Akai Professional MPC Live Standalone Music Production Center

Overview:
The new MPC Live makes the process of performing your studio inventions on stage incredibly seamless by combining the power of a production centerpiece with the portability and rugged design of an on stage workhorse.

At the heart of the new MPC Live is a beautiful, full color 7” multi-touch screen, four touch-capacitive Q-Link controls, a clickable master encoder knob and 16 amazingly responsive, velocity and pressure-sensitive RGB pads.

Infinite Sounds, Unlimited Inspiration

The MPC has a well-earned reputation for sounds that hit hard and sound great, right out of the box. MPC Live is no exception. Pre-installed with 10 gigs of world-class sounds, The Vault 2.0 features samples and kits from top-notch sound design companies including Capsun Audio, MVP Loops, CR2 Records, as well as our own radio-ready kits. Want to incorporate your own samples without tethering to a computer? MPC Live features a 2.5” SATA drive connector providing more storage via external hard drive – SSD or HDD. Additionally, sounds can be accessed and added to the library using the built-in SD Card slot or the USB thumb drive.

Features:

• Standalone MPC — no computer required 
• 7” high-resolution multi-touch display 
• Internal, rechargeable lithium-ion battery 
• Phono, instrument and line inputs
• 2 pairs of MIDI Inputs and Outputs 
• 16GB of on-board storage (over 10 gigs of sound content included) 
• 2GB of RAM 
• Full-size SD card slot 
• User-expandable 2.5” SATA drive connector (SSD or HDD)
• 2 USB-A 3.0 slots for thumb drives or MIDI controllers
• Ableton Link over WiFi
• Bluetooth 4.0 Midi Support

Specifications:

Pads:

• (16) velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads, RGB-backlit
• (8) banks accessible via Pad Bank buttons

Knobs:

• (4) 360° touch-sensitive Q-Link Knobs
• (4) Q-Link Knob columns accessible via Q-Link buttons
• (1) 360° encoder for display navigation and selection via push

Buttons

• (22) dedicated function buttons; red-, amber-, or green-backlit

Display

• 6.9” / 176 mm (diagonal)
• 5.9” x 3.7” / 150 x 93 mm (width x height)
• Full-color LED-backlit display with touch interface

Memory:

• RAM: 2 GB
• Storage: 16 GB (user storage, 10 GB pre-installed content), 4 GB (MPC operating system)

Connections:

• (2) 1/4” (6.35 mm) TRS inputs (1 stereo pair)
• (6) 1/4” (6.35 mm) TRS outputs (3 stereo pairs)
• (1) 1/8” (3.5 mm) stereo headphone output
• (2) RCA inputs (1 stereo pair)
• (2) 5-pin MIDI inputs (2) 5-pin MIDI outputs
• (2) USB Type-A ports (1) USB Type-B port
• (1) SD card slot
• (1) power adapter input

Power:

• via power adapter: 19 VDC, 3.42 A, center-positive, included
• via battery: lithium-ion, rechargeable, up to 4 hours of battery life

Dimensions (width x depth x height):

• 16.7” x 8.8” x 2.7”
• 424 x 224 x 69 mm

Weight:

• 5.9 lbs.
• 2.7 kg

Requirements:

• Controller Mode: Windows 8.1 or newer
• Controller Mode: Mac OS X 10.9.5 or newer
• MPC 2.0: Minimum 2GB free disk space (20GB for all content), Minimum 4GB RAM (8GB recommended), Minimum Dual-core 2.5GHz CPU

Country of Origin: Taiwan