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MPC3000 Software Update Version 3.1 Operator’s Manual

Saving a Standard MIDI File

To save a standard MIDI file, go to the “Save a Sequence” screen by pressing

DISK, then 1:

============ Save a Sequence ===========

Seq:23-Sequence_name Size: 0K

Disk:SCSI DISK PART A Free: 793K

Save as:MIDI FILE TYPE 1 Drum ch:10A

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Two new fields exist, Save as and Drum ch:

• The Save as field:

This field allows you to select which type of file to save— either a normal

MPC3000 sequence file or a Standard MIDI File. This field is a choice field

with three options:

1. MPC SEQ FILE:

Select this if you want to save your sequence in the normal MPC3000

sequence file format.

2. MIDI FILE TYPE 0:

Select this to save your file as a type 0 MIDI file. All tracks will be

merged together into the MIDI file’s single track, with each event

retaining the MIDI channel assignment of the track it previously

existed within. Select this format if you want your MIDI file to be

played in a simple MIDI file player.

3. MIDI FILE TYPE 1:

Select this to save your file as a type 1 MIDI file. Each track will be

saved in its own separate track within the MIDI file, and each event

is given the MIDI channel assignment of its original track. Select

this format if you want to maintain track separation when transfer-

ring your sequence to another sequencer.

COMMENT: If you save your sequence as a MIDI file, the contents of

the following fields in the Play/Record screen will not be saved to the

file: Loop, Type, On, the auxiliary MIDI channel/port field, and

Vel%. This is because the MIDI file format does not support these

data items.

Once saved, the new MIDI file’s name is created from the first eight charac-

ters of the sequence name and has an extension of “MID”.

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