About: Akai Professional Force Standalone Music Production/DJ Performance System

FORCE 3.2 is the MOST POWERFUL STANDALONE music production system for studio production and live performance. Now, FORCE 3.2 delivers even more inspiring plugin FX, sounds, creative editing, arranging and vocal effects processing as well as award-winning mixing and mastering plugins from world-renowned AIR Music Tech.

Force Plug-In Instruments / Effects

FORCE 3.2 is now fully compatible with all MPC Plugin instruments/Effects.
You can now purchase a range of incredible new AIR instruments/Effects for FORCE. The new collection of plugins brings together the AIR team’s expertise in sampling, synthesis, and DSP, creating a new standard for FORCE. Each instrument comes in both Standalone and MPC Software desktop versions with beautiful GUI and TUI editors. Experience a new dimension of sound like never before inside FORCE for a truly inspiring musical experience. Each Plugin has been designed with a fast and vibrant touch interface for an intuitive and compelling workflow with an extensive library of presets which can be browsed using the new FORCE TUI Sounds mode.
Immerse yourself in a world of sound.

New Sounds Mode

The ultimate sound browsing experience is now available in FORCE 3.2. Build and save performances and edit your instruments from this new touch screen experience. The Sounds Page is designed to work intuitively with the powerful FORCE multitouch screen, perfect for finding and auditioning sounds during your production process. Sounds are grouped by instrument Type, MPC Expansions, Drum Programs, CV Programs, and more.

New Probability & Ratcheting

In FORCE 3.2 you can now add Ratchet effects to your MIDI and add groove to rhythmic elements or melodic lines. Flare cymbals, trill synth lines or repeat bass notes with the flick of a finger. The Probability MIDI setting lets you choose the probability that a note from your MIDI track will play based on 0% to 100% probability—perfect for adding some variation and dimension to your repetitive beats, rhythm, or melody lines.

Track Re-Order

In FORCE 3.2 you can now re-order your tracks by simply changing the tracks position directly from the Matrix, Mixer, or Arrange windows. New track position will take effect when you leave the editing popup.

Automation Snapshots

In FORCE 3.2, you can now capture a snapshot of all of the automation parameters in your project within a launch row. Once a snapshot has been captured to a row, automation settings can be launched with event data on that row.

New Force Tuner

FORCE 3.2 adds an integrated high-fidelity instrument Tuner to its arsenal of tools. Now you can tune your external MIDI CV synth, guitar, bass, fiddle, hurdy gurdy or any other musical instrument using the FORCE Tuner completely standalone.

Features:

• Standalone – no computer required
• 8x8 clip launch matrix with RGB LEDs
• 7-inch full color capacitive multitouch display
• Mic/instrument/line inputs, 4 outputs
• MIDI In/Out/Thru
• 4 configurable CV/Gate outputs
• Disk Streaming
• Remix, mash-up, DJ and produce with 6 track types for complete audio/MIDI/CV sequencing and performance capability
• Performance Modes including 16-Pad Drums, Notes, Smart Scales, Chords & Progressions
• Class-compliant USB Interface Support
• MPC Sample Editing
• Automatic BPM detection, real-time time-stretching and pitch-shifting
• 8 touch-sensitive knobs with graphical OLED displays
• 4 powerful, fully-editable synth engines
• 16GB of on-board storage (over 10GB of sound content included)
• Full-Size SD card slot & 2 USB 3.0 slots for thumb drives or MIDI controllers
• User-expandable 2.5-inch SATA drive connector (SSD or HDD)

Specifications:

• Pads: (64) velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads, RGB-backlit
• Knobs: 
• (8) 360° touch-sensitive Knobs
• (1) 360° encoder for display navigation and selection via push
• (5) 270° knobs for gain, mix & level adjustment
• Buttons: (56) dedicated function buttons; red-, amber-, or green-backlit
• Display: 
• 6.9” / 176 mm (diagonal)
• 5.9” x 3.7” / 150 x 93 mm (width x height)
• Full-color LED-backlit display with touch interface
• Connections: 
• (2) XLR+1/4” (6.35 mm) TRS inputs (Input 1/2)
• (4) 1/4” (6.35 mm) TRS outputs (2 stereo pairs)
• (1) 1/4” (6.35 mm) stereo headphone output
• (1) 1/8" (3.5 mm) MIDI input
• (1) 1/8" (3.5 mm) MIDI output
• (1) 1/8" (3.5 mm) MIDI thru port
• (4) 1/8” (3.5 mm) CV/Gate outputs
• (1) Ethernet link port
• (2) USB Type-A ports
• (1) USB Type-B port
• (1) SD card slot
• (1) power adapter input
• Power: via power adapter: 19 V, 3.42 A, center-positive, included
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 13.8” x 15.3” x 2.85” (350 x 389 x 72.5 mm)
• Weight: 8.53 lbs. (3.87 kg)