Mute Target Section (Drum Programs Only); Keygroup Play Modes Section (Keygroup Programs Only) - Akai MPC User Manual

Mute Target Section (Drum Programs Only)

For the currently selected pad, you can select up to four pads as Mute
Targets. When the pad is played, it will immediately silence its Mute
Targets. Click each Pad drop-down menu to select the desired Mute
Target.
Hardware: To select the Mute Target pads, press the F1 button (Master). Use Q-Link Knobs Q1 – Q4
for selecting the corresponding pads. This function is only available in Drum Programs.
Tips:
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This feature is useful for programming realistic hi-hats, especially if only the open or closed hat
should be heard.
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This feature is similar to the Mute Group feature, available for both Drum Programs and Keygroup
Programs. For more information about Mute Groups, see Keygroup Play Modes Section (for
Keygroup Programs) and Pad Play Modes Section (for Drum Programs) in this chapter.

Keygroup Play Modes Section (Keygroup Programs Only)

Here, you can set the behavior for each pad's samples in a Keygroup
Program.
Mute Groups let you assign the selected pad to one of the 32 available
groups. When pads assigned to the same Mute Group receive MIDI
notes, the last pad played will silence all other pads in that Mute Group.
Layer Play determines how multiple samples assigned to the same pad are played:
• Cycle (Cyc): Each time the pad is played, it will play the next layer's sample. In other words, the
samples will cycle through the layers as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4... etc.
• Velocity (Vel): The pad will switch between layers depending on how hard you hit a pad.
• Random (Ran): Each time the pad is played, it will play one its layer's samples at random.
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