MPC XL Standalone Sampler / Workstation

Akai MPC XL

Akai's MPC XL is their flagship music production workstation designed to be the heart and soul of your studio, boasting beefy specs and a premium feel that will keep you locked in for hours. Centered around the brand new, luscious MPCe pads, you get supreme expressivity to play and compose with deep detail, with each corner offering different settings or samples and each pad's surface functioning as an XY expression control. Traditional pad performance options are still available as well, making it easy to transition from older machines. The interface surrounding the pads gives you an incredible amount of control with 16 Q-Link controls, each with their own OLED screen and one-to-one surface control buttons for quick access to the functions you need.

Never lose track of where you're at with a 10.1" touchscreen that elegantly displays the MPC3 OS for clear and intuitive navigation and control. With the outstanding processing power contained within, you can load up to 32 plugins and 16 audio tracks, giving you plentiful space to make your musical mark. Take control of your performance with an assignable touch strip for dynamic flourishes that can be assignable to myriad effect parameters. Use the treasure trove of connections to create unique signal paths with eight separate outputs and six inputs including a phono input. As the heart of your sequencing and arranging workflow, the MPC XL easily connects to external hardware with four MIDI outs, two MIDI ins, and 16 CV/Gate jacks. Expansion is no problem with three USB-A ports and a USB-C port, which can transmit and receive audio and MIDI, and if the internal 256GB of storage isn't enough, plug in a SATA drive to gain virtually endless amounts of storage.

Akai has created an exceptional studio brain with the MPC XL, and no matter what kind of music you're making, this device has something for everyone.

MPC XL Features

• Standalone flagship MPC music production workstation
• Gen 2 8-core processor
• 16GB RAM
• 256GB Internal SSD storage
• MPCe Pads with 3D-sensing technology
• Assignable performance touch-stripStep sequencer with 16 RGB function buttons
• 16 Q-Link knobs with OLEDs
• XL Channel Command for quick access to mixing and recording parameters at the touch of a button with dedicated OLED displays and encoders
• One-to-one function buttons
• 10.1" multi-gesture touchscreen
• 2 XLR/TRS combo inputs with mic preamps and phantom power
• 2 Dedicated instrument inputs
• 8 Separate line outputs
• USB-C Connectivity for 24 channels of audio I/O and 32 channels of MIDI IO
• 8 Stereo 1/8" CV/Gate outputs