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Section 9: Midi functions 205

1. To set the MPC60 to play its drums in response to incoming

notes on the "drums" channel only (normally channel 16), select

a "non-drums" track in the PLAY/RECORD screen (or set both

CH fields to any channel other than 16). This works because the

internal drum generator always responds to incoming notes on

the drums channel, even if the active track is routing all

incoming channels to the active track's assigned channel.

2. To set the MPC60 to play its drums in response to incoming

notes on all 16 midi channels, select a "drums" track (any track

assigned to midi channel 16) in the PLAY/RECORD screen (or

simply set one of the CH fields to 16). This occurs because all

incoming channels are routed to the active track's assigned

channel, which is 16 if the track is a drums track.

The ASSIGN OUTGOING NOTES TO DRUMS section:

This section encompasses three fields. The uppermost field, MIDI DRUM

DATA SENT OUT is used to determine what midi data is sent out when

the internal drums play. It is a choice field with three selections:

1. NONE: If this option is selected, no drum related data is sent

out over midi when drums play. If no external drum generator

is used in addition to the MPC60's internal drums, this option

could be used in order to reduce the amount of work the

internal computer must perform, and therefore allowing the

MPC60 to operate at highest timing efficiency. This is the

default setting.

2. DRUM NOTES: If this option is selected, a midi note command

is sent out whenever one of the internal drums plays. This

should be used if an external drum generator (such as the Akai

XE8) is being triggered by the MPC60. This setting requires the

MPC60 to perform more computations internally than the

"NONE" setting and therefore may slightly reduce timing

efficiency in complex sequences playing at fast tempos.

3. NOTES/MIX/TUNE: If this option is selected, a midi note

command is sent out whenever one of the internal drums plays,

and also a special system exclusive command is sent out

whenever a change in the stereo mix, echo mix, or tuning occurs.

At time of writing, no products respond to these system

exclusive messages from the MPC60 (other than another

MPC60). This setting requires the MPC60 to perform more

computations internally than the "NONE" setting and therefore

may slightly reduce timing efficiency in complex sequences

playing at fast tempos.

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