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Akai MPC1000
Behind the 'retro' cosmetic styling, the MPC1000 is a feature-packed, thoroughly modern sampling drum machine and 64-track MIDI sequencer equipped with features, functions and facilities to let you explore new musical ideas without restriction. The MPC1000 is Akai's most portable MPC yet. About the size of a laptop, the MPC1000 is the MPC you can take on the road with you, without the weight and awkwardness of larger models. The MPC1000 delivers the MPC's legendary 'feel' and 'groove' so that you can be sure that your beats and sequences just swing in a rugged, dependable 'switch on and work' and 'out the carton' solution to computer sequencer headaches.How Far Would YOUR Sales Engineer Go?
This month, we're celebrating 25 years of successful business here at Sweetwater! How? Our monthly themed mini-site is overflowing with Sweetwater history, videos and more. Specifically, our Sales Engineers have collected just a few stories where they've gone way above and beyond the call of duty in taking care of a customer! We're proud of the way we do business here at Sweetwater and excited as we look forward to the next 25 years!
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| Optical Media |
Optical Media, such as the compact disc (CD) - are storage media that hold content in digital form and that are written and read by a laser; these media include all the various CD and DVD variations, as well as optical jukeboxes and autochangers. Optical media have a number of advantages over magnetic media such as the floppy disk. For instance, a 5 GB optical disc offers 5 billion bytes compared to the 1.44 megabytes (MB) - 1,440,000 bytes - of the floppy. Durability is another feature of optical media; they last up to seven times as long as previously traditional storage media.
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| Optical media and the Apple G4 PowerBook. |
Q: "What types of optical media can I use with my PowerBook G4?"
A: This largely depends on whether you have a slot loading drive, or a tray-loading drive. If you have the latter of the two, you're in good shape to use regular-sized CD-ROMs and smaller round, and other nonstandard shaped discs. However, according to Apple, the 120 mm round discs (the usual sized CD-ROMS) are the only size and shape that work with slot loading or slotted tray CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Combo or SuperDrives. They must be between 1.2 mm and 1.5 mm in thickness. Inserting a nonstandard sized or shaped disc into a drive that is not designed to accommodate it may damage the drive. Some slot-loading drives may be able to accomodate 80 mm round discs, but their use is not supported and any damage caused will not be covered under your Apple warranty or applicable extended service contract.
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