akai professional mpc one music production workstation

Both were very popular and still widely used and it was only last year that they have released the FIRE controller designed to work with FL studio, however, it’s their standalone hardware like the MPC LIVE and MPC X which gets most of the attention.Īkai’s FORCE looks like the lovechild of an MPC Live, Maschine Mk3 and Ableton’s Push, in fact it was Akai that where involved in the design and production of the first Ableton Push 1, and have many products that support and control clip launching in Live, which probably has influenced the “Ableton Live style” workflow behind FORCE. Granted they did move away from standalone hardware gear for a while during the “DAW controller boom” with the release of the APC series and the MPD controller keyboards.

Evident in the strong rise of hardware synth popularity and companies like Elektron and Korg, who pride themselves in DAW-less music products, even DJ companies like Denon are releasing standalone DJ controllers, which no longer require a computer to run DJ software.Īkai was originally made famous for their iconic MPC line of hardware samplers back in the late ’80s (which literally stands for Music Production Controller ) and has been at the forefront of this concept for decades. It’s something many have been asking for – computer-free music production. After weeks of leaked photos and info doing the rounds on the internet, Akai puts the rumours to rest with their announcement of FORCE – A standalone production workstation which features “ Ableton Push” style workflow, whilst providing musicians of all disciplines DAW-centric capability.

Akai professional mpc one music production workstation