Creative Director Andy Mac details Akai's legacy, the revival of its iconic product line, and the viral craze surrounding the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Akai has expanded its range of MPC devices with the Element, a compact pad-based controller that ...

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 ...

Akai just released new versions of its MPC One sampler and MPC Key 37 workstation. Both of these gadgets were already ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. You shall have music wherever you go. The new MPC Sample is a fully portable devices for ...

Element is a brilliantly mobile MPC at a crazy price that any producer could fall in love with. MusicRadar's got your back Our team of expert musicians and producers spends hours testing products to ...

Akai Professional has announced updates to its range of standalone MPCs, giving the entry-level MPC One and keyboard-equipped MPC Key 37 Gen 2 upgrades that bring them in line with the MPC XL and MPC ...

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 ...

Following on from its recently launched MPC Live III, Akai has unveiled its latest must-have studio tool – the MPC XL. Describing its new flagship as a “powerful studio centerpiece,” the brand has ...

Akai Professional has launched the MPC One G2 and MPC Key 37 G2, both running an 8-core processor with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage for four times the processing power of their predecessors Both ...