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MPC1000 Music Production Center

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Overview

A compact, portable beat factory for building killer dance music anywhere!

The Akai MPC1000 Music Production Center is a laptop-sized unit that serves as a portable complement to the MPC2000 and MPC4000 and is a powerful DJ production tool on its own. It has a friendly interface, easy-to-use MIDI sequencer and drum sampler, and velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads for expressive play. Two separate effects processors plus a main-out processor can be used simultaneously. Also has 2x2 pole filters per voice, two Q-link sliders for realtime control, and 16MB capacity expandable to 128MB. It saves and loads data to the included 32MB CompactFlash card and connects to your computer via USB for drag-and-drop convenience. Two MIDI in, two MIDI out ports.

Features

  • Pattern”based and linear 64”track sequencer with 32 MIDI channels
  • 32”voice drum/phrase sampler with up to 128MB RAM
  • Velocity and pressure sensitive pads for expressive programming
  • 16 levels function: one sound on all pads with varied level, tuning, attack, decay or filter per pad
  • Two Q”Link sliders for real”time performance control
  • Built”in Compact Flash drive and USB port (Mass Storage Class)
  • Standard WAV files samples and MIDI Files sequences
  • Built”in Analog and Digital I/Os, headphone output and 2 x MIDI In /Out
  • Internal sounds in flash
  • 4”way sample layering and velocity switching per pad
  • 4”pole filters (two 2”pole filters) filtering for each of the 32 voices
  • 2 onboard effects processors plus 1 main out effect processor; all which can be used simultaneously
  • Can resample its own output
Specs

MPC1000 Music Production Center 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
  • Filters: 2 x 2-pole filters per voice
  • Filter types: Low pass, band pass, high pass
  • Number of active programs: 24 (with 64 pads per program)
Effects:
  • 2 general effects: Chorus, Flanger, 4-band EQ, Bit-Grunger, Compressor, Phaser, Tremolo, Auto Pan, Reverb
  • Master effect: 4 band EQ, Compressor
Sequencer:
  • Capacity: 100,000 notes
  • Resolution: 96ppq
  • 99 Sequences
  • 64 Tracks per sequence
  • 32 MIDI output channels (16 channels x 2 output ports)
  • Song mode: 20 songs, 250 steps per song
  • MIDI Clock Sync: Master/Slave
Drumpads:
  • 16 velocity and pressure sensitive pads
  • 4 pad banks
  • 16 Levels: Velocity, Tuning, Filter Cutoff, Attack, Decay
  • Track Mute and Next Sequence features for live performance
Connections:
  • Record Input (L and R): jack x 2, balanced
  • Digital Input: RCA x 1, SPDIF
  • Stereo Output (L and R): jack x 2, unbalanced
  • Individual Outputs: jack x 4, unbalanced
  • Headphone Output: stereo jack x 1
  • Digital Output: RCA x 1, SPDIF
  • MIDI: 2 x MIDI In and 2 x MIDI Out
  • USB: Device connector x 1 (Mass Storage Class support)
  • Footswitches: jack x 2
General:
  • Display: 240x64 dot graphic LCD w/back light
  • Power: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz
  • Consumption: 19W
  • Dimensions (H x W x D):2.97" x 12.99" x 8.985" [max 9.235"] (75.5mm x 330mm x 228.2mm [max 234.6mm])
  • Weight: 10.5lb.
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