All user reviews for the Akai Professional MPC2000

"What connection (audio, MIDI ...)?
How many sounds, styles available? Are they edited? Through a utility Mac / PC?
He has an effects section?
What caractériques sequencer? ... "


This is a good old sampler 90s. Sans option has 4mb of memory and record of backups on disk is 3.2 "(1.4 mb).

All options it has 32 MB of memory, 8 separate audio outputs and an effects module. Little is also connect a separate SCSI (CD HDD, CD, etc.). Device.

Do not ask. Yet there is a possibility to install a Compact Flash drive using internal SCSI port (about € 350 I think and some electronics concept to perform the operation).

For sound, this is a sampler, an empty box as a blank page. A sampler 16 bit / 44 kHz and a sequencer that the heyday of the MPC. Like her sisters, the real highlight of this particular model is not very advanced in its editing options, it is this particular groove and simplicity of use. And there is little connect the MPC 2000 as a simple controller / MIDI sequencer controls the tracks instruments of any DAW. Overcoming in this way the technological deficits.

UTILIZATION

"The general configuration is it simple?
The usual functions are they easily accessible?
The manual is clear and sufficient? ... "


The use of MPC in general is childish. Ors put data storage which was very tedious at the time, make a beat with this machine and very easy and fast.

Everything is at your fingertips and available now, when we know these machines are well taf speed of the idea (or almost).

SOUNDS

"The effects are they effective and responsive?
The expression is good? (Reaction velocity, aftertouch)?
What are the sounds you prefer, you hate? ... "

The effects available as an option are not of great quality.

The pads are very nice to use. To enter drums is ideal to play a mozart it may be tense.

I think the sound is rather neutral unlike the legend. In contrast, the dynamics are excellent, filters give some grain and a beat made on MPC recognizes quite easily.

OVERALL OPINION

"How long have you use it?
What is the particular feature you like best and least?
Have you tried many other models before buying it?
How would you rate the quality / price?
With experience, you do again this choice? ... "

It is a machine that I sold for a XL which offers more possibilities. Since I had the 500, 2500, 5000 and recently the Renaissance.

Storage possibilities of the time require a lot of discipline not to lose hope for his frequent samples and other prod well underway.

If ... we have to be why not keep it. This is an obsolete model today but still interesting for its groove and workflow of an MPC most recent default.

- Midi In / Out, Audio out stereo headphone jack, unless you add the optional extension card (8 out)

- No effects but optional, reverb and delay I think.

- No integrated (sampler) sounds, you must either add your sounds by the mean of the disk drive
'm a SCSI, ZIP or CD-R, the zip drive to save your project, not possible to burn CD-R, it just makes office reader bank.

- The sequencer is very good with a swing mode that gives your fishing mix,
the sequencer BAR is very simple with no frills.

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UTILIZATION

- It is rather simple to use, I would even say that when you know
well it is very ergonomic (feeling).

- The manual is pretty well translated and simple, because the machine is too.

- The functions are also accessible by buttons leads immediately
mode concerned.

SOUNDS

- The sound very good and should only do your sampling
if you do not put enough level in your source it will not be good, for example, also straighten your samples before sampling. Slightly méttalique
but it is minimal, also a level of output that's overkill AKAI.

- The pads are very sensitive unless your MPC 20 years without changing this one.

OVERALL OPINION

- I used two years while I had two.

- The very simple but also very basic feature, good for music
based sample as Hip Hop

- Today is a machine for fans, it must have been used to
appreciate, as many will find it very limited, with PC as Ableton or even some machine that looks like the kind of tools. Also if you want to get yourself one of these machines, think or do if a revision because it is very old.

No its origin, no memory, no external storage, no spares outlets, no effect akai ... thank you.
Trs of them in this area they chose the mthode "option while achtez please" but ...

UTILIZATION

THE squenceur of scne that controls machines, sound modules, samplers, synth.
The squenceur is terrible for those who love "type" vnements the twelve o'clock or the program via the step. But that's just when you know the machine has merits, it's going to rev faster!

SOUNDS

Nothing better for hip hop or even drum and bass (even a good honest trs) for a technology is complicated (no tural possibility of synthse) . no card outputs the signal finds its spares slimite covers too when the sound (drums + bass + nape + sample ...) but the sound is the rhythm divine, finally it's my opinion.

