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MPC2500 Operator’s Manual rev 1.0

Terminologies in MPC2500

These are the basic terminologies you need to know to operate the MPC2500:

Sequence

Sequence is the most basic unit that you use when you create data with

the MPC2500. The data from the MIDI keyboard or pads will be re-

corded to each track in a sequence.

A sequence has 64 tracks, each of which can hold performance data.

You can create up to 99 sequences. The length of a sequence can be set

from 1 bar to 999 bars. You can create a whole song with one sequence;

however you can also create a song with a combination of several short

sequences with the Song feature.

Track

A sequence has 64 tracks. Each track can record separate performance

data. For example, you can record instruments separately on each track

(ex. Piano sound in track 1, Bass on Track 2, Organ on Track 3,etc…).

You can record one track at a time; however, you can play back already-

recorded tracks while recording a new track. Each track has the track

mute setting (whether play back the contents of the track or not). For

example you record two Piano solos on Track 1 and Track4 and com-

pare them using mute function. Performance data will be recorded on a

track as a MIDI event. It does not record sounds directly on a track.

Song

With the song feature, you can play back sequences in a certain order.

You can set the order and number of sequences to play back freely. This

is useful when you wish to play back several songs in a row, or when

you are creating a song with a combination of several sequence data.

With the MPC2500, you can create up to 20 songs. When you arrange

sequences into a song, assign them to each step in the song. A step is like

a “container” of sequences. A song has 250 steps.

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