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 Adeski Tue Jun 29, 2021 4:25 pm
Hi all
First post. I've been trying to pan individual * notes* /sounds in grid view or step sequencer. It's proving harder than I thought. I want to eg. Have the closed hats in a drum pattern moving from left to right in the stereo picture. In piano/ grid or step view, I can double tap Velocity, click add new then a list of options appear under either track or drums. The pan option appears instead of velocity, I click the expand button to draw in the pan parameters ( like you'd do with velocity) , but I am struggling to find or click notes I have recorded or do anything with this screen. With drums it seems to pan all the kit. Plus, the pan values for a note cannot be updated via the large dial. If you use that it only updates the velocity values. This demo here on the MPX makes it look easy just drawing in the values on the touch screen, but sheesh am finding this hard...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0EoRrVNmjQ
It would nice to have Pan as an option as standard on the grid screen. Anyone got any tips? Appreciated. Thank you
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By Lampdog Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:19 pm
Q-links, LEARN THEM and what they can do for you, make use of your q-links while recording automation, get out of grid edit. You can do it there too, but, q-links + automation is easier and more immediate.

Learn how to setup q-links to whatever you want.
By T-Monk Sat Jul 03, 2021 6:07 pm
You can pan individual notes/ sounds in drum programs, but not with keygroups (well you can pan each group of notes, but it’s a little more convoluted)

First, tap the pad you want to automate Pan for. When you double tap on velocity in either the grid view or step sequencer, don’t select Program>Mixer>Pan (which is global for the program), instead dial down to Pad>Mixer>Pan which is panning per pad.

You can also do it by using Q-links. Hold the q-link button and select Pad Parameter on the screen. Then select Q-link edit. All 16 q-links now control a single parameter for each pad (16 volumes), but you can change it to Pan. Now just play and record automation in. If the automation performance isn’t perfect, no dramas, the automation lane will now appear in the grid and step sequencer for the pads that you want to automate.

Good luck.