Zone mode, Fine adjustment of the start point of a zone – Akai MPC 2000xl User Manual

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Chapter 6: Creating and Editing Sounds

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ZONE mode

The ZONE mode allows you to divide a sample into a number of equal parts (from 1 to 16). This
could be useful, for example, if a 2 bar sample has 4 beats to a bar: dividing the sample into 8
would give you 8 zones of 1 beat each.

Hold SHIFT and press TRIM (or 5 on the numeric pad), then press

ZONE

[F3].

Select the

Zone:

field with the CURSOR keys and press OPEN WINDOW.

Set the number of zones with the DATA wheel.

Press

DO IT

[F5] to return to the ZONE screen.

You can select each zone by turning the DATA wheel while in the

Zone:

field of the ZONE

screen.

Each individual zone can be edited from the EDIT mode (see the EDIT mode section).

Fine Adjustment of the Start Point of a Zone

Select the

St:

field in the ZONE mode screen and press OPEN WINDOW to open the Zone start

fine window.

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PLAY X

ZOOM+

ZOOM-

Zone start fine

Start:

7856

Lngth=

19735

PLAY X:ALL

•

Start:

Set the start point of the zone. Change the value with the DATA wheel. You can enter large
numbers by entering a number with the numeric pad and then pressing ENTER.
You can also enter numbers with thw CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT keys while holding the SHIFT
key.

Note:

Note: If you adjust the start point, the end point of the previous zone will also change.

•

Lngth=

The length of the zone (from the start point to the end point) is displayed. You cannot
change the value of this field.

You can enlarge or reduce the sample wave display by pressing

ZOOM+

[F3] or

ZOOM-

[F2].

Press

ZOOM-

[F2] to display the entire wave and set a rough start point then press

ZOOM+

[F3]

several times to make fine adjustments.

When

PLAY X

[F6] is pressed, you can play back the currently selected sound at full velocity

according to the settings in the

PLAY X:

field. For details refer to the “TRIM Mode”.

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PLAY X

EDIT

PARAMS

Snd:

4_G-1_I-BS_L

PLAY X:ALL

TRIM

ZONE

St:

10836

End:

12384

Zone:

LOOP

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DO IT

Number of Zones

Number of zones:

Pressing DO IT will reset

St/End values.