Recording The Performance By Hitting The Pads - Akai Professional MPC 1000 Quick Manual

Recording the performance by hitting the pads

To record the performance to a sequence using the internal preset program, proceed as follows.
01. Press the [MAIN] key to display the MAIN page.
02. In the Sq field, select a sequence to which you wish to record the performance.
You can select any sequence for recording a performance; but here, select a sequence that says "unused".
"Unused" indicates that the sequence is not used.
03. In the Tr field, select a track on which you wish to record the performance.
The performance data will be recorded on a track in the sequence. You can select any track, but here select
"Tr:01".
04. In the Pgm field, select a program you wish to play.
05. Press the [PLAY START] key while holding the [REC] key.
The recording will start after 4 counts.
06. Play the pads to the click sounds.
In default, the sequence is set to 2 bars. After recording for 2 bars, the MPC1000 will start playing back the
recorded performance. If you make another performance with pads, you can add the performance to the
currently recorded one. This is called "over dub".
07. You can stop the over dub by pressing [STOP] key.
08. Press the [PLAY] key to play the recorded performance.
0 9 . I f you do not like t h e performance, you c a n s t a r t a new recording b y pressing t h e
[REC]+[PLAY START] keys.
It cancels the currently recorded performance data and starts a new recording.
1 0 . To add t h e recording t o t h e already recorded d a t a , press t h e [PLAY START] k e y while
holding the [OVER DUB] key.
It plays back the currently recorded performance and you can add the new performance by hitting pads. You
can delete only the specific pad.
11. Start the overdub by pressing the [PLAY START] key while holding the [OVER DUB] key.
12. Hold the pad that you wish to delete, while holding [ERASE] key.
From the performance data being recorded, only the section from where you press the [ERASE] key and pad
and you release them will be deleted. By pressing the pad at the right timing, you can delete the performance
data at certain timing in the phrase.
If you select another sequence in the Sq field, you can record a new performance separately. By playing back
those sequences, you can create one whole song.
Tips: You can set the length of the sequence in the Bar field, and the time signature in the Tsig field. For more
information, see the "Sequence feature" section of the operator's manual. (on page 10)
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