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MPC1000B Overview

The Akai Professional MPC1000 Music Production Center combines a 64-Track MIDI Sequencer and a 32-voice Stereo Digital Sampler, with 16 velocity and pressure sensitive rubber pads in a compact and rugged package that makes it ideal for carrying around.

The MPC1000 inherits many of the major features of older MPCs such as the legendary "feel" and "groove" so that you can be sure that your beats and sequences just swing. It also features the original MPC60's intuitive transport and locate controls, the unique NOTE REPEAT function plus new additions such as the two Q-Link sliders that allow real-time interaction with tuning, filter cutoff, layer switching, attack and decay. Add to these a well established, friendly and intuitive user interface, two separate multi-effects processors plus a master output effects processor, resonant multi-mode filters, 4-way sample layering and velocity switching per pad, two MIDI ins and 32 MIDI channels via the two MIDI outputs, multiple audio outputs as standard, footswitch inputs for "hands-free" control, and you have a dependable "switch on and work" and "out the box" solution to computer sequencer headaches.

The MPC1000 comes with 16MB of on-board memory as standard that can be expanded up to 128 MB of RAM. It includes internal preset sounds in flash memory (factory sounds are user-replaceable). Standard Compact Flash is used as the storage medium. Present testing has verified the use of up to 2GB cards with the included 32MB Card. Furthermore, the MPC1000 supports the "Mass Storage Class" USB standard. When connected to a Mac or PC via its built-in USB port, this implementation allows to simply drag & drop data between the computer and the MPC1000's CF card.

Akai MPC1000 Music Production Center Specifications:Consumption: 19W

Data format: 16-bit linear WAV
Digital Input: RCA x 1, SPDIF
Digital Output: RCA x 1, SPDIF
Display: 240x64 dot graphic LCD w/back light
Drum Pads: 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
Filter types: Low pass, band pass, high pass
Filters: 2 x 2-pole filters per voice
Footswitches: 1/4" jack x 2
General effects: Chorus, Flanger, 4-band EQ, Bit-Grunger, Compressor, Phaser, Tremolo, Auto Pan, Reverb
Headphone Output: 1/4" jack x 4, unbalanced
Individual Outputs: 1/4" jack x 2, unbalanced
Master effect: 4 band EQ, Compressor
Memory: 16MB standard (11.5MB sound memory), expandable to 128MB with EXM128 option
Memory Card slot: Compact Flash type 2 (up to 2GB)
MIDI: 2 x MIDI In and 2 x MIDI Out
Number of active programs: 24 (with 64 pads per program)
Polyphony: 32-voice
Power: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz
Preset sound memory: 5MB Flash
Record Input (L and R): 1/4" jack x 2, balanced
Recording time: 136 sec (16MB mono) 24m28sec (128MB mono)
Resolution: 96ppq
Sampling rate: 44.1 kHz
Sequencer Capacity: 100,000 notes; 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
Standard accessories: 32MB Compact Flash Card, Power cable
USB: Device connector x 1 (Mass Storage Class support)