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Re-sampling – Akai MPC 2000xl User Manual

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Chapter 6: Creating and Editing Sounds

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Re-sampling

Re-sampling allows you to change the sampling frequency of the sample. This is useful for con-
serving memory or it can be used to ‘creatively’ change the quality of the sound (to ‘dirty it up’ a
little).

From the

TRIM

,

LOOP

or

ZONE

screen, select the

Snd:

field and press OPEN WINDOW.

Press

CONVRT

[F3] and select

RE-SAMPLE

with the DATA wheel.

Press

NEXT

[F5].

New Fs:

This sets the new frequency of the sample.

Quality:

This sets the quality of the sample.

LOW

: Least quality but fastest processing.

MED

: Moderate quality and relatively fast processing.

HIGH

: Best quality but slow processing.

New bit:

You can change the ‘bit’ resolution here, generally this is best left at 16, but you can experi-
ment with lower settings to get a less clean sound.

New name:

Enter a new name for the sample here with the DATA wheel or drum pads.
Press

ENTER

[F5] when you have finished.

Press

DO IT

[F5] to convert the sample.

Note:

Note:

Note:

Note:

Note: As re-sampling uses program memory, there must be more than 4 programs empty of

data befor re-sampling can be carried out.

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CLOSE

COPY

CONVRT

DELETE

Sound

Sound name:

Sound name:

KICK_OF_1B

Rate: 44100Hz

Rate: 44100Hz

Type:MONO

Size: 37kbytes

Size: 37kbytes

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CANCEL

Convert:

RE-SAMPLE

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Convert Sound

NEXT

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New Fs:

44100

Hz Quality:LOW

New Bit:16bit

New neme:KICK_OF_1B1

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Resample

DO IT

CANCEL