Akai MPC manual Grid View for Keygroup Programs, How to enter notes and automation data

The Grid View for KEYGROUP Programs

When a KEYGROUP Progam is selected, the grid looks as in the following picture.

The only difference to the DRUM Program view is the vertical miniature keyboard in the left grid window section. Click on a key to select the corresponding track. You will also hear the note assigned to that key.

Everything else works exactly as in the DRUM Programs.

How to enter notes and automation data

You can easily insert notes and data with your computer mouse.

ÂA much more intuitive way to record notes, though, is using the recording function of your MPC hardware. Playing notes with the pads and recording automation data with the Q-Link knobs give you much faster results.

XPress the REC button on your MPC hardware to activate the recording mode. Now press the PLAY button. The metronome will precount one measure before the recording starts. Play on the pads to record a sequence. Press the STOP button to finish your recording.

In the MPC software, you can use the Select tool as well as the Draw tool to create notes:

yDouble-click (Select mode) or click (Draw mode) the desired location in the grid to create a

note. The note length depends on the TIME CORRECT value. If set to 16, the note length will be a 16th note.

yClick and drag the start or end of a note to shorten or extend a note event in steps corresponding to the TIME CORRECT value.

yDouble-click a note to delete it. You can also press the Backspace or Delete of your computer keyboard to delete a selected note.

yYou can hear the corresponding sample by clicking on a note.

yClick and drag a note to move it to another position. Keep in mind that you can only position notes on quantization values defined by the set TIME CORRECT value (indicated by vertical lines in the grid). However, if you hold down the SHIFT key while moving a note, you can drag it to any position you like, regardless of the selected TIME CORRECT value. In Select mode you can draw a frame around multiple notes to select them for moving or copying them as a group.

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