Channeling the spirit of its famous predecessor into a modern unit made for portable playability, the Akai MPC Live Standalone Sampler/Sequencer is a versatile option for home production and performance alike. Transferring your project to the plug‑in gives you the individual elements in their native form (and still tweakable from the hard-ware), routable to individual tracks in your DAW. Not that I'm some gear guru or have all the gear in the world but I have spent a pretty penny on gear and I would trade it all in for this. While they were at it, Akai Professional also updated their time-warp algorithm and enhanced their Q-Link control system.

introduces 14 new plug-ins to your arsenal, including four instruments (Hype, Solina, Odyssey, and Mellotron), seven insert effects (Half Speed, Diode Clipper, Stutter, Diffuser Delay, Sample Delay, Limiter, and Granulator), and an incredible AIR Vocal Insert Effect Suite (Vocal Tuner, Vocal Harmonizer, and Vocal Doubler).

Large and heavy - I have no problem sitting with the MPC Live 2 in my lap, but with the Push 3, I wonder if it’s going to feel a tad too heavy and/or warm? Thanks to this baked-in Splice integration, you'll gain quick, easy Wi-Fi access to your Splice library directly from the MPC Live II's touch user interface.

includes loads of new instruments that you can easily download by selecting ‘Get Synth Content’ from the MPC Menu/Help Menu.But if the P3 doesn’t end up getting USB audio IO, or a VST-like interface to produce per-track audio from external boxes like the L2, Elektron, etc, it will always be one step out the door. Thinking about switching to MPC Live because of more frequent and meaningful updates, and I like the fact it has built-in speakers as I travel a lot and need portability. On the hardware side, Live II would have hit perfection if it had had a mic/instrument input as well as line ins. In addition, there is a flap on the bottom of the device, under which an SSD hard drive can be installed with a few simple steps.

Just purchased the Bible - WOW amazing I am already learning things about the MPC Live 2 I never knew! However, with the plethora of effects and plugins, one could create mix and master a song totally in the box. Then, I can bring our songs to live environment with the same instruments, launch recorded drums track if needed, easy access to live parameters with the Q-links and song transition with the XY-Fx. For other views, though, the overlay obscures what's on the screen, and I ended up turning the feature off.Inside you'll find 793 pages of hands-on MPC X, MPC One, MPC Key and MPC Live tutorials that teach you the modern 'touchscreen' version of the classic MPC workflow!