going from 200XL to 2500 - learning curve?

hey Iv'e been using the 200XL for 2-3 years now and I want to learn the 2500, is it much different? are all the main functions the same? (find them the same way), is loading/saving the same etc? and what are the main things the 2500 has that the 2000xl doesn't. apologies as I dont have the manual for the 2500 (or the machine ... yet)

Threre are alot of questions there.... i t depends how you save it.. your best bet is to have a hardrive installed and the main big differences are the effects and the LFO

jacko wrote:hey Iv'e been using the 200XL for 2-3 years now and I want to learn the 2500, is it much different? are all the main functions the same? (find them the same way), is loading/saving the same etc? and what are the main things the 2500 has that the 2000xl doesn't. apologies as I dont have the manual for the 2500 (or the machine ... yet)

It depends on how you look at it. There are alot of difference but yet it's an mpc so they function alot like one another. Since you probably know the 2000XL like the back of your hand I would recommend downloading the mpc 2500 manual in PDF format and making the comparison for yourself. Here's the link to the PDF manual

http://www.akaipro.com/supportdocuments.php#MPC2500