Music Production Center – Solenoid Valve – China Pulse Valve
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History The original MPC60 was designed by Roger Linn who was hired as a design consultant by Akai He developed the functional design including the panel layout and software hardware specifications He then created the software with a team of engineers The hardware electronics were designed by English engineer David Cockerell and his team Cockerell was a founder member of the synthesizer firm EMS co creater of their famous VCS3 along with Peter Zinovieff and had then worked for effects manufacturers Electro Harmonix Shortly after the MPC60 s release the MPC60 II was designed Released in 1991 the MPC60 II offered most of the same features as the MPC60 with an added headphone output and a plastic housing replacing the original metal one In 1994 Akai released the MPC3000 which boasted 16 bit 44 kHz sampling 32 voice polyphony and SCSI data transfer Akai developed and released the MPC2000 without Linn in 1997 It came with 2 MB of RAM an optional effects board and a 100 000 note 64 track sequencer The MPC2000 was replaced by the MPC2000XL in 2000 The […]