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...
View ArticleWorxmas 2014: Akai Pro APC Key 25
We just steered full-on into production territory with the Akai Pro APC Key 25 controller. It comes with everything you need to knock out your own tracks. For the very best in DJ gear news, check out...
View ArticleWorxmas 2014: Akai Professional APC40 MKII
Akai Professional's APC40 MKII is their flagship Ableton Live controller. And luckily for one of you lot, we've got one to give away in Worxmas 2014. For the very best in DJ gear news, check out DJWORX.
View ArticleREVIEW: 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...
View ArticleREVIEW: 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. For the very best in DJ gear news, check out DJWORX.
View ArticleMusikmesse 2015 — Hands on the Akai Pro MIDImix
The inMusic stand was a modest affair this year, but nestling in amongst things you've already seen was the Akai Pro MIDIMix, an Ableton Live controller. For the very best in DJ gear news, check out...
View ArticleAkai 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. For the very best in DJ gear news, check out DJWORX.
View ArticleMPC 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. For the very best in DJ gear news, check out...
View ArticleREVIEW: 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.For the very best in DJ gear news, check out...
View ArticleTEASER: 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.For the very best in DJ gear news, check out...
View ArticleNAMM 2017: Akai Pro MPC X — the standalone mothership
The MPC Renaissance was an large beast, but was useless without a laptop. Now it has broken free, and the MPC X is the standalone you've been waiting for.For the very best in DJ gear news, check out...
View ArticleNAMM 2017: MPC Live — the standalone MPC Touch
If the fully standalone MPC X is just bit too big and expensive for you, the new MPC Live could be for you. All the fun of the MPC Touch, but on the go.For the very best in DJ gear news, check out...
View ArticleAkai 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.For the very best in DJ gear news, check out DJWORX.
View ArticleTracing 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.For the very best in DJ gear news, check out...
View ArticleTEASER 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.For the very best in DJ gear news, check out...
View ArticleThat 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.For the very best in DJ gear news, check out DJWORX.
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