OVERALL OPINION

First machine, and a lot of beginners taking head, especially when you have no zip or cd rom or plates to sample, but a time APRS Discoveries of the possibility of standard m exelence your machine, since I was a pc and platinesavec (treatment samples of sound forge, sound bank standard, using software with export wav file + internet) is the foot ...

The conection PM: 2 IN, 2 OUT
Audio: Stereo In and Stereo Out default, expandable 8 out + spdif (IB208p)
Effects: Optional (EB16)

Is in the squence pattern, a model of its kind ncessite a little grip, but once done is very easy ... the step mode is not practical but is not what you're looking for this type of machine.

UTILIZATION

The configuration can be gnral is easier! Provided you have some knowledge.
Ergonomics is trsrussit, everything is at hand and the manual is explicit trs.

SOUNDS

It's a sampler, the sounds are even DIY! Jai read lower than a sound blaster sounded better! Only a person who has never had a sound blaster can write this is totally wrong, the machine sounds trs plutt clear and neutral, the dynamics are good. The only complaint I can do is a rponse the VLOC not terrible (in pads). The map is avoid EB16, sounds really bad for the price.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this machine since its release, I had bought IMMEDIATE!
This is the concept while one that attracts me the most was the era that machine had no equivalent, the MPC 60 as too limited in memory and much more ch 3000 re. The report quality price of this machine is now excellent, if a c'tait again, I Do not hesitate one second.

Squenceur a convenient but too expensive ... the rest .... Bontempi is the style? you believe that a sound?
Why did you leave aka Roger Linn! please! come back!

UTILIZATION

For squence is convenient but it is the groove? c'tait better before .... mpc mpc 3000 and 60 ... Thank you Roger! But we need you to come back because he Aka need you!

SOUNDS

A sound blaster live sound better, I talk knowingly to have used one for 3 years 1998 2001. Level converters, the mpc 2000 is a great scam, phnomne mass popularity misleading its sell-off contributed to the major users dsespoirs ears sharpened.

OVERALL OPINION

Well, it's a beautiful trs opration marketing has worked well ... they are strong in the commercial direction of aka .... you worry! they did not have because if it is not Roger, there are big fishy ....

Level characteristic is really complete
mixing velocity and sensitivity of the pad s is prime.
on top of that the sound more dynamic sound.
j frankly was a follower of mounting samplitude pro tools and I really controls the practice of my more sensitive to your a musician and that c is prime.

UTILIZATION

Everything is simple if you clear of the usual al PARAMETERS sound as a whole
if everything is complicated when you discover normal!
what would life be if everything was too simple?

SOUNDS

The mpc is great for rap rhythms rnb
a word in D has 7 dree which obviously mpc 2000.
if not for the effects.
n is frankly is not the problem nor the purpose of this machine
s really accessories.
by 8 against the analog sound less because they allow you to output table mix to perfect your sound and really include dynamic effects on your sound card or if you are 8 entry.

OVERALL OPINION

C is in short top
. Yason

Samplers with sequencer (optional 32 MB memory card, 8 outputs and spar card effects).
2 midi in / out
Between a stro
1 x Stereo
A SCSI connection
1 floppy drive

UTILIZATION

The party was Pipelines Limited sampler for drum kits it does not like the other samplers to sample all the keyboard (there is a way to put the sample on the 16 pads). So we sample and assign it to a pad.
The game is really well done sequencer which allows to make quick rhythmic

SOUNDS

The sound is a gal that can be fit into it. The filter is very well
The sound effect zero.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 5 years. I went on the 1000
Plus: sequencer, PAD.
The least: the bone-loading disk (or zip) at each boot

Describes widely elsewhere.
Mine has no option except the 32 MB of memory.
Today, the size of memory seems drisoire, but hey, you can do a lot of things even when, say that's enough .....
I use the SCSI interface because I have a ZIP drive (necessary in my opinion), and a cdrom drive ..... And many CDrom Akai format ....
No time stretch on the other hand .......

UTILIZATION

So it's like the whole, do not be afraid to open the user manual and read it and then have music to do is even when done for a. ... The manual is well done, and finally, we use the MPC quite simply, no major problem .... With a little practice, it is quite natural, and discovering a vritable musical instrument ......

