Akai Pro has announced the public beta version of its MPC 3 software, a free OS update for owners of the MPC Live, Live II, One, One +, X, X SE, Key 37, and Key 61. This beefy upgrade completely ...

Akai's MPC hardware is normally an expensive investment — you're looking at $699 for the 'entry' One production studio. That ecosystem just became much more affordable if you have a computer, however.

On the digital side, this machine runs the same MPC 2 software as the previous generation Live, MPC One and MPC X, which has just been updated to version 2.8. To recap, the software is available to ...