Spitfire Audio’s best-selling Originals range is coming to the growing Akai Professional MPC ecosystem, the two companies have confirmed.
Things are going to plan, then, after Akai and Spitfire announced a new “strategic partnership” during this year’s NAMM Show, with the intention of bringing its professional-quality instrument libraries to Akai MPC users.
At launch, Spitfire Audio’s Originals Intimate Strings and Originals Cinematic Pads are available within the Akai MPC workflow.
The former is described as one of Spitfire’s “most emotionally resonant chamber string libraries”, captured using “25 of London’s finest players” with pristine microphones, and featuring Expression and Dynamic sliders, plus a high-quality reverb for comprehensive sound control.
Originals Cinematic Pads, on the other hand, features 23 presets of evolving atmospheric pads, blending orchestral sounds, synth elements and processed textures, and offering parameters including Reverb, Attack, Release and Distort, alongside Mellow, Bright and Cinematic signal options.
Credit: Spitfire Audio/Akai Professional
“Akai Professional gear has been with me for most of my music career – I even started out writing orchestral drama underscores on an MPC60,” says Paul Thomson, Founder, Spitfire Audio.
“Bringing our Originals libraries into that ecosystem is such an exciting next step. These libraries were made to be played expressively, and the MPC line gives musicians exactly that. I can’t wait to see what musicians create when the two come together!”
“The MPC has always been about giving producers the tools to build something real — something with feeling,” adds Andy Mac, Creative Global Marketing, Akai Professional.
“Bringing Spitfire Audio’s Originals libraries into the MPC ecosystem means producers now have access to some of the most expressive, cinematic sounds ever recorded, right at their fingertips on the pads. Whether you’re scoring a scene or building a beat, Intimate Strings and Cinematic Pads were made for exactly the kind of music MPC producers make.”
Both Originals Intimate Strings and Cinematic Pads are available on MPC OS 3.7.1 now, priced at £29 / $29 / €29 each.
Learn more at Spitfire Audio or Akai Professional.
Sam is the Associate News Editor for Guitar.com and MusicTech. Thoroughly immersed in music culture for the majority of his life, Sam has played guitar for 20 years, studied music technology and production at university, and also written for the likes of MusicRadar, Guitar World, Total Guitar and Metal Hammer.
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