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Akai Professional

26 products

Legendary manufacturer of music production hardware including the iconic MPC series of sampling workstations. Known for pioneering hip-hop production equipment, MIDI controllers, and electronic drum pads. Part of the inMusic family of brands.

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Sampler

  • MPC Live

    Standalone MPC with 7-inch multi-touch display, 16GB internal storage, and rechargeable battery for portable beat making and music production.

  • MPC Live II

    The completely portable MPC beat making drum sampler with built-in speakers and rechargeable battery for powerful music production anywhere.

    $1,299

  • MPC Live III

    The latest standalone MPC featuring enhanced performance capabilities, improved display, and expanded connectivity for portable music production.

  • MPC Sample

    Mpc sample by akai professional is a portable music sampler featuring intuitive controls, responsive pads, and seamless workflow for beat making, sampling, and music production on the go.

  • MPC1000

    The MPC1000 is the latest in a long line of sampling drum machines and sequencers from Akai, combining compact portability with professional features including six outputs, built-in effects, and expandable memory up to 128MB.

  • MPC2000

    The MPC2000 is a professional 64-track sampler-sequencer workstation released by Akai in 1997, featuring 32-voice polyphony, 16-bit sampling at 44.1 kHz, and 16 velocity-sensitive pads.

  • MPC3000

    The MPC3000 is a new and improved version of the classic MPC60, a sequencer-sampler powerhouse that functions as the heart of any studio producing HipHop, Rap, R&B, and techno.

  • MPC60

    The MPC60 is an all-in-one sequencer-sampler workstation designed by Roger Linn that has become the defining instrument of hip-hop production.

  • S01

    A 2-space rack unit MIDI digital sampler released by Akai in 1993, offering 8-voice polyphony and expandable sample memory for entry-level sampling or as a companion to larger Akai samplers.

  • S1000

    A 16-bit sampler from the late 1980s offering 22kHz to 44.1kHz sampling with 2MB to 32MB RAM and advanced editing capabilities for looping, tuning, and filter control.

  • S20

    A stereo phrase sampler with expandable memory, built-in sequencer, and floppy disk drive for sample interchange, targeted at DJs and home studios.

  • S2000

    The S2000 is a professional, user-expandable studio sampler with 2MB base memory expandable to 32MB, offering variable sampling rates and comprehensive editing tools.

  • S3000

    The S-series samplers from Akai are most likely the best 16-bit samplers in the world, featuring synth-like capabilities with extensive sampling and editing features.

  • S5000

    A professional 64-voice rack-mount sampler from 1999 using DOS FAT32 disk format and WAV files natively, with expandable polyphony to 128 voices and up to 256MB of RAM.

  • S612

    The S612 was one of Akai's first professional rack-mount samplers, released in 1985, featuring 12-bit sampling capabilities and a compact 128KB memory for lo-fi sound design and triggered effects.

  • S700

    The Akai S700 is a 12-bit rack-mount sampler released in 1987 as a spin-off of the X7000 keyboard sampler, offering user-friendly sampling capabilities with up to 8 seconds of sample time.

Synthesizer

  • AX60

    The AX60 is a programmable six-voice analog polysynth from 1986, featuring an LFO, lowpass filter, envelope sections, and various performance controls including arpeggiator and keyboard split functionality.

  • AX73

    The AX73 is a surprisingly good analog synthesizer that is still considered to be widely underrated and deserving of some recognition. It is a six-voice analog synth with nearly identical architecture to Akai's AX60, also available as the rack-mount VX90.

  • AX80

    The Akai AX80 is an 8-voice programmable analog synthesizer from 1984, Akai's first professional keyboard, featuring dual oscillators per voice, velocity sensitivity, and distinctive blue and orange LCD bar-graph displays.

  • MINIAK

    The Akai MINIAK is a compact virtual analog synthesizer sharing its engine with the Alesis Micron, offering three oscillators per voice, dual multimode filters, an onboard vocoder with gooseneck microphone, and up to 1,000 storable programs. Its 37-key semi-weighted keyboard and extensive modulation options pack serious synthesis power into a portable package.

Daw

  • iMPC Pro

    iMPC Pro is an iOS music production app by Akai, bringing the MPC workflow to iPad with sampling, beat-making, sequencing, and built-in effects.

  • MPC Software

    MPC Software is the desktop companion to Akai's MPC hardware, providing a full beat production environment with sampling, sequencing, drum programming, and built-in instruments and effects.

Drum Machine

  • Rhythm Wolf

    A fully analog 4-voice drum machine and 1-voice bass synthesizer that combines drum sequencing and bass synthesis in a single groovebox, released during the 2010s analog revival as an affordable alternative to classic drum machines.

Effect

  • MFC42

    Akai's true analog filter module designed as a companion to their MPC series, featuring mono and stereo filter sections with up to 8-pole slopes, a phase shifter, and comprehensive MIDI control.

Keyboard

  • Advance 49

    The Advance 49 gives you unprecedented playability and unrestricted manipulation of any virtual instrument with an exclusive interactive, full-color display, complemented by performance-friendly hardware controls. Available in 25-, 49-, and 61-key sizes, the advance keyboards deftly fuse the power of software instruments with the live playability of a keyboard workstation.

    $1,000

Midi Controller

  • APC-40

    The apc40 is the link between human and computer that balances analytical parameter control with creative expression.