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Chapter 3: Recording Sequences

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The WAIT FOR KEY and COUNT IN Keys

These two keys make the process of real-time sequence recording

easier.

The WAIT FOR KEY key

This function is useful in the recording of keyboard sequences when your

keyboard is not located close to the MPC60. If Play, Record or Overdub

mode is entered while the Wait For Key function is on, the sequence will

not begin to play until a key is played on the MIDI keyboard. This acts as

a remote switch to start the sequence playing. Note that the first key that

is played to start the sequence is NOT recorded into the sequence—it

only starts the sequence. All keys played after recording has been

initiated are recorded into the sequence.

To turn Wait For Key mode on, press the WAIT FOR KEY key once; the

light goes on to indicate it has been activated. To turn the mode off,

press the WAIT FOR KEY key again and the light will go off. If set to ON,

it will automatically go OFF after it has been used once (for playback,

recording, or overdubbing a sequence). You must turn it on again each

time you want to use it.

The COUNT IN key

If the Count In function is on, one bar of metronome clicks will precede

the playing of the sequence or song whenever you initiate playback of a

sequence or song. The clicks provide a tempo guide to prepare you to

record or play along with the sequence.

Press COUNT IN to turn the function on and again to turn it off. While on,

the light above the key is lit.

It is possible to select a mode in which the count in only occurs before

recording and not before playing. To select this mode and to adjust other

metronome parameters, press the OTHER key. These features are

explained in the “OTHER Key” section, later in this chapter.

COMMENT: While the Count In bar is playing, keys played on

the MIDI keyboard will not be output through MIDI (via the

MPC60 ‘s Soft Thru function) until the Count In bar has finished.

For example, if you were to play a chord during the count in bar,

the chord would not sound until bar 1 started playing. This is

normal operation and serves as a reminder that no notes can be

recorded during the count in bar, and that any notes played

during that time will be held and recorded at the start of the

sequence.

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