A compact, portable beat factory for building killer dance music anywhere!

The Akai MPC1000 Music Production Center is a laptop-sized unit that serves as a portable complement to the MPC2000 and MPC4000 and is a powerful DJ production tool on its own. It has a friendly interface, easy-to-use MIDI sequencer and drum sampler, and velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads for expressive play. Two separate effects processors plus a main-out processor can be used simultaneously. Also has 2x2 pole filters per voice, two Q-link sliders for realtime control, and 16MB capacity expandable to 128MB. It saves and loads data to the included 32MB CompactFlash card and connects to your computer via USB for drag-and-drop convenience. Two MIDI in, two MIDI out ports.

Akai MPC1000 Music Production Center Features:

Pattern—based and linear 64—track sequencer with 32 MIDI channels
32—voice drum/phrase sampler with up to 128MB RAM
Velocity and pressure sensitive pads for expressive programming
16 levels function: one sound on all pads with varied level, tuning, attack, decay or filter per pad
Two Q—Link sliders for real—time performance control
Built—in Compact Flash drive and USB port (Mass Storage Class)
Standard WAV files samples and MIDI Files sequences
Built—in Analog and Digital I/Os, headphone output and 2 x MIDI In /Out
Internal sounds in flash
4—way sample layering and velocity switching per pad
4—pole filters (two 2—pole filters) filtering for each of the 32 voices
2 onboard effects processors plus 1 main out effect processor; all which can be used simultaneously
Can resample its own output

Akai MPC1000 Music Production Center 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 sec (16MB mono) 24m28sec (128MB mono)
Polyphony: 32-voice
Filters: 2 x 2-pole filters per voice
Filter types: Low pass, band pass, high pass
Number of active programs: 24 (with 64 pads per program)

Effects:
2 general effects: Chorus, Flanger, 4-band EQ, Bit-Grunger, Compressor, Phaser, Tremolo, Auto Pan, Reverb
Master effect: 4 band EQ, Compressor

Sequencer:
Capacity: 100,000 notes
Resolution: 96ppq
99 Sequences
64 Tracks per sequence
32 MIDI output channels (16 channels x 2 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, Filter Cutoff, Attack, Decay
Track Mute and Next Sequence features for live performance

Connections:
Record Input (L and R): jack x 2, balanced
Digital Input: RCA x 1, SPDIF
Stereo Output (L and R): jack x 2, unbalanced
Individual Outputs: jack x 4, unbalanced
Headphone Output: stereo jack x 1
Digital Output: RCA x 1, SPDIF
MIDI: 2 x MIDI In and 2 x MIDI Out
USB: Device connector x 1 (Mass Storage Class support)
Footswitches: jack x 2

General:
Display: 240x64 dot graphic LCD w/back light
Power: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz
Consumption: 19W
Dimensions (H x W x D):2.97" x 12.99" x 8.985" [max 9.235"] (75.5mm x 330mm x 228.2mm [max 234.6mm])
Weight: 7.6 lbs (3.45kg)