Also included are ready-made, genre-based project templates (as you’d find in many popular DAWs). The Browser has now been moved to the right hand side of the screen, and from demo videos it’s clear it now has a search function. These appear to be 16 pad programs to which you can assign short loops which can be launched ‘Ableton-style’ for live performances.Ĭheck out the Clip Program demo video from Akai There’s also the new ‘Clip’ program type, which Dan originally referred to a ‘phrase’ programs last year at NAMM. For example, this is how audio tracks look in 2.0:Īkai have released a short demo of MPC 2.0 Audio tracks in action: This makes for a sleeker, more integrated and professional look I think most would agree that the interface is finally looking more modern and polished. So first off it looks like Akai had made sure that the computer UI now graphically matches the Touch UI. More efficient and streamlined MPC workflow.
In a busy day for everyone in the MPC community, Akai have now released full details of the new MPC Software 2.0 update.