The editing screen, Copying an event – Akai MPC 2000xl User Manual

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Chapter 4: Editing Sequences

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The Editing Screen

The editing screen allows you to copy an entire event within a sequence. It is also possible to
rearrange the tracks, transpose, or set the preferences of a newly created sequence.
To display the editing screen, press

EDIT

[F2] in the main screen.

Event edit
Time and notes are specified here for various types of editing.

Copying an Event

When Copy is selected in the

Edit:

field the following screen is displayed.

.................................

Edit:

COPY

DO IT

EVENTS

BARS

Time:
001.001.00-001.01.00
Notes:
ALL

From sq:80 Tr: 1

To sq:80 Tr: 1

Mode:REPLACE

Start:001.01.00

Copies: 1

TrMOVE

USER

Here you can copy all of the events recorded in a sequence, but it is necessary to set a pad for the
drum track and a note range for the MIDI track.

◆

Left Window

•

Time:

Set the range of the event you want to copy.

•

Notes:

Set the note of the copy source. A pad number will appear if the track is a drum track, and
a note range will appear if the track is a MIDI track. You can directly set the copy source
from a drum pad or MIDI keyboard.

◆

Right Window

•

From sq/Tr:

Select the sequence or track that you want to copy. Here, only the number will appear.

•

To sq/Tr:

This selects the sequence or track that you want to copy to. Here, only the number will
appear.

•

Mode:

This selects whether you will be writing over the existing data (REPLACE) or mixing the
data (MERGE). When

REPLACE

is selected, the event in the copy destination is erased

and is replaced with the copy source data. When

MERGE

is selected, the copy destination

data and the copy source data is mixed.

•

Start:

This specifies the point where you want to start copying. The copy source data will be
pasted at the point set here for the number of times set in

Copies:

(below).

•

Copies:

This specifies the number of copies. From the point set in

Start:

, the data will be

pasted the number of times set here.

To execute the copy, press

DO IT

[F6].