AKAI PROFESSIONAL MPC STUDIO MUSIC PRODUCTION CONTROLLER OVERVIEW

Producers and musicians looking for a complete music production platform based on the legendary MPC workflow will be thrilled with the Akai Professional MPC Studio Music Production Controller for MPC Software, a complete system that combines intuitive hardware control and innovative, inspiring software.

The high-quality controller features 16 full-sized velocity-sensitive RGB pads to ensure maximum expression and control for notes, chords, and percussion. The full-color LCD provides feedback for browsing, waveform editing, and adjusting parameters. The Touch Strip Controller offers dynamic real-time control and manipulation of knobs, sliders, and parameters for creating your signature sound. Use it to create pad swells, hi-hat rolls, and articulated strumming of guitar samples. The Akai Professional MPC Studio Music Production Controller for MPC Software features two 3.5mm MIDI input/output jacks, which work with the included adapters to provide 5-pin DIN MIDI connectors for additional hardware. The controller is powered via USB.

The included MPC2 software is a cutting-edge production suite and DAW that combines 128-track sequencing, real-time time stretching, and advanced MIDI editing capabilities. What’s more: The software is VST compatible and includes numerous instruments including the legendary AIR Hype, AIR Mellotron, AIR Solina, and WayOutWare Odyssey among others. A suite of modern effects plug-ins including a finalizing limiter round out the infinite music and beat-making possibilities. The Akai Professional MPC Studio Music Production Controller for MPC Software includes a USB cable, two 3.5mm to 5-pin DIN adapters, and a software download card.

AT A GLANCE

• 16 Full-Size Velocity Sensitive RGB Pads ensure maximum expression and control for notes, chords, and percussion
• Color LCD offers visual feedback for browsing samples, editing waveforms, and adjusting parameters
• Touch Strip Controller for dynamic real-time control and manipulation of knobs, sliders, and parameters for creating your own signature sounds
• 3.5mm MIDI I/O for seamless integration with MIDI devices and hardware
• USB Bus Powered controller offers portable music production
• A Full DAW experience including MPC2 Software for limitless creative possibilities and rendering finalized polished masters

COMPLETE MPC SYSTEM

• Akai Professional MPC Studio Music Production Controller for MPC Software brings the total MPC experience to your computer by combining intuitive hardware control and innovative, inspiring software.
• Load a loop from the library, chop it into samples, lay down a beat, then play instruments over it to add more melodic textures.
• Add some insert effects to develop your song structure and arrangement, or to build drops and transitions.
• MPC Studio makes your workflow one continuous stream of non-stop creativity.

PREMIUM PADS

• Pad performance is the top priority for any beatmaker. With MPC Studio, you can be confident that every beat and note will be right on time, every time.
• Velocity-sensitive RGB pads mean maximum expression, whether you’re playing soft melodies or booming kick drums with colored visuals to keep track of your velocities and pad groupings.
• Switch from Note to Chord Mode quickly and build out your tracks right as inspiration strikes.

ASSIGNABLE TOUCH-STRIP CONTROL AND EXPRESSION

• Create your own signature sounds with the assignable Touch Strip.
• This fluid controller bends and shapes your sounds however you want.
• Make that pad synth more mysterious with a swell, control the roll of your hi-hats to fill your trap drumbeat, or make that guitar part more realistic by articulating the strum right where you need it.
• Assign any of the numerous knobs, sliders, and parameters to the Touch Strip for new and inventive manipulation of any track.
• Add dynamic and real-time Touch Strip effects for the ultimate live production and performance.

COLOR SCREEN FOR VIBRANT FEEDBACK

• When you’re locked in the creative moment, the vibrant color screen ensures you can keep your hands on the Akai Professional MPC Studio Music Production Controller for MPC Software and focus on the music.
• Whether you need to trim a waveform, browse through instruments, samples, and plug-in presets, or adjust parameters on the fly, the screen gives you the visual feedback you need in a moment’s glance without having to stop your workflow and reach for your laptop.
• When it comes to your musical efficiency, every moment matters, and every move needs to help you effectively capture your ideas to finish your songs faster.

WORLD-CLASS PLUG-IN AND EFFECTS

• MPC Studio includes an extended palette of sounds, instruments, drum samples, loops, insert effects, and much more to both spark your creativity and complete any music project or task.
• With over 100 instrument and effects plug-ins combined, MPC Studio can tackle any style or genre of music with rich, inspiring sound.
• The modern-day beat-making insert effects plug-ins are powered by award-winning AIR Music Tech. with powerful editing, arranging, and mixing tools including the AIR Vocal Suite.
• Create, record, and mix the perfect vocals with the Vocal Suite to add everything from pitch correction to harmonizing, to thickening your vocals and audio tracks with the AIR Doubler.

MPC2 SOFTWARE

• Akai Professional’s acclaimed MPC2 Software works seamlessly with MPC Studio for the ultimate beat-making and music production experience.
• This cutting-edge production suite and DAW combines 128-track sequencing capability, real-time time stretching, advanced MIDI editing capability, VST compatibility, and numerous plug-in instruments and Insert Effects for creating and mastering professional finished songs and tracks.
• MPC2 software has a dedicated set of plug-ins to record and produce the perfect vocal recordings with the AIR Vocal Suite including automatic vocal tuning, vocal doubling, and vocal harmonizing.
• Legendary plug-in instruments including AIR Hype, AIR Mellotron, AIR Solina, and WayOutWare Odyssey, among others, offer a plethora of world-class sounds and presets to sculpt the perfect master track.
• A massive suite of modern plug-in Insert Effects powered by AIR Music Tech — including a Limiter for finalizing tracks— rounds out the infinite music and beat-making possibilities.