Akai releases iMPC Pro for iPad

Akai Professional has announced the availability of the iMPC Pro app for iPad. Featuring 64 tracks of intuitive music production capability, iMPC Pro is "the most powerful way to create music on the iPad", according to Akai.

Developed in concert with Retronyms, a leading iOS app developer, iMPC Pro fuses the workflow of a hardware MPC (Music Production Center) with cutting edge tools for composing, editing and mixing music. Extending the beat-production prowess of the original iMPC app, the all-new iMPC Pro app includes over 30 in-demand features to empower the creative process from conceptualization to finishing touch.

Highlights:

• Compose, edit and mix professional-grade audio productions on your iPad.
• 64 tracks of multi-track music creation, mixing and automation.
• All-new multi-touch interface for the editing, slicing and auditioning of samples.
• Inter-App Audio support provides flexible sampling, effects and audio routing.
• Sample from your iTunes library, Inter-App Audio, the iPad mic and more.
• Timeline View provides powerful gesture control of sequences and events.
• Intuitive Precision Knobs and Faders deliver exacting command of mix controls.
• Flux Mode for real-time or automated manipulation of tracks.
• Classic MPC Swing, Note Repeat, 16 Levels and pad workflow.
• Extensive sound library featuring 1,400+ samples from Richard Devine.
• Works seamlessly with MPC Element pad controller via iPad Camera Connection kit.
• 3D-performance mode for tweaking effects, Note Repeat and more.
• Directly upload your tracks to SoundCloud, Twitter, your computer and more.
• All-new effects suite including Turbo Duck side-chain compressor and Boom Room reverb.

"iMPC Pro pushes the boundaries of portable music production for the creative set, " notes Akai Professional Product Manager Dan Gill. "The reliability and processing speed of the iPad are a great foundation for crafting tracks on-the-go. When fused with the bleeding-edge workflow and innovative audio features of iMPC Pro, you uncage new ideas never before imagined."

iMPC Pro is available for download on the App Store at a special, limited-time introductory price of $12.99, with a regular price of $19.99.

For more information, visit: akaipro.com/mpc.