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Nak. 630 NIB. Wow...

But everyone knows the 2500 sounds terrible... you seem to be really new to this... Sell that lame 2500 to an ignorant hipster and get a 2000 classic.

Duuuuuuude! Love the video! My first MPC was a 2000XL I had mailed to me to South Korea where I was stationed in 2000. My last MPC I ever bought back in 2016 was my 3000LE which I modded and still have today. Glad to hear about your Chicago House experiences. I was born and raised in the Chi but left in ‘89 for the US Air Force. I’ve dragged my music gear and records to 33 countries and now living in the UK. I remember when Derek Carter was first DJing back on Evanston, Illinois at WNUR as Derek “The Maestro” Carter in the early 90’s. I miss those days! Cheers from the UK! 🇺🇸🇬🇧

I use my 2000xl to control the drums sounds in garage band on my iPad and it’s wonderful. You actually can connect from scsi to USB with an adapter cable. Aren’t you the same guy who falsely claims you can’t add an internal drive in the MPC. You try to front like some kind of expert but you are ignorant AF about the XL

You absolutely can put an extra drive in the 2000xl. Mine has an external flash card reader connected through a scsi bridge, so I’m not limited to 2gb cards. It also has an atapi flash card on the inside. That one is limited to 2gb. The complaint I see over and over again about the 2500 is that the switches fail. Sure, if they haven’t failed yet, you can claim “built like a tank,” until they do.

I have one of these in a closet. Bought it cuz it was cheap at the time, but never really got into it, and could never find an example or demo of somebody doing anything I liked with it, so, tucked it away. This is my FIRST TIME seeing something I thought was dope enough to inspire me to see what I can do with it...dope shit man

Sampling art 👍cool

I am here to tell you that in 2024, this still works serato ITCH ! I just bought mi es from offer up for $80 bucks, and i couldn't believe that all the software and the hardware works! And yes it works with Vitrual DJ !

Hm…. They got the same capacity in GB and Folder organization. You just have to install a CF Card reader

Um dos melhores Tuners já construídos!

Give it to me I’ll make a good beat and creadit u

The new Mpc's are ok. Their just too bloated on Vst's/Fx, when really Akai should be focusing on Midi/Sampling Capabilities. Also sometimes I would rather stare at an ol LCD Dos Screen than the an new LED Screen. For some reason its easier on the eyes...

As someone who has owned & used the2000 classic , the xl & the 2500. I think your spot on. I've even gone back & forth bewtween these machine's. Th3 2500 is that mpc that doesnt feel like you're hindered by usng a vintage machine. My biggest compllsints with the xl was the lack of mute groups. There is something about the 2500' paint though.. it wears of faster than any machine I've ever used. Also. I gave a the Live II a chance. Im back on the 2500.

2000XL is life

I sold my live for a 2000XL and I'm happy, the live was cheap and poor build quality, the touch screen felt awful and the screen hurt my eyes to look at, the pads were also awful. The 2000XL is fixable for life by the usser and a solid work horse that does everything I need. It's not hype, it's a solid work horse. It's the Telecaster of samplers.

2000XL is superior, its built to last, you people literally do antything to discredit the 2KXL, the 2K and 2500 are not better & the 4000 is dooe, stop miseducating people.

I don't know if I agree with this. I have had a 2000xl for 25 yrs and it has done me super righteous. If you don't use it the way it was meant to be used, and already have a computer set up, you may not need it to its capacity. It still is what it is to this day, you may just not have need for what it does anymore. And yes, it's heavy as a bag of Rhino shit, but I still find it worth it. Mine is paired with the Roland Fantom. I only wish my Fantom offered me the sampling and chopping capabilities my MP does.

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What kind of flash card do you use? And how do you format / partition it? I just bought a used XL and the MPC stuff screen is SUPER Laggy, hardly reacts to button presses sometimes, and I can’t get the card reader to recognize my CF cards. I tried two different ones. One 2 gb, but neither my Mac or pc let’s me partition it into 1gb, and the other one is 32Mb flash card that came with the 1000 thousand and that’s not recognized either. The card reader just keep saying “everything on disk will be deleted” over and over. Any help would be appreciated.

