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product_id: 50650167
title: "AKAI Professional MPX16 - Portable Finger Drumming Sample Pad Controller with 16 Performance-Ready Pads, On-Board Recording, Built in FX & SD Card Slot"
brand: "akai professional"
price: "B/.423"
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# SD card slot with 48MB sample capacity 16-bit/48kHz pro-quality sampling 16 velocity-sensitive pads AKAI Professional MPX16 - Portable Finger Drumming Sample Pad Controller with 16 Performance-Ready Pads, On-Board Recording, Built in FX & SD Card Slot

**Brand:** akai professional
**Price:** B/.423
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🔥 Unlock your beat-making potential with AKAI MPX16 – where pro sampling meets instant groove!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** AKAI Professional MPX16 - Portable Finger Drumming Sample Pad Controller with 16 Performance-Ready Pads, On-Board Recording, Built in FX & SD Card Slot by akai professional
- **How much does it cost?** B/.423 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- akai professional enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted akai professional brand quality
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## Key Features

- • **Expandable Sample Library:** Load up to 48MB of custom samples via SD card with easy drag-and-drop file conversion.
- • **Intuitive User Experience:** Color-coded pads and straightforward menu system get you performing live within minutes.
- • **Standalone Sampling Power:** Record and sample directly via onboard stereo mic or 1/4-inch inputs—no laptop needed.
- • **Seamless Studio Integration:** MIDI in/out ensures smooth syncing with your existing gear and live setups.
- • **Performance-Ready Velocity Pads:** 16 backlit MPC-style pads respond dynamically for expressive finger drumming and sample triggering.

## Overview

The AKAI Professional MPX16 is a portable, standalone finger drumming sample pad controller featuring 16 velocity-sensitive, backlit MPC-style pads. It supports pro-quality 16-bit/48kHz sampling via onboard stereo mic or 1/4-inch inputs, with MIDI integration for seamless studio and live use. Expand your sound library easily through an SD card slot supporting up to 48MB of samples, all managed via an intuitive interface designed for quick setup and performance.

## Description

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Review: Great product - I put off buying this for a long time, mainly due to reviews here and elsewhere online. After watching a product demonstration on YouTube I decided to buy and I am very glad that I did. This is an excellent piece of kit that does exactly what I needed. I was looking for a stand-alone sample pad that did not need to connect to a laptop and would fit straight into my existing keyboard rig. The MPX16 ticks those boxes, resting neatly on one of my keyboards on its non-slip rubber feet. The menu system is so intuitive that within a few minutes of unboxing I had figured out most of the functions without referring to the manual. The pads themselves are robust and dynamic, responding well to velocity and colour-coded to indicate in play, sample assigned etc. Within a couple of hours the MPX16 was part of my set-up and I was using it live; it's that easy to use. I need it to trigger phrases so I won't say much about the internal sounds; they seem OK but most of them (like the hip hop kits) won't be of any use to me. I want to address some of the comments in other reviews. There have been a number of comments about how difficult people found it to load samples, not knowing what format they should be in. The user manual on page 9 makes it pretty clear which formats are acceptable so before the product arrived I had prepared my samples in Audacity (if you're working with samples and you don't have Audacity, you should download it immediately). It was a simple task to drag and drop my samples onto my correctly-formatted card (also page 9) and the MPX16 picked them up immediately. If you want to use the MPX16 as the card reader, the instructions on page 12 are quite clear on how to do this. Alternatively, you can download the converter from the Akai site. I have seen a number of comments that the maximum capacity of samples that can be loaded into a kit at any time is 30MB - in fact, it's 48MB (page 9 again!). Most of the problems encountered by other reviewers would have been avoided if they'd read the manual! However, it is true that each kit takes a while to load from the card. I have one kit containing 38MB of samples and it takes about 2.5 minutes to load. Having said that, if you arranged your set and your kits appropriately, you could still probably get away with it. Again, use Audacity to optimise your samples to make them as lean as possible. I haven't tried sampling on the device; at the moment, it's not what I need it for. Having said that, like everything else about the MPX16 it appears to be fairly straightforward. Overall, I am very pleased that I went with the MPX16. It may not be for everyone, but it's perfect for my requirements.
Review: Great buy - Glad that I bought this and didn't pay attention to some of the reviews on here. I don't know maybe I didn't get a bad one. Super simple to use, does what it says, extremely straightforward to adjust pad parameters, easy to record with the usual AKAI threshold type settings. easy to adjust start and end points for looping. Sound is nice. Bought this to use for sample loop playing and finger drumming when gigging. Doesn't seem to take an excessive time to load kits evn with a few longer samples in their. Took me a little while to realise which SD card to use but bought the same 32GB cards that are recommended items to buy alongside the MPX16 anyway, which are fine. The cards have to be formatted as FAT32 so your limited to 32GB cards anyway

