The MPC3000 is a new and improved version of the classic MPC60. It is a sequencer-sampler powerhouse that functions as the heart of any studio that produces HipHop, Rap, R&B, and even techno. It is usually used as the main percussion groove instrument. Sample your beats, sequence your beats, and edit your beats all on the MPC3000.

It's a great Sampler: 16-bit stereo 44.1Khz sampling with 2 to 32 MB of memory and full editing capability. In fact, its sampling specs are equivalent to most rack-mount type samplers, proving that the MPC3000 is a professional instrument.

It's an excellent Synthesizer: Sixteen dynamic pads with velocity and aftertouch, great drum sets, analog-like filter sweeping with resonance, analog envelope control and 32 notes of polyphony. Except for the drum sounds, it does not feature a built in oscillator or synthesizer engine. But your samples can be shaped and colored by the analog-style edit functions for creating lo-fi sounds, filter swept pads and drum loops, and other strangely modulated effects. This effectively makes the MPC3000 as powerful and editable as any synthesizer.

It's also a great Sequencer: 20 Songs, 99 sequences, 99 tracks, and up to 75,000 notes. It has total MIDI implementation, very sophisticated sequence editing, and SCSI + disk drive storage. The MPC can be the Master or just another sampler in your current MIDI studio. Professional MIDI, Sync and Time Code features are also onboard.

The cool lookin' new Limited Edition adds a fancy new paint job.

The MPC3000 is not just an instrument, it's an entire Music Production Studio! With seemingly limitless features it is vastly expandable. SCSI storage provides limitless sample storage. The sound quality and sequencer quality is superb. These are expensive machines and with good reason. It's used by many famous artists including Puff Daddy, BT, The Crystal Method, Jean-Michel Jarre, Dr. Dre, DJ Quick, Battlecat, Jermaine Dupri and The Chemical Brothers.

Brent

August 8, 2011 @ 1:38 pm

I'm thinking about selling my Akai MPC3000. It's in mint condition and I have the manuals. How much should I sell it for?

mike smoke

August 2, 2011 @ 2:52 pm

swing is a dream come true for my music. gives your beat sequences feeling (swing!). i can't say enough good things about it.

sample off vinyl (sped up of coarse) pitch it down and your drums will bite into your mix. just sick sound quality. you aren't going to get anywhere near the quality on an m-audio fast track.

this was made when they made things well! solid as a tank. easy to work on and upgrade. best piece of gear i've ever bought.

secret weapon of some of the greatest producers of all time.

rg

April 26, 2011 @ 9:14 am

You can pretty much get impressive results just with the basic mpc 3000 ! Id say the most important upgrade is the memory to 16mb but that is really not that expensive. Then maybe a card reader - but even with the floppy drive - this destroys just about everything else (including the other mpcs).

MPC Akai

February 11, 2011 @ 1:20 pm

what do i need to run a mpc 3000. when i say what i mean everything.
http://mpcakai.blogspot.com/

Shaun

January 31, 2011 @ 8:44 am

One of the few bits of electronic music kit that actually has some soul (other boxes include the asr-10). This units are superior to boxes made 20 YEARS after...

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