Akai MPC User Manual page 85

3. Click the Pad drop-down menu and select the desired pad you want to control. We recommend
using Q1 for Pad A01, Q2 for Pad A02 etc., so your controller mapping is easy to remember.
4. Click the Param (Parameter) drop-down menu and select the parameter you want to assign to the
Q-Link Knob:
o Sample Layer allows you to switch between Sample Layers 1 to 4. To use this function, each
layer must have an assigned sample with distinct (non-overlapping) velocities. See the Edit
Layers Section of the Program Edit Mode section to learn how to set sample layer velocities.
o Tuning controls the sample's pitch.
o Filter Cutoff controls the cutoff frequency of the filter. (Select a pad's filter type in Program Edit
Mode.)
o Filter Resonance controls the resonance value of the filter.
o Filter Env Amount controls the envelope amount of the filter.
o Qlink Pan controls the sample's panning position in the stereo field.
o Level controls the sample's volume level.
o Env Attack controls the attack time of the Amp Envelope.
o Env Decay controls the decay time of the Amp Envelope.
o Env Release controls the release time of the Amp Envelope
o Send 1 to 4 controls the corresponding FX send levels for the selected pad.
5. Click the Change drop-down menu to select the condition for changing a parameter. In most cases,
you should select Continuous, which changes the sound immediately when the Q-Link Knob is
moved. If Note On is selected, the Q-Link Knob's position will affect the sound only when its
corresponding pad is hit.
If Midi is selected in the Instrument Section, The Q-Link
Knobs' Program Mode will look slightly different. To control a
desired parameter of an external sound generator by MIDI,
you can define a MIDI CC (MIDI Control Change). This can be any MIDI Control Change from 1 to 128 for
every Q-Link Knob. Make sure that your external MIDI device is able and set to recognize MIDI control
change data.
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