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Chapter 2: The Basics

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Playing the Pads, the BANK 2, & FULL LEVEL Keys

Each sampled recording in the MPC60 is called a sound. To hear some

of the drum sounds you have just loaded, play the 16 dynamic pads on

the front panel. To hear other sounds, press the BANK 2 key once so

that the light above the key is lit, then play the pads again. The MPC60

has four pad banks (A, B, C and D). To hear the sounds assigned to pad

bank C, press BANK 2 again and play the pads, and do the same to hear

bank D. Each time you press the BANK 2 key you change to the next

pad bank, and with each bank the 16 pads play different sounds. When

you return to pad bank A, the light will turn off. In almost all screens, a

letter at the extreme top right will display the active pad bank.

The 64 bank/pad combinations are named by combining the bank letter

(A–D) with the pad number:

Pads in bank A: A01 through A16

Pads in bank B: B01 through B16

Pads in bank C: C01 through C16

Pads in bank D: D01 through D16

Each of these 64 bank/pad combinations (A01–D16) is referred to as a

pad.

The 16 pads are dynamic—the harder you play them, the louder the

sound will play. If desired, however, this touch sensitivity can be

defeated. Press the FULL LEVEL key (the light will go on), and no

matter how softly you play the pads, the sound will play at its maximum

dynamic level. Press FULL LEVEL again to return to normal dynamic

operation.

Selecting Programs

The 64 sound assignments you have just heard (four pad banks of 16

sounds each) comprise a program. The MPC60 can hold up to 8

programs. Each program has a unique set of 64 sound assignments, so

you can think of programs as drum sets. If you change from one program

to another, playing the four banks of pads will produce entirely different

sounds.

When you just played the pads and heard the sounds, you were hearing

the sounds assigned in Program 1. If another program is currently

loaded into program 2, you can switch to program 2 in the following way:

1. Press the SOUNDS key and select 1, “Select program, assign

sounds,” from the menu. The following screen will appear:

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