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Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction ............................................................................................... 1

Features .............................................................................................................. 2

Panel Descriptions............................................................................................... 4

Front Panel .............................................................................................. 4

Rear Panel .............................................................................................. 7

Handling Floppy Disks ......................................................................................... 8

The Disk Drive ......................................................................................... 8

Taking care of your Disks ........................................................................ 8

CD-ROM Care ......................................................................................... 9

Chapter 2: The Basics ............................................................................................... 10

Hooking Up Your System .................................................................................. 11

The Terms Used in MPC2000XL....................................................................... 12

Sequence .................................................................................. 12

Track ......................................................................................... 12

Song .......................................................................................... 12

Sound ........................................................................................ 13

Drum Pads ................................................................................ 13

Note Number ............................................................................. 13

Program .................................................................................... 13

Operating the Front Panel and Screen .............................................................. 14

The Cursor, Cursor Keys, Data Fields ...................................... 15

The Numeric Keypad and DATA Wheel.................................... 15

The Function Keys .................................................................... 15

Basic Functions ................................................................................................. 16

Loading and Playing Programs ............................................................. 16

Playing the Drum Pads, the PAD BANK, & FULL LEVEL Keys ............ 18

Selecting Programs ............................................................................... 19

The NOTE VARIATION Slider, ASSIGN and AFTER keys ................... 19

The ASSIGN Key ...................................................................... 20

The AFTER key......................................................................... 21

The 16 LEVELS key .............................................................................. 22

Chapter 3: Recording Sequences............................................................................. 24

How Sequences are Organized......................................................................... 24

Bar.Beat.Tick............................................................................. 25

Examples of Sequence Recordings .................................................................. 26

Example 1: Recording a Drum Pad Performance ..................... 26

Example 2: Recording a Loop ................................................... 28

Example 3: Recording With External MIDI Equipment.............. 30

The MAIN SCREEN .......................................................................................... 32

Selecting a Sequence ........................................................................... 32

Renaming a Sequence.............................................................. 32

Name Window ........................................................................... 33

Deleting a Sequence ................................................................. 33

Copying a Sequence ................................................................. 34

Next sequence function............................................................. 34

Second Sequence Feature ....................................................... 36

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