Editing A Track; Using The Graphic Editor To Edit - Akai MPC4000 User Manual

Editing a track

The following pages explain how to edit the note events and continuously-variable events recorded in a track.

Using the Graphic Editor to edit

On the MPC4000 you can use a graphic display to visually edit note events and continuously-variable events
such as control changes. Here's how to use the graphic display to edit MIDI events.
Editing a drum-type track
You can use a graphic matrix editor to copy, delete, and modify the note events recorded in a drum type track.
1. In the main page, select a drum-type track and press the [SEQ EDIT] key to access the Sequence
Edit page.
When you select a drum-type track and press the [SEQ EDIT] key, the graphic matrix editor will appear.
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Graphic editor: This area graphically displays the note events and continuously-variable events that
are recorded in the track, and lets you select the area that you want to edit.
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Time ruler: Indicates the time axis of the track. The units in the ruler are the smallest steps by which
you can select an area.
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Pad number: Indicates the pad number corresponding to the note events recorded in the track.
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Grid: Use this grid to specify the editing region. If a box in the grid contains one or more note events,
it will display a
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Vertical marker: This indicates the current location. You can use it to select the editing region on the
time ruler.
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Horizontal marker: Use this to select the pad number that you want to edit.
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View field: Here you can select the type of MIDI events that will appear in the graphic editor.
Hint: If the graphic editor does not show the matrix display, change the View field setting to NOTE.
You can also use the Track field to select a different track for editing at any time.
2. If you want to change the pad bank that is shown by the graphic editor, press a PAD BANK
[A]–[F] key to view the corresponding pad bank.
The graphic matrix editor shows note events in groups of a single pad bank. If you change the pad bank, the
display will switch to the set of notes for the newly-selected pad bank.
3. Move the cursor to the Timing correct field, and specify the resolution of the time ruler.
Normally you will set the grid resolution to the smallest interval at which the notes you want to edit are located.
4. Move the cursor to either the measure, beat, or tick area of the Now field, and move the vertical
marker to the location that you want to edit.
When the cursor is located within the graphic editor, you can also use the CURSOR [ √ ]/[ ® ] keys or the
[JOG] dial to move the vertical marker.
5. Use the BLOCK CURSOR [
6. Select the grid area that you want to edit.
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Track field: Indicates the track that you are
editing.
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Tempo field: Indicates the tempo of the
sequence.
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Timing correct field: Indicates the minimum
unit for timing correction. The setting of this
field will also affect the resolution of the hor-
izontal axis (time ruler) of the graphic editor).
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Swing field: Specifies the amount of "swing"
for timing correction.
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Now field: Indicates the current location
within the sequence in measures/beats/ticks.
You can move the current location by chang-
ing this value.
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