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Chapter 3: Recording Sequences

Settings for MIDI Reception

From the Main Screen, select the track type field (MIDI or Drum 1-4) and press the OPEN WIN-

DOW key to display the MIDI input window.

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MIDI InputMIDI Input

Receive channel:Receive channel:ALL Prog change>seq:OFFProg change>seq:OFF

Sustain pedal to Duration: ONSustain pedal to Duration: ON

MIDI filter:OFFMIDI filter:OFF

Type:NOTES Pass?:YES

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Receive channel:

Set the receiving MIDI channel. All the other data that has not been set to a MIDI channel

is ignored. Set this to ALL to receive on all MIDI channels.

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Prog change 4 Seq:

You can set whether sequences are changed with MIDI Program Change messages from

an external MIDI device. When set to ON, Program Change messages will be received and

the same sequence number as the MIDI Program Change number will be selected.

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Sustain Pedal to Duration:

When performances from devices such as a MIDI keyboard are recorded to the sequencer,

the sustain pedal message (control number 64) is recorded with the note data, but the

following issues arise.

1. If you delete or erase a section of the sequence that contained a Sustain Off mes-

sage, all notes after that location will be sustained until the next Sustain On message.

2. When multiple tracks are set to the same MIDI channel and one track only contains

sustain pedal data, the other track(s) set to the same MIDI channel will also have

sustain effects.

3. If you merge a track with sustain pedal information into a track without sustain pedal

information, notes on the resultant track will be sustained.

4. If you overdub notes into a track containing sustain pedal information, the new notes

will be sustained.

The MPC2000XL solves these problems by specially processing sustain pedal messages. If the

Sustain pedal to Duration field is set to ON, when the MPC2000XL receives a

Sustain On message during record, it will NOT record it. Instead, it will be converted to Note ON/

OFF data. As a result, the duration of the note on the recorded track becomes longer.

There are some situations in which converting sustain pedal to the duration of the note is undesir-

able:

1. Depending on the settings and specifications of the MIDI sound source when the

duration of a note is too long and exceeds the number of voices that can be sounded,

new notes may be ignored and may not generate a sound.

2. Depending on the settings of the MIDI sound source, MIDI control number 64 may be

used for messages other than sustain.

In this case, by turning this field off, you can record a sustain pedal message (control number 64).

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