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Chapter 1: Introduction

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What’s Different From the MPC60?

The MPC3000 contains many changes and improvements over the

MPC60. The major changes are listed below.

Sound Generator Changes

• Sampling resolution is increased from 12-bit non-linear to 16-bit

linear.

• Sampling rate is increased from 40 kHz to 44.1 kHz.

• Stereo sampling is supported.

• A digital sampling input is included for direct recording from

digital sources.

• Sound memory is increased: 2 megabytes standard (21.9 seconds

mono or 10.9 seconds stereo), expandable to 16 megabytes (188.3

seconds mono or 94.1 seconds stereo). The maximum sampling time

per sound is no longer limited to 5 seconds, but rather only by

available sound memory. Also, sampling no longer requires erasing

sequence memory.

• Total sound capacity is increased from 34 to 128 sounds.

• Number of playback voices is increased from 16 to 32.

• A dynamic lowpass filter with envelope generator (and resonance)

exists for each playback voice.

• A built-in effects generator permits versatile delay effects.

• The new programs system of sound assignment allows all sound

assignments to be instantly changed merely by changing the active

program number, instead of by loading a new SET file as in the

MPC60. There are 24 programs, each with a unique set of sound

assignments from a common bank of 128 sounds. Unlike Set files,

saving a program to disk only saves assignment and parameter

information; the sounds used by the program are saved as indi-

vidual sound files. This allows multiple programs to be saved to the

same disk without redundantly saving sound data as with SET files.

• Sounds are now assigned to MIDI note numbers instead of to pad

names. This permits simpler operation of the MPC3000 as a MIDI

sound module, eliminating the need to translate MIDI note numbers

into pad names as in the MPC60.

• New Mono Mode parameter causes a voice to restart, terminating

earlier plays. Also, any sound can be set to terminate any two other

sounds.

• Sample files from Akai S1000 & S3000 floppy disks may be loaded.

• Sample editing is enhanced. Now, any portion of a sound may be

copied or removed and then inserted into another sound at any

location. Also, any portion may be silenced or reversed.

• The Echo Mixer has been removed. It is replaced by the Individual

Outputs/Effects Mixer. This new mixer allows any sound to be

routed to any one of the individual outputs or the internal effects

generator, and the volume level of this assignment is adjustable

independently of the stereo volume.

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