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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Welcome!
Since its release in 1988, the Akai MPC60 MIDI Production Center has
earned a reputation not only as the world’s greatest drum machine but
also as a powerful sequencer for those who desire an alternative to the
complexity and confusion of computer sequencers.
In developing the successor to the MPC60 — the new MPC3000 — we
expanded the MPC60’s popular features, added many new ones, and
reworked some concepts to make them more powerful, efficient, and
intuitive. While the MPC3000 also offers significant hardware
improvements, the good news is that we were able to port much of its
advanced software back into the MPC60. We think you’ll find that the
Version 3.1 software will greatly enhance your music making.
Since the advent of sequencers I have tracked their evolution with great
interest, and in my view, sequencers have evolved to a point where they
are now a legitimate instrument on their own. Many of today’s musicians
could be better described as sequencer players than as keyboardists or
guitarists. Album credits often read “programming by...” to denote a
musician who has used a sequencer to create the backing track for a
recording. These new musicians think and compose in terms of total
arrangement as opposed to single instruments. In many ways, the
sequencer’s panel and display screens are their strings and keys,
allowing them to reach heights of creativity never before possible.
In this light, I like to think of the MPC60 as the piano or violin of our time,
and of you as an MPC60ist. In the same way a violinist’s style is
identified by his or her vibrato and phrasing, your MPC60 virtuosity may
be identified by your particular swing settings, your creative use of Note
Repeat, or your real-time use of the Note Variation feature. As an
MPC60ist, if you find the instrument useful in your creative process,
please let the world know. Next time you perform on a recording, ask to
be credited not with, “Keyboards played by...” or “Programming by...” but
rather with, “MPC60 played by....”
Thanks for your continued support of the MPC60. I hope you enjoy
playing it as much as we have enjoyed developing it.
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