Akai MPC 2000XL

The 2KXL is really an amazing piece of gear on which you can work very quickly once you get the hang of it. The pads are some of the best I've ever tried. I have an external scsi drive to make up for the only downside of this machine to me: the use of floppy disks.

Oldie but a goodie give me the fundamentals of sampling from gear and making music without a computer in this day and age it's nice to get away from the screen and press the buttons

But there is easier sampler to use ... I'm using it for loading the samples I made with VSTs. It's also good for loading battery patches.

I bought a MPC2000XL because so many of my favorite producers have used it at one point or another in their career (many of which are still using one). The limitations imposed by this hardware pulls something out of you. When you have to find creative ways to get around its limitations, you start to come up with ideas that you wouldn't have come up with in a DAW. I use it to generate a skeleton idea and then flesh that idea out in a DAW, but I'm almost always happy with what comes out of this classic machine. It's rare to find a studio piece that teaches you how to be a better producer, but the MPC2000XL is definitely a piece that has pushed me to become a better producer. Hardware limitation does NOT mean creative limitations. I will NEVER sell mine. Never.

I've got nothing new to say but I've gotta preach my love for this instrument. It was so influential in my life & in so many of my friends/inspirational peoples. Can't be underated. 2000XL. Fuckin' wicked.

mpc2000xl is one of our first sampler that we got back in the times

looks like a sexy old till

I've actually owned a few 2000XLs yet the 2000 will always be my favorite joint. The 2000 made you create!

This machine is great if you're just getting into hardware samplers. The control interface is a little strange but you get used to it after a while. Try to get the upgraded or modded version because it adds more storage for sound and increases the load time for samples.

always wanted a mpc but i thought it was too expensive, had a lot of other samplers and drum machines but now that i also have a 2000xl everything changed. i also like it`s made by akai, not nAKAI :D