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Chapter 11: MIDI Functions

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are using a single keyboard synthesizer (the keyboard and sound

generator are together in one unit), this field should be set to OFF (or the

keyboard’s Local Control should be set to OFF). In this case, there is no

need for incoming MIDI notes to be immediately sent out to the

synthesizer’s sound generator because it is already receiving notes

directly from its keyboard. If you are using a MIDI master keyboard and

separate synthesizer modules, set this field to ON. This way, the notes

played on the keyboard will play the synthesizer modules in real time.

COMMENT: When the Soft thru field is set to ON, be careful to

avoid a MIDI feedback loop in your external MIDI cables and

devices. A MIDI feedback loop occurs when an output MIDI

message, because of some incorrect external MIDI connection,

is immediately sent back to the input, then it is immediately sent

back out (because the Soft thru field is ON), then back in, then

back out, etc. If this occurs, the MPC60 could stop operating

until one of the MIDI cables is disconnected. To avoid this, be

very careful in connecting your external MIDI cables and devices

to prevent a direct signal path from the MPC60’s MIDI output to

its MIDI input.

• The Assign Note Var slider to controller field:

The function of the Note Variation Slider can be remotely duplicated by

any external MIDI device sending MIDI control change messages. Set

this field to the number (0–127) of the incoming controller that you want

to affect the current slider value. For example, to use a MIDI keyboard’s

modulation wheel to duplicate the function of the Note Variation Slider,

connect the keyboard's MIDI output to the MPC60's MIDI input and set

this field to 1, which is the default MIDI controller number for Modulation

Wheel.

• The Convert sustain pedal to duration field:

In almost all sequencers, sustain pedal messages (MIDI controller 64)

are recorded as received into the sequence along with the notes. This

presents the following problems:

1. If you delete or erase a section of the sequence that contained

a Sustain Off message, all notes after that location will be

sustained until the next Sustain On message.

2. If you play two or more tracks into the same MIDI output

channel and only one track has sustain pedal information, the

notes on the other tracks will also be sustained.

3. If you merge a track with sustain pedal information into a track

without sustain pedal information, notes on the resultant track

will be sustained.

4. If you overdub notes into a track containing sustain pedal

information, the new notes will be sustained.

The MPC60 can eliminate these problems by specially processing

sustain pedal messages. If the Convert sustain pedal to duration field is

set to ON, when the MPC60 receives a Sustain On message during

record, it will NOT record it. Instead, any notes that are currently pressed

will be internally held, even after they are released, until a Sustain Off

message is received. The result is that the individual durations of notes

are lengthened, so unwanted transfer of sustain information to other

notes on the same MIDI channel is impossible. This has the added

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