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Creating a Song

This section explains how to make a Song out of your

Sequences.

Before starting, make sure that you have recorded some

Sequences (which we described earlier in this chapter)!

Click the Song tab to open Song Mode. Each of the

Sequences you've created in this Project is assigned to a pad.

Click and drag a pad with the desired Sequence onto the

Sequence Playlist to the left of the pads. Alternatively, if you

prefer viewing a horizontal timeline, you can click and drag it

onto the workspace above the pads.

As a Song plays, it moves through the each Step, which has a Sequence you assigned. Each Sequence

may (or may not) be repeated, determined by the value in the Repeats (Rpts) column (a Rpt value of 1

means the Sequence will play through only once).

Each Step can be set to play its Sequence at an independent tempo, determined by the value in the BPM

column. The Bars column indicates the total number of bars or measure that will elapse when playing that

Step.

Click any drop-down menu in the Sequence column to select a new Sequence for that Step. Click and

drag up or down on a Rpts value to change it.

Exporting the Song

Want to share your new Song with your friends? All you need to do is export it.

Click the File menu, navigate to Export, and select As Audio Mixdown.

In the Audio Mixdown window, you can select your mixdown settings.

• Set the Start field to 1, and set the End field to the last bar of your Song.

• As the Song will likely be uploaded to the Internet, select the mp3 file format option.

• Choose a save location.

Click Export to start exporting the Song.

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Akai MPC Renaissance User's Guide Page 34