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Chapter 5: Song Mode

Overview

One way to create a song in the MPC3000 is to record all of the

parts in one long sequence, either playing the entire song manually

or using the copy functions to duplicate repeating sections. Another

way is use Song mode. In Song mode, several sequences are

entered into a list, with each sequence being a different section of

the whole song. Once the entire list is entered, Song mode automati-

cally plays the list of sequences in the order they were entered. This

is especially useful in creating arrangements that have many

repeating sections, such as drum parts. Song mode has the following

advantages over using a long sequence to record a song:

• The song structure can be created very quickly.

• The content of the sections of the song can be changed very

quickly.

A song in the MPC3000 consists of up to 250 steps, each of which

contains the number of the sequence that will play at the step and

the number of times the step will repeat before going on to the next

step in the song. After the last step, the song can either stop playing

or loop back to an earlier step. The MPC3000 can hold up to 20

songs in memory at one time. Recording is not permitted in Song

mode. Rather, the individual sequences must be recorded or edited

while in Play/Record mode.

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