Akai Force

Standalone-Workstation for Music Production & Performance DJing

The Force from Akai professional is a standalone workstation and DJ performance system with extensive control capabilities. With the Force, Akai has achieved a great success, because it combines sampler, synthesizer, looper, arranger, Ableton Link, MIDI tracks, CV tracks, step sequencer and much more in one compact device. Above all, Force is the first hardware instrument to feature the unique clip sequencer from Ableton live!

Music Production and Performance in one place

The Akai Force, is also designed for performance DJing, and is the perfect partner for music production, live gaming, sampling, and control without the need for a computer. In no time at all you can create your own beats, record a guitar riff via the instrument input, record it with the Looper and add effects. You don't play guitar? Four virtual instruments and 16 GB of sampling and recording material are just waiting to be arranged and fired using sequencers, launch pads and controllers. In MPC style, you can edit clips and tracks, create MIDI tracks for internal and external instruments, or record CV tracks to a modular system via four assignable outputs.

Workflow Optimised Operation

The central control element of the Force is the full-color 7" multi-touch display, where most of the menu work is done, samples are edited, loops cut and parameters edited. Among them are eight sensitive real-time encoders, each with its own OLED display to always have the best overview of the settings used. At the bottom of the Force, the 8x8 (64) button matrix stands out, allowing Ableton to assign, play and recombine Live Clips. By the way, this workstation sees itself as a "hardware link" to Ableton that can be operated in parallel on a laptop. The cool crossfader blends scenes or individual values, very effective!

Sounds, Samples, Synthesizer

Akai's Force is shipped with over 10GB of sample material. The basic library contains 248 kits, 16 demo projects, more than 2500 loops and 500 patterns.

The pre-produced material is supplemented by four virtual instruments, each with numerous presets:

• Hype (macro-based synth with wavetable, FM, subtractive, sampling)

• Tubesynth (typical polysynth sounds)

• Bassline (classic mono synths)

• Electric (E-Pianos in different versions)

Akai Force - Overview:

• Standalone workstation

• Performance DJing

• Sampler

• Synthesizer

• Looper

• Arranger

• Ableton link

• MIDI tracks

• CV tracks

• 64 key matrix with coloured LEDs

• 7" colour touch display

• Analogue inputs and outputs

• MIDI trio

• Four assignable CV/Gate outputs

• Sample processing as with the MPC

• Independent BPM detection including time-stretching

• Eight sensitive real-time encoders with OLED displays

• Four virtual synthesizers

• Built-in 16 GB memory

• SD card slot

• Internally expandable with a 2.5" SATA hard drive

Features:

• Manufacturer: Akai

• Construction / Number of Keys: Desktop without keyboard

• Velocity sensitive: Yes

• Sound Generation: Digital

• Arpeggiator: Yes

• Adjustable Velocity Curve: Yes

• Number of Pads: 64

• Number of Knobs: 10

• Number of Keys: 60

• Display: Yes, Touch

• USB MIDI Interface: Yes

• Headphone Connection: Yes

• Mounting Options: MIDI and Audio Recorder

• Sampler: Yes

• Storage Media: SD Card

• MIDI Interface: Yes

• LINE IN: Yes

• LINE OUT: Yes

• Microphone Input: Yes

• incl. Power Adapter: Yes

• Weight (kg): 3.87

• Illuminated Buttons: Yes

• Power Supply: Adapter, external

• Width (cm): 35

• Height (cm): 7.3

• Depth (cm): 38.9