AKAI MPC 2500: MIDI Production Center
The MPC is a rock solid sequencing and drum programming machine with 16 velocity and pressure sensitive rubber pads.
The Akai Professional MPC2500 Music Production Center combines a 64-Track MIDI Sequencer with a 32-voice 16bit Stereo Digital Sampler. The MPC is a rock solid sequencing and drum programming machine with 16 velocity and pressure sensitive rubber pads. The unit allows you to sample more efficiently. This composition center is contained in one extremely powerful desktop unit. .
Designed for professional audio production, the MPC2500’s intuitive and ergonomic interface makes it the ultimate user friendly composition studio.
Two internal effects processors can be used simultaneously. This includes a wide range of effects algorithms, such as reverb, delay, bit grunger, chorus, phasers, flying pan, 4-band EQ, compressor, and a phase shifter.
"The 2000 XL was a great machine ...they took the same technology and put it into the 2500 and made it a better machine...a number of extra features for just a little more outlay. It's one of those machines you just have to jump into."
-Taj, Audio Specialist
Producer's Edge Magazine 2006
Akai MPC 2500 from Issue 0
with Taj.
·Large graphic LCD display based on the friendly user interface of the MPC series
·Seamless integration of audio and MIDI using gorgeous new ROM waves and sampling with realtime timestretch capability
·Velocity and pressure sensitive pads allow for expressive programming, with more pad banks
·New Features such as Chopshop, Patched Phrase, Grid Edit, Effect and LFO sync, Mixer Automation, and Input Thru Expanded Linear/Pattern-based 100,000 notes, 64-track sequencer and 64 external MIDI channels
·32-voice, 16bit drum sampler equipped with 16MB of RAM with ability to hold 128 RAM
·Two MIDI inputs and four MIDI outputs
·Built-in USB Slave port for connection to a Windows or Mac OS computer
·Built-in 10 analog outputs
·2 1/4” stereo analog inputs and outputs with 16bit/44.1kHz sampling
·Master/Slave synchronization capabilities: MIDI clock
·2 Assignable Footswitch inputs
Fantom-X8: Workstation Keyboard
Powerhouse Workstation with an Ultra-Friendly Interface
The Fantom-X Series is the flagship of the Roland workstation family, offering musicians nearly 1GB of wave memory when fully expanded, and 128-voice performance. At the top of the vast soundset is Roland's finest 88-key split stereo-sampled piano, with each note individually sampled at multiple velocities. In addition, the Fantom-X provides room for four SRX expansion boards, so users can customize their soundsets to their specific needs and stylistic preferences.
The Fantom-X Series is the first line of workstation keyboards with a color LCD screen. Combined with an inviting icon-driven user interface, the Fantom-X has been globally heralded as the most powerful-yet-friendly workstation on the market.
Note: Pre-Version-2 Fantom-Xs can be upgraded via the FAN-X-UP1 Audio Track Expansion Kit. The upgrade kit includes a CompactFlash card with installer software, PC card adapter, plus a CD-ROM that contains Fantom-X Editor Software Version 2, including a Sample Editor, a Multisample Editor, and an S-700 file converter for Mac and PC.
"I think this is a key piece...a lot of people I see they want to get an MPC and some sort of keyboard to go with it. I think this is the fine line between the two -having the MPC style pads plus having a keyboard loaded with a whole lot of sounds, thousands of sounds...not to mention what you can create on your own...alter the presets or just start from scratch and synthesize your own sounds."
-Nate Tinsley, Audio Specialist
Producer's Edge Magazine 2006
Roland Fantom X8 from Issue 0
with Nate Tinsley.
·128-voice workstations with 61-note keyboard (Fantom-X6), 76-note keyboard (Fantom-X7), or 88-note (Fantom-X8) Progressive Hammer-Action Keyboard
·Seamless integration of audio and MIDI using gorgeous new ROM waves and sampling with realtime timestretch capability
·8 stereo audio tracks integrated with internal MIDI sequencer
·128MB wave ROM includes quality-focused sounds like 88-key split piano and more
·32MB sample RAM expandable to 544MB with optional DIMMs
·Color LCD screen - a first in a workstation keyboard!
·Innovative features such as Skip Back Sampling, Dynamic Pad Bank and V-LINK
·3 MFX processors, plus dedicated reverb, chorus and mastering processor
·USB port for MIDI and .WAV/AIFF file exchange
·4x SRX expansion
·PC card slot for backing up samples and data with up to 1GB capacity
·4 Line outputs (2 stereo or 4 mono), stereo Line input and 24-bit S/PDIF I/O
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