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Chapter 9: Saving and Loading From Disk

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After pressing <Next screen>:

=========== Load V2 SEQ File ==========A

Use the same assigments for loading SET

or ST1 files. If confused, just load it.

-------- Conversion Table ----------

MPC60 pad:HIHT (A01)

Becomes note:56 (Gen MIDI:COWBELL )

========================================

In software version 1 or 2 SEQ files, notes in drum tracks were assigned

to one of 32 pad names (HIHT-DR16). In the Version 3 software, notes

in drum tracks are assigned not to pad numbers, but rather to one of 64

MIDI note numbers (35–98). Therefore, all drum notes in version 1 or 2

SEQ files must be converted from pad assignments to note number

assignments. This is done using the conversion table in the screen

above. The conversion table consists of two fields:

• The MPC60 pad field:

Select an MPC60 pad name in this field (HIHT, SNR1, SNR2,

etc.) For convenience, the pad number is shown to the right .

• The Becomes note field:

This field shows the note number currently assigned to the

MPC60 pad name shown in the field above. There is a unique

note number assigned to each of the 32 MPC60 pad names. To

change the note number assignment, edit the contents of this

field. For help in deciding which note number to use, the General

MIDI instrument assignment for the displayed note number is

shown to the right.

It is not necessary to edit the table. Your Version 1 or 2 sequence will

load and play just fine if you press <Load it> without editing the table.

The only reason to edit the table is if you want the note number

assignments of the notes in the sequence’s drum tracks to correspond to

specific instruments. By default, MPC60 pad names will be translated to

General MIDI note numbers having the same instrument name. For

example, all notes assigned to the MPC60 pad BASS will be translated

by default to note number 36, which has a General MIDI assignment of

Bass Drum 1. It is desirable to use General MIDI note number

assignments because this is the standard for instrument note number

assignments played over MIDI.

This conversion table is also used to convert MPC60 SET or ST1 files, in

which case the sound assignments are converted from pad numbers to

note numbers. If you modify the conversion table, make sure that the

same settings are used when loading any Version 1 or 2 SET or ST1

files that you plan to use with the converted SEQ files.

If you modify the conversion table from the factory-preset defaults, your

changes will be retained in memory even after power is turned off, so

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