MPC-2000 Sampler

Features

• 32 voice polyphony
• Graphic interface has informative icons and a large 248 x 60 LCD
• MPC's main screen, with all of your most-used parameters, is never more than a single button-press away
• Keypad lets you directly enter sample points for editing and looping, and combined with the shift key, it's used to select the MPC's functional modules
• If you're feeling the beat, just tap the Tap Tempo button in rhythm and the MPC-2000 will calculate and set your desired tempo
• During sequence recording holding down the Tap Tempo button and playing any pad will cause that pad's sound to be retriggered at the current timing rate
• Undo function lets you keep trying any sequence recording or editing until you get it right
• Floppy Disk Drive for storing and recalling sounds and sequences, easy software upgrades, including the ability to use your PC or Mac to download new operating system software from Akai's website
• 6 context sensitive softkeys take you where you want to go without having to wade through an endless succession of hierarchical menus
• With the cursor on a main parameter, pressing the Open Window button gives you immediate access to to any associated secondary parameters
• Data/Digit Wheels: Use the inner wheel to enter data and the outer wheel for setting the variable scrolling resolution when moving through long samples
• The custom cursor pad allows quick and easy navigation of screen parameters
• 16 exceptional feeling velocity and pressure sensitive drum machine pads
• 4 banks give access to up to 64 sounds per program
• Pad Controls allow you to select between the four pad banks, set Full Level mode (i.e., no velocity response), set 16 Levels mode (one sound on all pads with varied level, tuning, attack, decay, or filter pad)
• Locate controls let you navigate through your sequence by bar, step, or event, and when used with the keypad to instantly move to any of 9 user-programmable locations
• Transport controls playing and recording allowing you to select between conventional recording (new recordings erase existing notes) and overdubbing (new recordings merge with existing notes)