This is my best hardware sampler in all time.

This is the best investment I made in my life.

a major game changer for customizing my tracks out of a computer box.

I use it programmed, also for finger drumming, my machine is expanded with a maximum of 32mb, 8 analog audio outputs, 12 audio Fx routable to the internal mixer buses.

Creamy sound, great quality of 16-bit audio recording, good dynamic range in the audio output.

It's old, but very intuitive, not as complicated as the new mpc.

Its greatest power is its sequencer, actually a 64-track machine for sequencing midi or audio samples.

Regret selling it

Had two of these through the years, and had to sell them both at some point, back when i was a student and strapped for cash :p Now that i actually have the money, they're totally impossible to find. Really would love to get a 2000XL again at some point, its a lovely machine and it just sounds amazing like no other.

Only drawback is having to track the beats into the computer one by one.

A True Classic

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.

the real deal

This is usually my studio midpoint when doing hiphop (or the MASCHINE). You can do anything sample-based on this machine, whether it's an easy loop or a full-blown triphop track. I dig this machine 100%. All my tracks start out from this machine - I sequence the entire thing - and then track it all into Ableton for mixing.. 10/10

If you want to get into sampling and making hiphop / house / breakbeat - whatever fits your style, I would suggest starting with this machine. You'll be learning a lot just by trialing and erroring this machine for a month. If you can make a great track on limited equipment, think about what you can do with a DAW.

Love the workflow

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.

It's great

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.

Top-five classic samplers..

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

Life long love

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.

It has this sound color that I'm found of

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.

best sampler ever imo

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