN VOLUME dial to
adjust the volume level.
s master output level.
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