Akai MPC 2000xl - Manual (Page 13)

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Features
The following is a summary of some of the advanced features of the MPC2000XL.
General
• Large 248 x 60 dot LCD display with graphics.
• 6 function keys under the LCD display provide various functions on each page.
• Built-in 1.44 megabyte floppy disk drive to store both sequence and sound data.
• By pressing the OPEN WINDOW key at the parameter you want to edit, you are allowed to
make more detailed parameter settings. It is not necessary to switch between different
pages as in the case of conventional devices to make detail settings.
• Built-in SCSI interface for storing data to external hard disk.
Sampler
• 16-bit, 44.1kHz stereo sampling.
• High capacity sound memory: 2 megabytes standard (22 seconds mono or 11 seconds
stereo), expandable to 32 megabytes with SIMM memory.
• Digital sampling input for direct recording from digital sources with IB-M208P (optional)
board.
• 256 sounds (samples) may be held in memory at one time.
• 32 simultaneous playback voices.
• The envelope or filter can be set for each sound.
• Optional multi-effects generator EB16 for versatile effects.
• Sample files may be loaded from Akai S1000 and S3000 disks.
• IB-M208P (optional) enables you to mix and output internal sampler sounds from 8 indi-
vidual outputs.
• A maximum of 24 programs (sound assignments and sound parameter settings) can be
created.
• A maximum of up to 4 programs can be played simultaneously.
• A selection between polyphonic (multiple sounds are overlaid when the same sound is
played continuously) or mono (the second sound silences the first).
• It is possible to stop the playing of a sound with another sound. This is used to simulate the
open close effect of the hi hat.
• It is possible to copy a part of a sound as a separate sound or paste a sound to a section of
a sound. It is also possible to mute or reverse part of a sound.
• One MIDI note can play three sounds. The sounds can be played simultaneously, switched
by velocity, or with the NOTE VARIATION slider.
• Loop settings can be made to a sound.
• The velocity can change the playback pitch..
• When phrase sampling, it is possible to calculate the tempo of the phrase from the length of
the sound loop.
• Since the sound wave patterns are displayed, it is possible to edit the sound while watching
the wave pattern. It is also possible to zoom the wave pattern.
• Reading and writing of PC compatible .WAV sound files.
• Timestretch, resample, wave pattern edit functions, etc. are available.