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product_id: 53126887
title: "Akai Professional MPC ELEMENT DAW Controller"
brand: "akai professional"
price: "$18.77"
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# 16 velocity-sensitive multicolor pads USB-powered, no adapter needed Brushed aluminum cover, ultra-slim 14mm Akai Professional MPC ELEMENT DAW Controller

**Brand:** akai professional
**Price:** $18.77
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🎶 Your portable powerhouse for next-level beats—wherever inspiration strikes!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Akai Professional MPC ELEMENT DAW Controller by akai professional
- **How much does it cost?** $18.77 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Best For

- akai professional enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted akai professional brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Plug & Play Power:** USB-powered design means zero extra cables—just connect and create anywhere.
- • **Sleek & Travel-Ready:** Slim 14mm profile with integrated aluminum cover fits effortlessly in your laptop bag.
- • **Pro-Level Pad Control:** 16 backlit, pressure-sensitive pads deliver dynamic beat-making precision.
- • **All-In-One Software Bundle:** Includes MPC Essentials + 1GB sound library for instant studio-grade production.
- • **Universal MIDI Compatibility:** Seamlessly integrates with Ableton, Logic, Pro Tools, and your favorite DAWs.

## Overview

The Akai Professional MPC ELEMENT is a compact, USB-powered MIDI controller featuring 16 multicolor, velocity-sensitive pads and a slim 14mm brushed aluminum design. It includes MPC Essentials software with a 1GB sound library and supports up to 8 pad banks, enabling professional-grade music production on the go. Compatible with major DAWs and equipped with MIDI I/O cables, it’s the ultimate travel-friendly beat-making solution for modern producers.

## Description

Music Production Controller with 1+GB Sound LibraryMusic Starts Here. Every Essential Music-Making Control Is Included Impossibly Thin. Incredibly Strong. The Essential Instrument for Computer-Based Music ProductionMPC Element brings powerful music-making capability to your computer in a slimline design that's made to produce. You get cutting-edge features, including MPC Note Repeat and Swing, along with the all-new MPC Essentials software—decades of music production expertise calibrated so you can make music that rises to the top.Pure MPCLoad your samples into the included MPC Essentials software and start making music. MPC Element comes equipped with the Akai Pro feel, design, and workflow that professional producers have trusted from decades: 16 backlit, multicolor pads with pressure and velocity sensitivity along with MPC Note Repeat, Full Level, 16 Level, and Tap Tempo.Less than 14mm ThinHarness the power to produce anywhere. MPC Element’s low-profile design is just 14mm thin and includes an integrated cover to protect the brushed aluminum control surface when you’re on the move. The included USB cable connects to your computer and provides all the power you need, illuminating MPC’s Element’s multi-color pads and buttons.Flexible MIDI Control & Seamless DAW IntegrationControl your favorite music software. MPC Elements comes with everything you need to make music right away, and, because it operates via standard MIDI, you can also use MPC Element to control any MIDI music software you already have. An 1/8-inch MIDI input and an 1/8-inch MIDI output are both onboard and special 1/8-inch to 5-pin MIDI cables are included. MPC Essentials also works seamlessly with your current music software (DAW) as a VST, RTAS, or AU plugin. Whether you’re working in Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic, Studio One, Cubase, and more, MPC Essentials empowers you with cutting-edge modern production capabilities. What’s in the Box? MPC Element Controller, MPC Essentials Software (Download), 1+ GB sound library: Elements of UK Dance (Download); Elements of House (Download); Elements of Dystopia (Download), (2) 1/8-inch (3.5mm)-to-MIDI Cables, USB Cable, User Guide, Safety & Warranty Manual Integrated Cover MPC Essentials Software IncludedMPC Element combines with the included MPC Essentials software to give you a portable and powerful 64-bit music production production studio. With the included 1GB sound library, MPC Essentials empowers you with the essential sounds of modern music production, and you can easily import your own WAV and AIFF sound samples as well and assign them to any pad. With the ability to operate standalone, MPC Essentials software gives you immediate creative capability with MPC Element. Create up to eight pad banks for a total of 128 sounds and samples are your fingertips. Plus, you can add up to four insert effects per pad for even more dynamic expression.  Hardware FeaturesFuses legendary MPC beat and song creation capability with the power of your computer16 backlit, multicolor pads with pressure and velocity sensitivityMPC Note Repeat, Full Level, 16 Level, and Tap TempoIncludes MPC Essentials software (download), 1GB sound library, up to 8 pad banksSlim low-profile design with integrated cover to protect control surfaceUSB-powered, no power adapter required, USB cable includedCompact design just 14mm thin fits easily into a laptop bagBrushed aluminum control surface with bright backlit buttonsStandard MIDI for use with most popular software1/8-inch (3.5mm) MIDI input, 1/8-inch MIDI output, cables included For any further queries please contact Akai Professional's Technical Support via mail http://www.akaipro.com/support. Below links to troubleshooting guides that resolve common computer troubles: • http://www.akaipro.com/kb/article/1602 • http://www.akaipro.com/kb/article/1603 • http://www.akaipro.com/kb/article/1604

