Akai MPC 2000XL

In this video Kanye West is seen at 1:22 with a MPC 2000XL in the studio, while making "Through the Wire".

In this coors light commercial you can see that he's on the plane making the beat to "Can you feel it" on what appears to be an MPC 2000XL.

In Lil Uzi Vert's "You Was Right" music video Metro Boomin is seen using MPC 2000xl. It is best seen 0.56 into this video

In this video, Madlib can be seen making a beat using an Akai MPC 2000XL (along with a Boss SP-303). The MPC 2000XL appears at around 0:10 and can be seen throughout the video.

In this instagram post you can see Zaytoven's MPC 2000XL.

A custom 2000XL was used for sequencing the synths on *A Color Map of the Sun*, as stated by Pretty Lights in [this July 1, 2013 *Electronic Musician* interview](https://www.emusician.com/misc/pretty-lights-breaks-down-a-color-map-of-the-sun-sessions). > “I used a custom-made [Akai] MPC 2000XL to sequence my modular synth, but for cutting up my vinyl to sample and arrange it, I simply used the ‘Arrangement View’ in [Ableton] Live or Drum Rack; I love Drum Rack! I use other stuff now, like Sampler and all the NI [Native Instruments] stuff and UAD-2 [plug-ins], but for the album I just used good-old-fashioned slicing and warp pins straight in Arrangement mode.”

In this video we can see Pete Rock rocking an MPC 2000XL SE3.

Archie Marshall (aka. King Krule) uses the Akai MPC 2000xl when recoding and programming beats. He uses it a lot on the 'A New Place 2 Drown' album.

DOOM says he used an MPC 2000XL to produce the "Beef Rap" beat off the "MM FOOD..." Album. He most likely for the whole album since he says the 2KXL was what he was using "at that time".

There are several more recent pictures of this Drum Pad, but this one is the most clear showing what Drum Pad it is. On this picture Logic says, "2000XL"

Practice , practice and practice

Knx is shown flipping something on the the MPC 2000 XL

In this photo, Mohawke can be seen with a Akai MPC 2000XL.

In this Vine, RJD2's MPC can be seen when the camera pans to the right. Two years later, Ramble was interviewed by [Reverb.com](https://reverb.com/news/reverb-interview-rjd2-on-his-favorite-gear-and-artists-hed-kill-to-work-with). He had this to say about what gear he used in the recording process: "Pretty much everything was recorded in Pro Tools. There was an assortment of mics. For the most part, the signal path would be either microphone, preamp right into the machine, and then the MPC somewhat extensively, the MPC2000XL, the Akai."

In this video, Scott Storch is seen using the Akai Mpc 2000XL at 1:35.

In this Facebook photo, 20syl's Akai MPC2000XL is clearly shown in the bottom left-hand corner as part of his studio equipment setup.

"...Yeah, well with equipment it was just one machine — which was an Akon MPC 2000 XL — and I’ve had that machine since I was 19, well over 10 years..."

An Akai MPC2000XL can be seen at 0:02.

> Contrary to No ID, Kanye likes to use all the equipment in the room — stomp boxes, classic samplers, and so on. He mainly uses the [Ensoniq] ASR10 and sequences that with an [Akai] MPC 2000XL. When he's done with a track, he sends it to us as an MP3, and I upload these onto two tracks in Pro Tools. In this case Jay wanted Rihanna's vocals to be edited down, so I asked for them separately, and worked with two tracks of music, two tracks of Rihanna, and then Jay cut his vocals to that. The song was originally intended to feature just Jay and Rihanna, but he also wanted Kanye on it, because he felt that it would fit the texture of the song. So one day when Kanye was in New York, he came in at 10am and in two takes he was done. Young Guru, Sound on Sound interview, 2009.

Here Craig's equipment is described.

"After that, I actually bought a sampler, an Akai MPC-2000. I've been using that ever since. I put all the songs together on that and sample the keyboard lines. I can make demos on it, sample guitar riffs and things like that. So that's my main tool for putting songs together, and it's pretty old school technology! It's very intuitive for me and I don't have to think about it. People are always like, Why don't you upgrade in ProTools? I'm like, I don't know. I'm trying to make a record here. When I'm writing songs, I'm just trying to get my ideas down as fast as I can without having technology get in the way."

At 3:43 we can see the MPC 2000xl next to the Roland Fantom X6

Pictured in the gear photo.

Also featured on the cover for his "The Renaissance" album. He also shows it at 1:54 in the MPC Minute video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgdqGkZ1HM8)

the 2000xl can be seen at 1:30 in the video.

