User Guide

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Chapter 8: Creating and Editing Sounds
• Monitor:
This choice field has two options: ON and OFF. If ON, the signal
from the sampling input is heard in the stereo mix outputs. If OFF,
it is not. If you are sampling with a microphone in the same room as
the speakers, select OFF to avoid audio feedback. Otherwise, select
ON to hear the incoming signal in the stereo mix.
• Threshold:
This sets the threshold value at the beginning of the sampling.
Once RECORD[F6] is pressed, the sampling starts when the enter
signal exceeds the value set here. The threshold value is also dis-
played on the meter with a .
If the value set here is too large, the sampling will not start even if
you enter a sound. If it is too small, a noise may cause the sampling
to start. If this is set OFF at a set range between 0 and 63, the
sampling will start the moment RECORD[F6] is pressed regardless
of the input level.
• Time:
This field is used to specify the sample time to be allocated to the
sample, in seconds (and 0.1 seconds). Any number can be entered
here up to the maximum available sampling time. In a non-ex-
panded MPC2000, the maximum sampling time is 21.9 seconds
mono or 10.9 seconds stereo. In a fully expanded MPC2000 (total 32
megabytes) the maximum sampling time is 356.4 seconds mono or
198.2 seconds stereo.
CAUTION:CAUTION:
CAUTION:CAUTION:
CAUTION:Although the maximum sampling time is limited
only by memory capacity, the maximum sound file
size that can be saved on a floppy disk is 16.4 sec-
onds mono or 8.2 seconds stereo. If a sound is
larger than this, it won’t fit on a single floppy and
the MPC2000 cannot split single sound files over
two or more floppies. If you need to create longer
sounds and save them to disk, it is necessary to use
an external hard disk connected to the SCSI port.
• Pre-rec:
When sampling, it is possible to record sounds before the level
threshold is exceeded. In this field, set that prerecord time, in mil-
liseconds. For example, to record 10 milliseconds before the thresh-
old is exceeded, enter 10 here. The default value here is 1 millisec-
ond, which is an adequate value for sharp attack sounds like drums.
LEVEL
Threshold
Rec start
TIME
Pre-rec