| | |  | | Home » Akai MPD 24 USB/Midi MPC Pad Controller | | | | | | | Description: | | Akai Professional's MPD24 is the velocity-sensitive pad controller for musicians and DJs. Modeled after the landmark MPC series, the MPD24 allows for an extremely expressive and intuitive solution to percussion and rhythm programming. The MPD24 comes with 16 velocity and pressure-sensitive genuine MPC pads, four selectable pad banks for a total of 64 playable pads, six assignable faders. Eight assignable, 360° knobs for transmitting MIDI Control Change data, deliver you unprecedented creative freedom for manipulating sampled material. The MPD24 also features transport controls for interfacing with DAW/sequencing applications. The MPD24 is a fully programmable controller and multifunctional tool that fits perfectly within any production or performance environment. | | | Features: | |
• 16 velocity and pressure-sensitive, genuine MPC pads
• 6 assignable Faders and 8 assignable 360° knobs for transmitting MIDI Control Change data
• REW , FF, STOP PLAY and REC buttons that transmit MMC (MIDI Machine Control) messages to DAW/Sequencing applications
• MIDI and/or USB operation, USB buss powered (or powered via optional AC adaptor)
• Includes a customized version of Fxpansion's BFD Lite and Editor Librarian software (Mac and PC )
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 12.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 11.1 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 4.8 pounds | | Package Length:
| 16.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 14.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 5.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 7.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 4 reviews |
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4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Awesome little padMay 15, 2009
First off I will say I don't use the software at all. I run it through Pro Logic 8 on my Mac so it's basically a controller cause I have no use for the included software. With assignable knobs and sliders you pretty much have control over anything you could want. I use it more for synth than I thought I would. And of course for programing drum beats it's phenomenal. The controller allows you to adjust the sensitivity and pressure curve so you can customize it to your playing style which makes it incredible. I paid $150 used at a Guitar Center and it has been one of the best investments I've made. I hardly use my keyboard. It has USB input and a MIDI in/out so you can run either (though I recommend the USB cause it's self powered which doesn't use up another plug and you get more options through your DAW, not to mention this allows you to run an additional MIDI device through the MIDI in/out) All that being said, I only have one problem with this: Would it be too much to ask for a power switch?? Having to unplug and plug this thing in when not in use is annoying, but I guess you can't have it all.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Good Item!!!Nov 11, 2008
I recently purchased this item as a gift for my boyfriend, and for what I hear from him he loves it. He says that he still has to get use to how it all functions but the soft touch pads are great. Overall it is a great investment to have if you love making music.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 MPC Pads. Akai quality.Mar 25, 2008
So many people argue whether or not to go hardware or software in the Hip-Hop production circles. Now it's even easier to make the switch to software and still retain that MPC feel of the oldschool. The pads are great and work just like an MPC would. What you get out of it depends on your sequencer though. I personally recommend and use Reason 4, which contrary to skeptics, is much more versatile and quicker to use than an MPC. Once you learn the work flow, and I mean really learn it you'll never go back to an MPC again. Trust me, the MPD is the future of producing with sequencers being in the forefront of every producers studio theses days.
13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Why isn't everything as simple and awesome as this?Nov 09, 2007
I just love this product. I have made so much music with it. I just love the mpc style pads. I don't understand why keyboard manufactures don't use the sensitive pad system. It just feels like how an instrument should be controlled. I have a midi key board and the only reason I use it to get at more notes. This pad set up lets you pound out rhythm lines just like you would on a bass or guitar. Ones you figure out the cro matic scale set up. I want a giant one of these with like 64 keys.
I am going to sell my mpc1000 because with the mpd24 I get the sensitivity of the mpc pad but the ease of control of my computers sequencer. Mpc software is so 1990 to me.
I just adjust the swing in the sequencer on my computer and Bam! I have an mpc!
Oh and writing drum loops is just so easy with this unit.
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