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Akai MPC1000 £649.00

Small and perfectly formed (and not much bigger than an A4 sheet of paper), this diminuitive MPC is not some compromised little runt of the litter as you might expect. On the contrary - the MPC1000 inherits many of the major features of its older, bigger siblings but in a compact form factor that makes it ideal for carrying around… to your friends, to a gig, to a session… wherever. And it's a creditable alternative to computer based systems

As part of its lineage, the MPC1000 features the sixteen characteristic velocity and pressure sensitive pads that have been an established (and essential) component of the MPC series since its inception - arguably, they are the best pads on any drum machine past or present!

Also retained is the MPC's legendary 'feel' and 'groove' so that you can be sure that your beats and sequences just swing.

It also features the original MP60'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 most of what you'd expect to find in a rugged, dependable 'switch on and work' and 'out the carton' solution to computer sequencer headaches.

But there are new things too:

The use of compact flash as a storage medium, for example, makes for more than enough room to save your sounds and grooves in an extremely compact, portable and readily available format and present testing has verified the use of up to 2 Gigabyte cards.

Furthermore, the MPC1000 supports the "MASS STORAGE CLASS" USB standard. What this means is that when connected to a Mac or PC via the MPC1000's USB port, the Mac/PC sees the MPC1000 as a Compact Flash card reader without the need for any cumbersome driver installation on your computer (*). This simple implementation allows you to simply drag and drop data between your desktop and the MPC1000's CF card to build up sound library on your CF card or vice versa to back up data on your CF card.

With regard to internal memory, you get 16Mb of on-board RAM as standard but this can be expanded up to 128 MB.

THE THREE 'Fs' - FEATURES, FUNCTIONS, FACILITIES

Behind the stunning 'retro' cosmetic styling that pays homage to a halcyon era of dedicated drum machines, the new MPC1000 is a thoroughly modern sampling drum machine and 64-track MIDI sequencer that is more than equipped with features, functions and facilities to let you explore new musical ideas without restriction.

MAKE YOUR BANK MANAGER SMILE!

Impressive specs, good looks, loads of features and everything else aside, the best news of all is that this power for musical expression now costs less than ever before.

So, if you have ever dreamed of buying into the MPC legend to realise your musical ambitions, now's your chance!

KEY FEATURES

• Established friendly and intuitive user interface of MPC series.
• Easy-to-use MIDI sequencer/drum sampler offering a great alternative to complex computer based products.
• Great-feeling, velocity and pressure sensitive pads for expressive programming.
• A 16 levels function giving you one sound on all pads with varied level, tuning, attack, decay or filter per pad.
• Two separate effects processors and one main out effect processor; all which can be used simultaneously.
• 4-pole filters (two 2-pole filters) filtering for each of the 32 voices.
• Two Q-Link sliders for realtime performance control.
• 2 x MIDI In and 2 x MIDI Out.
• 32 MIDI channels.
• 16Mb RAM standard, expandable to 128Mb .
• Internal preset sounds in flash.
• Save/load your sound and sequence data to/from Compact Flash.
• Portable laptop size - ideal for taking your act on the road.
• (*) You can use "USB MASS STORAGE CLASS" devices with Windows 2000/Me/XP (or later) and MacOS 9.x/10.x. Requires a USB connection on your Mac/PC plus the appropriate support in your computer's OS.

GENERAL

• Display 240 x 64 dot graphic LCD with back light
• Memory card slot Compact Flash type 2 (32Mb-2Gb)
• Dimension (W x H x D) mm 330 x 75.5 x 228.2 (Max 234.6)
• Weight 3.45kg
• Power requirement 100-240V

SOUND GENERATOR

• Sampling rate 44.1kHz
• Sampling capacity 16Mb standard, (11.5 Mb sound memory) exp. to 128Mb
• Recording time 136 sec (16Mb mono) 24m28sec (128Mb mono)
• Memory expansion slot 144-pin for optional EXM128
• Data format 16-bit linear
• Polyphony 32
• 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

• 2 stereo effects and master effect
• Effect type Chorus, Flanger, 4 band EQ, Bit-Grunger, Compressor, Phaser, Tremolo, Auto Pan
• Reverb
• Master effect: 4 band EQ, Compressor

SEQUENCER

• Maximum events 100,000 notes
• Resolution 96 parts per 1/4-note (96ppqn)
• Sequences 99
• Tracks per sequence 64
• MIDI output channels 32 (16 channels x 2 output ports)
• Song mode 20 songs, 250 steps per song
• Drum pads 16 (velocity and pressure sensitive)
• Drum pad banks 4
• Sync mode MIDI clock

INPUTS / OUTPUTS

• 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 unbalanced +11dBu, output impedance 1k Ohms
• Max. output level +17dBu
• 4 individual outputs 1/4-inch phone x 4 unbalanced +11dBu, output impedance 1k Ohms
• Max. output level +17dBu
• Phones output 1/4-inch stereo phone x 1, 200mW / 32 ohms
• Digital output RCA-pin x 1 S/PDIF
• MIDI inputs 5-pin DIN x 2
• MIDI outputs 5-pin DIN x 2
• USB Slave connector x 1 (supports "USB MASS STORAGE CLASS")
• Footswitches 1/4-inch phone x 2

STANDARD ACCESSORIES

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

OPTIONS

• EXM128 128MB expansion memory card

COMPATIBILITY

• MPC2000XL SEQ, PGM (*), WAV
• MPC4000 SEQ, WAV (No PGM compatibility)
• MPC3000 No compatibility
• Z4/8 .WAV sample data only
• S5/6000 .WAV sample data only
• S1000/3000 No compatibility
• (*) When PGM file is loaded, only pad assign is loaded. Other edit parameters are ignored