Akai MPC500

Take the MPC platinum standard everywhere you go.

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

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

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)