Akai MPD26
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The producer's instrument.
INCLUDES:
Pads: 16 pressure and velocity sensitive
Pad banks: 4
Q-Link Faders: 6 - MIDI Control Change data
Q-Link Knobs: 6, 360-degree pots
LCD: blue, backlit
Transport controls: Rew, FF, Stop, Play, Rec – MMC / MIDI Machine Control or
MIDI
I/O: USB, MIDI In, MIDI Out
Power: USB bus powered or MP6-1 AC adapter for DIN MIDI, sold separately
System Requirements:
Macintosh: 1.25 GHz G4/G5 or faster (Intel Mac recommended), 1 GB RAM (2 GB
recommended), Mac OS X 10.4.11 (10.5 or later recommended)
Windows: 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 or Celeron compatible CPU or faster (multicore CPU
recommended), 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended), Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows
XP, Windows compatible sound card (ASIO driver support recommended), QuickTime
recommended
Available USB Port
The MPD26 is a MIDI-over-USB pad controller with genuine MPC pads. It's perfect
for producers, programmers, musicians and DJs. Its blend of intuitive MPC
controls and technologies meshes with easy USB connectivity to bring the feel of
classic beat making to the world of computer music production.
The heart of the MPD26 is its bank of 16 velocity and pressure-sensitive MPC
pads, an Akai Professional exclusive. You can access four different sounds from
each MPC pads for a total of 64 at your fingertips. The MPD26 also features the
MPC series' assignable Q-Link controllers, enabling you to control nearly any
parameters in your software in real time. You get six assignable Q-Link faders
and six assignable Q-Link 360° knobs so you'll spend less time with the mouse
and more time making music. The MPD26 also gives you a dedicated set of
transport controls for instant access to the most commonly used DAW or
sequencing-software controls.
While the MPC pads and Q-Links might be the heart of the MPD26, its brain is
transplanted directly from the MPC. That's because the MPD26 is not just a
control surface; it contains some of the key MPC technologies that have made the
MPC the de facto standard it is. MPC Note Repeat is a capability that enables
the MPD (or MPC) to automatically play a rhythm pattern, such as 16th notes on a
hi-hat, for accuracy and speed of entry. MPC Swing is sometimes referred to as
"the heart and soul of hip hop" because it turns perfectly aligned sequences
into human-feeling time alignments. You can specify exactly the degree and
timing of swing you want to apply for the perfect feel. The MPD26 also has MPC
Full Level and MPC 16-Level on its pads.
The MPD26 sends MIDI information over its plug-and-play USB interface so you can
use it with your Mac or PC without installing any drivers. The USB connection
even powers the MPD26 so the included USB cable is all you need. The MPD26 also
has traditional DIN MIDI input and output jacks so you can use it with MIDI
hardware such as synths and other sound modules. The MPD26 comes with Ableton
Live Lite and Editor Librarian software so you can start creating right out of
the box.
The MPD26 is the perfect interface between your creativity and the
computer-based studio. Its blend of intuitive MPC controls and technologies
meshes with easy USB computer connectivity to deliver the control instrument you
need.
I bought the MPD26 about 6 months ago and could not be happier. I mainly use it for beat making in ableton but also with some work, mapped it for use in Traktor Pro 2. There is not one gig that I do not take the MPD to. Also the black encasing looks real nice.
