Akai MPC 2000xl - Manual (Page 177)

Chapter 10: Disk Operation
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If you don't want to keep the loaded sound, press DSCARD [F4] to discard it.
Press KEEP [F5] to load the sound to the selected drum pad.
4-2. Loading .SEQ (sequence) or .MID (standard MIDI) Files
Press DO IT [F6] to load the sequence file. The following window appears when loading
is completed.
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.................................................................................................................................... DSCARD KEEP PLAY
Load a Sequemce Load a Sequemce
File:TEST01 .MID
Load into: Load into: 01 -(Unused)
The file name will appear in the File: field.
Press PLAY [F3] to listen to the sequence.
Select the sequence number that you want to assign the sequence data to in the Load
into: field.
Press KEEP [F5] to assign the loaded file to the sequence number.
Note: The MPC2000XL can load sequence files of up 50,000 note events (approxi-
mate file size of 250kb) per sequence. If you try to load a file larger than this,
only the first 50,000 note events will be loaded.
If you do not want to keep the file, press DSCARD [F4] to discard it.
4-3. Loading .PGM (program) Files
When a program file is loaded, the selected program and the sounds assigned to that
program will be loaded.
Press DO IT [F6] to display the following window.
The Replace same sound in memory: field selects whether to replace the
same sound in the MPC2000XL's memory with the sound on the disk (if the sound as-
signed to the loaded program already exists). If this is set to
YES , all of the data on the
disk with the same name will replace the sounds in the MPC2000XL's memory. If this is
set to
NO , sounds with the same name will not be loaded and the sounds in the
MPC2000XL's memory will be used.
Press CLEAR [F3] to erase all the program and sound data within the memory and load
the new program.
Press
LOAD [F5] to add to existing programs and sounds.
SAVE FORMAT DO IT LOAD
LOAD
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View:ALL Files View:ALL Files :PGM&SND
File: HOUSE_TAMB .SND Size= 20K
Device:SCSI-5 Free Free memory
snd= 1880K
Type=MPC2000XL seq= 2640K
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.................................................................................................................................... CANCEL LOAD CLEAR
Load a Program Load a Program
Replace same sound in memory Replace same sound in memory
: NO(FASTER)
[CLEAR] erases existing P & S [CLEAR] erases existing P & S
[ L O A D ] adds to existing P & S
adds to existing P & S