"We use an API 1608 desk, various compressors like the Universal Audio 1176s and the blue DBX 160 series. I still prefer my old Lexicon 480L to the digital plug-ins. The latest version of Pro Tools is great to have, because it is very easy to combine all the old gear with that. In ATR, we use the Roland TR-909 as the main drum machine; it’s part of the band’s sound, really. Then we still use the old Akais for ATR, like the S1100 or the S6000 or the MPC 2000XL. They are also part of the band’s identity in a way. Especially when you apply distortion. We also have a lot of modular synths, from the Metasonix Wretchmachine, the ARP 2600, Analogue Solutions Vostok, the Sherman Quad Filterbank and the Moog Voyager with all the external CV gate stuff. We find the Voyager better suited for ATR. My Minimoog just sounds too retro. I love the machine, as so many others (my Korg Trident, Roland Jupiter 8 etc...) but ATR has a certain sound that we stick to. I use all that other stuff more for the Alec Empire solo works. The Atari 1040ST is still the main sequencer for everything. Pro Tools is slaved to that."

In this article Bicep say: "We have (or borrow) Korg M1, Yamaha DX7, SH101, Juno 6, Roland midi keyboards, Akai MPC 2000xl and Mackie monitors."

In this video they using it to sample and edit some drums from a vinyl.

In this photo he quotes ''2000xl Swing'' as he shows his Akai MPC 2000XL.

confirmation at 1:56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_bKFyJYA1c

At 4:36, Kay shows her two Akai MPC 2000's

Jeremy Ellis is using the MPC 2000XL in this instruction video.

Jessy Lanza: “I bought that because I wanted to make music that sounded like DJ Rashad [laughs]. I found out that they primarily use an MPC to make their tracks and it kind of appealed to me. I talked to Spinn about making tracks, and they would make them in a night or a few hours. The MPC is cool because you can just load the samples up and work really fast. It has a really great sequencer on it and the effects are cool. It sounds really good, so I wanted to try it. The song it was used on primarily is Oh No.”

in this photo we can see his mpc 2000xl..

Can be seen left to his laptop and explicitely mentioned at the end of the video...

In [this interview](http://gc.guitarcenter.com/interview/freddurst/), Fred Durst says, "I use a lot of Neve pre-amps and Neumann U47 microphones. Gibson Les Pauls and Legend acoustic guitars. Akai MPC 2000 XLs. I use the Korg Triton and Roland 5080."

In an AMA on r/indieheads, a fan asked what Clarence uses to sequence his drums. He responsed, "used to be an mpc, last couple of years its just ableton"

At 5:33 you can see a sealed Akai MPC2000XL that joey is donating to his former school

Can be seen holding the 2000xl in this article, and also in this pic on top of his records... https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X9_WbV_ocos/maxresdefault.jpg

The 45 King can be seen with an Akai MPC 2000XL in this photo.

In this episode of Rhythm Roulette, Marco Polo runs his samples through Akai MPC 2000XL. The MPC can be seen at 2:40 into this video.

You can see the Akai MPC 2000XL off to the right side of his studio.

It has been used by Cirrus, Todd Terry, Underworld, Roni Size, A Guy Called Gerald, Freddy Fresh, Linkin Park, DJ Premier, Primo, Kanye West, DJ Shadow, Dr. Dre and Apollo 440.

You can see the 2000XL throughout the video, but most clearly at 3:30.

The artist can be seen drumming on the akai mpc 2000xl

The Mpc 200xl blue appears around 0:10 and through the video

Rashad is photographed in-studio with his MPC in this XLR8R article

The item can be seen 0:49 into this video

It's beside his tb 303 on the table!

The yellow MPC can be seen 2:57 into this video

"There's an [Akai] MPC [2000XL] beat in that which was added to it,” says Fleming, "but the drums were pretty much one take. I think the ride is overdubbed or something. We were all in the control room listening to it and Lexxx just went, 'Yeah, come through.' And it was done.”

The MPC is clearly shown throughout the video. Around the six minute mark he tells us how he made the track Castles (tHE SKY IS OURS) on the 2000XL.

Jel banging the drums on the 2KXL. (blue ed.)

What equipment are you using now? “I was mainly working with the Mpc2500 until the wear and tear broke it down. so i went back to the MPC2000xl for recording samples & transfer to the Mpc studio for an easier work flow.”

FJ: In terms of time efficiency, I feel software is better. Well, faster anyway. Analog instruments definitely have characteristic sounds, a punchiness, and a warmness, which I feel software is very difficult in duplicating. I used to own a few samplers, mainly an MPC 2000xl, but never really utilized it because I found recording and editing on it was too slow for me. Sometimes working that slow can produce a great sound. Ultimately, I learned software was the best choice for the types of music I wanted to create.

At the end of this interview Fizzy Womack says, "I need my 2000 XL. I need my Levis, preferably black and I need my kicks - Nikes.

Throughout this entire video he is sampling "Holy Grail" on an MPC 2000XL

Regularly uses it.

"We also used an Akai MPC2000XL sampler to incorporate a ‘Speak and Spell'' toy in the pre-choruses and made use of a Korg microKorg synthesizer vocoder in the outro of the song to give the song a Led Zeppelin ‘Immigrant Song''-meets-Deliverance-banjo sound.” - Pat Spurgeon (Rogue Wave)

Using a 2KXL via his live setup in this video.

You can see the 2000XL inbetween the two MacBook Pro's at 0:48 and out.