Akai MPC2500 User Manual

Table of Contents
MPC2500 Quick Manual........................................................................... 1
Tutorial of the MPC2500........................................................................... 2
Playing back a demo song......................................................................... 2
Playing a preset program........................................................................ 2
Recording the Performnce by hitting the pads.....................................3
Playing back several sequnces in a series.............................................. 4
Selecting the sequnces in real time ................................................................ 4
Playing back the sequnces in the selected order .......................................... 4
Recording a sond ........................................................................................ 5
Preparing the recording ....................................................................................5
Starting the recording ....................................................................................... 5
Assigning the recorded sound to the pad ....................................................... 6
Loop playback of the phrase sample ......................................................7
Adjusting the start/end points of the sample .................................................. 7
Recording to a sequence ................................................................................. 8
Setting the same numbe of the bars for the sample and the sequence ........... 8
Setting the same tempo for sample and the sequence.................................. 8
Saving the data ............................................................................................ 9
Turning off the Autoload function .......................................................... 9
Other useful functions............................................................................. 10
MPC2500 Quick Manual-E rev1.0 June - 8 2005

Akai MPC2500 Specifications

General

Polyphony	32 voices
Sampling Rate	44.1 kHz
Bit Depth	16-bit
Pads	16 velocity-sensitive MPC pads
Sequencer	100, 000 note capacity, 64 tracks
Effects	2 master effects
Storage	CompactFlash (CF) card slot
MIDI	2 MIDI In, 4 MIDI Out
Operating System	MPC OS
Display	240 x 64 pixel LCD
Power Supply	100-240V, 50/60Hz