Jan · You've got to hand it to AKAI - they're only ~2 years away from their goal of having released exclusively crap products for the last 20 years. Sequence all your devices, route audio to multiple outputs independently, and connect wireless to devices over WiFi thanks to Ableton Link 3.

Award-Winning Insert Effects Plugins - Take your beats and productions to fully mixed and mastered commercial releases. MPC continues to lead the way with their innovative hardware, creating industry-leading units that provide its users with advanced technology to bring their music-making ideas to fruition. The information obtained through cookies allows us to compile ad performance statistics and serve retargeting ads on The Trade Desks advertising network. The MPC X SE will recognize MPC projects, programs, and sequences made with earlier versions of the software and even older MPC hardware project and program formats.

With its rapid data transfer capabilities, MPC X SE can keep up with the fast-paced workflows of any music creator.

Powered by a quad-core processor, MPC X SE includes 4GB of RAM for rapid load times and expanded sampling capabilities for a supercharged workflow.

So if you need all those flagship features, have the money to spare and the space in your studio, then this might just be the MPC for you. The correct way to do this is to build a top quality unit with easily repairable knobs and buttons, screen and everything but above all, having the computer inside easily swappable just like you change GPUs inside a computer. I tried it on the heavy-duty music stand that normally houses a Push 2 or Maschine, but this wilted under the weight.