Est. delivery Mon, 16 Jun - Mon, 30 JunEstimated delivery Mon, 16 Jun - Mon, 30 Jun
Returns:
30-day returns. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay postage label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Condition:
Brand NewBrand New
Simplicity is the key to the Akai Professional MPX8 SD sample pad controller. This versatile, compact sample player gives you eight great-feeling velocity-sensitive and pressure-sensitive pads you can use to trigger samples and sounds. An included drag-and-drop sample editor simplifies managing your sounds, and the MPX comes with a massive library of built-in sounds to get you started. Onboard options include tuning control and reverb, and with both MIDI and USB connectivity, it's easy to integrate your Akai Professional MPX8 into the rest of your rig.
There's no on board sampling or sequencing just a box with pads that you put an SD card into. That SD card needs to have the samples named correctly and in the right format. I had to batch convert a bunch of samples in order to use them. I was excited to use samples with my other grooveboxes but sadly this didn't work all that well. sometimes the samples would trigger but mostly they didn't. Perhaps it could have been the hardware I was using? Anyway, if you want to trigger samples that you prepared on your computer on a box that is not your computer with some nice drum pads... this will do that. Just don't expect too much more than that.
It is what it is. The features (or lack of them) explain the low price. Of the on-board sounds, maybe three are usable. The rest sound like a toy keyboard from the '70's. The supplied kits of sounds would be funny if not for the reality that nothing you do with this will sound decent.