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Chapter 6: Creating and Editing Programs

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What Are Programs?

A program can be thought of as a drum set. It is a collection of up to 64

sound assignments with accompanying sound modifying parameters.

When a sound is loaded into the MPC60’s sound memory, it cannot be

played by pads or from MIDI until it is assigned within a program. In a

program, each of 64 legal MIDI note numbers (35–98) is assigned to

one of the 128 possible sounds currently residing in memory. Once

assigned to a note number, a sound can be played in one of three ways:

1. By receiving a Note On message from the MIDI input. (The note

number within the message is used to select which sound to play.)

2. By playing a front panel drum pad. (Each pad is separately assigned

to one of 64 MIDI note numbers, 35–98, in the MIDI key’s option 1

screen.)

3. By playing drum tracks in sequences. (The sound played by a

sequenced drum note event is determined by its note number

assignment, 35–98.)

In addition to the 64 sound assignments, each program also contains a

number of sound modifying parameters for each of the 64 sound

assignments, such as envelope, tuning, mixer, and velocity response

data.

The MPC60 has 8 different programs (of which only one can be active at

a time), each with its own unique set of 64 assignments. Simply by

changing the active program number (1–8), all 64 sound assignments

and their sound modifying settings will instantly change. Each program

contains the following data:

• Program name

• For each of 64 pad numbers (A01–D16):

The note number generated when the pad is played

• For each of 64 note numbers (35–98):

Sound assignment

Sound assignment mode and related parameters

Envelope attack, decay and decay mode

Velocity modulation of volume, attack and start address

Tuning, poly assignment and cutoff assignments

Stereo mix volume and pan

Echo send level

“Echo send level follows stereo volume” (yes/no)

• Note Variation Slider assignment and parameter range limits

The following is a graphical representation of how data are organized

within programs:

1 2 ... 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 ... 240 241

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