The Akai MPD232 is a highly playable pad controller by the Akai Professional division. As a bit of context, the MPD2 Series is a product that has been in development for many years. Briefly, we can say that it’ll give you the creative musical expression and workflow you can expect from a full-on pro pad controller. This particular one is a MIDI over USB controller that experts crafted with music producers, programmers, and DJ’s in mind. Overall, it’s intuitive, flexible, robust, and it has improved functionalities from previous predecessors.
Akai MPD232: Features
To give you control over your music production, Akai has made some serious improvements on the MPD232 pad. They did so by adding 16 responsive and pressure-sensitive thick and fat MPC pads. Also on board this controller there are a 64-channel and a 32-step sequencer that controls pad events. They have also added a set of eight assignable faders, eight Q-Link knobs, and eight Q-Link buttons. These will aid you in maximizing the sound you’re performing and tweaking control over the effects applied. Moreover, the Akai MPD232 is class compliant. A plug and play USB cable powers it so you can use on your selected computer Mac or Windows with no need to instal drivers. Similarly, you can link it to an iOS device through the camera connection kit.
A great feature out of the box with the purchase of this pad controller is the free software it includes. It’s in there so you can start to produce right away. For example, you might find the Akai Pro MPC Essentials, Ableton Lite, Sonivox Cinematic Percussion, and Big Bang Universal Drums. The MPD232 is MPC 2.0 ready, meaning it has a cutting edge production suite that’ll give you the ability to do real-time stretching. have Advances MIDI editing, VST compatibility, and Standalone application on MAC and PC. These are only few, but there are more. For instance, audio editing, recording, and superb DAW integration. In conclusion, the Akai MPD232 is the ultimate adaptive and creative music production interface.
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