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Section 3: Recording sequences 41

• The NOW field

This field displays the current position within the sequence simultaneously

both in musical terms and as a SMPTE number. The left side of this field

shows the current position in musical terms - as a 3 part number separated

by decimal points. The first part is the bar number; the second is the "beat"

number within the bar (the beat is equal to the denominator of the time

signature); and the third is the "clock" number within the beat (there are 96

clocks to a quarter note). Bars and Beats start at 1; Clocks start at 0.

To the right of the above described BAR.BEAT.CLOCK number is

another 4 part number, displayed in parentheses. This field displays the

current position of the sequence as a function of elapsed time from the

beginning of the sequence, in HOURS:MINUTES:SECONDS:FRAMES.

However, the number displayed when the sequence is set to the start is not

necessarily 00:00:00:00, but rather is equal to the number entered in the

"Sequence Starts at SMPTE#" field in the SYNC screen.

These 2 fields cannot be changed by directly entering numbers -the cursor

will not move to this field. This field is normally changed by using the <, >,

« , and » keys, or the LOCATE function, described in another section. Also,

these fields change in real time while the sequence plays. However, the

rightmost part of each field - the "clocks" and "frames" parts - are replaced

with 2 dashes ("-") while playing because they would otherwise change too

quickly to be useful.

The 4 SOFT KEYS:

• SOFT KEY 1 - <Trak=ON >:

This soft key acts as a "mute on/off switch for the active track. Pressing

SOFT KEY 1 changes from <Trak=ON> to <Trak=OFF>, and pressing it

again changes it back. When set to ON, the active track plays; when set to

OFF, the track doesn't play.

• SOFT KEY 2 -<Solo=OFF>:

Pressing this soft key turns SOLO mode ON or OFF. If set to ON, only

the active track is heard, as all other tracks are temporarily muted.

• SOFT KEY 3 - <Tmpo=SEQ>:

Pressing this soft key alternates between the 2 tempo modes used in the

MPC60: MASTER (MAS) and SEQUENCE (SEQ). These two tempo

modes are explained in section 3.9.1, "The tempo screen".This is useful,

for example, to quickly alternate between a normal play tempo and a

slower tempo when recording.

• SOFT KEY 4 - <SortTrks>:

This function is used to rearrange the order of the tracks. Pressing this soft

key displays the following screen:

1 2 ... 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 ... 227 228

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