Edit Step; Step Section - Akai MPC User Manual

Edit Step

This section contains controls to add or delete steps from the Song.
Click Insert Step to insert the selected Sequence (indicated by the lit
pad in the Pad Bank section) in the Sequence Playlist.
Hardware: Press F6 (Insert) to insert a Sequence under the selected one.
Click Delete Step to delete the selected step from the Sequence Playlist.
Hardware: Press F5 (Delete) to delete the selected Sequence.

Step Section

This section contains information about the current step in the Sequence
Playlist.
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First Bar indicates where in the Song the step begins.
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Last Bar indicates where in the Song the step ends before
moving onto the next step.
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Total Bars indicates how many bars the step occupies in the
Song (this accounts for how many times the step's Sequence
repeats).
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Repeats indicates how many times the step's Sequence plays.
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Time Sig indicates the Sequence's time signature.
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BPM indicates the Sequence's tempo in beats per minute.
Hardware: When a Song is playing, the following buttons are available in the MPC hardware's display:
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Sudden switches to the next Sequence before the software has finished playing back the current
Sequence. This is useful in live performances, if you need to switch to the next Sequence at a
certain cue.
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Next jumps to the next Sequence at the end of the current Sequence. These buttons can be also
used in conjunction with Hold to get the MPC out of a Hold Sequence.
Tip: To learn more about creating Songs, please see the Creating a Song section of the Quick Start /
Tutorial chapter.
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