Akai MPC 2500 B-Ware
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Akai MPC 2500 B-Ware Product Details
The new Akai 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 Akai 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 Akai 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 Akai 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.
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)
- 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) 24m 28sec (128MB mono)
- Polyphony: 32-voice
- Dynamic filtering 2x 2-pole filter per voice
- Filter types: Low pass, band pass, high pass
- Number of active programs: 24 (with 64 pads per program)
- Effect type: Chorus, Flanger, Bit grunger, 4 band EQ, Compressor, Phase shifter, Tremolo, Flying Pan, Reverb, Delay
- Master effect: 4 band EQ, Compressor
- 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
- 16 velocity and pressure sensitive pads
- 4 pad banks
- 16 Levels: Velocity, Tuning
- Automated Pad Mixer (Level, Pan and FX send)
- Track Mute and Next Sequence features for live performance
- 2 sliders and 2 rotary knobs
- Assignable to internal sampler controls: pitch, filter cutoff, resonance, level and pan
- 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: 2x 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 x2
- Display: 240 x 64 dot graphic LCD w/back light
- Memory card slot:Compact Flash (The size of the compact flash card that Akai MPC500 can handle is from 32MB to 2GB)
- 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)