Like catching lightning in a bottle. Thats how it feels. The Akai Professional MPC Live II Standalone Production System lets you capture play and edit creative ideas whenever and wherever they arrive. To do that the MPC Live II is equipped with a touch screen display 16 responsive pads and a whole host of hardware controls – giving you instant changes. A built-in set of monitors make collaborating that much easier too. Plus your headphones are now one less piece of gear to forget. But the MPC Live II is not just an on-the-go creator. You can now use MIDI and CV Gate connections to add modular gear to your setup. Meaning the MPC Live II can function as the creative brain of your studio setup. If thats not enough its also powered by the same processor as the iconic MPC X. Finally the MPC Live II Standalone Production System comes complete with Akai Professionals incredible new MPC 2.8 software – so you can get started straight away!
Easy to use power Power is one thing. Being able to use it is another. If it’s hid behind vast menus it’s not that useful. That’s why the MPC Live II has added five more hardware controls because ultimately twisting a dial and feeling the immediate impact is a more intuitive way to create. The commitment to tactile high-quality hardware can be seen all over the MPC Live II. From the satisfying RGB back-lit pads to reactive touch-sensitive screen. Akai Professional want your gear to be a creative extension of you. That extends to the built-in monitor speakers. Which Akai Professional have taken a long time to get right so they can give you an accurate representation of how your kick snares and samples will fit into your creation. All this instantaneous feedback (you might say analog in its feel) is powered by the processor you’d find on the MPC X. Which is a powerful engine one that means the MPC Live II will be going strong for years update after update. Most incredibly all of that is wrapped up in a portable premium body. It easily fits in a backpack. Production power you can carry It’s an unfortunate truth. The kit you already know how to use is immediately useful. Whereas kit that might be ‘more advanced’ on paper is essentially an obstacle without the hours of practice. Which is why Akai Professional made the MPC Live II so gloriously versatile. The types of connections available to you are vast. The MPC Live II features three stereo 1/4-inch TRS outputs (6 mono) phono/line level inputs USB MIDI Wi-Fi Bluetooth – and most interestingly four TRS CV/Gate outputs. That means a whole world of modular gear can now be combined with the MPC Live II. So in a studio setting you can arrive and make your own setup the lynchpin of production. Hugely capable tools you know and love right there when you need them. That production potential is backed up by practicality too. A long-lasting Lithium-Ion battery to keep you going on the road. Compatibility with USB drives SD cards and external hard drives (including SSDs) in addition to 16GB of on-board storage means you never have to be caught without space you need. Supreme Software The MPC Live II comes pre-loaded with MPC 2.8 software. Which gives you even more outstanding tools. For example your MPC Live II will always be recording a buffer. So if you play something you like but have no idea what it was – it is saved. No one likes losing ideas with the MPC Live II you won’t. You’ll also be able to use MIDI multi. Essentially letting you attach up to 32 MIDI devices using a USB hub (sold separately). Even better you can send all that MIDI information into Tracks so you can organise and layer up your sound on the MPC Live II interface. Should you have the gear and inclination these updates make the MPC Live II akin to a transportable studio brain. Or in standalone mode a supremely capable creative tool that you can take anywhere. Features 7-inch full-colour multi-touch display 16 velocity sensitive RGB pads Internal rechargeable lithium-ion battery Also acts as a control surface for MPC 2 software Ableton Link for Cross-Platform collaboration Includes 3-months Free Access to Splice 2GB RAM 16GB onboard storage Full-size SD Card Slot User-expandable 2.5-inch SATA drive connector (SSD or HDD) (2) USB-A 3.0 slots for thumb drives or MIDI controllers Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Enabled 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 button (1) 360° encoder for display navigation and selection via push Buttons: (27) dedicated function buttons; red- amber- or green-backlit Display: 6.9” / 176mm (diagonal) 5.9” x 3.7” / 151 x 93mm (width x height) Full-colour LED-backlit display with touch interface CPU: Processor: Quad-core ARM® processor RAM: 2GB Storage: 16GB expandable via SATA connections Connections: (2) 1/4” (6.35mm) TRS inputs (1 stereo pair) (6) 1/4” (6.35mm) TRS outputs (3 stereo pair) (1) 1/4” (6.35mm) stereo headphone output RCA inputs (1 stereo pair) (1) 5-pin MIDI inputs (1) 5-pin MIDI outputs (4) CV/Gate outputs (2) USB Type-A port (1) USB Type-B port (1) SD card slot (1) power adapter input Power via power adaptor: 19V 3.42A centre-positive included via battery: lithium-ion rechargeable up to 5 hours of battery life Dimensions (width x depth x height): 411.5 x 243.8 x 45.7 mm Weight: 3.38 kg Product code: MPCLIVE2XUK
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