Akai MPC 4000 Beat Maker
The Akai MPC 4000 is the King of the MPC series. It has all the features any producer could want.
Key Features
1) Improved Akai MPC design
- Established friendly and intuitive user interface of MPC series, now with large graphic LCD display
- MPC’s legendary ‘feel’ and ‘groove’, with 10 times more resolution for non-quantized live sequencing
- Great-feeling, velocity and pressure sensitive pads for expressive programming, with more pad banks
- Expanded Pattern-based and linear 300,000 notes, 128-track sequencer with 128 internal Parts and 64 external MIDI channels
- 64-voice full-featured 24bit sampler (32-voice at 96kHz) with up to 512MB RAM
2) Extensive connectivity
- Two MIDI inputs and four MIDI outputs
- Built-in USB and SCSI interface for external drives
- USB Slave port for connection to a Windows or Mac OS computer with the free akSys sofware
- Up to 10 analog outputs, and/or 10 digital outputs with optional IB-48P and IB-4ADT expansion boards
- XLR and 1/4” stereo analog inputs and outputs with 24bit/96kHz AD/DA converters
- Phono inputs with RIAA preamp for direct connection of a turntable
- WordClock input for integration with other digital devices
- Flexible Master/Slave synchronization capabilities: MIDI clock, MTC, MMC and built-in SMPTE
- Two assignable footswitch inputs
3) Compatibility
- Compatible with Akai, Roland and EMU CD-ROM libraries (programs and samples)
- WAV file support, and MIDI File Type 0 and 1 support
4) Extensive sound control
- Extensive sample editing that includes cut and paste, timestretch, slice, resampling etc., with waveform display
- Dynamic resonant multi-mode filters, 3 envelope generators and 2 LFOs for each of the 64 voices
- Six Q-Link sliders and knobs for real-time control over a wide variety of dynamic changes
- Internal 4-bus multi-FX processor
5) Self-contained
- Internal 80GB hard drive to store custom sound libraries and sequences
- Onboard CD-RW drive to load CD-ROM libraries, sample Audio CDs, and backup personal data
Sequencer
- Capacity: 300,000 notes
- Resolution: 960ppq
- 128 Sequences
- 128 Tracks per sequence
- 64 MIDI output channels (16 channels x 4 output ports)
- Song mode: 128 songs, 250 steps per song
- Simultaneous playback of a second sequence
- MIDI Sync: Master/Slave, MIDI Clock, MTC, MMC
- SMPTE Sync: Master/Slave
- Step edit, Piano Roll edit, Drum Grid edit
Drumpads
- 16 velocity and pressure sensitive pads
- 6 pad banks
- 16 Levels: Velocity, Tuning
- Automated Pad Mixer (Level, Pan and FX send)
- Track Mute and Next Sequence features for live performance
Akai MPC 4000 info taken from http://akaipro.com/productsMPC4000.html