NAMM 2017: Further to Akai Pro's announcement of the latest generation in MPC hardware, the inMusic brand has also launched four tutorial videos showcasing what the new standalone instruments can do.

MPC Beats looks like it takes the guts of Akai’s existing desktop software and boils it down to the essentials, but for the price of free, it looks pretty good. For one, you’ll still have ...

Akai has unveiled an MPC Studio controller for computers, dramatically lowering the cost of an MPC setup for music creators.

The MPC 2.0 software can run either on a computer or compatible MPC hardware. NAMM 2017: As well as releasing new standalone MPC hardware, Akai Pro has also announced updated companion software.

“Kudos to Akai’s software team,” he says. The video also see Linn making use of his own Linnstrument hardware, an expressive keyboard-like control surface first released in 2015.

Esteemed electronic instrument designer Roger Linn has uploaded a new video onto Youtube that sees him demonstrate how the Akai MPC Live can be used as ‘the ultimate looper’.