Akai's Force is an alternative standalone production system to their MPC range. Force offers a clip based workflow which suits many and has been evolving since it was first released. However, MPC has been getting more of the love in recent months - thats changed with the introduction of Force 3.1 OS.

Force 3.1 adds a ton of extremely useful new features and enhancements - we had Andy Mac from Akai Pro come into the studio to show us how some of this works in practice.

Full list of new Features:

• 3 New plugin instruments Solina, Odyssey, and Mellotron
• New AIR Vocal Insert Effect Suite with Automatic Vocal Tuning, AIR Doubler, and AIR Harmonizer Plugins
• Disk Streaming: Audio files can now be streamed from disk
• Class-Compliant Audio Interface Support
• New MIDI file Compatibility enabling MIDI file loading
• 7 New Insert Effects such as Half Speed, Diode Clipper and Stutter
• Drum and Keygroup Engine Enhancements including Akai Pro Sample Tail, Dedicated Pitch Envelope, and Keygroup
• Portamento
• 10 New Drum Pad Effects including Ringmod, Bitcrush, Decimator and more
• New functionality to Buses (Submixes/Returns/Masters) including Automation
• Automatic sample Key Detection

Update available as of today as a free update:
www.akaipro.com/force

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