A low impact way of adding the MPC flavour to your setup. These pads certainly bring something extra to beat production. The trademark pads are always fun to play, and with a controller it’s even more ...

Let's start with the basics. That's to say, the hardware features that carry over from the original. First of all, there are the 16 velocity-sensitive sample/trigger pads. No change here. They are ...

Early Akai MPC drum machines revolutionized electronic music, especially under the capable fingers of artists like J Dilla ...

The first MPC emerged at the tail-end of the 1980s, engineered and overseen by legendary music engineer Roger Linn, creator of one of the earliest programmable drum machines, the 1982 LinnDrum. For ...

Akai Professional has announced its latest music production system in the MPC Studio. With this latest piece of hardware – Akai’s slimmest and most compact production system yet – it aims to offer ...

A new music production system by the name of MPC Studio was revealed this week by Akai Professional. This device works with new MPC2 Desktop Software DAW for both PC and Mac computers and rolls with ...

Akai hasn't been shy about reinventing the classic MPC series. Right now you have at least five options to choose from, and that doesn't include the apps (or... headphones). Today, Akai reveals the ...

Akai Professional has announced the MPC Studio which they say redefines tactile control with a hardware offering that intuitively delivers a modern and deep level of command over the music production ...

Akai Professional has announced its newest portable standalone music production center, the MPC Live II, which they say is packed with all the enhancements from the recent software update for the ...

Akai Pro MPC One+: What is it? Having used Akai's MPC Live (Mks 1 and 2), MPC Keys 61, and flagship MPC X SE, the mysteries of the smallest MPC, the One, have eluded us until now. It's time to put ...

Have you always wanted to become the next Pharrell, Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze, or old Kanye West? Akai is now giving you that opportunity and won’t cost you a dime. Akai, who is more ...

Akai has announced a new entry to its iconic MPC (Music Production Center) line called the MPC One. The standalone music-making workstation has a more compact form factor and borrows bits from other ...