User Manual
Table Of Contents
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 1. WELCOME TO THE MPC
- 2. OVERVIEW: MPC HARDWARE
- 3. INSTALLING THE MPC SOFTWARE
- 4. QUICK START TUTORIAL
- 4.1 FIRST START
- 4.2 FEEDING THE MPC SOFTWARE
- 4.3 RECORDING A DRUM PATTERN
- 4.4 ORGANIZATION & EDITING
- 4.5 BASIC SOUND EDITS
- 4.6 THE BASSLINE TRACK
- 4.7 WORKING WITH A DRUM LOOP
- 4.8 PAD AND TRACK MUTE
- 4.9 RECORD AND EDIT A SAMPLE
- 4.10 STEP-BY-STEP WITH STEP RECORDING
- 4.11 AUTOMATION
- 4.12 CREATING A SONG
- 4.13 EXPORTING THE WHOLE SONG
- 4.14 WORKING WITH THE MPC AS AN INSTRUMENT PLUGIN
- 5. THE MPC SOFTWARE IN DETAIL
- 5.0 DRUM PROGRAM VS. KEYGROUP PROGRAM
- 5.1 THE FILE BROWSER
- 5.2 THE UPPER SECTION
- 5.3 THE LOWER SECTION
- 5.4 THE GRID
- 5.5 MAIN MODE
- 5.6 PROGRAM EDIT MODE
- 5.7 PROGRAM MIXER MODE
- 5.8 TRACK MIXER MODE
- 5.9 TRACK VIEW MODE
- 5.10 SONG MODE
- 5.11 NEXT SEQUENCE MODE
- 5.12 SAMPLE RECORD MODE
- 5.13 SAMPLE EDIT MODE
- 5.14 PAD MUTE MODE
- 5.15 TRACK MUTE MODE
- 5.16 STEP SEQUENCE MODE
- 5.17 SOFTWARE MENUS
- 6. APPENDIX
- MPC SOFTWARE MANUAL ADDENDUM v1.1
- USING MPC AS AN RTAS PLUGIN
- ROUTING TRACKS TO SEPARATE OUTPUTS IN TRACK MIXERMODE
- EXPORTING SUBMIXES AND OUTPUTS
- USING BANK SELECT AND PROGRAM CHANGE MESSAGES
- ACCESSING NEWLY ADDED WINDOW MODE OPTIONS
- USING YOUR KEYBOARD TO SWITCH BETWEEN THE SELECT ANDDRAW TOOLS
- MIDI OUT PORT SELECTION AS A PLUGIN
- SELECTING PLUGINS AND PRESETS WITH THE HARDWARE
- EDITING SEQUENCE LOOP PARAMETERS WITH HARDWARE
- MPC SOFTWARE MANUAL ADDENDUM v1.3
- PLUGIN ARCHITECTURE REDESIGN
- MODE SELECTION REDESIGN
- MAIN MODE REDESIGN
- TRACK MIXER MODE REDESIGN
- PREFERENCES WINDOW REDESIGN
- LOADING SAMPLES DIRECTLY IN THE GRID AND BATCH-LOADING
- DUPLICATING NOTE EVENTS
- DELETING UNUSED SAMPLES FROM A PROJECT
- CONTROLLING PRO TOOLS TRANSPORT
- MPC HARDWARE: ZOOM CONTROL
- EXPORTING PROJECT ARCHIVES
- IMPORTING APS AND ALL FILES
- SP1200 RING VINTAGE MODE
- MPC STUDIO Q-LINK KNOB INDICATOR
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Reverb Out Gate
This is a hall reverb that has an additional control. The reverb effect is cut off when the output
drops below the level set in the OutGate parameter.
Parameter Value Range Default Value Q-Link No.
Wet/Dry 0 (DRY) – 100 (WET) 50 Q9
Pre-Delay 1 – 100 50 Q10
Early Reflection 0 – 100 50 Q11
Density 0 – 100 50 Q12
Diffuse 0 – 100 50 Q5
Decay 0 – 100 75 Q6
Lo-Cut 0 – 100 10 Q7
Hi-Cut 0 – 100 10 Q8
Gate Out 0 – 100 0 Q1
Decimator
A Decimator downsamples the incoming signal by removing bits from the digital signal. The
difference between decimation and resampling is that the decimator does not use any filtering to
mask or correct digital artifacts. The result is an effect ranging from mild to almost completely pure
digital distortion, depending on the setting and the source material.
Parameter Value Range Default Value Q-Link No.
Wet/Dry 0 (DRY) - 100 (WET) 100 (WET) Q9
Decimate 0 - 100 0 Q10
Bit Reducer 4 - 32 32 Q11
Resampler
The Resampler is similar to the decimator in that it removes bits from an incoming signal. The
difference is that the Resampler applies a complex suite of filters and anti-aliasing to attempt to
retain the original sound quality. This is a method used by popular vintage samplers and sampling
drum machines from the 1980s. The Resampler effect can be used to achieve a "dirty" sound on
drum loops, without the harshness of distortion.
Parameter Value Range Default Value Q-Link No.
Wet/Dry 0 (DRY) - 100 (WET) 100 (WET) Q9
Rate 0 - 100 0 Q10
Decimate 0 - 100 0 Q11