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Chapter 1: Introduction

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• The new Edit Note Number Assignment feature permits

reassigning specific drum notes from one note number

(instrument) to another.

• The Count In feature may now be set to activate only before

recording.

• The Punch In feature may now be set to punch-in only or

punch-out only.

• New MIDI Local Mode internally disconnects the pads from the

sound generator. This is useful when using the pads and sound

generator with external sequencers.

General Changes

• Floppy disk capacity is expanded to 1.44 megabytes.

• Built-in SCSI interface allows data to be saved to and loaded from

external hard disk.

• Faster internal computer (16MHz V53—equivalent to a 80286) for

improved timing accuracy in complex sequences and enhanced

timing response to MIDI input.

• Many screens are changed and some functions moved in order to

make operation simpler and more intuitive.

If You Already Know the MPC60

Most of the operational differences between the MPC60 and

MPC3000 should be relatively simple to understand for MPC60

users, but some changes are more complex than others. Here is

additional information about the more complex changes to the

MPC3000.

The new Programs system

The MPC3000 uses a new system of sound assignments called

programs. A program is a set of 64 sound assignments and

sound modifying parameters. There are 24 different programs,

each with a unique set of sound assignments to a common

bank of up to 128 sounds in memory. Only one program may

be active at a time. As result of this new system, changing a

pad’s assignment from one sound to another is done merely by

changing the contents of a data field. Changing from one

entire set of sound assignments to another is done by changing

the active program number. In addition to the sound

assignments, each program contains a unique set of sound

modifying parameters for each sound assignment. These

parameters include envelope, tuning, velocity modulation,

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