Chapter 3

Main Mode

The home screen: sequence, track, arrangement and mixer on one page.

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3.1Main Mode overview
3.2Sequence section
3.3Track section
3.4Track Edit window
3.5Arrangement section
3.6Mixer strips

3.1BasicsManual Main Mode p.106, Toolbar p.107, Shortcuts p.107, Function Buttons p.108

Main Mode overview

Main Mode is the MPC’s overview page. It gathers the functions you reach for most onto one screen, so you can see what is going on and change it without jumping between modes.

To get there, press MAIN | TRACK VIEW, or press MENU | PREFS and tap Main.

What is on the screen

Toolbar — the strip across the top, with the project name and timing information.
Shortcuts — five mode icons down the left edge.
Mixer strips — next to the icons, for the current track or pad and the main output (Mixer strips).
Sequence — the current sequence and its settings (Sequence section).
Track and Arrangement views — the current track (Track section) or its linear timeline (Arrangement section).
Function buttons — the touchscreen buttons along the bottom.

Key combinations

MAIN | TRACK VIEW: Opens Main Mode.
Hold SHIFT + tap TC: Turns global timing correct on or off.In the toolbar
Hold SHIFT + tap Metro: Turns the metronome on or off.In the toolbar

Toolbar

Project: Shows the name of the current project.
Time counter: Shows the playhead position in bars:beats:ticks, and appears in most modes. Double-tap it for the Locate window, where you can move the playhead, manage loop and record settings and jump to particular points in the project (The time counter and Locate).
TC: Tap to open the Timing Correct (TC) window, with the settings that quantise note events in your sequence (Timing Correct).
Metro: Tap the metronome icon to open the Metronome (Click/Metro) menu, which holds every click track setting (Metronome).
Automation: Shows the global automation state. Several other modes show this button too (Automation).
In and Out: These boxes show that the MPC is receiving MIDI from your computer or sending it there. Tap them to open the MIDI Monitor and read the latest messages in either direction.

The five shortcut icons start out as Browser, Track Mixer, Pad Mixer, Sounds and XY. You can swap them for the modes you use most:

Change the shortcuts

Press MENU | PREFS to open the Menu.
Tap and drag mode icons to rearrange them (The Menu).
Put the five you want in the left-most column. They now appear as the shortcuts in Main Mode and on the tab you slide out from the left of the screen in other modes.

Function buttons in Main Mode

Button	What it does
`New Track`	Adds a track to the project (About tracks).
`Rec Arm`	Arms the sequence for recording.
`Track –/+`	Moves to the previous or next track.
`Mute`	Mutes the current track.
`Solo`	Solos the current track.

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3.2BasicsMPC 3.9+Manual Sequence Section p.109, Time Signature per Sequence and Clip (3.9 manual) p.12

Sequence section

This section shows the sequence you are working on and the settings that belong to it. Since MPC 3.9 each sequence can also have its own time signature. The pencil icon on its right edge opens Sequence Edit, a set of tools for erasing, resizing, copying and bouncing.

Fields

Sequence: Selects a sequence. Tap and hold the sequence name to open the Sequence Settings window.
BPM: Sets the tempo. The Sequence/Global button under the field decides whether this sequence keeps its own tempo or follows a global one; SHIFT + TAP TEMPO | GLOBAL does the same (Tempo).
Time Signature: Tap the fields to change the time signature, then tap Do It to apply it. Cancel, the X or a tap anywhere outside the window closes it.Range Numerator (beats per bar) 1–16; denominator (note value of each beat) 4, 8, 16, 32
Bars: Sets how many bars long the sequence is.
Loop: Tap to choose whether the sequence, or part of it, loops. The button shows the current state.
Start and End: Set the loop’s start and end points. Tap a field and turn DATA DIAL or use – and +, or double-tap it and type on the numeric keyboard.
Transpose: Transposes the whole sequence, in semitones.

Sequence Settings

Name: Renames the sequence.
Auto-Select Track: Chooses which track becomes current when you switch to this sequence. None leaves the current track selected; otherwise pick a track from your project.

