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Using GROOVE CONTROL™ with Hardware Sequencers

You can use a hardware sequencer, keyboard workstation or an Atari ST with our Groove Control™ method. Here's how:

1. Insert this Audio/Data CD into a PC or Macintosh computer.

2. Copy the sequences you want to use from the MIDI files folder on this CD-ROM to a PC formatted floppy disc.

3. Import the MIDI file sequences from the floppy into your sequencer as a Standard MIDI File (SMF).

Many older sequencers such as the original Roland MC-500 and the Atari ST can only use DS/DD floppy discs, so make sure that you only use that type for those devices.

Groove Control™ is only directly compatible with sequencers that can read (Import) Standard MIDI File sequences. This includes almost all devices in the sequencing world. A notable exception is the popular Akai MPC-60. The only way to use Groove Control™ on a non-SMF compatible sequencer like this is to play the Groove Control™ sequence from another device that is compatible (Mac/PC, etc) and record the sequence via the MIDI input of the MPC-60 (MIDI Clock sync should be turned on in the MPC during recording). Once the GC sequence is recorded in the MPC, the Groove Control™ loop can be manipulated in all the same ways and it can be saved in the MPC native format. This is a bit time consuming, but it does work. It also might be a good time to upgrade your system to one that can read SMFs directly (like the MPC-2000).

 

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