By
Fung45
Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:31 am
In the MAIN SCREEN, push STEP function, this opens the step editing window for whatever track is currently selected.
Using the 5 LOCATE bottons at the bottom left of your mpc you can scroll through your track by incriments of time or by jumping to the next event.
If you want a kick every bar for example you would go into step edit and press(and hold) the middle of the 5 LOCATE buttons which is GO TO and press the BAR button with the arrows pointing left. Now the numbers at the top right of your screen should say something like 1.00.00
At this point Whatever pad you hit it will add that event at whatever time you are on.
> >You can have more than one sound(event) happen at one time but I like to go back to main screen and scroll to the next track for new sounds to keep everything organized.
Okay so after pressing your kick you can hold GO TO and press the BAR button with the arrows pointing right now the number should change to 2.00.00 or whatever then you can press your next kick, GOTO next bar again, press your next kick etc. You can hear what you've just made by pressing the PLAY ALL button. Also try holding GOTO and the < > STEP key's this will 'jump' you from one even to the next. If you press the < > STEP keys without holding GOTO it will scroll through the bars by 32nd note triplets I believe. I'm not at my machine so I can't verify all this as being correct but I hope it helps somewhat.
P.S. You owe me a coke.