SOUNDS

Well, it's a sampler, so adpend a bit of what we put .... It is true that the MPC 2000 a grain rather special, a little "metal", or crystalline but the stain remains lgre, does not pose a problem once in the mix ........ And the power is more than enough, there's gain, no worries ... ....

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for several years, and I mean it's an extremely versatile instrument with which one can do any style of music, not just the "Hip-Hop" or "R ' n'B "... It can be used as a simple bote pace or you can make a full title and squence with it ...... It remains crative and trs squenceur really well trs Designed ... That said, we must Whereas it is an instrument which the silent era relatively expensive and that demand for power peripherals oprationnel be really functional, so the price quality ratio is not gnial ......
But personally, I love the concept of MPC, and when one loves, one does not count .....

Superb sequencer (the best for hip hop beats), super sampler, no effect on the 2000 I, the effects are added with a card but the interest is not.
There is a small program (MPC editor for PC) which is good for the cre Programs and to assign sounds to the pads.
The Mpc 2000 possde of origin:
-16 + 4 MB or 32 MB
Two-input jack (left / right)
Two-output jack (left / right) (except of course if it spares the 8 outputs)
One-headphone
In twelve o'clock -2
-2 Midi out
SCSI-taking (for a zip disk or scsi)
Disk-drive

UTILIZATION

Easier to use is not! in 1 hour there is a way to make hip hop beats sick.
of the incremented seqenceur is really great.
Are several functions with the pads that are excellent (decay, note var, attack, filter, tuning) in no time stretching against o (
The original manual is clear if we make the prod. long time and it is bilingual.
Apparently there is a manual in French. Pdf for the MPC 2000 but I have never found a ducoup I rcupr Manual MPC 2000 XL Franais (the same detail three things prs)

SOUNDS

The sound is warm (it will say more oldskool analog sound)
An example you put the same sounds in Fruityloops style sequencer and the same sounds in the MPC = MPC In adfonce, Pete, grain is superb.
The sound is clear and powerful raliste.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it recently, but no doubt it is used by the largest producer of rap Annes 90/2000 (Premier, Pete Rock, etc ...) is the sound I'm looking for!
This machine is convenient and inexpensive opportunity to (personal I pay 400 euro)
What I like most is the quality and power of sound, sequencer, and the incremented pads.
What I like least is the floppy drive (long live the zip)
At this price I will make the same choice without asking any questions!

If you make hip hop instrumentals c have a MACHINE.

Absolutely, the mpc2000 is the brain of my entire hardware based studio. It has generally been problem free besides the bad lcd screens that akai had built the initial models with that they replaced free of charge. I'm kinda pissed that akai will intentionally hold features and build an entirely new machine (mpc200xl) with those features. But my beef is with akai the company and not the mpc2000, that's my baby.

Price paid

$1500

UTILIZATION

The mpc2000 is a breeze to learn, the manual is good but just using the machine is the best tutorial. If you make a mistake you can always use the undo button which has multiple levels of undo.

Absolutely, the mpc2000 is like an old steam engine, as long as you give it it's power source it will operate for you just as well as last time you turned it on.

SOUNDS

I think the sound's okay, i've always had issues with the way certain sounds come out at low volumes, certain ambient sounds I have tend to sound hollow. Basically you have to be mindfull of your sound sources cuz the mpc2000 will definitely not color the sound favorably if the sound was iffy to start with. I would like it if the mpc series would have a compression feature that would give extra punch to its drum sounds.....god! would I love that!

OVERALL OPINION

*Sigh*, my mpc has been with me through 4-5 different girlfriends and the mpc is still with me. I've had rough times and then sat down in front of her and made music that really recharged me just listening to it and knowing that I made that on my mpc, just me and her. She's a good machine to have,...definitely

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown ( 4-, 2002)

Akai mpc2000xl full of features. It's a midi monster and can control several pieces of gear. The sampler is sketchy. I would refer to it more as a drum sampler more than a fully functional sampler; which it isn't. Use to sequence everything else you have. It can handle it. It's really missing more filters. Timestretching could be better but I primarily use my unit as a drum machine and sequencer. I leave the sound manipulation to my other pieces of gear.