Sequence Edit tools

Tool	What it does
`Erase`	Removes all or part of a track in a chosen sequence.
`Clear All`	Wipes every event from the sequence and resets all its settings. Tap `Clear All` to confirm or `Cancel` to go back.
`Clear Events`	Wipes every event but touches nothing else. Tap `Clear Events` to confirm or `Cancel` to go back.
`Trim`	Cuts the sequence down to the length in the `Bars` field, straight away.
`Transpose`	Shifts a range of events on a track, and they move accordingly in Grid View. Not for audio tracks.
`Delete Bars`	Takes a range of bars out of a sequence.
`Insert Bars`	Adds empty bars at a chosen point in a sequence.
`Half Length`	Halves the sequence’s length straight away, without deleting any note events.
`Double Length`	Doubles the sequence straight away and copies all the events from the first half into the second.
`Copy Sequence`	Copies everything in one sequence over another.
`Copy Bars`	Copies a range of bars from one sequence into another at a chosen point.
`Copy Events`	Copies a range of events, or selected audio track regions, from one sequence and track into another at a chosen point.
`Bounce to Sample`	Renders the current sequence to an audio sample in the project’s sample pool. Its default name is `Bounce` followed by the sequence name.
`Bounce to Audio Track`	Renders the current sequence to a new audio track and switches Main Mode to it. Its default name is `Audio 001`, or the next free audio track number.

Audio tracks get fewer options than MIDI tracks. In the windows below, Do It applies the change, and Cancel, the X or a tap anywhere outside the window goes back to the previous screen.

Erase

Sequence: The sequence to erase from.
Track: The track to erase within that sequence.
Bar, Beat, Tick: The time range. The left fields set where it starts, the right fields where it ends.
All: Removes every pad event in the range and resets its settings.
Automation: Removes automation only from the range.
Note: Removes the events of chosen pads only. A diagram of the eight pad banks appears: press each pad, in each bank, to select or deselect its notes. MIDI tracks only, not audio tracks.
Except Note: Removes everything in the range apart from note events. MIDI tracks only, not audio tracks.

Transpose

Sequence: The sequence to transpose.
Track: The track to transpose within that sequence.
Bar, Beat, Tick: The time range. The left fields set where it starts, the right fields where it ends.
Pad: Drum tracks: two fields, the source pad whose events you want to move and the destination pad they land on. Tap a field, then press the pad.
Range: Keygroup, plugin and MIDI tracks: the two Note fields set which notes are affected. Notes outside the range stay as they are.
Transpose: Keygroup, plugin and MIDI tracks: how many semitones to move the notes, up or down.

Delete Bars

Sequence: The sequence to take bars from.
First Bar and Last Bar: The range to delete. Both of these bars go, along with every bar in between.

Insert Bars

Sequence: The sequence to add bars to.
# of Bars: How many empty bars to add.
Before Bar: Where they go: the new bars land in front of this one.

Copy Sequence

Copy Contents of Sequence: The source: the sequence whose events you want to copy.
Over Contents of Sequence: The destination: the sequence that receives the copy.

Copy Bars

From Sequence: The source sequence.
First Bar and Last Bar: The range of bars to copy from the source.
To Sequence: The destination sequence.
After Bar: Where they go: the copied bars land just after this one.
Copies: How many instances of the copied bars to add.
Replace: Applies the copy by overwriting the destination sequence.
Merge: Applies the copy by adding the events to the destination sequence and erasing nothing.

Copy Events

From Sequence: The source sequence.
From Track: The source track.
Pads or Notes: Which pads or notes to copy. It starts on All for every event in the track; press pads on the MPC to choose specific ones.
Selection: Which notes in the time range to copy: Copy All Events, or Copy Only Selected Events for just those currently selected. MIDI tracks only.
Bar, Beat, Tick (source): The time range to copy. The left fields set where it starts, the right fields where it ends.
To Sequence: The destination sequence.
To Track: The destination track.
Bar, Beat, Tick (destination): The point in the destination. The copied events or audio land after it.
Copies: How many instances to add.
Replace: Applies the copy by overwriting the destination sequence.
Merge: Applies the copy by adding the events to the destination sequence and erasing nothing.

3.3BasicsManual Track Section p.114, Drum Tracks p.115, Keygroup Tracks p.117, Plugin Tracks p.118, MIDI Tracks p.119, CV Tracks p.120, Audio Tracks p.121, Buses p.122

Track section

The Track section shows what matters for the current track and gives you quick ways to edit it. What you see depends on the track type: a drum track shows a sample waveform, for example, while an audio track shows a timeline of its recording.

