Akai just revealed its most powerful standalone groovebox, data-i13n=”cpos:1;pos:1″ href=”https://www.akaipro.com/mpc-xl/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:the MPC XL;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link ” data-yga=”{"yLinkText":"the MPC XL","yLinkPosition":"1","yPosition":"1","yLinkElement":"context_link","yModuleName":"content-canvas"}”>. For the uninitiated, the MPC has been around since the 1980s and pretty much defined hip hop from that era. The line has continuously iterated to keep up with the times and the XL looks to be the baddest of them all.
First of all, it offers four times the processing power of previous MPCs, which is enough to load up to 32 virtual instruments at the same time. This is assisted by a full 16GB of RAM, which is a whole lot in this data-i13n=”cpos:2;pos:1″ href=”https://www.engadget.com/computing/crucial-is-a-casualty-of-ais-hunger-for-ram-185910113.html” data-ylk=”slk:era of AI tomfoolery;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link ” data-yga=”{"yLinkText":"era of AI tomfoolery","yLinkPosition":"2","yPosition":"1","yLinkElement":"context_link","yModuleName":"content-canvas"}”>. The XL can…
