Built for the iPad 2, this comprises a 16-pad controller that comes in laptop-style case that also houses your Apple tablet, and an app that enables you to sequence up to four tracks simultaneously.

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Akai has launched a new Music Production Controller that turns an iPad 2 into a full track producer, the Akai MPC Fly, the latest in a series of docking multimedia add-ons for Apple's best-selling ...

Akai’s original MPC revolutionized music forever by combining all of the tools a producer needs—a sampler, mixer, multi-track recorder and editor—in one device. The new ultra-portable iPad version of ...

We already knew Akai was refreshing its legendary MPC range, but the newest member to the family -- the Fly -- has to be about the cutest. It kinda looks, initially, like a knock-off MPC novelty case, ...

Akai Professional has unveiled their new Akai MPC, which has been designed to merge Akai Professional’s cutting-edge technology with the power of Apple’s iPad 2. This innovative device is equipped ...

Carrying around a classic Akai MPC sampler to bang out some beats just got a whole lot easier. The Akai MPC Fly music production controller features a case, and corresponding MPC Fly iPad App, that ...

Akai Pro has debuted the MPC Fly (http://www.akaiprompc.com/mpcfly.php#) made specifically for use with an iPad 2. It’s a music production controller — hence, MPC ...

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