2006 NAMM Update: Akai Debuts New MPC 2500 Music Production Center

NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Akai Professional introduced the MPC2500 Music Production Center. The MPC2500 is the successor to the company’s highly acclaimed MPC2000XL. Featuring an inviting user interface, great-feeling velocity and pressure sensitive pads, twin onboard effects processors with a send for outboard effects, Q-Link controllers, plus 10 outputs and an S/PDIF digital output, the… Read More 2006 NAMM Update: Akai Debuts New MPC 2500 Music Production Center

Akai Intros EWI 4000S MIDI Wind Instrument/Controller

NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Akai Professional introduced the EWI4000S Wind Controller. The newest addition to the EWI family incorporates numerous enhancements to its overall design as a wind controller, and adds an integrated analog modeling synthesizer optimized for wind control, dedicated MIDI In and Out ports, an audio output, new performance functions, internal effects processing,… Read More Akai Intros EWI 4000S MIDI Wind Instrument/Controller

Akai Music

Akai is best known for their samplers, but they have created some other innovative products. Their lineup now includes: MPC1000 Music Production Center – this sampler production center provides an integrated desktop sampler along with 64 tracks of sequencing. Z4/8 24-bit Samplers – the world’s first 24-bit/96,Hz dedicated hardware samplers MPC4000 Sampler/Sequencer – this is… Read More Akai Music