Akai Refreshes The MPC One And Key 37 Workstations

They feature better processors, additional RAM and more storage.

Akai just released new versions of its MPC One sampler and MPC Key 37 workstation. Both of these gadgets were alreadyextremely useful, but these refreshes bring in improved specs.

To that end, they feature new 8-core processors that should speed things up and allow for larger projects. There's also now 4GB of RAM, instead of 2GB, and 64GB of internal storage, versus 32GB.

The company promises "dramatically faster load times, larger project capacity and smoother standalone sessions." Both machines support up to 32 simultaneous virtual instruments and 16 concurrent stereo tracks in standalone mode. For comparison, the original MPC One and Key 37 could handle around eight simultaneous virtual instruments and eight stereo tracks. Eight tracks can be limiting when making a full song but 16 is more than enough (in my experience.)

They both run Akai's latest MPC...

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