Akai MPC 1000 Beat Maker
The Akai MPC 1000 is a straight beat maker classic. When it came out it changed the game and it is still used to this day.
1) Akai MPC 1000 design
- Established, friendly, and intuitive user interface of MPC series
- MPC’s legendary “feel” and “groove”
- Pattern-based and linear 64-track sequencer with 32 MIDI channels>
- 32-voice drum/phrase sampler with up to 128MB RAM
- Great-feeling, 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
2) Computer friendly
- Built-in Compact Flash drive and USB port (Mass Storage Class)
- Standard WAV files samples and MIDI Files sequences
- 3rd party offline Pad/Program editor software and sample editing/processing software
3) Ready-to-go
- Built-in Analog and Digital I/Os, headphone output and 2 x MIDI In /Out
- Internal sounds in flash
- Portable laptop size and 19W power (can use car/airplane DC-AC adaptor) – ideal for taking on the road
4) Extensive sound control
- 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
5) Free Sounds
- 20MB of free sounds and grooves on included Compact Flash card
- Many classic drum machines and real drum/percussions kits available for free download
Drumpads
- 16 velocity and pressure sensitive pads
- 4 pad banks 16 Levels: Velocity, Tuning, Filter Cutoff, Attack, Decay
- Track Mute and Next Sequence
General
- Display: 240x64 dot graphic LCD w/back light
- Memory Card slot: Compact Flash type 2 (up to 2GB)
- Standard accessories: 32MB Compact Flash Card, Power cable
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
Effects
- 2 general effects:
- Chorus, Flanger, 4-band EQ, Bit-Grunger,
Compressor, Phaser, Tremolo, Auto Pan, Reverb - Master effect: 4 band EQ, Compressor
Akai MPC 1000 information taken from: http://akaipro.com/productsMPC1000.html