Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
By spacial Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:20 pm
Can someone please help me out with this, Ive read the manual but it has nothing about playing sequences side by side in a song.

I have a song consisting of 4 sequences ,each sequence has different variations of beats, perc ,buildups etc
Now I have to record a keyboard solo that needs to go over the whole song from seq 1 start to seq 4 end.


Thanx
By murderhausen Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:04 am
I'm still a newbie, but I think the best way to do this would be to arrange the sequences in song mode, then convert your song into a sequence. Once completed, you can record all your track mutes and whatnot and then create a part for your solo (keygroup, MIDI, whatever it is) and just hit record. You can also use the auto punch feature to record just the segments that need to be filled in.

I don't have much experience with this yet, but it is my understanding at this point.
By shimmyshimmy Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:17 am
murderhausen wrote:I'm still a newbie, but I think the best way to do this would be to arrange the sequences in song mode, then convert your song into a sequence. Once completed, you can record all your track mutes and whatnot and then create a part for your solo (keygroup, MIDI, whatever it is) and just hit record. You can also use the auto punch feature to record just the segments that need to be filled in.

I don't have much experience with this yet, but it is my understanding at this point.

+1. That would be the best way I think.
On the 4K you have also Simul seq. It is in the bottom of the main sequencer screen. You can use this to play 2 sequences simultaneously. Pretty useless for me, but it might be gr8 for your task.