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 while ...

A bunch of pads connected to a MIDI out port is as old an idea as the Akai MPC. creating a homebrew version ... and also added MIDI CC values for the touch pressure and the x and y-axis position.

Akai Professional® and Native Instruments®, two industry pioneers, today announce an unprecedented collaboration designed to redefine music creation and performance. Central to this groundbreaking ...