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Chapter 1: Introduction

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New Software Concepts — More Detail

Most of the operational differences between the old and new software

should be relatively simple for veteran MPC60 users to understand, but

some changes are more complex than others. Here is additional

information about the more complex changes.

The new Programs system

Version 3 software uses a new system of sound assignments called

programs. A program is a set of 64 sound assignments and sound

modifying parameters. There are eight different programs, each with a

unique set of sound assignments to a common bank of up to 128 sounds

in memory. Only one program can be active at a time. As result of this

new system, changing a pad’s assignment from one sound to another is

done merely by changing the contents of a data field. Changing from one

entire set of sound assignments to another is done by changing the

active program number. In addition to the sound assignments, each

program contains a unique set of sound modifying parameters for each

sound assignment. These parameters include envelope, tuning, velocity

modulation, and other data. This is explained further in Chapter 6,

“Creating and Editing Programs.”

SET files are replaced by the new Program files.

In the old software, all sounds and sound assignments were saved in

one large SET file. In order to change all pad assignments, it was

necessary to load a new SET file. Because of Version 3’s new Program

system of sound assignments, SET files have been replaced by PGM

(program) files. A PGM file contains all assignment information but no

sound data. Instead, when a PGM file is saved, all sounds used by the

program are also saved as individual sound files. This new method

allows different PGM files on the same disk to use the same sound files,

eliminating the problem of saving sound data redundantly in multiple SET

files. However, SET files can be loaded—the assignments are loaded

into a program and the sounds are added to sound memory.

There is another new save operation called Save All Programs and

Sounds. This saves a file with the extension APS containing the data of

all eight programs, followed by a sound file for every sound currently in

memory.

Saving of PGM and APS files is explained further in chapter 9, “Saving

To and Loading From Disk.”

Sounds and sequenced drum notes are now assigned to note

numbers instead of to pad names.

In the old software, sounds and sequenced drum notes were assigned to

one of a number of fixed drum pad names (HIHT, SNR1, DR01, etc.) In

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