{"id":151885,"date":"2026-01-22T10:33:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=151885"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:33:17","slug":"akai-mpc-xl-review-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/01\/22\/akai-mpc-xl-review-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"Akai MPC XL Review &#038; Demo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Review: Akai MPC XL vs MPC X \/\/ MPC 3.7&#039;s biggest new feature \/\/ Using MPCe\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xnzRVFe3RsU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@loopop\">loopop<\/a> video, host <strong>Ziv Eliraz<\/strong> takes an in-depth look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/01\/20\/akai-pro-unveils-mpc-xl-for-beat-making-music-production\/\">Akai MPC XL<\/a>, introduced at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/tag\/2026-namm-show\/\">2026 NAMM Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0MPC XL Akai&#8217;s next-generation large-format MPC, replacing the previous-generation MPC X and X SE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eliraz<\/strong> offers an overview of the new features in the MPC XL, the new software features, and pros and cons\u00a0compared to the competition and previous MPCs.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Topics covered:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">0:00 Intro<br \/>\n1:30 Overview<br \/>\n2:50 MPCe Pads<br \/>\n3:35 3.7 MPCe<br \/>\n3:55 Quadrants<br \/>\n4:40 Pad presets<br \/>\n7:25 Macros<br \/>\n9:00 Crossfade<br \/>\n9:20 Articulations<br \/>\n9:40 Touch strip<br \/>\n10:40 Note strum<br \/>\n11:20 Step buttons<br \/>\n12:20 Drum seq<br \/>\n11:35 Note seq<br \/>\n14:00 Step edit<br \/>\n14:40 Automation<br \/>\n15:05 Other modes<br \/>\n17:00 Buttons<br \/>\n18:15 VU meters<br \/>\n18:45 Power<br \/>\n19:55 I\/O<br \/>\n21:40 Pro-pack<br \/>\n22:00 Pros &amp; cons<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <strong>MPC XL<\/strong> review, and share your thoughts on it in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0MPC XL Akai&#8217;s next-generation large-format MPC, replacing the previous-generation MPC X and X SE.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/01\/22\/akai-mpc-xl-review-demo\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Akai MPC XL Review &#038; Demo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,19,27],"tags":[36060,36103],"class_list":["post-151885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drum-machines-groove-boxes","category-gear-reviews","category-workstations","tag-2026-namm-show","tag-akai-mpc-xl"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Akai-MPC-XL-pads.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151887,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151885\/revisions\/151887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}