Akai MPC 60 User Manual

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appreciate it if you would write a brief letter to your local distributor and
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'll tell me. Thanks.
1.1 Welcome!
Thank you for purchasing the Akai MPC60. The Akai engineering team, my
engineering team and myself have all worked very hard to bring to you a
product which we truly believe answers the needs of today's professional
musician. I am sure you will find that the combination of innovative
features, high sound quality, ease of use and attention to detail will be very
useful in the process of composition, recording and performing. It has been
said that technology has always had a profound influence on art. If this is
true, I invite you all to take this piece of technology and use it to change the
direction of music for tomorrow. Now, let's begin...
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Akai MPC 60 Specifications

General

Manufacturer	Akai
Model	MPC 60
Release Year	1988
Sampling Rate	40 kHz
Bit Depth	12-bit
Polyphony	16 voices
Memory	750 KB (expandable to 1.5 MB)
Storage	3.5" floppy disk drive
Type	Sampler/Sequencer
Sequencer	Yes
Pads	16 velocity-sensitive pads
MIDI	In/Out/Thru
Maximum Sampling Time	13.1 seconds
Display	LCD
Outputs	8 individual outputs, stereo output
Inputs	2 inputs