Akai and Native Instruments are sort of like the Nintendo and Sega of music production. These long-time rivals offer many similar products, but some musicians get drawn to Akai’s MPC workflow ...

Recent models may have come in black, but as far we’re concerned, the MPC colour is grey, so we’re delighted to see that Akai has returned to this retro scheme for its MPC X Special Edition. Launched ...

MPK Mini Play mk3 ships with both MPC Beats, Akai's own DAW, and three plugins from Air Music Technology: the Hybrid 3 analogue synth, the Mini Grand acoustic piano, and Velvet, a vintage electric ...

Akai has teamed up with long-time rival Native Instruments. ... also said that the move perfectly positions MPC devices "to be the next standard musical instrument like the guitar or piano." ...