I’ve tried both and they both work fine. Kinda nice, you don’t have to keep the manual close by because the back panel tells you everything you need to remember. You can’t press a few buttons and have a loop play forever while your hands do other stuff, unless your hardware gives you a note trigger for that which you can assign to a pad. You tap a pad, the note goes out, the sound source makes its sound. Using the MPD16 is simplicity itself. I’d tell you more, but unfortunately, info on the unit is hard to come by.

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The USB connection is great here–just one cable and its all ready to go. There is very little documentation on the Akai site.

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These are very common and can be picked up anywhwere. It is not a sampler or a drum machine: Enter new zip code to refresh estimated delivery time.

Also, as far as I can tell, there is no “hold” or latch function on the unit, like many grooveboxes. The MPD16 is a dedicated pad controller that can be used with any sampler, sound module or sequencer, for the recording and triggering of though not limited to, drum and percussion usb/mjdi and patterns.

It can also adjust pad sensitivity in 16 steps. There is a button for “16 levels”.

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The pads are great feeling and perfectly sized for tapping out beats. Its cool because you don’t have to use up a MIDI port on your existing interface. The MPD18 is an expressive and intuitive instrument for the studio and stage. The MPD18 is an expressive and intuitive controller for the studio and stage, and its compact footprint is easy to fit into any setup.

Remote MIDI or USB percussion controller with 16 velocity-sensitive pads and 2 selectable banks Robust full-sized rubber pads indentical to MPC series drum machines Assignable slider controller, selectable performance parameters include pitch bend, portamento, volume and modulation MIDI or USB output Versatile control surface integration with samplers, sequencers, and software plugins.

Be the first to review this item. It has no sounds of its own. You can’t press a few buttons and have a loop play unti while your hands do other stuff, unless your hardware gives you a note trigger for that which you can assign to a pad. Akai Professional MPD16 specs. I’ve tried both and they both work unir. Read info from the AkaiPro website.

This MIDI-over-USB pad controller for DJs, programmers, producers, and other musicians is built around the pads and controls from Akai Professional's industry-standard MPC series. The MPD18 is an expressive and intuitive instrument for the studio and stage.

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But if you are going to take it to a gig and connect to a sampler or synth without a USB port, then you will need the power adapter. Update Unrecognized Zip Code.

So I’d suggest not doing either of the above. So if you want to make different templates for your kits in your synth, sampler and soft synths you can. As you can see by the pic below, this utility allows you to map the pads to any MIDI note you desire, assign the controller that the data slider will send, and lets you set the MIDI out channel. I cannot seem to find a midi implementation chart anywhere. The MPD16 is a control surface. Kinda nice, you don’t have to keep the manual close by because the back panel tells you everything you need to remember.

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You can also change the value the slider sends Pitch bend, CCs are supported which makes it easy to use the slider to sweep filters, volume, pan, effects on your destination device.

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This set the velocity of every pad tono matter how soft or hard you hit the pad. There is a “bank” button which shifts the pads from values to You tap a pad, the note goes out, the sound source makes its sound. It is equipped with 16 usb/misi assignable,and clearly labeled, velocity-sensitive MPC pads that are switchable across two banks thereby effectively offering 32 padsand a performance control slider for opening and closing the hi-hat and manipulating other samples as well.