Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
By tamp Sat Jun 11, 2016 2:49 am
ok so i have an MPC4k

nice

i have seen the seq edit screen

nice

however to actually edit i have to stop playback

is there a way around this?

for example if i want to adjust a velocity do i have to stop, edit and start again?

thank you in advance
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By Lampdog Sat Jun 11, 2016 8:25 am
Stop playback.
By tamp Sat Jun 11, 2016 1:56 pm
thanks lampdog

thats a bit disappointing

I thought everything could be done / edited during playback

back to the atari ste then
By dustymaestro Sun Jun 12, 2016 5:57 am
I don't have it in front of me. Off the top of my head you can adjust velocity on the main screen during playback.

Theres a few ways on there, don't give up so fast. Its possible just in another screen.
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By Lampdog Sun Jun 12, 2016 12:05 pm
Maybe I'm confused and thinking something else.
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By Lampdog Sun Jun 12, 2016 1:17 pm
While in seq edit screen you need to stop playback in order to edit.
By tamp Sun Jun 12, 2016 2:59 pm
dustymaestro wrote:I don't have it in front of me. Off the top of my head you can adjust velocity on the main screen during playback.

Theres a few ways on there, don't give up so fast. Its possible just in another screen.


thank you chaps for your responses

ok im interested......

also maybe im just approaching this in the wrong way

I'd really want to be able to do things like move drumhits around whilst the thing is playing so i get instant feedback on how it would sound
By dustymaestro Mon Jun 13, 2016 2:52 am
There's a feature on the 4000 that other MPC's don't have, non destructive quantize.

You can adjust the quantize and swing while its playing.
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By Lampdog Mon Jun 13, 2016 3:53 am
You can, play sequencer, hit "pad assign" , highlight the sample name the pad is using, rotate/change through any existing samples in RAM.

All while sequencer is playing.