AKAI MPC STUDIO 2

Compose, produce, mix and finalise your tracks with MPC Studio, a USB MIDI Controller coupled with a full version of MPC software for PC and Mac included along with 10GB of sounds.

Akai Professional MPC Studio 2 is the hardware and software solution for producing music with PC and Mac computers. A specially designed controller is the physical extension that allows you to interact with and manage the MPC software included free of charge. From MIDI composition to audio editing, mixing to mastering, all in one solution.  

AKAI PRO MPC Studio is a hardware and software solution that at an affordable price puts the music production experience of MPC DAWs at your fingertips on your PC or Mac computer. It is a complete combination of an intuitive, straightforward hardware controller and innovative software, a constant source of inspiration and an essential tool for bringing your musical ideas to life. Load a loop from the library, chop it into individual audio samples, program or play your own rhythmic base (beat), play the powerful virtual instruments provided, or your favourite plug-ins to add melodies and chords. Lay out, arrange and develop your track. Add the many included effects, automations and transitions in the insert. Akai Professional MPC Studio together with the MPC software and your computer make up a real 'In The Box' (ITB) recording studio where you can constantly unleash your musical creativity. What are you waiting for? Join the large international family of professional producers and artists who use MPC on a daily basis to produce music.

Quality pads in the AKAI MPC tradition

For every Beat Maker, pad performance is a priority. With MPC Studio you can be sure that every beat and every note you play will live up to your expectations thanks to the large 3x3cm pads. The 16 pads, spread over 8 banks, are velocity-sensitive to give you maximum expressiveness whether you're playing dynamics-rich melodies or aggressive kick drums. Multi-colour backlighting (RGB) provides visual feedback to help you understand the velocity value and whether the pads are grouped or in mode. With the MPC software's unique Pad Perform function, you can quickly switch from playing melodies in Note mode to harmonic progressions in Chord mode: maximum versatility to suit your creative vein.

Assignable Touch Strip Control: massive expressiveness

Manipulate and adapt the sound to your needs in real time via the 140mm assignable Touch Strip. Control the quantisation of hi-hat roll repetitions for your trap productions or snare repeats in EDM drop launches, manage the strumming of rhythm guitar parts, or filter and adjust pad and synth parameters. The Touch Strip of your Akai Professional MPC Studio 2 becomes a physical extension of any MPC software parameter that you can manipulate in real time in your live performances or record as automation in studio music production. 

Colour LCD screen

Extremely intelligible, the MPC STUDIO's colour display supports your experience of controlling the MPC software by allowing you to keep an eye on parameters and their values without having to look at the computer screen, both when searching for and loading sounds, samples and plugin presets, and when editing.

MPC STUDIO includes FREE MPC2 Software

Akai's acclaimed MPC2 Professional software works in perfect symbiosis with the MPC Studio USB MIDI controller for an immediate and complete beat making and music production experience. This DAW software combines a 128-track sequencer, real-time time stretching, advanced MIDI editing, VST compatibility and a wealth of effects to create and finalise up to mastering tracks and entire songs. The MPC2 software includes AIR Vocal Suite, a set of plug-ins for recording and producing state-of-the-art vocal parts, including automatic pitch correction, chorus and harmoniser. On the virtual instrument front, we find excellent instruments with a wealth of presets and parameters to meet any sound requirement and musical genre: AIR Hype, AIR Mellotron, AIR Solina, WayOutWare Odyssey and others. Many insert effects developed by AIR Music Tech are available in this DAW software, including a Limiter optimised for professional mastering. MPC Studio includes a wealth of sounds, instruments, audio samples (loops and onshots), and plug-in effects (a hundred or so synths and effects) that can be applied in insert and send, allowing you to close a music project with professional quality, without the need for additional software applications.  Everything you need to produce music, mix and master on the computer in a professional manner.