Akai Mpc 2000 XL VS Classic 2000 

Great video Marlow 👑

Great video. love to listen to you

Thanks for the vid on the 2KXL Marow. I use it solely as the centerpiece for my desk as a midi controller controlling other hardware samplers like the SP-404MK2, MS-1, and vsts. I may resample into it from time to time but, to me the power is in using it to sequence gear, vsts, and the MPC software.

There is only one feature of the xl I would like to have on my classic 2000: Adjusting the sample start and endpoint with shift & Fader. Other than that I'm pretty happy with the 2000. I use an external MO Drive with 230MB disks. The 2000 can format this disks with up to 20 partitions. So I use partitions as folders 😎

ive had my classic for probably 4 or 5 months now. as someone who makes ambient music, drum and bass, house, sampled hiphop and more, the classic is pretty great. 32 MIDI tracks for sequencing hardware, easy track mutes. i have everything run into my classic, records, my other samplers, drum machines, and synths, it's a very utilitarian and useful piece of equipment

I love the 2kxl. I love it's sound, I love the workflow, I use the MIDI to control two synths and it does everything that I want it to do. I actually wanted to get a 2k originally but my friend, RIP, had a 2kxl and he told me that the upgrade was worth it so I swapped a S2k sampler for the MPC2kxl. Never regretted it and love the 2kxl.

Dope vid Marlow. i just got me a mpc 2000 recently. I got to do a little work to it but totally excited to own a classic. I've owned the 4000&1000 ,sp1200.

Marlow this is a great video! I would love to see more XL vs. 2K videos!

MPC2000XL head for life. Slow and steady beat making.

Love my classic. Iv owned an xl before too & the only thing I miss from that is the zone chopping & saving in folders

MARLOW DIGS!!

From my prior experience, the 2000 seems to have a cleaner sound engine when it comes to sampling from CDs in particular. 2000xl sounds slightly lower in the high end. Cant tell from low end but I definitely hear the difference playing older beats made on the 2K vs 2kxl. Both are fantastic machines but I use the XL now with that tilting screen. Great comparison.

Good video

To me the 2KXL doesn't really have a particular sound, I use mine in a very different way than yours. They're really simple machines, they forces you to go straight to the point and I love that ! Cheers' Marlow !

The jog wheel on the 2k is better to me than the 2kxl imo

Wish there was a high pass filter and I wish there was a way to resample sounds internally, but I love my 2000xl.

idk if its in my head but i swear forever the classic sounds better

Great video, Marlow. Vu Beats is very cool. I saw his MPC One vs. 2000XL sound difference video and maybe it's because I'm a novice and my ear isn't trained like you or many of your subscribers but I really couldn't hear that much of a difference between the two. Anyways, thank you for the video. Blessings.

I've had 2 instances of 'wrong file format' on my 2kxl w/ the SD Card reader. It didn't result in the entire disk needing to be wiped (along w/ everything on it), but deleting the folder w/ the bad files straightened it out. Lost about 10-20 beats but have them recorded so they live on in this format now.

I always liked the way to chop on the 2k the most. even tho on the xl it‘s easier, but the 2k gave me that feeling that I really listen to every single part of sample. on the xl it‘s so fast to chop, that you might miss something out…

Yo @Marlow Digs thanks for doing this video. I’ve been rocking with the 2000XL since the beginning of the year, shout out to STLNDRMS. With that said what SD card reader are you using? I need to take this Gotek Floppy emulator out so I can start saving my projects. So far I have to just commit to a final recording.

For me 2000xl is much slower than 2000 classic. I don't know why but 2000xl feels pretty laggy.

So i had an xl and it died on me a few years ago and i just replaced it yesterday with an og 2000 I was initially concerned about going from an xl to an og but now im excited.

For learning sample manipulation the MPC 2000XL is the king of awesome thump!

I love the OG 2000

Would be interesting to deep dive into FX board possiblities!!!

Major differences to me were xl sounded cleaner than the flat 2k, tilt screen, track mute, and the biggest most important difference is the file management. The xl is so much nicer for storage and access. The xl can be upgraded easily with an SD card which is so much better than floppies. Floppies are awful. Parts are easier to find for the xl too. Of course you might as well get a Live than either of those. An xl or 2k is pretty much the same price as a Live and it is light years better than and previous mpcs. My opinion of course. Nice video Marlow.

No difference in sound like people say xl just have more options. I need timestretch shift + slider for samples tilted screen no boot disc and wav files thats why i love my 2000xl. Color scheme is betrer on 2000 imo

you should do a video comparison on 16 levels with tuning. a friend has the classic and i have the XL. the Xl time stretches the sound with each pad. on the classic it doesnt time stretching so some pads play faster then others. when doing bass it can be a hassle

I just save the OS and setup template to the scsi2sd drive. Also see a lot of people saying they have to use floppies on the 2000 classic. The 2k is a bit like the Roland s760 I have. If you sace a sample called kick 1 for example, the next project you start, if you name the kick the same it will say to overwrite when saving. So I just put a number for the project at the start of each sample. 1kick1, 1snare1 etc and for a new project 2kick1, 2snare1 etc and so on. Just name the sample quickly with the pads after sampling in. No need for floppies.

I actually did see a video that basically details how to get around the zone chopping issue with the original 2k which is pretty genius. just search chopping on mpc 2k, 60

I had those exact same models (the same mcd xl blue version here) imo the 2000 classic easily sounded better & the XL timing felt tighter to me

How hard is it to learn a old school mpc coming from a new one like the live/x?

2000xl is better because of the organization factor!! Plus I still my zip100 attached to mine and still works. The 2000xl was a great upgrade to the 2000!!!

Yeah, the OS thing is kinda ridiculous with the classic. That's why I think using an SCSI2SD of some kind is a must and it allows you to manage files better and quicker. Personally I wish the 2000 had actual complete ADSR and not some "AD" compromise.

I really need a mpc2000xl

would love to see a video on how you track out your beats

2kclassic only! 😐 Honestly the only thing I wish the classic had that the xl has is the ability to use different programs for different sequences. I believe you can use up to 4 programs at a time. A good work-around for this was for me to buy the 4k when it came out.🤪

Hi, what monitor is that?

the difference in sound with these two machines is when you sample records at 45 + however high your tuner goes on your turntable and pitch it back down. the classic holds on to the low end a lot better than the xl in my opinion

the 2000Xl work flow looks a lot closer to the 1000 work flow

Here’s the major difference between the two machines, and it’s huge: say you make a drum kit and save it- later on you make some chops and think, “I’ll load in that drum kit and play it along with these chops”. On the XL you can do it, on the Classic you can’t. Similarly, there’s no point in making a multisample instrument like a bass on the Classic and thinking you can load it up to play along with other kits or multisampled instruments. You can do that on the XL, not the Classic. You touched on this when you said the Classic can only have one active program and the XL can have four, but the consequences of that make these machines very very different in their capabilities, as illustrated in my examples.

Mpc 2000 classic fat sounding)and has lag on filter resonance)

Yes, but which one looks cooler?

Both machines are literally the same. The XL just has better features

Lmao. The tilt screen. The hero worship on these machines is out of control. Find one, learn it, and in turn, learn how YOU make music. Emulating all these other people’s style will only result in stagnation.

The 2000 sounds better but the 2kXL is a bit more efficient