Akai MPC4000
Akai MPC4000 is designed for professional audio production. The Akai MPC4000 PLUS offers all the advantages of dedicated hardware, features a large LCD plus the computer interface power of ak.Sys PC/Mac control and networking software. Making sure all this power runs smoothly, at the heart of the MPC4000 PLUS is our new custom designed LSI sampling engine which coupled with a high performance Intel™ Strong Arm CPU provides ultra fast audio processing.
For the first time, more than just a sampling drum machine, the MPC 4000 PLUS supports not only conventional drum programs but also gives you the choice of selecting keygroup programs allowing you to play conventional sounds such as bass, piano, synth, strings… etc., from a keyboard just like our rack mount samplers. Realtime control is provided by two note variation sliders and four Q-Link knobs. These can be separately assigned to allow flexible realtime performance control of a wide variety of selectable parameters including level, pan, filter cut-off and resonance, effect send, tuning and more. Each assignable Q-Link knob can generate MIDI controller data so that all performance information can be recorded and played back from a within a sequence. Not so much a MIDI Production Center as a MIDI Performance Center.
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 S.S. (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 PLUS 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.
