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Akai MPC X £1849

Akai’s latest ﬂ agship standalone MPC is their fullest featured

yet. Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman puts the MPC X through its paces!

CONTACT WHO: Akai Pro/InMusic UK TEL: +44 (0)1252 896040 WEB: www.akaipro.com KEY FEATURES 10-inch multi-gesture

touchscreen. Works fully standalone. 16 Q-Links with OLED displays for easy editing. 4-input/8-output 24-bit/44.1 audio interface, 2 input/4 output

MIDI interface. 8 CV/Gate outputs. SATA expansion, SD card slot, 3 USB sockets. DIMENSIONS: 505 x 424 x 87mm (with screen ﬂ at) WEIGHT: 5.7kg

REVIEWS

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FM | REVIEWS Akai MPC X £1849 Akai’s latest flagship standalone MPC is their fullest featured yet. Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman puts the MPC X through its paces! CONTACT KEY FEATURES WHO: Akai Pro/InMusic UK TEL: +44 (0)1252 896040 WEB: www.akaipro.com 10-inch multi-gesture touchscreen. Works fully standalone. 16 Q-Links with OLED displays for easy editing. 4-input/8-output 24-bit/44.1 audio interface, 2 input/4 output MIDI interface. 8 CV/Gate outputs. SATA expansion, SD card slot, 3 USB sockets.
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Akai Professional MPC X | Reviews THE PROS & CONS + Very well built. Audio engine and interface sound excellent. Few bugs and no crashes Very close to being a complete DAW replacement, once a few missing features are implemented Touchscreen is excellent, the sequencer’s timing feels great - No battery power, no direct-from-disk audio streaming, same HD and RAM capacity as MPC Live Limited to 8 stereo audio tracks in standalone mode. No mouse input.
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Reviews | Akai Professional MPC X THE ALTERNATIVES Akai MPC Live £999 MPC Live runs the same software as MPC X but has a more stripped back hardware interface (smaller screen, fewer Q-links and more limited connectivity). Battery power is a big bonus! www.akaipro.com Elektron Analog RYTM MKII £1499 The upcoming RYTM MKII promises to be a great machine with several solid improvements over the MK1 including better encoders, bigger pads and screen and improved workflow, plus it now samples too. www.
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Akai Professional MPC X | Reviews a protective cover supplied, which slides right over the screen. While the screen is pretty central to the MPC X’s workflow, the beauty is that you also have a huge number of hardware buttons and the aforementioned Q-Links for live performing or for directly accessing/ editing all the main areas of the MPC software when using the machine standalone and when using the MPC to control the MPC software in controller mode, (when tethered to your computer and DAW).