The features are good, I think AKAI dropped the ball on certin things such as the effects (They changed from having 5 effects as on the 2000xl to having 3 on the 2500) There is no more Auto chromatic tuning and no more stereo to mono conversion but some of those things people did not even use but they should have still been there. There are new features that are cool such as Chop shop and a few others.

Price paid: $2100

UTILIZATION

I feel that the MPC series is still the most user friendly sampler on the market, the interface did change, I am not sure it was for better or worse but I have no issues with it (Still easy)

I think it is pretty durable, I mean I am not going to have the gorilla from the Samsonite comercial come and jump on it so it's OK.

SOUNDS

I think the sound quality of the 2500 is good (very accurate) One of the strong point's is what you put into it is what you get out of it.

OVERALL OPINION

I love it because it's easy to use, compact and it allows me to come in and put down an idea quickly and easily

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: The Invisible Men ( 1-, 2006)