Akai XR20 Reference Manual V1.3 00

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
- WELCOME TO THE XR20 DRUM MACHINE!
- GROUND RULES
CONNECTION DIAGRAM
TOP PANEL PHYSICAL LAYOUT
- GENERAL CONTROLS
- NAVIGATION BUTTONS
- MODE BUTTONS
- SETUP BUTTONS
- TRANSPORT CONTROL BUTTONS
REAR PANEL PHYSICAL LAYOUT
DISPLAY LAYOUT
BASICS
- HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE XR20
- 10 STEPS TO INSTANT GRATIFICATION (SETUP AND CHECKOUT)
- THE INSTRUMENT LAYERS
- PLAYBACK / RECORD BASICS
RECORDING PATTERNS
- STEPS TO RECORDING A PATTERN
- PRACTICE MODE
- RECORDING OTHER PARTS (1-SHOT AND SYNTH)
PATTERN PLAY MODE
- PLAYING PATTERN SEQUENCES WITH THE PADS
- RECORDING PATTERN SEQUENCES INTO A SONG
- ASSIGNING PATTERNS TO THE PADS
SELECTING, EDITING AND CREATING DRUM SETS
- SELECTING A DRUM SET
- CREATING AND EDITING DRUM SETS
- EFFECTS
- SAVING YOUR DRUM SETS
RECORD SETUP
- PAGE 1: SELECT THE QUANTIZATION VALUE (QUANTIZE SELECT)
- PAGE 2: GATE
- PAGE 3: SELECT THE SWING VALUE (SWING SELECT)
- PAGE 4: ENABLE CLICK AND SET RHYTHM (CLICK SELECT)
- PAGE 5: SET CLICK VOLUME (CLICK VOL)
- PAGE 6: VELOCITY SENSITIVITY
- PAGE 7: BEAT VALUE
- PAGE 8: NOTE VALUE
- PAGE 9: PATTERN LENGTH
- PAGE 10: OFFSET A PATTERN OR DRUM PART
- PAGE 11: NAME THE PATTERN (NAME)
EDITING PATTERNS – ERASE FUNCTIONS
- ERASING DRUM EVENTS WHILE RECORDING
- ERASING AN ENTIRE PATTERN
- ERASE ALL EVENTS PLAYED BY A PARTICULAR DRUM PAD
- ERASE ALL INSTRUMENT EVENTS IN SUB-PATTERN
EDITING PATTERNS – COPY/SAVE FUNCTIONS
- SAVING A PATTERN
- COPYING A PATTERN
- APPENDING A PATTERN
EDITING PATTERNS – TRANSPOSITION
PATTERN STEP EDITING (STEP EDIT MODE)
- ADDING A NEW DRUM TO A STEP
- ERASE A DRUM SOUND FROM A STEP
- CHANGE A DRUM SOUND'S VOLUME IN A GIVEN STEP
- EXIT STEP EDIT MODE
SONG MODE
- PLAYING SONGS
- RECORDING A SONG IN REAL-TIME
- MANUAL SONG CREATION (SONG STEP EDIT MODE)
- SETTING SONG TEMPO
- INSERTING A TEMPO CHANGE IN A SONG
- CONTROLLING PLAYBACK POSITION
- LOOP A PATTERN INDEFINITELY
- START FROM THE MIDDLE OF A SONG
- ERASING AN ENTIRE SONG
- SAVING YOUR SONG
- APPEND A SONG
- NAME A SONG (NAME)
SYSTEM SETUP
- Page 1 / MIDI CHANNEL (MIDI CH)
- Page 2 / RECEIVE MIDI NOTES (DRUM IN, 1-SHOT IN, SYNTH IN)
- Page 3 / TRANSMIT MIDI NOTES (DRUM OUT, 1-SHOT OUT, SYNTH OUT)
- Page 4 / ASSIGN MIDI NOTE NUMBERS TO DRUM PADS (NOTE)
- Page 5 / ACCEPT EXTERNAL CLOCK VALUE (CLOCK IN)
- Page 6 / SEND CLOCK VALUE TO OTHER DEVICES (CLOCKOUT)
- Page 7 / MERGE MIDI IN WITH MIDI OUT (MIDITHRU)
- Page 8 / SELECT DRUM SETS VIA MIDI PROGRAM CHANGES (PRG CHNG)
- Page 9 / TEMPO SELECTION (TEMPO)
- Page 10 / MAP DRUM NOTES (NOTE MAP)
- PAGE 11 / MANUAL DRUMSET OVERRIDE (SET MODE)
- Page 12 / LEDs (LEDS OFF)
- Page 13 / BACKLIGHT BRIGHTNESS (BACKLITE)
- Page 14 / BATTERY LEVEL (BATT LVL)
- Page 15 / LOW BATTERY WARNING (LO BATT)
- Page 16 / CHECK AVAILABLE MEMORY (FREE MEM)
- Page 17 / SEND SONG AND PATTERN DATA TO MIDI SYS EX STORAGE DEVICE (SEND
- SENDING MIDI SYSEX SONG AND PATTERN DATA TO THE XR20
APPLICATIONS
- MIDI SYNC APPLICATIONS
  - XR20 As MIDI Timing Master
  - XR20 As MIDI Timing Slave
- STRATEGIES FOR ASSEMBLING PATTERNS AND SONGS
- UNDERSTANDING RHYTHMIC NOTATION
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART
KEY FEATURES
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

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