MPC2500LE Limited Edition Music Production Station

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MPC2500LE Limited Edition Music Production Station

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A sweet deal on a sexy version of the platinum-standard sampler.

The Akai MPC2500LE Limited Edition is a small, special run of the legendary music production unit with flashy looks and full-strength upgrades to give it even more functionality right out of the box. Its style has been switched up with a white top and chassis surrounded by carbon-fiber pattern trim, all topped off with black pads and knobs. Inside Akai has tricked it out with maximum RAM (128MB) and an 80GB hard drive. Plus, the Akai-approved CD-ROM Drive (CD-M25) is included with installation instructions. Only 500 will be produced, and each will be specially marked and numbered.

The Akai MPC2500LE is designed for professional audio production, offers drum programming, sequencing, and sampling capabilities. Artists now have the luxury of producing music with a compact music composition center. The MPC2500LE has all the standard features of the regular production MPC2500. It is a 32”voice drum/phrase sampler with extensive editing control. Designed for professional music production environments and DJs and live club performers, the MPC2500LE features a time”tested user interface, responsive velocity” and pressure”sensitive pads, twin onboard effects processors, four Q”Link controllers (two sliders/two knobs) for extensive real”time control, plus 10 outputs and a S/PDIF digital output.

The ultra”powerful Akai MPC2500 LE sports a 100,000 note/64 track MIDI sequencer that can be assigned to four separate MIDI outputs for a total of 64 independently addressable MIDI channels. Internal sounds reside in flash memory and can easily be swapped for new sounds via compact flash cards, hard drive, or CD”ROM drive. A CF card with preloaded sounds is included to get you started.

Features

Limited run of 500 units
White body
Carbon fiber-look trim
Black pads and knobs
Includes 128MB RAM (EXM128), CD-ROM Drive (CD-M25), and 80GB hard drive upgrades
32”voice drum/phrase sampler
2 onboard effects processors and a main out effects processor
2 assignable Q”link sliders and knobs for real”time performance control
240 x 64 hinged backlit LCD
USB port for computer connectivity
Built”in Analog and Digital I/Os, headphone output and 2 MIDI In/4 MIDI Out
Chop”shop slices a loop into individual samples with automatic pad assignment
Patched phrase synchronizes phrase samples to any tempo without changing pitch
Continuous sample track records long audio tracks into a sequence
Can resample its own output
Audio input through with Q”link control for real”time control
10 built”in analog outputs, plus stereo Digital I/O

MPC2500LE Limited Edition Music Production Station Specifications:

Sound Generator

Data format: 16-bit linear WAV
Sampling rate: 44.1 kHz
Memory: 16MB standard (11.5MB sound memory), expandable to 128MB with EXM128 option
Preset sound memory: 5MB Flash
Recording time: 136 seconds (16MB mono) 24minutes 28seconds (128MB mono)
Polyphony: 32-voice
Dynamic filtering 2 x 2-pole filter per voice
Filter types: Low-pass, band-pass, high-pass
Number of active programs: 24 (with 64 pads per program)

Effects

Effects 2 stereo effects and Master effect
Effect types: Chorus, Flanger, Bit grunger, 4 band EQ, Compressor, Phase shifter, Tremolo, Flying Pan, Reverb, Delay
Master effect: 4 band EQ, Compressor

Sequencer

Capacity: 100,000 notes
Resolution: 96ppq
99 Sequences
64 Tracks per sequence
64 MIDI output channels (16 channels x 4 output ports)
Song mode: 20 songs, 250 steps per song
MIDI Clock Sync: Master/Slave

Drumpads

16 velocity and pressure sensitive pads
4 pad banks
16 Levels: Velocity, Tuning
Automated Pad Mixer (Level, Pan and FX send)
Track Mute and Next Sequence features for live performance

Q-Link

2 sliders and 2 rotary knobs
Assignable to internal sampler controls: pitch, filter cutoff, resonance, level and pan

Connections

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 x 1, SPDIF
Stereo output (L and R) 1/4-inch phone x 2 balanced +11dBu, output impedance 1k Ohms; max. output level +22dBu
8 individual analog outputs 1/4-inch phone x 4 balanced +11dBu, output impedance 1k Ohms; max. output level +22dBu
Phones output 1/4-inch stereo phone x 1, 200mW / 100 ohms
Digital Output: RCA x 1, SPDIF
MIDI: 2 x MIDI In and 4 x MIDI Out
USB Slave connector x 1, USB MASS STORAGE CLASS support (You need Windows 2000/Me/XP or later version, or MacOS 9.x/10.x or later version.)
Footswitches: jack x 2

General

Display: 240 x 64 dot graphic LCD w/backlight
Memory card slot: Compact Flash (The size of the compact flash card that MPC500 can handle is from32MB to 2GB)
Power: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz
Consumption: 70W (with all options)
Dimensions (W x D x H):
16.33" x 3.68" x 13.10"
(415mm x 93.5mm x 332.9mm)
Weight: 13.5 Lbs [6.15kg] (Excluding drives and options)

Standard Accessories:

32MB Compact Flash card
Power cable
Operator's manual
HDM-10
Hard Drive Adaptor Kit

Data Compatibility

MPC1000: SEQ, WAV, PGM
MPC2000/2000XL: SEQ, WAV, SND, PGM (Most parameters of PGM file can be loaded.)
MPC2500: SEQ, WAV, PGM
MPC4000: SEQ, WAV, PGM (DRUM program only. Only note assign and tune are loaded.)
MPC3000: SND (THRU Computer)
Z4/Z8: WAV, PGM (DRUM program only. Only note assign and tune are loaded.)
S5000/6000: WAV only (THRU Computer

Options

EXM128 128MB expansion memory card
CD-M25 CD Drive
The following hard drives have been tested and approved for use in the MPC2500:
Seagate Momentus ST92011A 20GB
Fujitsu MHN2200AT MHN2200AT 20GB
Fujitsu MHM2200AT MHM2200AT 20GB
Toshiba MK4026GAX MK4026GAX 40GB
Hitachi Travelstar HTS541080G9AT00 80GB

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