Remix one of the included songs, or start off with a genre template like Trap, Dance, Pop and more. From the moment you install MPC Beats, you’re ready to start creating. Presenting MPC Beats, the fully-featured, beat-making software based on the legendary MPC workflow to quickly make great-sounding beats. It’s genuinely impressive what AKAI is giving away for the fair price of nothing. You also get VST and AU plugin compatibility, and a massive 2 GB sound library to boot. It features eight MIDI tracks, a fully-featured sequencer, 80 effect plugins designed by Air, MPC-style time-stretching, and preconfigured hardware integration with both AKAI and third-party products. MPC Beats is a pretty compelling offering.

If ever there was a way to throw your hat in the DAW ring, however, this is it. The thing is, that was always a bit of a puzzling product, as it seemed more like a direct emulation of the OS running on their hardware devices. AKAI has, of course, previously released its MPC software, which is steadily nearing its third version.

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