So does the same massive increase in capacity denoted by XL hold true in the world of sampling drum machines? Akai have just adopted this suffix for the new version of their MPC2000, a unit which I originally reviewed in SOS April 1997. Where are the massive people for whom these XL shirts are made (apart from in 'All‑You‑Can‑Eat' American diners)? It seems that the jump between large and extra large in the minds of clothing manufacturers would be better expressed as 'big' and 'gargantuan'. Yet when I try on these XL shirts, I find they could often comfortably accommodate two people my size (if not three). As a result, whenever anybody buys me clothes or gives me promotional T‑shirts at trade shows, they invariably settle on the XL size. Now he takes a look at its successor to see how much more you get when you buy XL.Īnyone who knows me will tell you I have always been a big bloke and, as the years march by, a constant diet of fine food and fine wine has only added to how I started out. Add to these an improved friendly and intuitive user interface thanks to the graphic LCD, two MIDI ins and 32 MIDI channels via the two MIDI outputs, and options for multiple audio outputs, multi-effects, SMPTE Time Code and even Flash Rom memory, and you have a dependable "switch on and work" solution to computer sequencer headaches.Three years ago Paul Wiffen concluded that Akai had brought the concept of the sampling drum machine up to date with the MPC2000.
It also features the original MPC60's intuitive transport and locate controls, the unique NOTE REPEAT function, plus new additions such as four bank keys to effectively provide 64 pads, multi-program playback, multi-track recording, simultaneous playback of a second sequence, Next Sequence key, Track Mute key, TimeStretch, Slice Sound, Resampling, plus folder file management. The MPC2000XL inherits many of the major features of the original MPC such as the legendary "feel" and "groove" so that you can be sure that your beats and sequences just swing. The Akai Professional MPC2000XL MIDI Production Center combines a 64-Track MIDI Sequencer and a 32-voice Stereo Digital Sampler, with 16 velocity and pressure sensitive rubber pads, providing rock solid sequencing and drum programming combined with powerful sampling facilities in one convenient and portable desktop unit.
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