Change tracks

Tap Track –/+ at the bottom of the screen.
Tap the track header, then turn DATA DIAL or use – and +.
Press and hold MAIN | TRACK VIEW for a four-by-four window of every track, laid out like the pads. Tap a track or press its pad to select it. Tap Tracks, Submixes, Returns or Outputs to list that kind of track and choose from it the same way.

Key combinations

Hold MAIN | TRACK VIEW: Shows every track in a four-by-four window that mirrors the pads.
REC | RECALL, then PAD: Records a sample straight onto an empty pad.Drum track in Main Mode

To rename the track, tap and hold its name to open the Track Settings window and use the Name field (About tracks). To change the track’s type, tap the track type icon next to its number and pick from the menu.

Controls most track types share

Control	Found on	What it does
`Monitor`	All six types	Sets how the track is monitored (see below). Double-tap for the menu, or tap and turn DATA DIAL or use `–` and `+`.
`Length`	All six types and buses	Sets the track’s own length, in beats. With `SEQ` on it follows the sequence; with `SEQ` off, enter an exact Bars:Beats:Ticks value.
`Velocity`	All except audio	Plays the track louder or quieter than it was recorded: 50% is half the original velocity, 200% is twice as loud, and the ceiling is still 127. It also affects pads and other MIDI input on that track.
`Transpose`	Keygroup, plugin, MIDI and CV	Transposes the whole track, in semitones.
Pencil icon	All six types	Opens the Track Edit window (Track Edit window).
Duplicate Track icon	All six types	Makes an identical copy on a new track straight away.
Pad Perform icon	Keygroup, plugin, MIDI, and CV when set to `Melodic`	Opens the `Pad Perform` window, where you choose which notes or chords the pads play (Pad Perform).

Monitor states

State	Drum, keygroup, plugin, MIDI and CV tracks	Audio tracks
`Off`	The track’s input is not monitored and you hear recorded events. Handy with keyboards that have Local Control active.	You never hear incoming audio.
`In`	The input is always monitored, armed or not, and you do not hear recorded events.	You hear incoming audio, armed or not.
`Auto`	The input is monitored while the track is armed, and you hear recorded events.	You hear incoming audio only while the track is armed.
`Merge`	The input is always monitored, and you hear recorded events as well.	The input is always monitored, and you hear audio playback as well.

Drum tracks

Pad: Press a pad on the MPC to select it. The rest of the section follows that pad.
Waveform: Shows the sample on the selected pad and layer. Pinch to zoom. Drag the start (S) marker when Loop Lock is on or the loop marker when it is off, and drag the end (E) marker. Double-tap to open the Samples/Oscs tab of Track Edit Mode (Samples/Oscs tab).
Browse: On an empty pad, opens the Browser so you can find and load a sample (Browser).
Record: On an empty pad, opens the Sampler to record a new sample and load it (The Sampler).
Layer: Picks which of the pad’s eight sample layers is shown. The field gives the layer number, and the dots in the waveform preview show which one you are on.
Pad and four-pads icons: Swap the mixer channel strip between track settings and pad settings (Mixer strips).

Record straight onto an empty pad

Press REC | RECALL to arm recording.
Tap an empty PAD to arm it. The recording follows the active inputs and threshold set in the Sampler.
Tap the pad again to finish. Alternatively, press and hold the pad, and it records for as long as you hold it.

Keygroup tracks

Waveform: Shows the sample loaded on the selected layer. Drag the start (S) marker when Loop Lock is on or the loop marker when it is off, and drag the end (E) marker. Double-tap to open the Samples/Oscs tab of Track Edit Mode (Samples/Oscs (Advanced and Legacy)).
Pad and keyboard icons: Swap the mixer channel strip between track settings and keygroup settings.

Plugin tracks

Plugin: Chooses the plugin the track uses. On the screen that appears, Type and Manufacturer at the bottom turn sorting by type or maker on and off.
Preset: Chooses a preset within that plugin, if it has any.
Plugin preview icon: Opens Track Edit Mode on the plugin’s interface (Track Edit for plugin tracks).
MIDI Ch: Sets the MIDI channel the track sends its data on.

