Table Of Contents - Akai MPC User Manual

Table of Contents

Welcome to the MPC .................................................................................................................................. 7
System Requirements and Product Support ..................................................................................... 7
About This Manual ................................................................................................................................ 8
Important Notes..................................................................................................................................... 9
Installation ............................................................................................................................................. 9
MPC Hardware Overview ......................................................................................................................... 12
MPC Renaissance ............................................................................................................................... 12
Top Panel ........................................................................................................................................ 12
Front Panel ...................................................................................................................................... 17
Rear Panel ....................................................................................................................................... 18
MPC Studio .......................................................................................................................................... 20
Top Panel ........................................................................................................................................ 20
Quick Start / Tutorial ................................................................................................................................ 26
Starting Up ........................................................................................................................................... 26
Creating a Drum Kit ............................................................................................................................ 27
Recording a Drum Sequence ............................................................................................................. 28
Organizing Samples and Editing Note Events ................................................................................. 29
Making Basic Sound Edits ................................................................................................................. 30
Recording a Bass Track ..................................................................................................................... 31
Creating a Song................................................................................................................................... 34
Exporting the Song ............................................................................................................................. 34
Other Features Explained .................................................................................................................. 35
Step Sequencer ............................................................................................................................... 35
Drum Loops and Chop Mode .......................................................................................................... 36
Pad Muting and Track Muting .......................................................................................................... 38
Sample Recording ........................................................................................................................... 40
Sample Editing ................................................................................................................................ 41
Automating Parameters with the Q-Link Knobs ............................................................................. 412
Using MPC as a Plugin .................................................................................................................... 42
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