difference between blue and gray 2000xl's?

Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
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By Prah_860_ Sun Jan 04, 2004 4:39 pm
keepintouch2004 wrote:I myself was wondering that too, but the color might have some to do with it, even tho' people in the marketing department might disagree, cuz look what about all the new ppls who gonna cop their first mpc2000xl, they gonna be like mannnnnnnn i dont want that old grey box, i want that new blue drum machine i ordered online...i know i didnt order a grey drum machine! and they're gonna send it back and ****.....

anyways another one of my wild theories, is the blue version will come standard with 32meg ram and 8 balanced output channels..yeahhhhh right! YOU WISH!


damn....that would be hot if the new blue one had burning software in it and could be upgraded to 128megs!....but if i know akai like i know akai...that won't happen!
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By seal Mon Jan 05, 2004 4:09 am
Nope. It's the same machine in blue paint. That's the only difference. I called musiciansfriend and they told me that Akai promised a delivery date of 1/02/04, but theyre having some kind of trouble with shipments, so theyre gonna be available by the last week of January. I went to my local shop and they said they were not planning on getting any blue ones. Maybe it was just a ploy to get me to buy the gray box. The shipment dates coincide with those of the MPC1000.
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By Blaz4me Mon Jan 05, 2004 5:17 am
As for that refurb issue, again I said that I couldn't say if it was true or not only that it was the rumor I heard.
However, I could see it being possible regardless of what MPC 3000 may think. I use to work for Sony (Playstation 2) and I personally shipped out refurbs daily. First of all not all the units returned were refurbs but if you sent your shit in and it came back minus the custom stickers and/or artwork designs that were on it when it went out. REFURB! ! That little white box that said with the word Playstation across it REFURB! Those are facts!! Again the rumor about Akai selling refurbs with a paint job is not that hard to believe. Not necessarily true but hey! If I have facts I'll present them as such anything else I'll post accordingly.

By meseratibeats Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:19 pm
There is a operating system 1.14 I just got a new mpc2000xl and that was the version that 's in it . You can also download it off of akai's website .
Will The color make your beats sound better ? Not !!
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By JUKE 179r Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:41 pm
There is a 1.14c. It's supposed to be a fix for people with the Zip 100 built in. I got a Zip 250 in mine and havn't seen any difference since I upgraded to the "c" version.
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By Prah_860_ Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:56 am
JUKE 179r wrote:There is a 1.14c. It's supposed to be a fix for people with the Zip 100 built in. I got a Zip 250 in mine and havn't seen any difference since I upgraded to the "c" version.


that is not official akai software......it was like a beta version
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By Prah_860_ Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:56 am
JUKE 179r wrote:There is a 1.14c. It's supposed to be a fix for people with the Zip 100 built in. I got a Zip 250 in mine and havn't seen any difference since I upgraded to the "c" version.
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By descartes Thu Jan 08, 2004 8:39 am
keepintouch2004 wrote:I myself was wondering that too, but the color might have some to do with it, even tho' people in the marketing department might disagree, cuz look what about all the new ppls who gonna cop their first mpc2000xl, they gonna be like mannnnnnnn i dont want that old grey box, i want that new blue drum machine i ordered online...i know i didnt order a grey drum machine! and they're gonna send it back and ****.....


:lol: id be more like " whats this blue piece of sh!t? i want that one that prefuse uses."
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By Sten Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:18 am
Casio SK-5! Nice!

I am about to buy my first MPC, and I must admit I'd prefer a grey one, sad as it is I guess it's because I used to use an S900. Will the grey ones be appearing on Ebay now labelled 'old skool'? :D
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By descartes Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:32 am
they should be labeled "old skool" in fact, in the perfect world the next big name producer will have an interview along the lines of:

"yeah, i use an mpc2000, but only the non-xl version, and i dont use operating system 1.72. im old skool, i only use operating system 1.52." :)

oh, by the way, my sk-5 is stolen...
well not like i actually broke in to someone's house and stole it, but someone loaned it to me and...well...its a sk-5...even if im not using it, i still need to use it...(any cats from the 80s whoever used em will know what i mean).
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By Breaka Fri Jan 09, 2004 3:05 am
My Blue MPC arrives on Tuesday. Sweetwater Music has confirmed shipment from Akai.
:D

Beats Beats Beats Beats
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By seal Sat Jan 10, 2004 2:58 am
Ha! Dont believe it until they are ACTUALLY in stock.
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By Breaka Sat Jan 10, 2004 3:18 am
seal wrote:Ha! Dont believe it until they are ACTUALLY in stock.


I am receiving it tomorrow (Saturday the 10th). I have received my FEDEX tracking information.
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By seal Sat Jan 10, 2004 8:26 am
Really? Cool. I have yet to see or know anyone with one. It's about time Akai got them out the door.
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By Breaka Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:16 pm
Guess what just arrived at my door Seal ??

HA HA ....BEEEEAAATZZZ Baby ! :D
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