Price paid

$1299.00

UTILIZATION

I wouldn't suggest this as a first drum machine. If you lack some background knowledge on how to use a drum machine, it's gonna be a tough road for you for a few months. It has a steep learning curve at first. After a while it should come easy though. The manual pretty much sucks overall. Again it makes no sense unless you have atleast a little background knowledge, and even then it still sucks.

I have had my MPC for almost 2 years. I have personally had very little problem with my unit. It has locked up on me before. Probably about 3 or 4 times since I've had it. If you view the unit as you would a computer and save as you go along, it should never pose a problem for you.

SOUNDS

Drums cut through your mix with clarity. It's well known and admitted that the MPC's create some of the best sounding drums in the industry. Only maybe an SP1200 would compete with it. MPC's are the industry standard

OVERALL OPINION

The only way I would trade this unit is if I get an MPC4000. I move forward. Never backwards, ya know?

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown ( 7-, 2002)

This is great for drums! It would be nice to get the FX board standard for the money spent.

Price paid

$1400

UTILIZATION

Right outta the box you can lay down drum tracks. Its got a lot of hidden features not covered in the manual- so it takes a while to master.

Perfect for gigging. Adds live feel to a show.

SOUNDS

Excellent sound and sampling engine. Pro quality all the way.

OVERALL OPINION

This is a great machine for making beats. Get this and a synth or sampler and you're good to go!

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown (January 0-, 2002)

Very satisfied with the mpc2000. It's been very good to me.

Price paid

$1,300

UTILIZATION

The manual is like all manual, dry. Maybe it's me being to eager to read the manual, lol. This machine is a musical monster once you get the controls and features down. The sequencer is very to use and straight forward. Even upgrading the mpc2000 with new hardware addon was a breeze.

I would trust it at a gig. I never had it quit or lock up and I like that. Very dependable. Oyeah, I forgot the LCD Display burn out on me once and I replaced it myself. Minor thing. Only had to call customer support once to order the new display for the mpc2000. I say it went smooth. The display came to $138 with shipping.

SOUNDS

The sound quality is superb. I was able to create some sweet hiphop and house tracks.

OVERALL OPINION

Hell yeah, I love this machine. This machine will always be part of my studio. I learn a lot with this machine and if you are lucky to own any MPC model, than you are ahead. I spent a lot of money on gear that, dont measure to a mpc. Now I am a owner of the mpc4000. Thank God for technology.

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown (January 0-, 2002)

Mpc2000 is missing the 16 output board but other wise it has everything that a producer needs. excellent 16 pads for drumming.

Price paid

750.00

UTILIZATION

I'm still learning something new everyday. i switched from PC production to hardware production and it totally changed my style of producing. ive had my mpc for about a year and i believe i am still improving and learning new tricks

my mpc is second hand and it has crashed on me several times. the SCSI interface is constantly failing and i am now saving my beats on to my PC. my boot disks have been defective even after i create a new one.

SOUNDS

Sound quality is great. good attack and delay. the ability to lower frequency and resonance is great. only thing i with my mpc had is teh filter board.

OVERALL OPINION

I love this machine. the quality of sound and the swing of the mpc made me fall in love. the 16 pads are excellent for drumming and chopping samples.

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: jwon ( 2-, 2004)

I ONLY WISH MORE INTERNAL MEMORY WAS STANDARD & ZIP INSTEAD OF FLOPPY.

Price paid

$1,000

UTILIZATION

IT IS A BREEZE TO USE, WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT IT, IT ONLY TOOK ME 2 DAYS TO COME UP WITH A BANGIN TRACK!!! & THAT WAS ONLY BECAUSE I HAD TO GET MIDI CABLES !!! YEA, I AM MUSICALLY INCLINED BUT I HAD NEVER USED ONE BEFORE.

QUALITY IS AWESOME, IM ABOUT TO GET MINE CUSTOMIZED!!

SOUNDS

SOUND IS GREAT!!

OVERALL OPINION

SHES ONCE.....TWICE....THREE TIMES A SAMPLER......AND I LOOOOOOOVE HER!!! THIS DRUM MACHINE IS HANDS DOWN A MUST FOR ANY LEVEL MUSICIAN NOVICE TO PROFESSIONAL. I DONT KNOW WHRERE ID BE WITHOUT HER.

