Operation Manual

MPC2500 Operator’s Manual rev 1.0
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Chapter 12: Editing a sample
made in the Sample window will be applied to the ac-
tual sample. So if you assign one sample to several pads,
or use one sample in several programs, the change will
be applied to all of them. To change the sample of a
specific pad, use the PROGRAM mode.
Copying a sample
You can copy a sample and create a new sample.
01. In the Sample field in the TRIM mode, select a sample
to copy.
02. Press the [WINDOW] key.
The Sample window will open.
03. Press the [F5] (COPY) key.
The Copy Sample window will open.
04. In the New name field, set the name to the newly
created sample.
For more information regarding setting the name,
see the “Setting names” section on Page 10.
05. Press the [F3] (DO IT) key.
The MPC2500 will start copying the sample. To cancel
the operation, press the [F4] (CANCEL) key instead.
Deleting a sample
You can remove a sample from the memory of the
MPC2500.
01. In the Sample field in the TRIM mode, select a sample
to delete.
02. Press the [WINDOW] key.
The Sample window will open.
03. Press [F2] (DELETE) key.
The Delete Sample window will open.
04. Press [F5] (DO IT) key.
This deletes the sample you have selected.
Deleting all samples
You can delete all the sample data in the memory at one time.
01. In the TRIM page, select the Sample field and press
the [WINDOW] key.
The Sample window will open.
02. Press [F2] (DELETE) key.
The Delete Sample window will open.
03. Press [F3] (ALL) key.
The Delete ALL Samples window will open.
04. Press [F5] (DO IT) key.
This deletes all the samples from the MPC2500’s memory.
Other editing functions
NORMALIZE
When you assign a sample recorded at low level, its
playback level will also be low. You can set the levels of
pads in the MIXER mode, but you have to set some
pads to a lower level. With the normalize function; you
can increase the sample level to the highest level pos-
sible without being distorted.
01. In the sample field, select the sample you wish to
adjust the level of.
02. Press the [F6] (EDIT) key.
The Sample Edit window will be displayed.
03. In the Edit field, select NORMALIZE.
04. Press the [F5] (DO IT) key.
Normalizing will start. It may take some time to
process depending on the length of the sample.
REVERSE
Allows you to reverse the selected sample.
01.
In the sample field, select the sample you wish to reverse.
02. Press the [F6] (EDIT) key.
The Sample Edit window will be displayed.
03. In the Edit field, select REVERSE.
04. Press the [F5] (DO IT) key.
The MPC2500 will begin processing the sample . It
may take some time to process depending on the
length of the sample.
TIME STRETCH (Changing the length of the sample)
With the Time Stretch function, you can lengthen or
shorten the selected sample without changing the pitch.
This is useful when you want to match one sample to
another which has different tempo.
01. In the sample field, select the sample you wish to
TIME STRECH.
02. Press the [F6] (EDIT) key.
The Sample Edit window will be displayed.