Akai MPC Element – Music Production Controller

The Akai MPC Element Is Now Available

Akai recently announced the release of the MPC Element – A new music production controller that comes with a 1GB sound library. This slim designed hardware controller can work standalone or integrated in your DAW essentially as a MIDI controller. It seems like they’re moving farther and farther away from their original base and towards digital music production rather than the true roots of MPC’s.

Just a Fancy MPD with Software?

I can see this appealing to a wider audience than the original MPC’s, with the budget-friendly price, and the seemingly growing popularity in digital music production – but does the Akai MPC Element really bring anything new to the table? Besides the software and sound library this just seems like a slightly more versatile Akai MPD to me.

Akai MPC Element Software:

Some of the included software features that come with the Akai MPC Element are listed below:

32- and 64-bit music production capability

Works standalone, no DAW required, with MPC Element for seamless music creation

Works with your current music software (DAW) as a VST, RTAS, or AU plugin

Run virtually unlimited instances in your DAW simultaneously

1GB sound library with all the essential sounds of modern music production

Import your WAV and AIFF sound samples and assign them to any pad

Up to 8 pad banks (assign up to 128 pads), 4 samples and 4 insert effects per pad

Hosts VST plugins and automatically maps controls

Export to WAV and AIFF

Akai MPC Element Hardware

Some of the included hardware features that come with the Akai MPC Element are listed below: