The instrument
The Akai MPD 2000, which was released in 1997 as the successor to the AMP 3000, is a 64-track sequencer with a built-in sampler. It is greatly simplified compared to its predecessor, but can be expanded with add-ons. It was the first MPC from Akai that was not developed by Roger Linn.
Details
The MPC 2000 Midi Production Center is 32-voice polyphonic and has 16 velocity-sensitive, freely assignable pads, a note variation fader, 64 tracks, 2 MB sampling memory, expandable up to 32 MB, a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz at 16-bit resolution, space for 256 sounds in the memory, up to 4 programs for simultaneous playback, 32 MIDI channels, 2 MIDI outputs, 2 MIDI inputs, a SCSI interface and a 3.5" floppy disk drive. Sampling and playback are stereo or mono.
Optionally available is a board with 8 individual outputs and additional S/PDIF input and output, a flash ROM board with 8 MB of additional ROM memory, an effects board for multi-effects and an SMPTE connection for synchronization with a tape machine.
(Source: Wikipedia)