Akai x Spitfire Audio: new “strategic partnership” to bring pro-quality instrument libraries to MPC usersAkai Professional has offered more details surrounding its new partnership with Spitfire Audio, after it was alluded to with the launch of its new flagship MPC XL.
At its core, the new “strategic partnership” brings Spitfire Audio’s specialist instrument sampling expertise and virtual libraries into the MPC ecosystem. It kicks off with Spitfire’s Originals Intimate Strings library, which is now available to MPC users.

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Originals Intimate Strings is a virtual instrument offering the “warmth, emotion and detail” of a small string ensemble. The pack – captured at London’s AIR Studios – first launched in 2020, but is now available to standalone MPC users for the first time.
Spitfire and Akai say more Spitfire virtual instruments will be added to the MPC ecosystem and available to MPC users in due course.
“The brands that form the inMusic family have been with me for most of my professional music career and I’m incredibly excited to be partnering with Akai to distil our approach to expressive, performance-led instruments into a focused, standalone experience,” says Spitfire Audio founder Paul Thomson. [Ed: Akai Professional is part of the inMusic family of brands.
“Whether you’re writing or performing, this collaboration gives you the power for intuitive creation and I look forward to bringing more of this to the industry as this partnership grows.”
“We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with Spitfire Audio bringing Intimate Strings MPC Edition directly into the MPC ecosystem,” adds Andy Mac, brand manager at Akai Professional. 
“By giving producers access to these legendary, expressive sounds at their fingertips, we’re unlocking a new realm of emotional depth and musicality in beat-making and music production empowering creators to blend cinematic richness with the intuitive flow of MPC.”
You can learn more about the new partnership and sign up for updates at akaipro.com.
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