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Chapter 3: Recording Sequences

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fields allow the active track to play simultaneously through an

additional channel/port combination. If no additional output chan-

nel/port is desired, select OFF here.

• The Velocity% field (Vel%:

100100

100 in the example screen):

This is an overall output volume control for active track. However,

unlike a normal volume control, this function actually scales the

velocities of all notes that play from the track in real time, acting as

a real-time dynamics control. The range is from 0 to 200%. Values

from 0 to 99 reduce velocities; values from 101 to 200 increase them.

Select 100 for no effect.

• The Program Number field (Pgm:OFF ):

This field permits a MIDI program number (1-128) to be assigned to

the active track. To select no program assignment for the active

track, enter a 0 in this field and OFF will be displayed. Whenever a

new sequence is selected, if any of the sequence’s tracks contain

program number assignments, those program numbers will be

immediately sent out over the track’s assigned MIDI channel/port

(not the auxiliary MIDI channel/port) to the external synthesizer,

causing it to change to the assigned program number. This way, all

external synthesizers are immediately changed to the correct

program numbers by merely selecting the sequence. If a track’s

Type field is set to DRUM, the assigned program number will

change the internal sound generator’s active program number.

COMMENT: It is also possible to record MIDI program

change events at any location within a track, either in real

time or in Step Edit mode. (See the “Step Edit” section in

the “Editing Sequences” chapter of this manual for more

details about this.) It is important to note that if one of these

program change events is inserted mid-sequence and the

portion of the sequence containing the change is played

(causing the external synthesizer to change to the new pro-

gram), the original program number (as set up in the Pro-

gram Number field) will not be re-sent over MIDI until the

sequence is reselected in the Sequence Number field. Simply

restarting the sequence will not implement the program

change. If the MPC3000 did send out all assigned program

numbers whenever PLAY START were pressed, this problem

would be corrected, but there would also be a brief delay at

the start of the sequence because the external synthesizers

must take time to change their program data. If you do want

a program change to be sent out whenever PLAY START is

pressed, it is better to insert a MIDI Program Change event

at the start of the track, using Step Edit.

• The Now field (Now:

001.01.00001.01.00

001.01.00 (

00:00:00:0000:00:00:00

00:00:00:00) in the

example screen):

This field displays the current position within the sequence. The left

side of this field shows the current position in musical terms—as a

three-part number separated by decimal points.

1 2 ... 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 ... 275 276

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