Welcome to the March Akai Professional e-newsletter. This month, we’re writing from Frankfurt, Germany: home of the Musikmesse show! We’re sharing a new APC bag, videos of Akai gear in action, and much more.
- AKAI PROFESSIONAL IS AT MUSIKMESSE
- INTRODUCING THE APC BAG
- APC40 NOMINATED FOR IDMA BEST NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
- VIDEO: THE LPK25 LAPTOP KEYBOARD
- APC40 NOMINATED FOR MIPA BEST DAW CONTROLLER
- INTERVIEW WITH DJ SOL MESSIAH
- VIDEO: THE XX WITH THE MPC500
- FREE NUMARK HEADPHONES WHEN YOU BUY A MINIAK
AKAI PROFESSIONAL IS AT MUSIKMESSE
Musikmesse is the world's largest fair for musical instruments, live music and the music business – and we’re there showing the latest in music production technology. If you’re at the show, please come see us at stand B45 in Hall 5.1. And if you’re checking in from somewhere else, we’re keeping you up to date with all the news from the show at our Musikmesse page.
Don’t risk damaging your APC on the way to the show – give it the protection it deserves with the only gig bag designed specifically for the Akai Pro APC Ableton Live controller series. The custom APC40 BAG fits an APC40 or APC20, your laptop, and all the cables and accessories you’ll need for the show.
APC40 NOMINATED FOR IDMA BEST NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Winter Music Conference brings the IDMA Awards each year. We are pleased to announce that APC40 has been nominated for Best New Product of the Year. See all the nominees here.
VIDEO: THE LPK25 LAPTOP KEYBOARD
Nothing quite captures what you can do with a keyboard like real musicians making music. That’s what’s going on in this YouTube video. Watch the LPK25s genuine synth-action keys in action under the fingers of a skilled performer.
APC40 NOMINATED FOR MIPA BEST DAW CONTROLLER
The hits just keep on coming for the APC40 and this month is no exception. In addition to the IDMA award mentioned elsewhere in this newsletter, the APC40 was also nominated by the MIPA Awards in Europe for Best DAW Controller. See all the nominees here.
Sol Messiah is new to the Akai Pro family of artists but he’s not new to the MPC or the turntable. We talked to him about music, life, and gear in this artist interview.
One of our favorite new bands, The xx, plays without a traditional drummer. Instead, they have one (or two!) MPC players provide the backbeat for their unique brand of synth pop. Check out this clip from Pitchfork to see The xx and their MPC500 in action.
FREE NUMARK HEADPHONES WHEN YOU BUY A MINIAK
The MINIAK is a remarkable synth with its built-in arpeggiator, warm analog-style sounds and vocoder. Buy one this month and we'll throw in a set of PHX headphones from Numark just for playing. Grab your rebate form here.
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