Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
By damasio Sun Apr 16, 2023 1:45 pm
It happened a couple of time;
I went to the mix page changing pad levels and panning.
For some reason the mpc record the controller movements and kept playing them without
specifically recording it. The track was not armed neither was i recording anything (no overdub, not armed, no recording button was pressed.

Is this a bug, whats going on?

thanks
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By MPC-Tutor Sun Apr 16, 2023 2:16 pm
Sounds like 'automation', if the icon in the top right of MAIN (or grid, list edit etc) is set to W it will 'write' automation to your current sequence. This can be used to record stings like FX changes, mixer changes etc and is separate to the MIDI event recording done through RECORD and OVERDUB.