AKAI MPC2000XL (Sample Pack) ver.4.0

The MPC2000XL Sound Archive: Exploring the Architecture of Digital Texture

When AKAI released the MPC2000XL in 1999, it was not just another sampler. It represented a specific phase in the evolution of digital audio technology, a point where computation met human tactility. Its converters, timing engine, and limited memory imposed a unique form of constraint that shaped an entire generation of sound design. The MPC2000XL was never about fidelity. It was about control within limitation, a design philosophy that still resonates in today’s experimental electronic music.

Constructed Entirely through the MPC2000XL

This sample pack is a systematic exploration of that machine. Every loop, one-shot, and tonal fragment was recorded, resampled, and processed entirely inside the MPC2000XL. The collection includes both classic drum patterns and modern sound structures that did not exist in the early 2000s, such as modular synth tones, low-frequency layers from contemporary bass music, and processed percussive noise.

By applying internal 12-bit conversion, downsampling, and intentional pitch degradation, the library captures the non-linearities and spectral compression that defined early digital production. Instead of simulating “vintage warmth,” it reveals the raw computational artifacts of the original hardware: truncated transients, phase irregularities, and the distinctive harmonic blur created by the MPC’s filters and converters.

From Early Digital to Modern Sound Design

Rather than treating the MPC2000XL as a relic, this project repositions it as an analytical tool. It demonstrates how sound behaves when constrained by resolution and timing precision, and how those constraints produce an emotional depth that pristine digital systems often lose. The result is not a nostalgic recreation, but a recontextualization. It investigates what happens when contemporary synthesis is processed through a medium designed for another technological era.

A Living and Expanding Library

The archive is continuously updated. New materials are periodically added, and registered users who log into their Sellfy account receive all updates automatically and free of charge. Each new addition extends the experiment, mapping how modern production aesthetics interact with early digital mechanisms.

For producers seeking a sound that is not merely clean but character-rich, this library offers more than content. It proposes a method: a way to reintroduce imperfection, granularity, and constraint as compositional parameters. The MPC2000XL remains, even now, a study in how limitation can become the source of innovation.

Continuous Evolution

The library continues to expand. Buyers who log in with their Sellfy account automatically receive new files as they are added, at no additional cost. Each update extends the archive of sounds created through the same process, preserving the ethos of continual refinement.

For those who have not yet explored it, this is more than a collection of samples. It is a document of how sound once moved through circuits, converters, and time. To work with it is to study the science of digital imperfection itself.

• 55 Stabs
• Experimental Debris Kit (21 Oneshots)
• 1 Reese Bass Oneshot
• Lofi 909 Kit (9 Kicks, 3 Claps, 8 Crashes, 6 HiHats, 5 Rides, 3 Rims, 12 Snares, 18 Toms) 
• 14 Pitched 808 Kicks
• 115 Hi Gain TR-909 Samples
• 13 Spire Supersaw Stabs
• 13 Piano Oneshots
• 26 MC-303 Tambourine Oneshots
• 26 Korg M1 Piano Chord Oneshots
• 13 Korg M1 Organ2 Bass Oneshots
• 39 Lofi EPiano Chord Oneshots
• 49 Rave Stabs
• Glitch Box Kit (17 Oneshots)
• 32 Fake Amen Slices
• 29 Fake Amen Slices2
• 1 Sinewave Long Tone
• 11 House Percussion Loops
• 48 Shaker Loops
• 16 Warp Bass Loops
• 4 Synth Pads
• 41 Beat 2010 Drum Loops
• 17 Beat 2020 Drum Loops
• 71 Fake Amen Drum Loops
• 57 HipHop Drum Loops
• 3 MC-303 Drum Loops
• 40 Real Drum Loops
• 72 TR-808 Drum Loops
• 63 UKG Drum Loops
• 61 140bpm UKG Drum Loops (New!!2025/10/14)
• 31 135bpm UKD Drum Loops (New!!2025/10/14)
• 16 Pumpin Drum Kit (New!!2025/10/14)

507 Oneshots / 443 Loops

ver.4.0 ... Added 61 140bpm UKG Drum Loops, 31 135bpm UKD Drum Loops, 16 Pumpin Drum Kit. (2025/10/14)

ver.3.2 ... Added 21 Experimental Debris Oneshots (6/26/2025)

ver.3.1 ... Added 31 MPC2000XL stabs & Reese bass long tone C0 sample. (4/25/2025)
ver.2.9 ... Added 17 Glitch Box oneshot samples. (3/27/2025)
ver.2.8 ... Added 16 UKG -120 compressed drum loops. (3/14/2025) 
ver.2.7 ... TR-909 Drum Kit sampled & downconverted at 12-bit, 40kHz has been added!
Includes: 18 toms, 3 rims, 6 hi-hats, 8 crashes, 3 claps, 5 kicks, 5 rides, and 12 snares. (12/18/2024)
ver.2.5 ... 4 12bit40khz 909BDs, 8 warp bass loops, 4 pads, 14 UKG tops drum loops added. (2024/10/16)
ver.2.3 ... 5 amen loops added. (2024/8/16)
ver.2.2 ... 16 shaker 130bpm loops added. (2024/8/7)

ver.1.5 ... 30 fake amen break 12bit 40khz drum loops added. (2024/3/1)
ver.1.6 ... 32 amen slice oneshots added. (2024/3/9)
ver.2.0 ... 12 piano, 12 organ, 3 epiano, 1 808 BD, 1 M1 Piano, 1 Rave stab oneshots & 12 drum loops added. (2024/4/9)
ver.2.1 ... 32 shaker loops added. (2024/4/14)

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