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Chapter 11: MIDI Function

The MPC3000 eliminates these problems by specially processing

sustain pedal messages. If the Convert sustain pedal to

duration

field is set to ON, when the MPC3000 receives a Sustain

On message during record, it will NOT record it. Instead, any notes

that are currently pressed will be internally held on, even after they

are released, until a Sustain Off message is received. The result is

that the individual durations of notes are lengthened, so unwanted

transfer of sustain information to other notes on the same MIDI

channel is impossible. This has the added advantage of allowing you

to adjust durations of sustained notes individually in Step Edit

mode.

There are some situations in which converting sustain pedal to

duration is undesirable:

1. On some synthesizers, this special sustain method will

cause the synthesizer to ignore any new notes played

after all available voices are used, because the synthe-

sizer thinks the keys are still held.

2. Some synthesizers have the ability to use MIDI controller

64 for other purposes than sustain, so it is desirable to

record it into the sequence.

For these reasons, the MPC3000’s special sustain processing can be

defeated. To defeat this special feature and record MIDI sustain

messages (controller 64) into sequences, set this field to OFF.

• SOFT KEYS 1 and 2—<Play snds from MIDI>:

Pressing either of these soft keys presents a screen that explains

how to play the MPC3000’s internal sounds from its MIDI input.

These soft keys are only used to display information—they don’t

affect any data in the MPC3000.

• SOFT KEYS 3 and 4 —<Send MIDI frm pds>:

Pressing either of these soft keys presents a screen that explains

how to send note events out over MIDI when the MPC3000’s pads

are played. These soft keys are only used to display information—

they don’t affect any data in the MPC3000.

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