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MPC500 Operator's Manual rev 1.0

Connecting your midi devices

1. Connect the [MIDI OUT] of the keyboard to the MPC500’s [MIDI IN] and the MPC500’s [MIDI OUT] to [MIDI IN] of the

external sound module as per the following diagram.

Note: You may still want to connect the MPC500’s stereo out to a mixer so that you can hear a metronome sound even when you use the

MPC500 as a MIDI sequencer.

2. Press the [TRACK] button to select the Main Track screen, the press [PARAMS] to enter Track params.

3. Change the Parameter you are viewing to Program assign, and change the value to OFF. This will disable the

internal sounds for this track.

4. Change the Parameter on the top line to MIDI channel.

5. Here, you set which MIDI channel the MPC500 will use to send MIDI data. You must set the same MIDI channels for

both the keyboard and the sound module.

6. Change the Parameter on the top line to Track type. Change this selection to MIDI.

Tip: By default the MPC500’s input MIDI channel is set to receive all MIDI channels, so you don’t have to set the channel to the keyboard’s

MIDI channel.

7. Play the keyboard to make sure the sound module works.

If you don’t hear any sound, check the connection and make sure you have the correct settings for the keyboard and the sound

module.

8. Press the [PLAY START] button while holding the [REC] button. The recording starts after 4 counts. Play the

keyboard in time with the click sound.

By default, sequence is set to 2 bars. After recording for 2 bars, the MPC500 will start playing back the recorded performance. If you make

another performance, you can add the performance to the currently recorded one. This is called "over dub".

9. You can stop over dub by pressing the [STOP] button.

10. Press the [PLAY] button to play the recorded performance.

11. If you don’t like the performance, you can start the new recording by pressing the [REC] + [PLAY START] button.

It cancels the currently recorded performance data and starts the new recording.

12. To add the recording to the already recorded data, press the [PLAY START] button while holding [OVER DUB]

button.

This plays back the currently recorded performance and you can add the new performance.

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