Recording A Performance With The Pads - Akai Professional MPC 2500 Guia De Inicio Rapido

Recording a performance with the pads

To record the performance to a sequence using the internal preset program, proceed as follows:
01. Press the [ MAIN ] button 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, for the purposes of this section, select a
sequence that says "unused."
03. In the Tr field, select a track to 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, for the
purposes of this section, select "Tr : 01".
04. In the Pgm field, select a program you wish to play.
05. Press the [ PLAY START ] button while holding the [ REC ] button.
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 MPC2500 will start playing back the
recorded performance. If you make another performance with the pads, you can add the performance to the
current recording. This is called "over dub".
07. You can stop the over dub by pressing [ STOP ] button.
08. Press the [ PLAY ] button to play the recorded performance.
09. If you do not like the performance, you can start a new recording by pressing the [ REC ] + [ PLAY START ]
buttons.
This cancels the currently recorded performance data and starts a new recording.
10. To add the recording to the already recorded data, press the [ PLAY START ] button while holding the
[OVER DUB] button.
This plays back the currently recorded performance and you can add the new performance by using the pads.
Deleting only a specific pad:
11. Start the overdub by pressing the [ PLAY START ] button while holding the [ OVER DUB ] button.
12. Hold the pad that you wish to delete, while holding [ ERASE ] button.
Only the section beginning where you press the [ ERASE ] button and pad and ending where you release them
will be deleted from the performance recording. 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.
Tip : 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"Chapter 3 : Sequence feature" section of the Operator's Manual. ( page 12)
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