Akai - MPC XL

The MPC XL designed by Akai comes with an 8-core processor designed to handle heavy projects thanks to comfortable management of virtual instruments and audio tracks, even when you stack up ambitious layers. You'll feel a depth of calculation that remains stable, even when your workflow suddenly becomes denser.

MPCe pads add a truly expressive dimension, with each tap triggering a different nuance thanks to multiple detection zones and built-in X/Y control, encouraging unprecedented combinations. You'll enjoy instant variations that transform a simple rhythm into dynamic playing, and you'll feel a real gestural continuity between your ideas and the physical response of the surface under your fingers.

Akai's redesigned sequencer helps you capture your ideas quickly, as it lets you write evolving patterns to structure your tracks with just a few gestures. You'll appreciate the responsiveness of the RGB buttons, which illuminate each step and help you visualise your arrangement without diversions, even when you're moving from one track to another without hesitation.

The tilting touchscreen makes it easy to navigate as you explore your tracks, offering comfortable legibility even when you're adjusting complex parameters. You benefit from a generous control surface that centralises the essentials within easy reach, so you can carry out one operation after another without losing the thread, and you feel that the machine has been designed to anticipate your movements rather than limit them.

The MPC XL's extensive connectivity means it fits in perfectly with your environment, easily connecting keyboards, modules, microphones, SD cards, controllers and versatile audio systems. You can connect several sources simultaneously and feel an immediate coherence between all your peripherals, whatever your workflow or work style.