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: DUCCI ( 5-, 2005)

Good features----however effects and 8 outs should come standard. Doesn't make sense 2 own 1 now cuz floppies/zips are obsolete. Get the 1000.

Price paid

$1,100

UTILIZATION

A 5th grader could produce on it.

No tilt screen! Weakly made unlike the 3000 and 60! POOR quality but it'll do as long as u aren't dropping it!

SOUNDS

Great! No probs.

OVERALL OPINION

I loved it---untill the 1000 dropped and I got the motif rack. 2000 is obsolete holmes.

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: bhardman ( 6-, 2005)

Pretty standard. OK.

Price paid

750.00

UTILIZATION

The only thing that's a pain about the MPC is keeping track of stuff by naming everything. the MPC is as easy to use as any drum machine and i like how the sequences are separated into tracks.

Quality is lousy. i had to bring it in to the shop a couple of times already. once for the box not accepting additional memory and once because the buttons were triggering other buttons.

SOUNDS

I'm coming from an SP which is 8bit.. so this MPC sounds twice as strong. sometimes it's on the muddy side.. but overall good sound.

OVERALL OPINION

Not as much love as the SP1200, but more love than making beats on a computer program. the mpc goes pretty far back and the filtering and amount of available sampling time make it pretty logical for making dope beats.

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: dacrunklobsta ( 7-, 2005)

I like the editing on the mpc its the best sampler

Price paid

$575.00

UTILIZATION

Very easy you just turn it on press record and play and you got a beat

like I said the best sampler on the market the only thing is after the years you gotta replace the screen

SOUNDS

The sound is very good

OVERALL OPINION

I dont no how to make beats without it I tryed fl studio and it has no match the the feeling that your are actully making the beat not just copy n paste like in fl studio

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Homicide ( 8-, 2005)

FEATURES: 16 LEVELS VOLUME/TUNE ARE GREAT, AND THE SLIDER NOTE VARIATION IS UNDERRATED AND MISSUSED IN MOST CASES. ANYTHING MISSING: IT SHOULD HAVE FOUR MIDI OUTPUTS LIKE THE AKAI ROGERLINN MPC3000 AND A USB CONNECTION.. BUT THEY FIXED THESE ISSUES WITH THE MPC2500

Price paid

$1400.00

UTILIZATION

HONESTLY I'VE BEEN USING IT SOO LONG THAT MY PERCEPTION IS BIASED. IT'S USER FRIENDLY TO ME..

THE EARLIER LINN MODELS WERE BUILT XTREMELY WELL.. BUT THE LATER MODELS MPC2000-2000XL HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE LCDs..

SOUNDS

SOUND QUALITY IS GREAT FOR A 16BIT PROCESSOR. STRONG POINTS: GREAT FOR CREATING DRUM/SAMPLE BEATS. WEAKNESS: TAKES TO MUCH TIME TO LOAD AND FIND DRUMS/SAMPLES.

OVERALL OPINION

I AM AN MPBABY! FROM THE MPC60 TO MPC2000XL I'VE HAD A LOVE AFFAIR. THE DRUM JUST BEAT AND THEY HAVE DEPTH AND QUALITY. FROM 12BIT TO 16 BIT THE MPC IS JUST A CLASSIC!

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Rickstylz (January 1-, 2005)

Either my note variation slider is f*cked up or I don't know how to use it. I have done with out it anyway. I wish you could resample samples or sequences onto other pads like the Roland SP-808 (which sucks in my opinion). You can only f*ck with one program at a time which I hate but have learned to work around it. And you can't sample a sound and trigger them with the corresponding notes on a keyboard like the XL can. Doesns't have timestretch either but I use soundforge for that if needed.

Price paid: $750

UTILIZATION

Very easy to use. Very

SOUNDS

Sound is good. You get out what you put in. If you have the efx card you can really get creative as long as you know how to f*ck with the presets.

OVERALL OPINION

Very durable. I copped it with a short in the power supply. Went to Home Depot and bought a soldering kit and fixed it myself for only $15. However, I have to fiddle with the 1/4 inch input jacks to record the incoming signal sometimes. I probably just gotta replace the jacks

Love it. That and the Roland VS-1680 are the heart of my set up.

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: RonDu (January 2-, 2005)