Akai MPC2500 Music Production Center

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Akai MPC2500 Music Production Center

THE PLATINUM STANDARD IN SAMPLERS GETS EVEN BETTER. The new MPC2500 Music Production Center is the recognized industry standard, a 32–voice drum/phrase sampler with up to 128 MB of RAM and extensive editing control. Designed for professional music production environments and DJs and live club performers, the MPC2500 features a time–tested user interface, responsive velocity– and pressure–sensitive pads, twin onboard effects processors, four Q–Link controllers (two sliders/two knobs) for extensive real–time control, plus 10 outputs and a S/PDIF digital output.

The ultra–powerful MPC2500 sports a 100,000 note/64 track MIDI sequencer that can be assigned to four separate MIDI outputs for a total of 64 independently addressable MIDI channels. Internal sounds reside in flash memory and can easily be swapped for new sounds via compact flash cards, optional user installable hard drive, or the optional CD–ROM drive. A CF card with preloaded sounds is included to get you started.

Akai Professional, in its pursuit to remain the leader of digital sampling technology has released the MPC2500. This unit designed for professional audio production, offers drum programming, sequencing, and sampling capabilities. Artists now have the luxury of producing music with a compact music composition center.

Applications:

Sampling and creating beats

MIDI sequencing

Live Performance

Key Features:

32–voice drum/phrase sampler with 16MB memory built in, expandable up to 128MB RAM

2 onboard effects processors and a main out effects processor

2 assignable Q–link sliders and knobs for real–time performance control

240 x 64 hinged backlit LCD

USB port for computer connectivity

Built–in Analog and Digital I/Os, headphone output and 2 MIDI In/4 MIDI Out

Chop–shop– slices a loop into individual samples with automatic pad assignment

Patched phrase – synchronizes phrase samples to any tempo without changing pitch

Continuous sample track - records long audio tracks into a sequence

Can resample its own output

Audio input thru with Q–link control for real–time control 10 built–in analog outputs, plus stereo Digital I/O

Optional available accessories include 128MB Ram Expansion (EXM128), CD ROM Installation Kit (including CD ROM Drive - CD-M25)

Specifications:

Sound Generator

Data format: 16-bit linear WAV

Sampling rate: 44.1 kHz

Memory: 16MB standard (11.5MB sound memory), expandable to 128MB with EXM128 option

Preset sound memory: 5MB Flash

Recording time: 136 sec (16MB mono) 24m28sec (128MB mono)

Polyphony: 32-voice Dynamic filtering 2 x 2-pole filter per voice

Filter types: Low pass, band pass, high pass Number of active programs: 24 (with 64 pads per program)

Effects

Effects 2 stereo effects and Master effect

Effect type Chorus, Flanger, Bit grunger, 4 band EQ,

Compressor, Phase shifter, Tremolo, Flying Pan, Reverb, Delay

Master effect: 4 band EQ, Compressor

Sequencer

Capacity: 100,000 notes

Resolution: 96ppq

99 Sequences

64 Tracks per sequence

64 MIDI output channels (16 channels x 4 output ports)

Song mode: 20 songs, 250 steps per song

MIDI Clock Sync: Master/Slave

Q-Link

2 sliders and 2 rotary knobs

Assignable to internal sampler controls: pitch, filter cutoff, resonance, level and pan

Connections

Record input (L and R) 1/4-inch stereo phone x 2, balanced -40dBu, input impedance 11k ohms; max. Input level +10dBu

Digital Input: RCA x 1, SPDIF

Stereo output (L and R) 1/4-inch phone x 2 balanced +11dBu, output impedance 1k Ohms; max. output level +22dBu

8 individual analog outputs 1/4-inch phone x 4 balanced +11dBu, output impedance 1k Ohms; max. output level +22dBu

Phones output 1/4-inch stereo phone x 1, 200mW / 100 ohms

Digital Output: RCA x 1, SPDIF

MIDI: 2 x MIDI In and 4 x MIDI Out

USB Slave connector x 1, USB MASS STORAGE CLASS support (You need Windows 2000/Me/XP or later version, or MacOS 9.x/10.x or later version.)

Footswitches: jack x 2

General

Display: 240 x 64 dot graphic LCD w/back light Memory card slot:Compact Flash (The size of the compact flash card that MPC500 can handle is from32MB to 2GB)

Standard Accessories:

32MB Compact Flash card

Power cable

Operator's manual

HDM-10

Hard Drive Adaptor Kit

Power: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz

Consumption: 70W (with all options)

Dimensions (W x D x H): 16.33" x 3.68" x 13.10" (415mm x 93.5mm x 332.9mm)

Weight: 13.5 Lbs [6.15kg] (Excluding drives and options)

Data Compatibility

MPC1000: SEQ, WAV, PGM

MPC2000/2000XL: SEQ, WAV, SND, PGM (Most parameters of PGM file can be loaded.)

MPC2500: SEQ, WAV, PGM

MPC4000: SEQ, WAV, PGM (DRUM program only. Only note assign and tune are loaded.)

MPC3000: SND (THRU Computer) Z4/Z8: WAV, PGM (DRUM program only. Only note assign and tune are loaded.) S5000/6000: WAV only (THRU Computer

Options EXM128 128MB expansion memory card

CD-M25 CD Drive