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This Black History Month, we’re honoring the artists who shaped the sound and the creators carrying it forward.   Help us celebrate the history through beats by sharing a flip or original track inspired by your favorite Black musical artist. Include text calling out who inspired you, post it to your Feed or Stories on Instagram or Tik Tok, and tag @akai_pro.   Throughout February, we’ll be spotlighting creators from the community and resharing your creations. At the end of the month, we’ll recognize three standout submissions and hook them up with a choice of 4 MPC expansions, instruments, and/or plugins.   Big love to everyone creating, sharing, and celebrating the legacy through music.  We look forward to hearing your creations. #BlackHistoryMonth #AkaiPro #BuiltfromtheBeat

Strum mode on MPC XL is built for expressive, playable performances... and this is only the beginning.   Catch the full overview with Akai Pro’s Andy Mac to dive into everything MPC XL can do at the link in our bio. #MPC #MPCXL #standalone #beats #makingbeats

@officialaraabmuzik went full speed on MPC XL and had jaws dropping all over the building! Should we drop the full performance? Drop a 🔥 if you want it… #Araabmuzik #Akai #MPC

The story behind “No Diggity” by the one and only @Teddy Riley… ICONIC! 💥 #NAMMShow

It’s Akai Day at NAMM! Pull up to Room 204A for a day packed with some of the baddest in the MPC game. 💥 Live performances from @@sarah2ill + @marcopolo + @andymac + @officialheatmakerz + @officialaraabmuzik + @officialteddyriley + @beatsbyjblack + more Come get hands on the NEW MPC XL and MPC Live III! #AkaiPro #MPC #NAMMShow @spitfireaudio @thenammshow

AKAI Day Schedule at @The NAMM Show Room 204A! Pull up to say HI & checkout out the NEW MPC XL & Live III #namm #akai #mpc #producer

“Like a home-cooked meal… like gumbo.” 🥘 Teddy Riley talks process, inspiration, and why the MPC XL brings new flavor to his music making process. Full video live on YouTube — link in bio. #MPC #MPCXL

The next chapter of standalone production is here.    Meet MPC XL — our most powerful and most expressive MPC we've ever built. From digging deep in the crates to sequencing, arranging, and finishing full songs, this is a complete studio all in one hands-on machine. 💿    No computer. No limits. Just pure MPC workflow at a whole new level. 🔥 Welcome to the new centerpiece.    Click the link in our bio to watch the full overview video + more available now.   #MPC #MPCXL

Join us for The @TeddyRiley Experience, an exclusive live interview hosted by Andy Mac followed by a special performance from the king of New Jack Swing himself.  From shaping the sound of generations to redefining rhythm with the MPC, Teddy’s impact is timeless. 💿 Witness this one-of-a-kind moment in person with us at NAMM 2026. #NAMMShow #NAMM #namm26

We’re so excited to bring this incredibly talented lineup of artists to this year’s #NAMMShow.    From live Q&A’s, to MPC Cookups and an exclusive performance by @TeddyRiley — it’s all going down in room 204A!   Who are you pulling up for? 🔥

This is DNA. (MPC kouki okada Remix) by @ochunism_okada! It’s a whole vibe — show our friends at @mpc_square_japan some love in the comments. ❤️

From the hard rhythms and soft glow of classic house, to deep, hypnotic, glitch-laden electronic textures built for the dancefloor, and gritty, experimental LA-inspired beat design…   Timeless Glow, Infinite Escape, and Drift Theory bring three new worlds into your MPC workflow.  Each expansion is available now for €/$39. @Native Instruments

MPK Mini IV makes live looping easy. 🎹 Use the MPK’s record button + @Ableton’s Global Launch Quantization to create perfectly timed 4, 8, or 16-bar loops all on board your controller. Dive into the music-making process and workflow of MPK Mini IV with @taetro using Ableton Live and the included Studio Instrument Collection virtual instrument suite at the link in our bio! #livelooping #makingbeats #mpk #midi #ableton

You ready for some holiday heat? 🎄🔥 Tap in with this Christmas beat from @stevenash_beats one of the coldest finger drummers in the game. ❄️ Shot by @sikorkee.

The first time Roger Linn heard J Dilla on an MPC, he knew something was different.   “That’s a good groove.”    He called it a vector, the path only an artist can see before the world follows. No one could predict where he would take his sound.   J Dilla’s vector reshaped rhythm forever. 🐐❤️ #MPC #JDilla #RogerLinn #swing #beats