Playing Back A Demo Song; Playing A Preset Program - Akai Professional MPC 1000 Quick Manual

MPC1000 Quick manual

Playing back a demo song

The MPC1000 has a demo song and a preset program in its internal memory and it loads the data automatically
when you switch on the unit (Autoload function). To play back a demo song, proceed as follows.
01. Connect a headphone to the PHONE jack of the MPC1000.
For more information about connecting devices, see the "Connecting the MPC1000 to external audio/MIDI
device" section of the operator's manual (page 4).
02. Switch on the MPC1000.
When you switch on the MPC1000, it displays the start-up screen and then starts the internal data
automatically. After the data is loaded, it displays the MAIN page.
0 3 . M a k e sure t h a t "01-DJ-Hip_Hop" is selected in the Sq field and press the [PLAY START]
k e y .
Pressing the [PLAY START] key starts the playback of the demo song. To stop the playback, press the
[STOP] key. When you press the [PLAY] key again, the MPC1000 will start the playback at the point you
stopped last time.
After you finish playing back the "01- DJ-Hip_Hop", try to play back another song. You can select a song by turning
the DATA wheel in the Sq field.

Playing a preset program

Next, let's try to play the preset program using the pads. You can play the program that is selected in the Pgm field
of the MAIN page by hitting the pad.
01. Select any of the (unused) sequences in the Sq field.
(unused) means that the sequence is not used yet.
02. Switch to the Pgm field and select the program that you wish to play.
You can select the program in the Pgm field. You can select the program within the memory by turning the
DATA wheel in the Pgm field.
03. Hit the pad. The MPC1000 will play the preset program.
You can play up to 64 pads by switching between pad bank A through D, but the samples may not be
assigned to all the pads.
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