DISC Akai MPC5000 Music Production Center

Full Description

The MPC series set the standard for beat production. What would it take to make the ultimate MPC Dozens of engineers, 20 years of experience and a new synth and drum sampling engine unlike any MPC ever. Introducing the MPC5000; the new standard for music production.

Click the link below to watch an overview of the Akai MPC 5000

The MPC5000 is the first MPC ever to include 8-track streaming hard disk recording, a 20-voice, 3-oscillator virtual analog synth engine with built-in arpeggiator, a new sequencing engine with 960 ppq resolution, pad and track muting and mixing, 64 continuous sample tracks. There's even a new FX engine with 4 FX buses and 2FX per bus.

In addition, the MPC5000 features a 64-voice drum/phrase sampler with 64MB memory - expandable up to 192MB. The display is twice the size of the MPC2500 and MPC1000 so waveforms appear crystal-clear. Integrated Chop Shop 2.0 now supports stereo chops and Patched Phrases. The MPC5000 is also the first MPC to include Random and Cycle sample playback in addition to velocity Zone Play. A turntable preamp is also included.

The MPC5000's virtual analog synth eliminates need for external analog synth modules or buggy software based synthesizers. The new 8-track direct to disk recorder lets you produce your whole song in the MPC and then mix it down with the internal sequenced programs and any input thru material. Add the optional CD/DVD drive and you can then burn an audio or data CD or your mix. Over 650MB of premium-quality sounds from Loopmasters are included to get you up and running with pro-quality production in seconds.

Features

64-voice drum/phrase sampler with 64MB memory built-in. Expandable up to 192MB RAM

Three-oscillator virtual analog synth engine with built-in arpeggiator

Over 300 Virtual Analog synth presets included

Eight tracks of Direct-to-Hard Disk recording

Over 40 all new effects available within a modular 4-bus effects processor

Master compressor and equalizer

960 ppq resolution

Built-in hard disk drive

Optional CD-R/DVD drive

USB 2.0 port for computer connectivity

CF Type-2 card slot (up to 2GB)

Chop-Shop 2.0 - slices a stereo loop into individual samples with automatic pad assignment

Patched Phrases - creates multiple splits in looped samples to ensure proper tempo sync without changing pitch

12 Q-link controllers for internal automation, external MIDI control and quick parameter editing

240 x 128 hinged backlit LCD

10 built-in analog outputs, plus 8 ADAT-optical outputs and stereo S/PDIF IO

Two MIDI inputs and Four MIDI outputs

Turntable phono inputs with RIAA pre-amp

XLR / 1/4" combo jacks with selectable mic/line levels

Sample library provided by Loopmasters.com

Display 240 x 128 dot graphic LCD w/back light

Memory Card Slot Compact Flash (The size of the compact flash card that MPC5000 can handle is from 32MB to 2GB)

Sound Generator

Sampling rate 44.1kHz

Memory capacity 64MB standard, expandable to 192MB

Recording time 12m 48sec. (64MB, MONO), 38m24sec. (192MB, MONO)

Memory expansion slot 1 x for optional EXM-E3

Data format 16-bit linear

Polyphony 64

Filter types LOW PASS, BAND PASS, HIGH PASS, BAND BOOST, BAND STOP, ANALOG MODELING, VOCAL FORMANT

Preset sound memory 16 MB

Number of programs 128

Effects

Effects 4 stereo busses with 2 stereo effects per buss, and Master effect

Master effect 4 band EQ, Compressor

Sequencer

Maximum events 100,000 notes

Resolution 960 parts per 1/4-note

Sequences 99

Tracks per sequence 64

MIDI output channels 64 (16 channels x 4 outputs)

Song mode 20 songs, 250 steps per song

Drum pad 16 (velocity and pressure sensitive)

Dimensions (W x D x H) 18" x 16 1/16" x 3 3/8" (6 7/8" with screen at maximum height)

406.4mm x 407.98mm x 85.7mm (174.6mm with screen at maximum height)