Akai MPC Essentials User Manual page 34

Across the top of the grid is a
blue strip that indicates where
you are in the Sequence:
• The number in the upper half is the bar number.
• The number in the lower half (of the first beat of the first bar) is the time signature. To change the
time signature, double-click in the measure bar and enter the desired signature in the drop-down
window.
• The red arrows ( ) indicate the start and the end of a Sequence. When a Sequence is played back
using Play Start, the audio pointer will start playing from the first beat of the first bar. If the Loop
function is activated (in the Sequence panel underneath the grid), the Sequence will loop between
the beginning of the first bar and the end of the last bar. When creating a new Sequence, the first
bar will default to Bar 1.
You can change the start point and end point of a Sequence by adjusting the First Bar and Last Bar
parameters in the Sequence section below the grid. The red arrows in the measure bar will be
placed accordingly. For more information on this, please see the Sequence Section part of the
Main Mode chapter.
The section under the grid is the velocity/automation
lane. Here, you can edit MIDI velocity data of the
note events in the grid and/or create and edit
complex automation data for various parameters. The default parameter visible in the automation lane is
Velocity. Learn more about velocity and automation in the Editing Velocities and Entering and Editing
Automation parts of this chapter.
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