MPC 4000

DJ Enta-T

For the people who know is the mpc 4000 worth gettin or is it just a waste of cash. i have rounded up bare mula and am wondering wots worth gettin?

cheers Enta T

Fastlance

well worth!

Paul Rose

Depends what you want to do with it, really. I thought those MPC things were more geared towards live performance. If you're just planning on doing studio work, I'd get a proper sampler.

DJ Enta-T

cheers, if i were to get a 'proper' sampler which would u reccomend, an emu?

Fastlance

Porper sampler?!?!?!?!


What the hell do you think Dj Premire uses or Kanye and Just blaze? MPC's are the $$$$in standerd atleast!

Paul Rose

Proper sampler.

MPC's don't have all the features of other samplers, for example the Akai Z series.

Emu samplers are also badboy, and you can pick up an ESi one for well cheap, and they're proper. Bare mans just use Emu ESi's.

Fastlance

MPC4000 KEY FEATURES

All new sampling engine with a high-performance Intel™ CP
24-bit audio resolution with sample rates up to 96kHz
64-voices (32 voices at 96kHz sample rate)
16 MB on-board memory, expandable to a massive 512 M
Balanced stereo XLR-1/4-inch TRS combo inputs with reference-grade preamp
Phono inputs to allow direct connection of turntable
Four MIDI OUT ports control up to 64 independent MIDI channels
Four Q-Linkª knobs and two note variation sliders for real-time performance control
Real-time control of filter cutoff, resonance, pitch, LFO rate and depth - and more
Full sampler implementation provides compatibility with Z-Series and S-Series file
New 4-channel 24-bit/96kHz effects processor (standard)
USB host port accommodates USB floppy, CD-R, HD, MO, ZIP drives and an ASCII keyboard
USB slave port provides for ak.Sys Network and Control System software
36 filter types with up to 3 simultaneous filters per voice
Dual independent LFOs with MIDI clock sync
Internal IDE hard drive (standard in North America only) plus external SCSI connection
Built-in sample rate converter on the digital input to eliminate rate-matching problems
Large 320 x 240, multi-angle graphic LCD
FAT32 disk format is fully compatible with S5000, S6000, Z4, Z8 and most PC's
Native .WAV sample format allows data sharing with anything supporting .WAV files
ak.Sys Control & Networking software enables Mac and PC connection via on-board USB interface
Two assignable footswitch inputs
Wordclock input for sync with external digital devices (optional)
Graphical sequence event editing
Memory meters display remaining free sampler memory, sequence memory and CPU memory
Graphic editing of sample waveforms
Six pad banks provide quick access to up to 96 different sounds
SMPTE I/O Standard
Polyphony is halved when operating at 96kHz


New filtering is provided by way of 6-pole digital dynamic filters which allow realtime control of the cut-off frequency and resonance from the Q-Link knobs or via MIDI control change messages. The new filter design not only supports all filter designs available in the powerful S5000/S6000 and Z4/8 samplers but allows new variations such as the triple filter consisting of three independent 2-pole filter blocks.

Filter modulation is part of the APM (assignable program modulation) matrix which has more than 30 modulation items freely assignable as either source or destination. Furthermore one source can be assigned to multiple destinations and likewise multiple sources can be assigned to one destination just like on a vintage synth matrix patch board.


Improved sequencing functions include 960 ppq resolution, a Song can now be played in Second Sequence function, a sequence data clipboard allows you to create phrase libraries and there is no longer any limitation in using the maximum number of events (300,000) in any one song. As on the legendary MPC60, 4 MIDI outs also come as standard on the MPC4000 enabling 64 MIDI channel operation

The large LCD also allows an unprecedented view of sequence data showing data as a piano roll or as a drum machine 'grid'. Continuous MIDI data can also be shown (and edited) graphically


SMPTE comes as standard and there is a choice of 8 channel adat™ and 8 x assignable analogue outs.

A Digital I/O (AES/EBU/SPDIF) with wordclock is also available as an option.

A USB slave port allows direct connection to a PC or Apple Mac for use with Akai's ak.Sys software which is being developed to work with the new MPC.


As well as editing, this graphically rich remote control software allows you to transfer files between the MPC and your computer for efficient organisation of sound library, etc., and for speedy integration with your favourite computer music software.

The MPC comes with 16Mb of onboard RAM and can easily be expanded to a massive 512Mb using readily available 168pin PC100 or PC133 DIMM memory. Memory can be expanded using 64Mb, 128Mb or 256Mb upgrades. Internally the MPC can be fitted with an IDE hard drive.

Fitted with SCSI and USB master ports as standard, it can also be connected to external storage media ie CD-R, HD, Zip, MO, etc., and the USB port can also be used to connect an external USB drive or a keyboard for easier file naming



It doesnt have what now?