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Chapter 12—MIDI and synchronization operations

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3. Move the cursor to the Mode field, and turn the [JOG] dial to select one of the following as the

synchronization signal that the MPC4000 will receive.

The display will change according to the synchronization signal you select.

■ MIDI CLOCK

MIDI Clock will be used for synchronization.

A Sync in ﬁeld: Selects the connector at which

MIDI Clock will be received.

■ MIDI TIME CODE

MTC (MIDI Time Code) will be used for synchronization.

A Sync in ﬁeld: Selects the connector at which

MTC will be received.

B Frame rate ﬁeld: Speciﬁes the MTC time

code frame rate (the number of frames per sec-

ond).

C Sequence start time ﬁeld: Speciﬁes the time code location that will correspond to the beginning of the

sequence/song, in hours/minutes/seconds/frames/subframes.

■ SMPTE

SMPTE signals will be used for synchronization.

A Frame rate ﬁeld: Speciﬁes the SMPTE time

code frame rate (the number of frames per sec-

ond).

B Sequence start time ﬁeld: Speciﬁes the

time code location that will correspond to the

beginning of the sequence/song, in hours/min-

utes/seconds/frames/subframes.

4. If you selected MIDI clock or MTC, move the cursor to the Sync in field, and turn the [JOG] dial

to select the MIDI connector at which MIDI clock or MTC will be received.

If you selected MIDI clock, you must make sure that the time signature of the MPC4000 sequence/song

matches the time signature of the external device. If it does not match, locate operations cannot be per-

formed accurately. Also in this case, the tempo you speciﬁed on the MPC4000 for the sequence/song will

have no effect.

5. If you selected MTC or SMPTE, move the cursor to the Frame rate field, and use the [JOG] dial to

set the MPC4000’s frame rate to match the frame rate of the external device.

If the frame rate does not match, synchronized operation will not occur correctly.

6. If you are synchronizing to MTC or SMPTE, move the cursor to the Sequence start field, and

specify the desired starting location of the sequence/song.

The Sequence start time ﬁeld speciﬁes the offset value used to match the starting time of the MPC4000

sequence/song with the time code of the external device.

7. When you have finished making settings, press the [F1] key (CLOSE) to close the window.

8. Make sure that the cursor is located at the Sync field, and turn the [JOG] dial to switch the

setting ON.

The settings of the Sync In/Sync Out window will take effect when the Sync ﬁeld is ON. In this state, the

MPC4000 will synchronize with an external device.

9. If you want a sequence to play back in synchronization with an external device, select the

desired sequence in the main page.

10. If you want a song to play back in synchronization with an external device, press the [SONG]

key, and select the desired song.

Note: You can set the offset time in a range of 00:00:00:00.00–23:59:59:29.99. However, it is not possible to

synchronize across the zero location with an external device.