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Chapter 5: Song mode

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COMMENT: Occasionally you may see the message Analyzing

sequence. Please wait... on the lowest line of the screen, asking

that you wait briefly while the MPC60 does some thinking. This

occurs after you make changes in the song, but only if the song

contains a large number of different sequences. Once this

process is done, all subsequent fast-forward, rewind, and locate

operations will be immediate.

COMMENT: If you notice a timing irregularity in your song at the

point of transition from one sequence to another, the problem

may be due to the assignments of the Pgm field (in the

Play/Record screen) for the sequence that plays immediately

after the timing irregularity. If a sequence containing these

program assignments is played in Song mode (or if the

sequence is selected manually while the MPC60 is playing), the

sequence’s program assignments are sent out at the moment

that the sequence starts to play in the song. This can present a

problem, because most synthesizers require time to change

programs, which can cause any notes existing at the start of the

new sequence to be delayed. This delay is brief in most

synthesizers, but is usually enough to cause a timing irregularity

when it occurs at the start of a sequence. To avoid this problem,

don’t assign program changes to sequences that you are using

in Song mode. If you need to use program changes within the

song, make sure that no notes exist at the start of the sequences

that contain the program changes. Another alternative is to insert

MIDI Program Change commands within the sequences in the

song at locations where no notes exist.

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