## Features

- 16 backlit, multicolor pads with pressure and velocity sensitivity
- Includes MPC Essentials software (download), 1GB sound library, up to 8 pad banks
- Slim low-profile design with integrated brushed aluminum cover to protect control surface
- USB-powered, no power adapter required, USB cable included
- Compact design just 14mm thin fits easily into a laptop bag

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Product Dimensions | 20.8 x 26.97 x 1.8 cm; 879.97 g |
| Item model number | MPC ELEMENT |
| Compatible Devices | Laptop |
| Connector | USB |
| Hardware Interface | USB |
| Supported Software | Ableton Live |
| Material Type | Aluminium |
| Musical Style | Electronic |
| Colour Screen | No |
| Item Weight | 880 g |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Akai Professional
- **Connectivity technology:** USB
- **Special feature:** Backlit, Compact, Portable
- **Model name:** MPC ELEMENT
- **Included components:** not included

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## Customer Reviews

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    OK....but has limitations
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 March 2014*

Bought it to upgrade my MDP-18, which feels a bit cheap. This one was not much more expensive, colourful lights and lovely feeling pads. Software is OK, limited but OK, I am not familiar with the MPC software, so cannot give a valued comparison to previous / other MPC software.Where this fell down for me was using it as a midi controller for other plugins / drum machines. Some of the nice function like note repeat do not work. Unlike the MPD18 which works fine. So, as a replacement for the MDP18 it failed. In terms of size, it is perfect, slim and smaller than a laptop, ideal for travel. Only thing I did not like was that it did not have retractable feet (like a keyboard) to give it some angle........it will only lye flat.The only thing I could see this being useful for me would be taking on holiday with laptop to make beats using the MPC elements software.Quality = 10/10, Portability = 10/10, Standalone beat making = 8/10. Versatility as midi controller = 0/10.

### ⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Pads are really nice, which is the main reason I bought it
  

*by L***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 November 2014*

Pads are really nice, which is the main reason I bought it. Great build quality too. But the software is rubbish and nothing on it works correctly without it.Ended up killing it by being an idiot and accidentally using the wrong power supply for a USB hub which it was plugged in to - it got overloaded through the USB. Kind of thankful I did, but obviously the waste of £100 was a frustration.Replaced it with the Vestax Pad One and rated it 5 star- it's much better for what I wanted, and cheaper.On a side note, AKAI support is absolutely awful. Contacted them about a problem I was having with the midi mappings and I waited 3 days for robotic response linking me to a page I'd already been on via google. Won't be buying from them again I think.

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    If you have a DAW fine (maybe) but for this reason alone its not an ...
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 November 2014*

I am a total newcomer and bought this piece of equipment just for its cheapness and easiness.Honestly the "one track" issue is a big one. It means that you cannot combine different types of sequence together.So if you just want to make a song out of drum parts ok you can do that (though the lack of tracks make this a pain too), but you won't be able to combine that with a simultaneously playing keygroup part (keygroups are the way you would record notes as if using a keyboard). The site claims that it's fully featured without a DAW. This just isn't true.It's a drum machine then rather than a standalone music composition device. If you have a DAW fine (maybe) but for this reason alone its not an all-in-one solution for a beginner, which is sad, because it so nearly is :-(

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