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50 Chapter 6: SONG mode

MPC500 Operator's Manual rev 1.0

 Creating a Song

This section will give a step by step example on how to create a song.

1. Select an unused song on 'Song' field (lower line).

2. Select "Assign seq" on 'Edit select' field (upper line).

The 'Sequence' field shows "End of song" instead of a sequence. "End of song" means that there is no sequence assigned after

this step.

3. Move the cursor to the 'Sequence' field (currently set to End of song) and select a sequence using the [DATA] wheel

or the [NUMERIC] function.

Sequence01 is selected for step 001.

4. Move the cursor to the 'Step' field and select 002.

Now, step 002 shows "End of song" instead of Step 001. You can assign the next sequence by following the procedure above for each step.

Once you add a sequence in the 'Edit select' field, the song name is changed from (unused) to Song## (## is song number) as the default

name.

Repeats

This field sets the number of times the MPC500 will repeat the sequence before playing the next step.

The MPC500 will repeat the sequence the selected number of times. Each sequence can be set to repeat up to 99 times. When Repeat is set

to 0 for a step in the middle of the song, playback is stopped at this step. This is convenient for stopping a song in the middle without

deleting steps after the stop point.

Hold is also available here. When Repeat is set to Hold, The MPC500 will repeat the sequence until you press STEP> button.

Tempo

This selection displays the tempo of the selected sequence. You can change the tempo of the sequence, but if you are using the same

sequence in another step, the tempo of that sequence will be changed as well.

Song Name

This selection allows you to change the name of the current song.

The maximum number of characters for a song name is 10.

The name can be changed by selecting the lower line and using the [DATA] wheel or typing with the Pads. Confirm the new name by

pressing the [DO IT] button. Pressing the [CANCEL] button will reset the name to the original name.

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