Akai MPC Renaissance User's Guide download pdf (Page 62)

You can change the Sequence's tempo by double-clicking the BPM value and entering a

value with your computer's keyboard. You can also click and drag the BPM value up or

down to increase or decrease it.

Hardware: Use the Tap Tempo button to tap in the beats per minute of your desired tempo. An amber

LED will blink, indicating the current beats. You can also press the Main button and use the Cursor

Buttons to move to the Bpm parameter. Select the desired value by using the Data Dial or the -/+

buttons. You can also use the numeric buttons to enter a value and confirm by pressing Enter.

Note: The transport controls can be found on the MPC hardware as well as in the software, so the

descriptions below apply to both.

Click the Rec button to put the software in Record Mode. The button's LED will light up red

indicate the Record process is armed. To start recording, press Play or Play Start. When the

Sequence starts to loop in Record Mode, it will switch to Overdub Mode.

Overdub allows you to add data to the existing data on the selected Track. It is additive and

non-destructive. It operates just like the Rec button, except that the recording will be in

Overdub Mode from the moment you press Play or Play Start.

Stop will stop playback or recording. Quickly pressing Stop three times will act as a "MIDI

panic" and shut off all voices and stop all audio processing. Stop will also cancel loading any

files that are being loaded—if you select a Project or Program by accident, press Stop to abort

and clear the loaded files.

Play will start playback from the current time position.

Play Start will start playback from the beginning of the Song or Sequence or from the First Bar

setting.

Hardware: The Undo button can be used differently during recording. Normally, pressing Undo will undo

the last event only (the button will be lit solid when there is an action that can be undone). While

recording, pressing Undo will erase all events since Play or Play Start was pressed (the Undo button will

flash in this case).

Tip: When using the MPC software as a plugin in host software, you can use your MPC hardware to

control your host software's transport. For instructions on how to set this up, click the Edit menu and

select Set Up MMC Control, which will open a separate PDF. This is available for certain host software

applications only.

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Akai MPC Renaissance User's Guide Page 62