Akai Force, Standalone Music Production & DJ Performance System

Akai Force - Standalone Music Production & DJ Performance System With Touchscreen

Update 3.2 (May 2023): Discover a world of new plugin instruments and effects, bringing the ultimate sonics to your production? Dive-in and experience the deep sonics of Fabric XL, the classic 70s synth wave of Mini D, the FM soundscape of OPx-4, the classic sampling sound of Akai with Flavor Pro... and much more.

And if that wasn't impressive enough, there are now 3 new Air effects including...

·     Air Flavor- Giving you that vinyl record feel from any sample or sound source. More than 30 different timbres to choose from... the only thing you need to get that retro feel.
·     Air Amp Sim- Another amazing effect which allows you to bring new Amp and Cabinet Simulator's to the Force platform. Offering colorful amp simulation and cabinet emulation, soak your bass lick or guitar in some creative harmonic distortion.
·     Air Granulator- Updated to give you more control over three new parameters: Reverse, Shape and Skew. The Granulator also allows for interesting audio manipulation adding texture and dimension to your tracks.

Calling all producers, live performers and DAWless jammers, this is the update you have been waiting for! Akai Professional has just announced the add-on of DrumSynth to their MPC and FORCE lines of music production tools with MPC 2.9 and FORCE 3.0.6 firmware updates. DrumSynth joins the unparalleled power of the existing virtual instruments already included in MPC and FORCE - TUBESYNTH, BASSLINE, ELECTRIC and HYPE.

With Ableton Control integration, Akai Professional has bridged the standalone and Ableton worlds seamlessly for an unprecedented amount of creative power. The ingenuity of Force and MPC plugin instruments Bassline and Tube Synth, pristine sound processing FX and stellar sample manipulation algorithms, paired with Ableton and the power of clip launching is here and ready for musical ambitions of the most adventurous kind.

Break out of a sample-based workflow with four synth engines from leading developer AIR Music Technology

• Hype | Cover everything from hard-hitting plucks to sultry melodic leads with this preset and macrobased synth combining multiple synth engines (wavetable, FM, subtractive, sampling) and a giant preset library into a single easy-to-use package
• Tubesynth | Emulate the sound of classic vintage analogue poly-synths with an advanced analogue modelling algorithm, packaged with five integrated AIR effects
• Bassline | Access the sounds of a classic mono synth with variable oscillator waveshapes, sub/fifth oscillators, LPF & HPF options and four integrated AIR effects
• Electric | The ultimate in classic e-piano emulation with Pickup, Envelope, Bell and Noise parameter sections, five AIR effects and dozens of pre-sets to get you started

Out-the-box, Force comes preloaded with 10GB+ of must-have sounds from industry leading sample content providers including SampleTools by CR2, MSX Audio and Sample Magic. With 248 Kits, 16 Demo Projects, 2500+ Loops and 500+ Patterns, Force’s core library provides immediate access to the most sought-after sounds to inspire your creativity from the get-go.

• Standalone clip-launching music production unit - no computer needed
• 8x8 velocity-sensitive pad matrix
• 7” touch screen
• 8 plugin instruments onboard
• Advance arranger section for linear song creation
• Combination XLR/ 1/4 Inch inputs with phantom power
• MIDI, CV/Gate, WiFi, and Bluetooth connectivity
• Disk-streaming functionality from external storage devices
• Ableton Link and Ableton Control enabled
• FORCE now contains support for Ableton Link v3
• Full size SD Card slot
• USB-A 3.0 slots for thumb drives
• Wirelessly connect your Bluetooth® compatible device
• On-Board storage (16gb)
• CV Outputs
• 8x8 Clip Launch/Performance Pad Matrix
• Disk Streaming