Akai MPC 2000xl - Manual (Page 62)

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Chapter 3: Recording Sequences
Settings for MIDI Reception
From the Main Screen, select the track type field (MIDI or Drum 1-4) and press the OPEN WIN-
DOW key to display the MIDI input window.
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MIDI Input MIDI Input
Receive channel: Receive channel: ALL Prog change>seq:OFF Prog change>seq:OFF
Sustain pedal to Duration: ON Sustain pedal to Duration: ON
MIDI filter:OFF
MIDI filter:OFF
Type:NOTES
Pass?:YES
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• Receive channel:
Set the receiving MIDI channel. All the other data that has not been set to a MIDI channel
is ignored. Set this to ALL to receive on all MIDI channels.
• Prog change 4 Seq:
You can set whether sequences are changed with MIDI Program Change messages from
an external MIDI device. When set to
ON , Program Change messages will be received and
the same sequence number as the MIDI Program Change number will be selected.
• Sustain Pedal to Duration:
When performances from devices such as a MIDI keyboard are recorded to the sequencer,
the sustain pedal message (control number 64) is recorded with the note data, but the
following issues arise.
1. If you delete or erase a section of the sequence that contained a Sustain Off mes-
sage, all notes after that location will be sustained until the next Sustain On message.
2. When multiple tracks are set to the same MIDI channel and one track only contains
sustain pedal data, the other track(s) set to the same MIDI channel will also have
sustain effects.
3. If you merge a track with sustain pedal information into a track without sustain pedal
information, notes on the resultant track will be sustained.
4. If you overdub notes into a track containing sustain pedal information, the new notes
will be sustained.
The MPC2000XL solves these problems by specially processing sustain pedal messages. If the
Sustain pedal to Duration field is set to ON, when the MPC2000XL receives a
Sustain On message during record, it will NOT record it. Instead, it will be converted to Note ON/
OFF data. As a result, the duration of the note on the recorded track becomes longer.
There are some situations in which converting sustain pedal to the duration of the note is undesir-
able:
1. Depending on the settings and specifications of the MIDI sound source when the
duration of a note is too long and exceeds the number of voices that can be sounded,
new notes may be ignored and may not generate a sound.
2. Depending on the settings of the MIDI sound source, MIDI control number 64 may be
used for messages other than sustain.
In this case, by turning this field off, you can record a sustain pedal message (control number 64).