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Chapter 8: Creating and Editing Sounds

3. STEREO: Sampling is done in stereo, using both the left

and right sampling inputs (or both parts of the signal

arriving at the digital input).

• The Monitor field:

This choice field has two options: ON and OFF. If ON, the signal from

the sampling input is heard in the stereo mix outputs. If OFF, it is

not. If you are sampling with a microphone in the same room as the

speakers, select OFF to avoid audio feedback. Otherwise, select ON

to hear the incoming signal in the stereo mix.

• The Length field:

This field is used to specify the total recording time to be allocated

to the new sample, in seconds (and 0.1 seconds). Any number can be

entered here up to the maximum available sampling time. In a non-

expanded MPC3000, the maximum sampling time is 21.9 seconds

mono or 10.9 seconds stereo. In a fully expanded MPC3000 (total 16

megabytes) the maximum sampling time is 188.3 seconds mono or

94.1 seconds stereo.

COMMENT: If you frequently find that you need more

memory even when all sounds are deleted, you may want to

add more memory to the MPC3000. See the section “Expand-

ing the Sound Memory” in the Appendix for information

about how to do this.

COMMENT: Although the maximum sampling time is

limited only by available sound memory, the maximum

sound file size that can fit on a floppy disk is 16.4 seconds

mono or 8.2 seconds stereo. If a sound is larger than this, it

won’t fit on a single floppy and the MPC3000 cannot split

single sound files over two or more floppies. If you need to

create longer sounds and save them to disk, you must use an

external hard disk connected to the SCSI port.

• The Thres (Threshold) field:

This sets the threshold above which recording will begin once <Rec

ready>

has been pressed. The range is 0-100% of full scale. A good

setting to start with is 1%. Setting Thres to 0 will cause recording

to begin as soon as <Rec ready> is pressed.

• The Pre-Rec (Pre-Record) field:

When sampling, a small amount of time before the level threshold is

exceeded is also recorded, insuring that even the low level start of

the sound is retained. This field is used to set that amount of pre-

record time, in milliseconds. For example, to record 10 milliseconds

before the audio threshold is exceeded, enter 10 here. The default

value here is 1 millisecond, which is adequate for most sharp attack

sounds like drums.

COMMENT: When played back, the sound starts playing

from the point at which the threshold was exceeded

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