• Large graphic LCD display based on the friendly user interface of the MPC series MPCs iconic feel and groove
• Velocity and pressure sensitive pads allow for expressive programming, with more pad banks
• New Features such as Chopshop, Patched Phrase, Grid Edit, Effect and LFO sync, Mixer Automation, and Input Thru Expanded Linear/Pattern-based 100,000 notes, 64-track sequencer and 64 external MIDI channels
• 32-voice, 16bit drum sampler equipped with 16MB of RAM with ability to hold 128 RAM
• Two MIDI inputs and four MIDI outputs
• Built-in USB Slave port for connection to a Windows or Mac OS computer
• Built-in 10 analog outputs
• 2 1/4 stereo analog inputs and outputs with 16bit/44.1kHz sampling
• Master/Slave synchronization capabilities: MIDI clock
• 2 Assignable Footswitch inputs
• Optional user installable Internal hard drive to store custom sound libraries and sequences
• Optional user installable CD-RW/DVD drive

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 memory card.

The MPC2500 has the capability of an optional internal Hard Disk and CD-RW drives - you don't need special products, standard CD-RW and 2.5 inch IDE hard drives will be fine.

Here's Akai's take on the MPC2500

No technology has made as profound an impact on music creation and performance as sampling, and no other equipment manufacturer has made as significant a contribution to the art of sampling as Akai Professional. Akai’s S900 sampler started a musical revolution and was quickly followed by the hugely popular MPC Series music production centers. That rich heritage continues with Akai’s new and incredibly capable MPC2500 Music Production Center. Whether you’re a composer, songwriter, or performing DJ, the MPC2500 has just what the doctor ordered to take your music to the next level.

A Comprehensive Music Workstation

With an inviting user interface and 16 great-feeling velocity and pressure sensitive pads, the MPC 2500 is a 32-voice drum/phrase sampler with up to 128 MB of RAM and extensive editing controls. Add to this twin onboard effects processors with a send for outboard effects, real-time Q-Link controllers, plus 10 outputs and an S/PDIF digital output, the MPC2500 Music Production Center is, quite simply, a monster.

Working with the MPC2500 is a pleasure, thanks to its 240 x 64 dot angled, backlit LCD display, which makes keeping track of your work easy. For creating custom sounds, sample recording takes place at the instrument’s main page (eliminating the need to dig through nested menus), and editing provisions are extensive. The instrument’s new Chop-Shop function can analyze a drum loop, detect the various beats within, and map the various segments to the pads—enabling you to quickly and easily create drum kits. With its Patched Phrase function, sampled phrases can be automatically synchronized to the sequencer’s tempo without altering the sample’s pitch, and the Continuous Sample Track enables long sampled phrases to be played with sequenced performance data. Further, samples can be reversed and time stretched.

The MPC2500’s control, effects, and interface capabilities really excel. The four Q-Link controllers (two sliders and two knobs) facilitate extensive real-time control and, when combined with the Audio Input Thru function, input signals can be manipulated on the spot—something performing DJs will really appreciate. The MPC2500 provides 4-pole filters (twin 2-pole filters) for each of the instrument’s 32 voices, and the two onboard effects processors make it easy to add reverbs, delays, and other effects. Since internal sounds reside in flash memory, they can easily be swapped for new sounds via compact flash cards (a 32 MB card is included) or the optionally available CD-ROM drive. Similarly, you can also expand the MPC’s onboard sound palette by adding an optional 2.5-inch hard drive.

Sequencing and Output Control

The MPC2500 sports a 100,000 note / 64 track MIDI sequencer that can be assigned to internal programs or four separate MIDI outputs for a total of 64 independently addressable MIDI channels. Song mode supports 20 songs, with 250 steps per song, and the unit’s grid editing screen for the drum track makes music creation and editing an intuitive process. Combined with 10 analog outputs plus an S/PDIF digital output, the MPC2500 facilitates nearly unlimited possibilities for exercising control over the various sound elements the unit produces—making it a “must have tool” for both stage and studio.

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