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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5.8 TRACK MIXER MODE
In Track Mixer Mode, you can set the levels, stereo panning and effects for each track.
X To enter Track Mixer Mode, press SHIFT + PROG MIX/ TRACK MIX on your MPC hardware.
In the MPC software, click on the Track Mixer tab in the Upper section.
While the Program Mixer gives you control over the individual pads and its sounds within a
program, the Track Mixer is the tool to mix your tracks within a sequence (up to 64 tracks are
available).
The Track Mixer works like a regular audio mixer and offers various settings per channel. All
channels are identical in functionality. By default used tracks are named "Track 01", "Track 02",
etc.
X To set the level for a desired channel, click on the F2 button (Level) and use the
corresponding Q-Link knob for editing. With the PAD BANK buttons, you can also select
different pad banks to select different sets of 16 channels.
The Track Mixer section in the display of the MPC hardware
In the MPC software, click on the desired channel fader and move your computer mouse up and
down. Alternatively you can use your mouse scroll wheel. To view more mixer channels, use the
scroll bar below the channel view.
X To set the panning for a desired channel, click on the F3 button (Pan) and use the
corresponding Q-Link knob for editing. With the PAD BANK buttons, you can also select
different pad banks to select different sets of 16 channels.
In the MPC software, click on the desired channel panning dial and move your computer mouse
up and down. Alternatively, you can use your mouse scroll wheel. To view more mixer channels,
use the scroll bar below the channel view.
X To mute a channel, click on the F4 button (Mute) and press the top of the corresponding Q-
Link knob to toggle between mute and mute off With the PAD BANK buttons, you can also
select different pad banks to select different sets of 16 channels.