However, there are also both quarter-inch and mini-jack headphone connections on the front panel (thank you!

Stutter, Granulator, Half Speed, the AIR Vocal Effects suite, MotherDucker, AMP Sim, and many more plugins are just some of the many that you can explore. and has enough hardware and sequencing features to serve as a central ‘hub’ in your studio, driving all your other gear with ease. I had thought that it would merely replace the need to push the Q-Link switch button on the One to switch the screen controls, but the Q-Link panel on the X (OG and SE) is also activated when using, for example, the channel mixer (to directly control the levels or the panning of each channel from the Q-Links), or the main screen (to tweak various sequence and track parameters). The Akai Professional MIDI Production Center (MPC) pattern-based devices revolutionized music creation around the world.In other words it becomes a USB hub, 4x8-out audio interface, 2x4 MIDI interface, and 8-out CV interface.

If you know MPC, this should all make sense and you’ll be fluent on the surface in no time; if you’re new to MPC there’s quite a bit of work to do to learn the system, which uses dedicated views and modes for each task. This new release though is probably only going to work out financially on paper as making sense for most people who have not already bought into the plugins. You know that Akai makes a line of affordable MPC Studio control surfaces that you use with a computer, right? You’ve got your 16 pads for beat making, you’ve got sampling and loop production, and there’s a 10″ screen with loads of sounds and instruments inside for making your tracks. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Editing MIDI events, adding effects, editing step sequences, browsing through sound categories, arranging, sampling and much more can be done in an intuitive way. As I’ve previously reported, the team at Akai have managed to design a dedicated touch interface for the MPCs that enhances the hardware experience rather than undermining it.

With 4GB RAM for speedy load times and an extensive range of sampling capabilities for effortless workflow. The screen can lie completely flat and flush with the rest of the panel, which is ideal when you’re standing up.

Sequence all your devices, route audio to multiple outputs independently, and connect wireless to devices over WiFi thanks to Ableton Link 3. Das Design gefällt mir sehr und die Drums hören sich viel besser an, als die, die man in normalen Drum Kits in der DAW hat (Vor allem die Kicks). With 5 decades of experience, Akai Professional continues to empower music creators with the innovative technology needed to make inspiring music.