Track Mute Mode - Akai MPC Reference Manual

5.15 TRACK MUTE MODE

In Track Mute Mode, you can define track mutes and track mute groups to use with the pads.
To enter Track Mute Mode, press the TRACK MUTE button on your MPC hardware.
In the MPC software, click on the Track Mute tab in the Upper section.
TRACK MUTE Mode
You can mute/unmute individual tracks in a particular program in real time by hitting the pads.
This is useful when you have several instruments assigned to different tracks, and you wish to
use the pads to switch tracks on/off while playing a song.
In the MPC hardware, the displayed 16 blocks represent the 16 tracks. Press the F1 button
(TrkMute) to activate Track Mute Mode. Hit the pad to mute or unmute the track that assigned
to it. Muted pads are lit in red, unmuted in yellow. Use the PAD BANK buttons to switch
between the 8 banks, if necessary.
The Track Mute section in the display of the MPC hardware
In the MPC software, select the desired BANK first. Make sure to activate TRACK MUTE Mode in
the MODE section. Click the corresponding pad to mute / unmute the desired track that is
assigned to it. Muted pads are lit red, unmuted yellow. You can also click on the miniature pads in
BANK section to mute or unmute them. This section gives you an overview of all 128 pads at
once. Unused pads are greyed out.
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