Akai Professional MPD32

This gear is very user friendly, very easy install, and extremely fun to use! Don't be fooled though, this gear is capable of executing some complex operations in music production. It's a perfect example of being easy where it needs to be yet, it has the ability to be as complicated as you want to be. The Akai MPD32 is an awesome piece of gear, I highly recommend it.

this is a dream to use

i was one of the first to get this and man it was worth the wait this is a dream to use with reason 4 its well worth it if you got the money .

Great Flexible an worth every penny

Great controller to have in your arsenal of gear light weight an compact very rugged an built well mine took a great deal of punishment an still going only reason it hasn't gotten 5 is the pads the sensitivity isn't the best but they surely get the job done plenty of hands on knobs sturdy an feels great but that my opinion

Well worth the purchase

I just hooked this up today and was up and running in no time. I have yet to look at the manual which speaks volumes of the ease of use. Every forum will tell you to take 30 minutes to customize the mapping features which is true. After that, it's pretty straight forward. I use it along with a Project Mix and keyboard with no problems. You can play the sounds on either or which is good. It's a controller so it does what it's supposed to do. I use it to control Reason 4 so for anyone deciding between this and the 24 I would say the few extra dollars are worth it. Think in terms of future use and you won't be buying something twice. Overall it's a good product with a solid feel. I would recommend anyone to do their homework and be sure it fits your needs now and in the future.

The Perfect Team

Akai and Propellerhead wow the perfect team. If you are a hip hop and RnB producer today then you know the history of Akai and what the company has done for hip hop producers with there line of beat production machines. Well they took that and made a line of midi controllers for use with software like Propellerhead's Reason.

Reason and the MPD 32 make a great combination, it's like having a MPC that can rewire itself into almost any DAW with out the need for cables pre's or any of that other out board gear. All you need is a usb cable and bam your ready to go and all for less than that big boy MPC. I have over 55 GB's of refills and sample (try fitting that into your MPC) all of which can be triggered by the great responsive pads of the MPD32. Having this unit combined with a software like Reason is like having a MPC on steroids lol.

A Solid Purchase

I got my MPD32 about a month ago and I've been loving it! My original one had hardware problems, so I got SweetCare on the phone and they had another one sent out that same day! While I was without my MPD, I honestly couldn't even play any music. It totally changed the way I play electronic music!

The reason I rated it 4 instead of 5 is for lack of 2 specific features. I would have liked a pitch wheel and an X/Y parameter setting, be it a touchpad or a stick.

But overall, I am very impressed with the quality of the product. It is a very versatile piece of hardware and allows for much more expression in my music than I could achieve previously!

A MUST HAVE

I started using the Akai mpd16 with FLSTUDIO6 and it provide ease to the creative process. Now with the MPD32. I have 4 banks of 16 pages and 3 banks of 24 controllers. It's easily programmable. Has 30 banks for presets and the note repeat function with drums and and one shot samples and loops allows for some very interesting sounds. Almost like a granualizer. This is a great piece of hardware. I actually wish I would have bought the MPK keyboard instead for the same functionality and appegiator as demonstrated on the akaipro website. Either or, they are both worth the wait at a good price.

No Thanks

Sorry Akai, the pads are terrible. They feel dead. I had to mod it to get any type of velocity change. Way to hard!