
The dial wheel is not clickable on the X, something I missed a lot when using it. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for AKAI Professional MPC Studio - Black - USB/MIDI Controller With case at the best online prices. In controller mode, the box appears as a USB class-compliant MIDI and audio interface for. Akai Professional MPC One Standalone Music Production Center - Retro Editio.

The Q-link buttons are nice too, but with the overlay in the newer OS versions not something I consider a killer feature, but can imagine it is for others.Ībout the X: The button lay-out was designed for an older version of the OS, so the Live II and the One are more up-to-date with dedicated buttons for things that make more sense in the newer versions (like “automation” and “T.C.”). The Akai MPC Live is a musical instrument released in 2017. Akai Professional LPK25 25-Key USB-MIDI Keyboard Controller. I really liked the “event” and “start end” buttons to easily navigate through sequences / songs. The MPC X also felt a bit sluggish because it’s quite big. The bigger screen is nice, but not that much that I would have traded the Live I / Live II / One for it. Akai Professional is part of an elite family of hardware and software companies known as inMusic Brands. The MPC X advantages are clearly the input and outputs (including mic preamps), the 16 q-links and all the dedicated buttons. I owned a Live I, an MPC X and now I own a One.

Does anyone have real world experience with both of them and have any advice?