Then he goes on to buy another mpc2xl STOP IT!

you can transfer samples via midi from computer MPC2000xl

You get the sound/color with the Record Gain knob. There’s a sweet spot and every mpc2000xl is different. My boy had the blue one, I have the OG. They sound completely different. Also, messing with swing and timing changes the sound too

where do you get the color pads

All that matters is what works for you at the end of the day! I still have mine in my setup mainly for midi and some sequencing and I love the feel of it, never really used the sampler that much.

Imho the oversimplification is the point. I buy hardware for a specific focus. Otherwise I would just use my PC and do whatever I want, but then I end up endlessly twiddling and lose the creative flow

I guess, in this case it’s simply not the right tool for the job. Especially as the MPC has some onboard FX. I also would not use it for the Maschine , but rather for the Moog Grandmother or other monophonic voices of my eurorack… makes more sense for me

Fuse problem

The main difference is the xl can use 4 programs in a sequence, but the Classic can only use 1. Anyone who doesn’t know that doesn’t really know how to use an MPC and shouldn’t be attempting to advise the public on the differences.

Beta VCR's in there?

Fantastic video but take that Goddamn label off your hat. It’s so damn distracting.

What software can you use with it now since serato don’t support it anymore

Where is the sample pack? I we t to the bandcamp and I only see songs/beats

OMG That’s amazing 🤩 Incredible that places like this exist… makes you wonder how many other places like this still exist? I would love spending a month sorting and cataloging all the equipment 🤩

I wish I found this sooner.

What an INSANE Trio of Alesis effect pedals...fkn dope dude..

These are trash, i saw one combust into flames, its the both the 60s, the 3000, the 2000/XL, 4000 - or nothing.

I have been using the 2000xl since 2015 and enjoy the workflow. Certainly looking into a newer unit in the future, but at the end of the day, its all about the person and mind behind the machine to make it do what it do. A newer machine does not guarantee better beats no matter the technology behind it. Thx for sharing as it's a great subject to get solid dialogue going!!

13:40 its not like we can hear ultra sounds lol, It does sound very lo-fi tho. Im thinking very hard about buying one too

Ok, that's your opinion and I accept it but I don't understand it. I also own an Mpc Live 2 and I love that thing. It makes life so easy. The workflow is amazing, you don't need to do any stressful tracking, lots of advantages. BUT the sound doesn't reach the Mpc 2000xl, which is not neutral at all. More neutral in contrast to an mpc 3000 or 60 (yes). And the mpc 2000 Classic is a little fatter. I can't understand why it should sound dull ? But well, everyone hears differently

and in the windows system how do i put a drum kit that i bought on the internet and are sounds in wav to put them in the micro sd and read it my mpc 2000xl through the zuluscsi

thats an electronics lover paradise, are they any boomboxes in there and car stereos

The 2000XL reigns supreme as a sequencer, for that purpose alone it's better than the 2000, 3000, 4000 and both 60s, that classic era up to the 4000 was golden.

People will say everything is better than the 2000XL, hipster influences will say it sounds bad, BUT more God tier tracks of my preference (real 90s hop hop) were made on the 2000XL than anything. I've owned every mpc (hate the new ones) and although I have love for the 3000, the 2000XL and even 4000 are where it's at. If you want grit, just control an S900/960 with the 2000XL.

Hi, do you still have this one?

The MPC 2000 not XL colors the sound a certain way and gives punchiness to the drums, I just bought another one for cheap but the prices are climbing.

cut the intro by 25 seconds. 50 second build up for such a short song cheapens the over all product. this song is short and sweet less is more in this situation.

all i saw was piles of JVC crap and a few nice Nakamichi and acuphase ,

That’s the original screen on the 3000

Great channel and content, ty

Bargain especially in that condition. In the u.k you’re looking at double the price. Just not as many knocking about the country I guess. I love the handles, believe they are there to protect the knobs more than anything 👍