## Features

- 16 velocity-sensitive mpc-style backlit pads for sample-triggering and finger drumming
- Sample via 1/4-inch (6.3mm) stereo inputs or onboard stereo microphone
- Pro-quality sampling and playback with up to 16-bit/48 khz resolution
- Midi in/out easily integrates mpx16 into your performance or studio setup
- Includes mpx file conversion utility software (download) for quick conversion and loading of audio files from your computer

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00J4JPUFS |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
| Item model number | MPX16 |
| Manufacturer | inMusic Europe Limited |
| Product Dimensions | 14.63 x 29.57 x 3.05 cm; 680.39 g |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Akai Professional
- **Connectivity technology:** USB
- **Included components:** Netzteil
- **Model name:** MPX16
- **Special feature:** Backlit, Compact, Portable

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: Hi guys, can this work with a dmx desk...plug it in via the midi or xlr and trigger different lights by tapping different pads etc?**
A: Works with anything that takes an audio output.

**Q: does this work with a mixer**
A: Yes it does work with a mixer, although you do get fluctuating sound levels (even if all the samples are set at the same levels).

**Q: All i want is something with a 1/4 jack out and pads so i can play a beat into my rc-300 without the need for a laptop. will this work?**
A: Yeah it can do it.

**Q: can the mpx16 lock sampled loops to an external midi clock by pitch shift/timestretch ?**
A: absolutely not the sampler is based on a really crappy processor and you’ll be lucky if it can even play all the single via MIDI and constantly drops out when triggered from anything traditional .. it’s rubbish .. don’t buy one!

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great product
*by P***O on 17 January 2021*

I put off buying this for a long time, mainly due to reviews here and elsewhere online. After watching a product demonstration on YouTube I decided to buy and I am very glad that I did. This is an excellent piece of kit that does exactly what I needed. I was looking for a stand-alone sample pad that did not need to connect to a laptop and would fit straight into my existing keyboard rig. The MPX16 ticks those boxes, resting neatly on one of my keyboards on its non-slip rubber feet. The menu system is so intuitive that within a few minutes of unboxing I had figured out most of the functions without referring to the manual. The pads themselves are robust and dynamic, responding well to velocity and colour-coded to indicate in play, sample assigned etc. Within a couple of hours the MPX16 was part of my set-up and I was using it live; it's that easy to use. I need it to trigger phrases so I won't say much about the internal sounds; they seem OK but most of them (like the hip hop kits) won't be of any use to me. I want to address some of the comments in other reviews. There have been a number of comments about how difficult people found it to load samples, not knowing what format they should be in. The user manual on page 9 makes it pretty clear which formats are acceptable so before the product arrived I had prepared my samples in Audacity (if you're working with samples and you don't have Audacity, you should download it immediately). It was a simple task to drag and drop my samples onto my correctly-formatted card (also page 9) and the MPX16 picked them up immediately. If you want to use the MPX16 as the card reader, the instructions on page 12 are quite clear on how to do this. Alternatively, you can download the converter from the Akai site. I have seen a number of comments that the maximum capacity of samples that can be loaded into a kit at any time is 30MB - in fact, it's 48MB (page 9 again!). Most of the problems encountered by other reviewers would have been avoided if they'd read the manual! However, it is true that each kit takes a while to load from the card. I have one kit containing 38MB of samples and it takes about 2.5 minutes to load. Having said that, if you arranged your set and your kits appropriately, you could still probably get away with it. Again, use Audacity to optimise your samples to make them as lean as possible. I haven't tried sampling on the device; at the moment, it's not what I need it for. Having said that, like everything else about the MPX16 it appears to be fairly straightforward. Overall, I am very pleased that I went with the MPX16. It may not be for everyone, but it's perfect for my requirements.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great buy
*by V***N on 30 November 2016*

Glad that I bought this and didn't pay attention to some of the reviews on here. I don't know maybe I didn't get a bad one. Super simple to use, does what it says, extremely straightforward to adjust pad parameters, easy to record with the usual AKAI threshold type settings. easy to adjust start and end points for looping. Sound is nice. Bought this to use for sample loop playing and finger drumming when gigging. Doesn't seem to take an excessive time to load kits evn with a few longer samples in their. Took me a little while to realise which SD card to use but bought the same 32GB cards that are recommended items to buy alongside the MPX16 anyway, which are fine. The cards have to be formatted as FAT32 so your limited to 32GB cards anyway

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This sampler is great but I have found it a little bit anti ...
*by R***D on 1 February 2015*

This sampler is great but I have found it a little bit anti user friendly. I have never owned a sampler before though so I am learning still.

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