Akai just announced the MPC XL standalone studio. This unit is around four times as powerful as previous MPC grooveboxes.

The MPC XL massively ups the power of the MPC X; but is it better than last year’s Live III? We get hands-on and find out ...

Paid-for upgrade gives MPC users an easy way of breaking music apart When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Announced earlier this year, ...

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 ...

Cumberland, RI, USA, March 26, 2024 – Akai Professional, at the forefront of musical technology for both the stage and studio, unveils MPC Stems, an advanced feature for its MPC desktop software. This ...

A staple of every recording studio today, the Akai MPC began as a simple sampling groove box in the early 90s. The form factor of a few force sensitive pads assignable to different samples should be ...