Tag Akai Pro

Akai Pro Force controller Ableton Splice (1)

That thing you saw — it’s called the Akai Force

Looks like grid controllers are expanding to fill the space available. And Akai Pro's Force (not the Force) is certainly a performance beast.

TEASER VIDEO: Akai Pro is up to something

Show time means teaser time. And kicking us off ahead of NAMM is Akai Pro who in seven seconds manage to tell us nothing at all. I even trame by framed it.

Rane Seventy Two mixer DNA Serato DJ Pioneer (2)

Tracing the DNA of the Rane SEVENTY TWO

Do you think you've seen the Rane SEVENTY TWO before? You have, but its origins are from a long time before the DJM-S9. We take a sample and run a DNA test.

Akai Professional iMPC for Android samsung (2)

Akai iMPC — now for Samsung Galaxy

Akai Professional is toe-dipping the Android pool with a release of their mobile iMPC apps for the Samsung Galaxy range.

TEASER: Akai Pro has something coming too

It's all getting a bit crazy coming up to NAMM 2017. And in this teaser video, Akai Pro wants you to know that assorted industry VIPs love their new stuff.

Akai Pro MPD226 MPD232 Review Isotonik (2)

REVIEW: AKAI Pro MPD226 and MPD232 controllers

Akai Pro brings pads, knobs, and faders together in the MPD226 and MPD232. Darren from Isotonik Studios uses his considerable experience to review them.

MPC Touch: The clue is in the name

Akai Pro's MPC has come of age. Complete with a huge multitouch screen, the MPC Touch is the modern update of the original classic we've been waiting for.

Akai Pro Updates: MPD218, MPD226, and MPD232

Akai Pro has given their MPDs a bit of a spring clean. The new MPD218, MPD226, and MPD232 have coloured pads, new layouts and new features.

REVIEW: Akai Professional AMX Controller

Akai Professional unveils the AMX, the first super-portable DVS-enabled mixer for Serato DJ. Is it any good? Ray takes it for a spin.

REVIEW: Akai Professional AFX

Modular controllers were supposed to be all the rage, but it's still taking time for them to to really take hold of the DJ scene. But the Akai Professional AFX controller aims to give greater control over the finer points of Serato DJ. Ray plugs, plays, and writes words.

Akai Pro AMX and AFX — bringing Serato to producers

DJing and producing used to be disparate worlds. But now the line between them is increasingly blurred, with each camp wanting to dabble in the other. Serato tried to graft Ableton Live into Scratch Live with a great deal of promise but limited success. But now they've decided to work with Akai Pro to bring Serato DJ into the producer world via hardware that compliments APC units. The AMX and AFX controllers deliver a fair slice of the Serato DJ repertoire in a very familiar and cost effective way.