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AKAI Announce MPC2500SE Groovebox

Akai announce the release of the ‘Special’ Edition’ on the popular MPC2500 Groovebox

Akai announce the release of the ‘Special’ Edition’ on the popular MPC2500 Groovebox which is due to hit shops in January 2010. Expecting to weigh in at around £1000 specs include:

- Large graphic LCD display based on the friendly user interface of the MPC series MPC's iconic "feel" and "groove"
- Velocity and pressure sensitive pads allow for expressive programming, with more pad banks
- New Features such as Chopshop, Patched Phrase, Grid Edit, Effect and LFO sync, Mixer Automation, and Input Thru Expanded Linear/Pattern-based 100,000 notes, 64-track sequencer and 64 external MIDI channels
- 32-voice, 16-bit drum sampler equipped with 128MB RAM
- Two MIDI inputs and four MIDI outputs
- Built-in USB Slave port for connection to a Windows or Mac OS computer
- Built-in 10 analog outputs
- 2 1/4" stereo analog inputs and outputs with 16-bit/44.1kHz sampling
- Master/Slave synchronization capabilities: MIDI clock
- 2 Assignable Footswitch inputs
- Optional user installable internal hard drive to store custom sound libraries and sequences
- Optional user installable CD-RW/DVD drive

More info: http://www.akaipro.com/en/index.php