• Expressive Keybed with aftertouch
• Vibrant 7” Color Touch Screen with Multi-Touch & Gestures
• Sounds Button for Fast Browsing
• 25 Cutting-edge Instrument Plugins
• Powerful 128 Track Midi Sequencer
• Assignable Touch Strip Controller
• 16 RGB Velocity-Sensitive MPC Drum Pads with Note Repeat
• 2 Mic/Line Inputs with high-end preamps
• Audio Interface with high-quality AD/DA converters
• Accepts Class Compliant Audio Interfaces and MIDI devices
• Onboard Wi-Fi/Bluetooth
• 4 Assignable Q Link Controller knobs
• 4GB Ram / Quad-Core ARM Processor
• Pitch Bend/Modulation Wheels
• Dedicated Transport Section
• 4 Discrete Line Outputs
• 8 Audio Tracks
• 8 CV/Gate Output Jacks for modular integration

BREAKING SOUND BARRIERS

Inside MPC Key 61, experience a new dimension of sound like never before. Powered by 25 plugin instrument engines at your fingertips and over 6000 cutting-edge presets, MPC Key 61 delivers the most modern-day sound pallet ever programmed in a production synthesizer. Each plugin instrument features advanced synthesis, deep parameter editing, and modern effects developed for a truly inspiring musical experience—all designed with a fast and vibrant touch interface for an intuitive and compelling workflow. Immerse yourself in a world of sound.

KEYS TO EXPRESSION

The MPC Key 61 features an incredibly expressive and playable semi-weighted key bed with aftertouch to drive its world-class sounds with dynamic responsive control. With players and producers in mind, technology and artisanship were combined to breathe inspiration into every performance. The MPC Key 61’s key bed is designed to deliver the highest performance experience possible connecting the dots between sound and feel.

PLUGIN TO A WORLD OF EFFECTS

MPC Key 61 includes over 100 state-of-the-art effects ready to load across your music productions for mixing and mastering. Insert lush and spacious Reverb & Delay effects to your tracks, add bounce and punch to your drums and mix using modern or vintage style compressors and limiters. Experience plugin FX like never before only inside MPC Key 61.

PERFECT TUNE & HARMONY

MPC Key 61 is the world’s first production synthesizer incorporating modern-day vocal FX plugins which can also be used for the most creative sound design. Fully record and mix the perfect vocals directly inside MPC Key 61’s standalone environment with 2 onboard high-end preamps. From modern-day vocal tuning FX to doubling, to adding 4-part harmonies to your vocals—the AIR Vocal Suite delivers.

TOUCH STRIP FOR HANDS-ON CONTROL

The onboard assignable Touch Strip Controller is a catalyst for new ways to control, create and interact with your own signature sounds. Bend, warp and manipulate sounds in real-time in ways no other synthesizer can. Touch capacitive assignable real-time Q-Link controls also allow for endless artistic ingenuity opening worlds of new creative energy for production and performance.

DYNAMIC EXPRESSION

Dedicated Pitch Bend and Modulation Wheels mean an added touch of expression to elevate your compositions. Bend the notes of your synth and lead sounds in Fabric XL, add gentle vibrato to your stringed instruments in Session Strings, or dial in the speed of the Organ’s rotary Leslie cabinet and hear your parts swell with a wide chorused tremolo. The Mod and Pitch wheels bring depth and dimension to any MPC Key 61 keyboard part.

The 16-velocity sensitive RGB pads on MPC Key 61 are the same award-winning pads as the MPC One. In addition to the iconic MPC pads are the renowned Time Correct, Swing, and Quantize features of MPC that continue to endure as mainstays of modern music production.