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In this video Kanye West is seen at 1:22 with a MPC 2000XL in the studio, while making "Through the Wire". more
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 more
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 Dr... more
Reviews
Trusted musician and artist reviews for Akai MPC 2000XL
Based on 14 Reviews
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Summed&Dot
mpc2000xl is one of our first sampler that we got back in the times
Classic
I've actually owned a few 2000XLs yet the 2000 will always be my favorite joint. The 2000 made you create!
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.
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.