Akai’s MPC 2.0 software is now officially available and brings new features to your beat production hardware

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A redesigned interface and audio track recording

Following a lengthy beta period, Akai has released MPC 2.0, the new software for its range of beat production hardware. This operates either standalone or as a VST/AU/AAX plugin, and offers a range of new features.

Notably, there’s now audio track recording, as well as real-time timestretching and pitchshifting. You can drag and drop audio and MIDI, and there’s support for both Ableton Link and Bluetooth 4.0 MIDI. There are advanced signal routing capabilities, and the mixer layout has been reworked, too.

If you own an MPC X, Live or Touch, the upgrade to MPC 2.0 is free. MPC Renaissance and Studio owners will have to pay $100 (though MPC Studio Black owners can have it for free if they registered after 1 January 2017), while MPC Element and MPK225, MPK249 and MPK261 users can get the updated software for $150.

Find out more on the Akai Professional website.

Ben Rogerson
Ben Rogerson
Deputy Editor

I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it.