Akai Professional MPC XL Standalone Music Production Center
16 MPCe 3D pads and a 10.1 inch touchscreen driven by 16GB RAM and a 225GB SSD 256 voice polyphony groovebox features a 24 channel USB-C interface alongside 16 Q-Link knobs and 16 CV outputs for total studio control.
Harness XL Computer-free Creativity: the Groovebox is Only the Beginning
The next stage of groovebox evolution arrives with the futuristic flagship Akai Professional MPC XL — an all-in-one production powerhouse that fuses the iconic interfacing and performance-focused workflow of the time-tested MPC with the cutting-edge audio processing technologies and studio-minded production tools that propel modern musicians to the furthest reaches of artistic innovation. While the MPC’s namesake “Music Production Center” capabilities have always powered standalone creativity, the MPC XL expands its reach to support unrivaled multimode artistry, from modular synthesizers and external gear to real-time mixing and instant re/sampling of live instrumentation. The MPC XL’s processing power is four times more potent than its predecessor's, and Ragtime’s studio pros are aghast at the seamless multimode creativity this innovative Akai instrument affords, including multidimensional MPCe 3D pads, explosive Performance Touch Strip tactility, high-fidelity time stretching, advanced stem separation, 256 simultaneous voices, and supercharged support for simultaneous plug-ins via MPC3 OS. Simply put, the Akai MPC XL is a powerhouse of unprecedented proportions that obliterates the boundaries of live, studio, hardware, software, and hybrid setups.
Tenacious tech for expanded aural innovation
This MPC’s extra-large interface and detailed per-function buttons are more than just a solution to ergonomic optimization and satisfying tactility, as Akai has engineered the creative capabilities underlying this expansive interactivity to remain fully powered at all times. With MPC3 OS leading the charge, you can support 32 plug-ins, 16 audio tracks, and 256 voices simultaneously. Featuring an immense 256GB internal SSD, 16GB RAM, and a Gen 2 8-core processor, the MPC XL also includes a built-in SD card reader and a trio of USB-A ports to further expand your storage options for samples, presets, plug-ins, and project files. Considering the kaleidoscopic creative tools, virtual processing, signal management, and innovative interfacing, Akai has ensured the MPC XL is always ready for the most ambitious audial exploration.
Engineered for high-energy 3D expression
Like the MPC Live III before it, Akai’s MPC XL is packed with prismatic and pliable performance power, importing the former’s highly reactive and customizable MPCe performance pads and Performance Touch Strip. The 16 MPCe pads utilize innovative 3D-sensing technology, supporting multi-axis interfacing with each pad. Aftertouch-style qualities are combined with ultra-customizable and RGB-backlit quadrants, transforming each pad into its own XY interface that lets you assign morphing effects, one-shot instrument variations, and continuously controlled modulation parameters wherever you need them. Plus, the inclusion of the Performance Touch Strip brings expansive user-assignable expression to every onboard, MIDI-connected, and virtual-instrument sound, from classic pitch-/mod-wheel bends to evocative automation.
Elegant interfacing and ingenious ergonomic optimization
As a boundary-pushing, all-in-one system, the Akai MPC XL is teeming with polychromic production power. The surface's 1-to-1 function buttons and supplementary shift functions span step sequencing, transport controls, and essential performance tools, complemented by a vibrant, 10.1-inch multi-gesture touchscreen that makes effortless, intuitive work of navigating projects, plug-ins, recording, mixing, and re/sampling tools. Situated between the OLED display and the MPCe performance pads, Akai’s included 32 points of control: 16 touch-sensitive Q-Link knobs and 16 sequencer-focused, RGB function buttons, accompanied by a dynamic OLED display that provides instant visual feedback as you tweak, twist, and turn, automatically adapting to any connected parameter in your project. Finally, an assortment of VU meters, input-gain controls, preamp-management functions, and production workflow parameters flank the touchscreen, giving you instant access to live show-level mixing.
Boundless MPC3 OS power: USB, MIDI, CV, live instruments, and more
As Akai’s aural architrave for the MPC XL, MPC3 OS goes beyond expanding your workflow to include more of your favorite virtual and NKS instruments. This next-gen groovebox and its cutting-edge OS unleash ferocious firepower, fueling expansive onboard and externally connected instruments, effects, and tools. Because Akai built the MPC XL as a first-of-its-kind groovebox that prioritizes interoperative creativity, its diverse connectivity capabilities, including the CV Playgroup, are the key to transforming your hybrid workflow, as this allows you to expand the 16-channel CV/Gate connections to transmit cycling and modulation signals — such as LFOs or envelopes — to Eurorack modules, synthesizers, drum machines, and any other compatible destination.
