Akai MPC500

Akai MPC500

TAKE THE MPC PLATINUM STANDARD EVERYWHERE YOU GO.

48 track 32 voice sampling sequencer. Built in FX. Battery or AC

The MPC500 is the first truly portable all-in-one Music Production Center, affording artists the ability to sample and create music on-the-go.

Whether you travel around the globe for hit-making sessions or across town to link up for a casual beatmaking hang, the MPC500 is the ultimate answer to your mobile production needs.

Fully compatible with the legendary MPC line, you can work anywhere with the MPC500's battery-powered capability and drop them back into your MPC2500 when you get back to the studio.

The MPC500 combines a 48-Track MIDI Sequencer and a 32-voice Stereo Digital Sampler, with 12 velocity and pressure sensitive rubber pads.

16MB of on-board memory comes standard and can be expanded up to 128 MB of RAM.

When connected to a Mac or PC via its built-in USB port, you can simply drag & drop data between the computer and the MPC500's CF card.

Compatible with other MPC products, the MPC500 extends users' studios to fit in with their mobile lifestyles.

Applications:

Sampling and Beat Creation

MIDI sequencing

Live Performance

Travelling

Akai MPC500 Features:

Battery powered (6 AA's) or AC powered (with included power adaptor)

Pattern-based 48-track sequencer with 16 MIDI channels

32-voice drum/phrase sampler with up to 128MB RAM

Velocity and pressure sensitive pads for responsive, accurate programming

12 Levels function: one sound on all pads with varied level or tuning per pad

Built-in Compact Flash drive and USB port (Mass Storage Class)

Support for standard WAV files and MIDI sequences

Built-in Analog I/O, headphone output, and MIDI In/Out

Internal sounds in Flash

4-way sample layering and velocity switching per pad

1 low pass filter with resonance per voice

On-board effects: 2 stereo effects and a Master effect

Akai MPC500 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

Dynamic filtering: 2-pole lowpass filter per voice

Number of active programs: 24 (with 48 pads per program)

Effects

Effects: 2 stereo effects and Master effect

Effect type: Chorus, Flanger, Bit grunger, 4 band EQ, Compressor, Phase shifter, Tremolo, Flying pan, Reverb, Delay

Master effect: 4 band EQ, Compressor

Sequencer

Maximum events: 100,000 notes

Resolution: 96ppq

99 Sequences

48 Tracks per sequence

16 MIDI output channels (16 channels x 1 output ports)

Song mode: 20 songs, 250 steps per song

MIDI Clock Sync: Master/Slave

Drumpads

12 velocity and pressure sensitive pads

4 pad banks

Connections

Record input (L and R): 1/4-inch stereo phone x 2, pseudo balanced -40dBu, input impedance 9k ohm; Max. Input level: +10dBu

Stereo output (L and R): 1/4-inch phone x 2 pseudo balanced +11dBu, output impedance 1k Ohms; Max. Output level: +5 dBu

Phones output: 1/4-inch stereo phone x 1, 200mW / 100 ohms

Headphone Output: stereo jack x 1

MIDI: 1 x MIDI In and 1 x MIDI Out [both 5-pin DIN]

USB: Slave connector x 1, USB MASS STORAGE CLASS support (Windows 2000/ME/XP or later version, or Mac OS 9.x/10.x or later version.)

General

Display: 2 x 16 character LCD w/back light

Memory card slot:Compact Flash (The size of the compact flash card that MPC500 can handle is from32MB to 2GB)

Power Supply: 12v DC 600mA (negative tip)

Battery life: Approximately 4.5 hours of continuous use with LCD backlight ON.

Dimensions (W x H x D):

266mm x 175mm x 44mm

Weight: 1.34 kg

Data Compatibility

MPC1000: SEQ, WAV, PGM

MPC2000/2000XL: SEQ, WAV, SND, PGM (Most parameters of PGM file can be loaded.)

MPC2500: SEQ, WAV, PGM

MPC4000: SEQ, WAV, PGM (DRUM program only. Only note assign and tune are loaded.)

MPC3000: SND (THRU Computer)

Z4/Z8: WAV, PGM (DRUM program only. Only note assign and tune are loaded.)

S5000/6000: WAV only (THRU Computer)

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