MIDI tracks

MIDI Input Port: The port the track takes MIDI from.
MIDI Output Port: The port the track sends MIDI to.
MIDI Output Ch: The channel the track sends on.
Program Ch: The program change message the track sends.
Bank LSB and Bank MSB: The Least Significant Byte and Most Significant Byte messages the track sends (MIDI tracks).

CV tracks

Melodic / Drum: Sets how the track drives CV (CV tracks).
Note Priority: Melodic only: which note takes priority.Range Note, Last
CV Port, Gate Port, Mod Wheel Port, Velocity Port: Melodic only: the ports for CV, gate, the modulation wheel and velocity.
Pad, CV Port, Data Type: Drum only: send any pad to any CV port and choose what kind of data it outputs.

Audio tracks

Loop marker: Drag either end to lengthen or shorten the loop, or drag the middle to move the whole loop.
Audio timeline: Double-tap to open Grid View for the track and edit its audio regions (Grid View with audio tracks).
Input: Chooses which inputs the track records from.
Edit Audio: Also opens the audio Grid View for the track.
Tuner icon: Opens the built-in tuner, so you can tune any connected audio source.

Buses appear here too. Submixes, returns and outputs can each be viewed and edited in this section, with a smaller set of controls (Insert effects).

Buses

Inserts boxes: Add or view insert effects. Tap the + in an empty slot to add one, or tap a filled slot to see its controls.
Output: Sets where the bus is routed. Not available when you are viewing outputs.
Length: Works as on the tracks above, and is useful when you create automation on the bus.
Inserts: Opens a window to load and change effects and to turn them on or off.
Load FX Rack: Loads a factory or user-saved FX rack onto the track.

3.4IntermediateManual Track Edit p.123

Track Edit window

Tap the pencil icon on the right edge of the Track section to open a window of track-level tools. Which ones you get depends on the track type. Do not confuse this window with Track Edit Mode, where you shape the sound itself (Track Edit Mode basics).

To go back to Main Mode, tap Cancel or the left arrow in the upper-left corner of the screen, or press MAIN | TRACK VIEW.

Tools on every track type

Tool	What it does
`Track Settings`	Opens the Track Settings window for the selected track (About tracks).
`Copy Track`	Copies the contents of one track over another.
`Duplicate Track`	Makes an identical track on a new track straight away.
`Duplicate Track with Events`	Does the same and brings along every event on the track.
`Delete Track`	Removes the track and everything on it, at once.

Copy Track

Copy Contents of Track: The source: the track whose events you want to copy.
Over Contents of Track: The destination: the track that receives the copy.
Do It or Cancel: Do It applies the copy; Cancel backs out to Main Mode.

Extra tools on a drum track

Tool	What it does
`Merge Pads`	Brings the samples and settings of one drum track’s pads into another.
`Merge Tracks`	Brings the contents of one drum track into another.
`Copy Pads`	Copies one or more pads from one drum track to another.
`Explode Track`	Splits a drum track that holds samples and events into several new tracks straight away, so you can mute individual drum sounds in Track Mute Mode (Track Mute Mode). Each new track keeps the source’s pad and track insert effects. Pads with events that share a mute group go onto one track together.
`Edit Pad Note Map`	Assigns specific MIDI notes to the pads.

Merge Pads

From Track: The track the pads are copied from.
Into Track: The track the copied pads are merged into.
Start on next bank: Tick to place the samples and settings at the start of the next unused bank.
Do It or Cancel: Do It merges the pads; Cancel closes the window and returns to the previous screen.

Merge Tracks (drum)

From Track: The track whose contents are copied.
Into Track: The track they are merged into.
Include program and pad parameters: Tick to bring the track’s settings across as well.
Do It or Cancel: Do It merges the tracks; Cancel closes the window and returns to the previous screen.

Copy Pads

Copy Type: Chooses what to copy. New fields then appear to set the Pad, From Bank or Start/End Pads.Range Pad, Bank, Range
From Track: The track the pads are copied from.
To Track: The track they are added to.
Pad, To Bank or Start Pad: Where the copied pads start on the destination track.
Apply: Copies the pads and leaves the window open.
Do It: Copies the pads and closes the window.
Close: Closes the window with nothing changed.

