AKAI MPC2500

Akai Professional, in its pursuit to remain the leader of digital sampling technology has released the MPC 2500. 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.

The Akai Professional MPC2500 Music Production Center combines a 64-Track MIDI Sequencer with a 32-voice 16bit Stereo Digital Sampler. The MPC is a rock solid sequencing and drum programming machine with 16 velocity and pressure sensitive rubber pads. The unit allows you to sample more efficiently. This composition center is contained in one extremely powerful desktop unit.

Designed for professional audio production, the MPC2500’s intuitive and ergonomic interface makes it the ultimate user friendly composition studio.

Two internal effects processors can be used simultaneously. This includes a wide range of effects algorithms, such as reverb, delay, bit grunger, chorus, phasers, flying pan, 4-band EQ, compressor, and a phase shifter.

Real-time control is provided by two note variation sliders and two Q-Link knobs. Q-link knobs can be separately assigned to allow flexible, real-time performance control of a wide variety of selectable parameters. These parameters include level, pan, filter cut-off and resonance, and tuning.

Each assignable Q-Link knob can generate MIDI data so that parameter information can be recorded and played back from within a sequence.

Following the highly acclaimed MPC60 and MPC3000, 2 MIDI inputs and 4 MIDI outputs come standard enabling 64 external MIDI channel operation. In addition, the MPC2500 can individually control its onboard sampler up to 64 Parts, allowing users to assign a different program on each track.

A large LCD screen allows a clear view of sequence data displaying features such as a drum machine 'grid'. Continuous MIDI data can be shown as well as edited graphically.

The MPC2500 comes with 16MB of onboard memory which can be expanded up to 128 MB of RAM via the optional EXM128 memory card.

The MPC2500 has the capability of an optional internal Hard Disk and CD-RW drives.

Applications

• Sampling and creating beats
• MIDI sequencing
• Live Performance

Improved Akai MPC design

• Large graphic LCD display based on the friendly userinterface of the MPC series
• MPC’s iconic “feel” and “groove”
• Velocity and pressure sensitive pads allow forexpressive programming, with more pad banks
• New Features such as Chopshop, Patched Phrase, GridEdit, Effect and LFO sync, Mixer Automation, and Input Thru ExpandedLinear/Pattern-based 100,000 notes, 64-track sequencer and 64 external MIDIchannels
• 32-voice, 16bit drum sampler equipped with 16MB of RAM with ability tohold 128 RAM

Extensive connectivity

• Two MIDI inputs and four MIDI outputs
• Built-in USB Slave port for connection to a Windowsor Mac OS computer
• Built-in 10 analog outputs
• 2 1/4” stereo analog inputs and outputs with16bit/44.1kHz sampling
• Master/Slave synchronization capabilities: MIDI clock
• 2 Assignable Footswitch inputs

Sample Library Compatibility - Compatible with:

• MPC1000: SEQ, WAV, PGM, ALL
• MPC2000/2000XL: SEQ, WAV, SND, PGM (Most parametersof a PGM file can be loaded.)
• MPC4000: SEQ, WAV, PGM (DRUM program only. Only noteassign and tune are loaded.)
• MPC3000: SND (THRU Computer)
• Z4/Z8: WAV only
• S5000/6000: WAV only (THRU Computer)

Extensive sound control

• Extensive sample editing that includes cut and paste,timestretch, slice, resampling etc, with waveform
• Display, discard, extract, delete, silence,normalize, reverse, and pitch-shift
• Dynamic resonant multi-mode filters, 2 envelopegenerators and 1 LFO for each of the 32 voices
• 2 Q-Link sliders and 2 knobs for real-time control over a wide variety ofdynamic changes

Self-contained

• Optional user installable Internal hard drive tostore custom sound libraries and sequences
• Optional user installable CD-RW/DVD drive

Sound Generator

• Sampling rate: 44.1kHz
• Memory capacity: 16MB standard (11.5MB for soundmemory), expandable to 128MB
• Recording time: 136sec. (16MB, MONO), 24m28sec.(128MB, MONO)
• Memory expansion slot: 1 x for optional EXM128
• Polyphony: 32-voice
• Dynamic filtering: 2 x 2-pole filter per voice
• Filter type: Low pass, Band pass, High pass
• Preset sound memory: 5MB
• Number of programs: 24

Effects

• Effects 2 stereo effects and Master effect; Effecttype: Chorus, Flanger, Bit grunger, 4 band EQ, Compressor, Phase shifter,Tremolo, Flying Pan, Reverb, Delay
• Master effect: 4 band EQ, Compressor

Sequencer

• Maximum events: 100,000 notes
• Resolution: 96 parts per 1/4-note
• Sequences: 99
• Tracks per sequence: 64
• MIDI output channels: 64 (16 channels x 4 outputs)
• Song mode: 20 songs, 250 steps per song
• Drum pad: 16 (velocity and pressure sensitive)
• Drum pad banks: 4
• Sync mode MIDI: clock

Drum Pads

• 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

Data Compatibility

• MPC1000: SEQ, WAV, PGM, ALL
• MPC2000/2000XL: SEQ, WAV, SND, PGM(Most parameters ofPGM file can be loaded.)
• MPC4000: SEQ, WAV, PGM(DRUM program only. Only noteassign and tune are loaded.)
• MPC3000: SND(THRU Computer)
• Z4/Z8: WAV only
• S5000/6000: WAV only(THRU Computer)

Q-Link

• 2 sliders and 2 rotary knobs
• Assignable to internal sampler controls: pitch, filter cutoff, resonance,level and pan

General

• 240 x 64 dot graphic LCD w/back light
• Compact Flash (up to 2GB)

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-pin x 1 S/PDIF
• 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 4balanced +11dBu, output impedance 1k Ohms; Max. output level +22dBu
• Phones output 1/4-inch stereo phone x 1, 200mW / 100ohms
• Digital output RCA-pin x 1 S/PDIF
• MIDI inputs 5-pin DIN x 2
• MIDI outputs 5-pin DIN x 4
• USB Slave connector x 1, USB MASS STORAGE CLASSsupport (You need Windows 2000/Me/XP or later version, or MacOS 9.x/10.x orlater version.)
• Footswitches 1/4-inch phone x 2

Power

• 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz
• Consumption: 70W max (with all options)

Standard Accessories

• 32MB Compact Flash card, Power cable, Operator's manual

Options

• EXM128 128MB expansion memory card
• CD-M25 CD Drive