Overall: The Pad quality is nice, the software for price is amazing, and you get Note Repeat\MPC Swing\16 Level\Full Level in a controller

The software that came with it is not as easy to use.

Hopefully the new MPC 2.0 software will resolve the compatibility issue

great midi controller.. little pricy but the software it comes with makes up for it!

hardware very good, Akai software somewhat confusing, Big Bang Drum and Percussion software unacceptable.

Easy to use, assuming you have the right software for interfacing.

As with so many of the modern software makers out there, Akai has the same attitude about their offering - "This is a stick-up

Great MIDI controller, just wish the software to set it up was more intuitive.

Thanks to the supreme court of this great nation, These cretins can now require us to give away our rights as of the moment we use the software (if that's what you want to call this riddled-pockmarked and weeping-pile of broken code.