Edit Pad Note Map

Pad: Selects a pad. You can also press it on the MPC.
MIDI Note: The MIDI note that pad should use.
Presets: Apply a ready-made layout to all the pads: Chromatic C1 rises chromatically from C1, Chromatic C-2 rises chromatically from C-2, and Classic MPC is the default note map of classic MPCs.

A keygroup track adds one tool: its own version of Merge Tracks, with an extra option for layers.

Merge Tracks (keygroup)

From Track: The track whose contents are copied.
Into Track: The track they are merged into.
Include program and pad parameters: Tick to bring the track’s settings across as well.
Increment layers by 1: Tick to add the source’s keygroup sample layers on the next free layer of the destination.
Do It or Cancel: Do It merges the tracks; Cancel closes the window and returns to the previous screen.

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3.5IntermediateManual Arrangement Section p.126, Time Signature per Sequence and Clip (3.9 manual) p.12

Arrangement section

This view lays your recorded events out on a linear timeline and puts the editing tools one tap away. Use it to punch in a new take, or to tidy, humanise or bounce the current track without leaving Main Mode. For the full timeline, go to Arrange Mode.

Controls

Play icon: Starts playback of the linear arrangement.
Auto Record: Decides whether recording starts by itself. Off turns Auto Record at Punch In off. In starts recording when playback reaches the Punch In point. Loop Start starts recording when playback reaches the Loop Start point.Range Off, In, Loop Start
Punch In and Out: Set where Punch In Auto Recording starts and ends.
Timeline: Double-tap to open Grid View on the current track (Grid View).
Pencil icon: Opens the Arrangement Edit options.

Arrangement Edit tools

Tool	Track types	What it does
`Clear`	All	Erases all the current track’s events from the sequence. Tap `Clear` to confirm or `Cancel` to go back.
`Half-Speed`	All except audio	Doubles the length of every note event and the gaps between them, so the part sounds half as fast. Note pitches and the tempo stay as they are.
`Double-Speed`	All except audio	Halves the length of every note event and the gaps between them, so the part sounds twice as fast. Note pitches and the tempo stay as they are.
`Pitch Quantize`	All except audio	Forces MIDI note events into a scale.
`Humanize`	All except audio	Randomises the timing, length or velocity of note events, in any combination.
`Random Events`	All except audio	Generates random melodic or drum patterns.
`Split Events`	All except audio	Divides note events into equal parts.
`Convert to Progression`	All except audio	Makes a custom Progression from a melodic MIDI track, to perform with Progressions note mode (Pad Perform).
`Bounce to Sample`	Drum, keygroup, plugin	Renders the current track in the arrangement to an audio sample in the project’s sample pool. Its default name is `Bounce` followed by the track name.
`Bounce to Audio Track`	Drum, keygroup, plugin	Renders the current track in the arrangement to a new audio track and switches Main Mode to it. Its default name is `Bounce` followed by the track name.
`Flatten`	Audio	With the transport stopped, renders all the audio track’s edits and regions in the arrangement to one new audio file.
`Flatten Elastique`	Audio	Does the same using the Elastique Pro algorithm, which gives higher-quality time-stretching and pitch-shifting with fewer artefacts than the standard algorithm.

Pitch Quantize

Root Note: The scale’s root note.
Scale: The type of scale.
Only apply to selected events: On: only the selected note events are quantised. Off: every pitch in the current track is.
Start Note and End Note: The lowest and highest pitches the quantised notes can land on. A note outside this range moves to the nearest pitch in the scale inside it.
Do It or Cancel: Do It applies the change. The X, Cancel or a tap outside the window goes back.

Humanize

Humanize Time: Tick to randomise the timing of note events.
Amount (Pulses): The most an event’s timing can shift, in pulses.
Eagerness: How strongly the timing moves. Negative values push notes ahead of the beat; positive values drag them behind it.
Humanize Note Length: Tick to randomise the duration of note events.
Length (%): How strong the effect is on note lengths.
Humanize Velocity: Tick to randomise the velocity of note events.
Strength (%): How strong the effect is on note velocities.
Only Apply to Selected Events: On: only the selected notes change. Off: every note in the arrangement does.
Apply: Applies the change and leaves the window open.
Do It: Applies the change and closes the window.
Close: Close, the X or a tap outside the window leaves with nothing changed.

