Akai MPC-60 v2.0 Owners Manual.pdf - Fdiskc

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6.1 Overview
The MPC60 may hold up to 34 drum sounds in memory at one time, and
each may be up to 5.3 seconds in length, as long as the total combined
length does not exceed the total sampling time of 13.1 seconds, or 26.2
seconds if your machine has the sound memory expansion option. Each of
these drum sounds is referred to as a SOUND. Each of the sounds in
memory is assigned to one of the front panel drum pads- 16 in bank 1, and
16 in bank 2, for a total of 32. Each of these drum pads, or locations to
assign a sound, is referred to as a DRUM. However, there is one special
case- the hihat. As explained earlier in the section about the hihat pad and
slider, as the hihat slider is moved, playing the hihat pad will play one of 3
different hihat sounds- one for the closed hihat, one for a medium length
hihat and one for an open hihat. So, because there are 3 sounds for the
hihat, which is one of the 32 drums, there are actually 34 total sounds in
memory at one time.
The above stated sampling times all refer to a sampling rate of 40 KHz.
This is the only possible sampling rate in the MPC60, allowing the audio
quality to be very high, because all audio circuitry is optimized for lowest
noise and highest fidelity at this single sampling rate. Also, all audio
outputs operate at the fixed 40 KHz clock rate, regardless of the tunings
of the drums. Tuning is performed mathematically, without distortion, by
the custom LSI sound chip. Using this method, all tuning, dynamic
control, envelope control, and mixing is done in the digital domain,
allowing for lowest noise and highest sound quality. The only analog
circuitry in the outputs is the final digital to analog conversion.
In this section of the manual, you will learn to:
• Sample a new sound.
• Edit the start, end, envelope, or velocity characteristics of an
existing sound.
• Cause two sounds to play when one pad is played, or to play one of two
sounds depending on the velocity level.
• Play a sound in reverse.
• Tune the drums.
• Adjust the echo mixer.
• Assign the 8 ASSIGNABLE MIX OUTPUTS.
• Transfer sounds over Midi using MIDI SAMPLE DUMP.
• Select MASTER or SEQUENCE mode for the stereo or echo mixes.
• Set the MPC60 to remember all real time changes made to the stereo
mixer and echo mixer, just like an automated mixer.
• Set the hihat decay slider thresholds.
• Trigger a drum from an external audio source.