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11May

Akai MPC1000 sampler

Akai’s got a sweet new competitor to the legendary hip-hop instrument & industry standard MPC 2000xl sampler, the Akai MPC1000 Music Production Center, which boasts comparable specs, smaller size, and a cheaper price tag (it retails for $880.00).

Features: Established friendly and intuitive user interface of the MPC series

Easy-to use MIDI sequencer/drum sampler offering a great alternative to complex computer-based products

Great feeling, velocity and pressure-sensitive pads for expressive programming

16 levels function giving you one sound on all pads with varies level, tuning, attack, decay, layer, or filter per pad

2 separate effects processors and 1 main out effect processor: all of which can be used simultaneously

4-pole filters (two 2-pole filters) filtering for each of the 32 voices

2 Q-Link sliders for realtime performance control

2 x MIDI In and 2 x MIDI Out

16MB standard, expandable to 128MB

Internal preset sounds in flash

Save/load your sound and sequence data to/from compact flash

Connect the MPC1000 to your computer via USB and drag and drop your files on your desktop

Portable laptop size ideal for taking your act on the road

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  1. Comment by Erik Mallinson — May 16, 2004 @ 11:25 pm

    I always liked the MPC’s – cept for the tiny screens. At least color would be nice, it’s not like it’s a battery type device – chances are it’s gonna be tethered down to something… I thought they would have done more with the ideas behing the S6000. hmph. Still an attractive music machine.

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