Random Events

Event Type: The kind of events to create.Range Drum Events, Melodic Events
Replace: How the new events relate to what is already there. Replace All Events swaps out everything in the arrangement. Replace Events in Note Range swaps out only the chosen range. Add to Existing Events keeps what is there and adds to it.
Bank or Start Pad and End Pad: For drum events, the note range used by Replace Events in Note Range.
Start Note and End Note: For melodic events, the note range used by Replace Events in Note Range.
Pattern Size (Bars): How many bars the events cover, up to the number of bars in the current arrangement.
Note Length: The duration of the events. It has no effect if Legato is on while you generate melodic events.
Apply: Generates the events and leaves the window open.
Do It: Generates the events and closes the window.
Close: Close, the X or a tap outside the window leaves without generating anything.

Split Events

Into: How many parts each event is split into.
Only selected events: Tick to split only the selected events. Unticked, all events are split.

Convert to Progression

Name (Progression): The progression’s name.
Root Note: The progression’s root note.
Scale Type: The progression’s scale type.
Chord: Selects a chord from the progression to edit.
Name (Chord): Renames the selected chord.
Type: The type of chord.Range Root, Normal, Below Root
Play: Plays the selected chord.
Do It: Converts the progression and closes the window.
Close: Close, the X or a tap outside the window goes back to the previous screen.

Both bounce tools

Audio Tail: Adds extra time, in seconds, to the end of the audio it creates.

3.6IntermediateManual Mixer Strips p.130, Technical Specifications p.476

Mixer strips

Next to the five mode icons on the left edge sit the XL Channel Strips, which put the main settings for the current pad, track and main output right beside your work. For mixing several channels side by side, use Track Mixer or Pad Mixer. To show or hide the strips, tap the icons at the top of the condensed strips.

What each strip shows

Left strip — the track or pad channel. On a drum track, tap the single-pad and four-squares icons at the bottom right of the Track/Arrangement section to cycle between track and pad. On a keygroup track, tap the single-pad and keyboard icons in the same place to toggle between track and keygroup.
Right strip — follows what you are doing. With a track on the left it shows the main output; with a pad on the left it shows that pad’s track; and when you pick a send on the left it shows the matching return.

Both strips have four views: LVL, FX, SEND and I/O. The main output skips SEND and I/O.

LVL

Level meter: Shows track volume and incoming MIDI. Drag the white line to set the track level.
Pan slider: Sets the track’s panning.
Mute: Mutes the track.
Solo: Solos the track and mutes all the others. Not shown for the main output.
Automation: Tap to step through the three automation states (Automation). Not shown for a pad.Range Read (R), Write (W), Off
Record: Arms the sequence for recording. Not shown for a pad or the main output.
Pad number: On a pad strip, the first field shows the current pad. Press a pad or tap the field to change it. This saves you opening the Pad Mixer just to mix a few pads.

FX Racks icon: Loads an FX rack.
Expand window icon: Opens the Inserts window, where you can load and change effects, turn them on or off, and shift their order with the arrow buttons.
Empty slot (+): Tap to open the plugin browser window (Insert effects).
Filled slot: Tap to open that effect’s interface.

SEND

Send knobs: Set the level of Sends 1–4. As you adjust one, its return track appears in the adjacent strip (Send/return effects).Range Sends 1–4

I/O

Monitor: Changes the track’s monitoring behaviour (Track section). While the track is monitored, the meter on the left shows the incoming audio level or MIDI velocity.
MIDI Input and Channel: Set where the track takes its MIDI from. Not on audio tracks.
Send To: Sends the track’s MIDI output to another track. Not on audio tracks.
MIDI Output and Channel: Set where the track’s MIDI output goes. Not on audio tracks.
Audio In: Sets the external audio source: a pair or a single input. Audio tracks only.Range Input 1,2; Input 1; Input 2
Audio Out: Sets where the track or pad is routed: a submix, a pair of outputs or a single output. Audio, drum and plugin tracks only.Range Sub 1–8; Out 1,2–Out 3,4; Out 1–4

I/O on a pad strip

MIDI Out Enabled: Decides when the pad also sends a MIDI note to the MIDI output, for example to trigger external gear, lighting or video. Never sends nothing, Always sends one on every trigger, and When Empty sends one only if the pad has no internal sample.Range Never, Always, When Empty
MIDI Out Note: The MIDI note this pad sends.
MIDI Out Channel: The MIDI channel that note goes out on.

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