CREATE
• 128-track sequencing capability and up to eight pad banks
• 6 MPC Program Modes:
• MPC Drum Program - MPC’s powerful drum sampler
• Clip Program - clip launch workflow built in to MPC, trigger loops
• CV Program (MPC X Only) - drive your external analogue gear
• Keygroup program - MPC’s instrument sampler
• VST/AU plugin - control any VST or AU (Controller Mode Only)
• MIDI Program - sequence your external MIDI gear
• Capture, edit and mix up to 8 audio tracks in standalone mode, expandable up to 128 tracks in controller mode
• Real-time time-stretching & pitch-shifting – warp clips, samples and audio regions
• Audio / MIDI Drag and Drop functionality for seamless integration with industry standard DAWs
• Powerful AIR Hybrid 3 virtual instrument built-in
EDIT
• Comprehensive suite of audio editing tools - Pointer, Eraser, Audition, Marquee, Scissors, Fade In, Fade Out, Reverse, Mute, Pitch Adjust and BPM Adjust
• MPC’s Industry-leading Sample Edit functionality - trim, chop and process your samples
• Support for AU/VST plugin instruments and effects - instant mapping and real-time adjustment of VST plugins in controller mode
MIX
• Global / Track automation – automate any effect, instrument or mixer parameter
• Reimagined mixer layout – resizable faders, an adaptive channel strip, a dedicated audio track editing window, resizable waveform view and more
• Advanced signal routing capability - submixes, FX returns, multi-output plugin support (up to 16 stereo outputs) and more
PERFORM
• New Clip Program mode powered by MPC’s real-time warping algorithm
• Enhanced Q-Link functionality for precision control mapping of MPCs editable functions
• XYFX control adds effects, adjusts sound dynamics in real time
• Phrase Looper, enables connection of any instrument to create loops
• Selectable hardware outputs for seamless assimilation into multiple usage scenarios
SUPPORT
• Supports WAV, MP3, AIFF, REX and SND
• Supports samples and sequences from any MPC ever made
• Full 64-bit support in all versions; standalone, VST and AU
EXPAND
• MPC Expansion browser allows quick access to installed expansion packs
• Comes with 17+GB of high-quality expansion content
• Contemporary drum kits covering genres including Trap, Future House, EDM, Techno and more
• “Essential Instruments” - A complete selection of built-in keygroup programs
• Compatible with the growing marketplace of Akai MPC expansions
• Supports user-generated expansion packs (using the MPC Expansion Builder)