Launched in 2019, Akai Pro's Force standalone groovebox hasn't received much love of late: it's almost been four years since its last update and some have even speculated that that it might soon be ...

Akai has created a new standalone music production studio and DJ performance system in the form of the Akai Force. Created to offer features such as clip launching, step sequencing, sampling, synths ...

If you can stomach the price and eschew your existing setup, Force could become the centre of your studio. MusicRadar's got your back Our team of expert musicians and producers spends hours testing ...

Akai made its name around the early 90s thanks to its line of relatively affordable S-series samplers and the (now legendary) MPC. Since then, the company has continued to release new spins on those ...

From the beginning, FORCE set a new bar for what standalone hardware music production could be. The FORCE 3.1update builds on that precedent with 3 new plugin instruments: AIR Solina, AIR Mellotron, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In some ways, this is a natural next step for Akai, which released a couple of standalone MPC ...